{"id":12387,"date":"2025-11-23T15:48:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=12387"},"modified":"2025-11-23T15:48:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:48:55","slug":"adopted-baby-with-down-syndrome-goes-viral-after-smiling-for-mom-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=12387","title":{"rendered":"Adopted baby with Down syndrome goes viral after smiling for mom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"59\" data-end=\"248\">There\u2019s nothing quite as heart-warming as a baby\u2019s big smile. Maybe that\u2019s why a video shared by the National Down Syndrome Adoption Network went viral, capturing millions of hearts online.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"250\" data-end=\"446\">The clip shows an adopted baby with Down syndrome beaming at her adoptive mother\u2014now viewed more than 14 million times. It\u2019s easy to see why: she\u2019s adorable, clearly loved, and radiating pure joy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"448\" data-end=\"668\">The National Down Syndrome Adoption Network (NDSAN), founded in 1982 by Robin and David Steele after meeting a young girl with Down syndrome, works to ensure every child with Down syndrome can grow up in a loving family.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"670\" data-end=\"859\">In a world full of stress, moments like a baby\u2019s smile remind us of the simple things that restore our faith in humanity. Watch the video below\u2014you\u2019ll almost certainly feel your heart lift.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"861\" data-end=\"907\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"861\" data-end=\"907\" data-is-last-node=\"\">Baby with Down syndrome can\u2019t stop smiling<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-5ca752b5333f890cb550003c942839ad\" class=\"newsner-5ca752b5333f890cb550003c942839ad newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rll-youtube-player\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Dafjczmb8o\" data-id=\"_Dafjczmb8o\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" data-alt=\"Baby with Down syndrome can't stop smiling\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Dafjczmb8o?autoplay=1&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s nothing quite as heart-warming as a baby\u2019s big smile. Maybe that\u2019s why a video shared by the National Down Syndrome Adoption Network went viral, capturing millions of hearts online. The clip shows an adopted baby with Down syndrome beaming at her adoptive mother\u2014now viewed more than 14 million times. It\u2019s easy to see why:&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=12387\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Adopted baby with Down syndrome goes viral after smiling for mom&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12388,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12389,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12387\/revisions\/12389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}