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"look man, I just woke up and you're not going anywhere until you tell me what's going on" - baby probably
Jul 25, 2026 5:18 PM
atadrisque
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"look man, I just woke up and you're not going anywhere until you tell me what's going on" - baby probably
KyleZombie
That's either a really strong baby or a very weak man.
Dawnbooth
Baby grip is no joke folks
Newfangledtomfoolery
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FredGarvinMaleProstitute
Give the baby the stethoscope you monster.
schrodingerscatfood
TapeLeg
"All my life I had to fight." --kid, probably
GoodChange
How soon is too early to start an elite sports training program? Not soon enough!
MissivesFromTheTower
My god, when that baby gets older, it'll get progressively stronger! What are we going to do!?
Twinklepot
Awwww! That's some grip for a newborn. A kind of 'I want to see your manager right now!'
Haemaelaeinen
They have a mighty grip, hurts like hell when they catch your beard or nose.
spangolio
and sharp little claws
Grumptious
It's called the palmar grasp reflex.
Exyr
Thats white a relex. Do you know the reason for it? Like evolutionarily? To help hold on to mom as she's running through the forest?
req4adream99
Ya - or at least that’s what we think. There’s also the rooting (touch the cheek and the baby will turn that direction and try to nurse), the Babinski (slide your finger along the outside of the foot and it’ll flex out - used to determine spinal cord damage in adults) and a lot of others. My favorite is the Moro - the baby will fling both its legs and arms SUPER wide and then pull them in super quick trying to grab something - usually happens when there’s a sudden position change.
req4adream99
What’s amazing is that these (and others) are almost always present at birth - the baby just does these things in response to stimuli. They disappear as the baby develops motor control - and for some of them we can use them to determine neurological damage in adults.
ImAWeirdMom
Is it because they come back with neurological damage or because we don't have them anymore because of neurological damage?
RyanSilver612
Its if they dont have the reflex that we can identify neuro damage
req4adream99
Depends on the reflex. Reflexes generally don’t involve the brain - and the brain suppresses the reflex signal through its own motor signals - so if the reflex reappears it can signify damage in that relay.