Born Addicted to Alcohol

There are different characteristics that accompany FAS in
the different stages of a child's life. "At birth, infants
with intrauterine exposure to alcohol frequently have low
birth rate; pre-term delivery; a small head circumference;
and the characteri stic facial features of the eyes, nose,
and mouth" (Phelps, 1995, p. 204). Some of the facial
abnormalities that are common of children with FAS are:
microcephaly, small eye openings, broad nasal bridge,
flattened mid-faces, thin upper lip, skin folds at the
corners of the eyes, indistinct groove on the upper lip,
and an abnormal smallness o…