But that hasn't stopped his mother Lacey Buchanan from loving him and proudly showing him off to the world.
In an inspiring video uploaded onto YouTube, Lacey reveals their daily struggles, including the battles against bullies Christian has to face.
The seven-minute video has since gone viral, raking in more than a million views and counting.
Using handwritten cards, she tells the story of how she met the father of her child when she was 15 years old and fell in love.
She married her husband Chris when she was 21, and became pregnant with baby Christian when she turned 23.
"We were SO excited!!!" she wrote. At her 18th week ultrasound, the couple found out that they were having a boy, making them even more excited.
However, a week after the happy news, the couple received a call from doctors telling them that there was something wrong with the fetus. It appeared that their unborn child had developed problems. The couple were crushed.
As the baby grew in her womb, the doctors became increasingly unsure about the state of the child, warning Lacey that she had a 85 per cent chance of miscarrying.
However, the Buchanans are devout Christians and they refused to abort the baby, believing that he had a purpose and they would love him no matter what.
Lacey and Chris went to Vanderbilt Medical Center to deliver Christian in on February 18, 2011, fearing that they might not come home with their son.
The couple were delighted when Christian survived the delivery. However, their happiness was short lived. Christian's condition was much worse than doctors had predicted.
He was born with a Tessier cleft lip and palate, and was unable to even close his mouth.
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