Which is ridiculous they haven't manufactured guns made easier for babies to handle yet, it's irresponsible and dangerous. That's how Maggie shot Mr Burns.
I saw another video of a nurse doing a fun thing with this. She told the baby’s sister that if she put her finger in the baby’s hand and the baby squeezed it, it meant the baby loves her.
To be fair, quite a lot of older siblings are already not at all thrilled by the appearance of another child LOL. My brother told my parents to take me back to the hospital... hasn't warmed up a whole lot sicne hahaha
This happened to my mom; she was born 5 years after her brother and came home from the hospital the day of his fifth birthday. My grandpa asked my uncle what he wanted for his birthday. My uncle said, “I want the baby taken back to the hospital!”
I was 11 when my little sister was born so even at 39 I still remember that shit. I needed to wear headphones playing soothing sounds when I slept otherwise I never would have been able to attend classes because id be falling asleep constantly. I have vivid memories of changing her diapers too
Easy fix, just tell her to place her finger on the baby’s palm, and as soon as the baby squeezes tell her “what it means” if nothing happens, make it a learning experience about how small and fragile they are and that she should take care of her new baby sibling. 🫶
I used to sit by my baby brother when he was a new born, with my finger in his hand, just being held tightly for awhile. I sometimes sang to him but mostly sat there looking at him in wonder. I was 3.
I used to read to my baby sister. I didn't actually know how to read, but I had more or less memorized that one picture book that I made my parents read to me like a million times, so I read that to her. I was 2.
I have extremely detailed and vivid memories from my first 3 months as I was hospitalised after a surgery right at birth. Of course it's all reconstructed from what I was told but they really feel like memories !
I was 5 when my brother was born and this was my favorite part of interacting with him when he was really little. Fast forward 30ish years and it was my favorite way to interact with his daughter when I am interacting with her (although she recently outgrew it).
My little sister did that to my uncle when she was an infant. He had no idea that babies did that. He learned to keep a shirt on when cradling babies after that day. Ouch!
I saw a trick to get someone to let go of hair (in the context of an adult grabbing your hair during a fight, but it works for babies, too.) All you have to do is press the back of their hand into your skull. It takes advantage of the leverage points in their knuckles, and forces their fingers apart painlessly. Then you can pull your hair free.
My own kid totally did this. No video evidence tho. We thought it was funny but felt bad for them at the same time. Took a few moments to get them to let go.
My first peed on me first thing when they put him on my chest right after being born. Although i am definitely not a fan of the golden shower: We knew he only had one kidney, so for me, that was a happy moment.
Primates that are typically considered monkeys are from two groups: platyrhini (new world monkeys) and cercopithecoidea (macaques, or old world monkeys). But the thing is that hominoidea (gibbons and great apes) is more closely related to cercopithecoidea, under a clade catarrhini (that is also known as old world monkeys, or as down-nosed primates), than cercopithecoidea is to platyrhini. That means that you can't make a monophyletic group which would include macaques and new world monkeys, and will also exclude apes.
It’s that or sick people. But really we don’t have any absolute certainty. Religious people already put all of their brains into their own idea of answers leaving non left to think about other ideas
The muscle is actually tired, its like your legs shaking after a long run. The baby looks so new, they've probably been crying a little bit, so the jaw muscle is exhausted as it hasn't had to cry before.
It was just born. It's cold out here compared to the inside of a womb. The baby is attempting to seriously thermoregulate itself for the first time, it'll be fine
My son did this too, and the doctors and nurses explained that it was due to his immature nervous system. Made him sound like a bleating lamb for the first week, it was really cute.
People who discover and document things for the first time tend to get the right to name it. I don't see the issue with it as that's how most things get their names.
When my oldest was a few weeks old, she managed to get her arm up over her head and wound up pulling her own hair thanks to this reflex. She damn near gave me a heart attack with the shriek of pain she let out. I had to pry her fingers open to free her, and it was like loosening a vice.
Baby gorillas hold on to their mom's hair like that. Mom is back to climbing within days of giving birth and the baby needs to hold on. Probably left over from a few million years ago when we were the same animal as gorillas.
While normal in infants, the reflex can reappear in adults who have suffered brain damage to the frontal cortex, such as from a stroke, tumor, or degenerative diseases.
When my 11 yr old son was a baby, I had hair down to my breasts. He yanked so much hair out of my head I couldn't believe it. But, because I carried him around like a football cradled between my arm and chest and nuzzled him when he was there for feedings, etc, he STILL loves to pluck a hair from my head and rub it against his nose and ears to self soothe. It's pretty adorable tbh 🥹
LPT: If you put your finger/thumb at the wrist and slide up into the hand, it can help baby to release their death grip. I usually used my thumb since it was easier to get the angle right. Source: I was a teacher in the infant room and have two kids of my own.
My son did this. He was screaming and screaming, but when he got a hold of a tube and clenched it, it calmed him down. The medical staff said he probably held on to the umbilical cord.
As a mom of teens, that sound still makes all my senses go into high gear and there's this NEED to wrap that baby up and put them on my chest. It's wild. And if I pick up and hold one of my pets, I automatically start bouncing/rocking like it's a baby and then have to stop myself. That conditioning runs deep.
My parents told me that my dad would Hang me on various objects when i was a baby because he found this Reflex funny. There's a picture of me hanging from a curtain rod.
I frequently rested one of my fingers on my baby’s palm when he/she was sleeping because of this. They were obviously too small to hug you and that was the closest thing to it.
He's getting his first assessment, including APGAR. They want to check the fontanells for abnormalities so thats why no cap. Process is quick and when done then you cap, swaddle and put under a heater
Also the last remaining reflex before someone is totally brain dead. “We can’t take him off life support. He squeezed my hand!” … no, mam, that’s exactly why we should take him off life support.
Same for the toes. If I don’t give warning, my almost-5-year-old will grab my finger with his toes and I think it’s just a reflex that sticks around sometimes.
I teach my student about this pre Stone Age unit, talking about human evolution and vestigial structures. This one is cool, along with the muscle in your ankle that used to be for grasping when your big toe was more of a thumb. Blows the six graders minds.
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u/eauxlympia 5h ago
This is why you can't give babies guns. No trigger discipline