my son wasn't exactly 'cute' when he was first born, but he was definitely perfect and that was all that mattered to me. You do have to look closely when they are first born, but you can look at fingers, toes, and the shapes of their features and tell who's they most closely resemble. I don't think 'cute' would be a good way to describe a newborn... I think beautiful is better some just happen to look more like old men than others.