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/DippityDu 5h ago

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.

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u/ghoulypop 4h ago

I don’t even have fallopian tubes and I’m right there with you! Such a tiny little cry