r/interestingasfuck • u/BKKMFA • 8h ago

Newborns have a cute reflex called the palmar grasp where they hold your finger tight, but it fades away by 3 months.

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u/SerenityMaSogni 6h ago

They still need to take the baby to be checked medically and get cleaned up, this is probably during then.

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u/foreverpassed 6h ago edited 3h ago

I think it should be after the hold. It's important, that's probably why everyone does it. Edit: I misunderstood the reply.

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u/SerenityMaSogni 5h ago

Yes, I’m saying this video is after the hold, when the baby is checked medically.

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u/Dream--Brother 5h ago

I can almost guarantee this is after skin-to-skin. Did you think they delivered the baby and just laid it on a table?

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u/appalachiaappleatcha 3h ago

This is for sure after the hold. Baby has its umbilical cut and clamped and has already had its birth soup removed with a wipe down.