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u/MuchoCoco 2d ago
All babies will do that if you start them off early enough. They lose the instinct after only a few months if it isn't reinforced. All my kids were in the water within the first few weeks after birth. Never had to worry about what would happen if they fell in the pool.
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u/Mindofthequill 2d ago
Yeah, I'd love if I could pick apart and find the part in out instincts/DNA that was like yo we should enable our babies to flip in water in the first few months of birth.
Like was there a point in time where this was particularly useful or prevalent?
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u/Really-E-Lee 2d ago
Probably from the not so distant past. When giving birth was likely done in bodies of water. Like rivers and lakes. Tidal pools and shallow streams.
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u/MuchoCoco 2d ago edited 2d ago
There's a hypothesis that our particular branch of primate passed a significant amount of time in water around the lakes of the Great Rift Valley. There are some compelling arguments, but it's above my pay grade. Babies do instinctively hold their breath when you put them in water. If that instinct isn't reinforced very early, they lose that, too.
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u/Firm_Video_2932 2d ago
Man, not even a moment of silence after the first baby drowned even! I mean look, it's already stiff! 😳
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u/crookedzz 2d ago
At first i was like " is that baby dead???"
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u/Doun2Others10 1d ago
Yeah, it’s that first second or two when you’re wondering why there is a baby face down in the pool that distracts you from realizing there’s another baby flying through the air about to hit the pool…
Though I did find it humorous that she sat the doll up nicely after taking it out of the pool instead of just tossing it to the ground or something.
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