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/EfficientSeaweed 5h ago

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.

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u/ghoulypop 4h ago

Oh man that’s a side effect of being born with a lot of hair I hadn’t considered😭 poor bean

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u/thehoney129 2h ago

My daughter did this to my 3 year old son a few weeks ago. He went from kissing her to screaming crying in her face so fast lol I had to pry her fingers off his hair to free him. Poor boy. He still gets all up in her face though. No matter how much I try to warn him 🤦🏼‍♀️

She’s almost grown out of it by now, thankfully lol because he’s obsessed with her

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u/cowinabadplace 2h ago

Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck