{"id":4614,"date":"2025-06-11T15:23:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=4614"},"modified":"2025-06-11T15:24:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:24:29","slug":"adopted-baby-with-down-syndrome-goes-viral-after-smiling-for-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=4614","title":{"rendered":"Adopted baby with Down syndrome goes viral after smiling for mom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"show-inline-featured-image wp-caption alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-main-thumbnail size-main-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/10\/05220302\/Bub.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/10\/05220302\/Bub.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/10\/05220302\/Bub-768x384.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"664\" height=\"332\" \/><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"225\">There\u2019s nothing quite like a baby\u2019s smile to warm the heart. Call me a softy, but few things compare to the joy radiating from a happy child.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"227\" data-end=\"433\">That\u2019s likely why a video shared by the National Down Syndrome Adoption Network went viral. It features a baby with Down syndrome beaming at her adoptive mother \u2014 and it\u2019s been viewed over 14 million times.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"435\" data-end=\"520\">The baby\u2019s joy is contagious, a reflection of the love she\u2019s found in her new family.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"522\" data-end=\"648\">Founded in 1982 by Robin and David Steele, the NDSAN works to ensure every child with Down syndrome grows up in a loving home.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"650\" data-end=\"848\">In today\u2019s world, it\u2019s moments like these \u2014 a baby\u2019s smile, a joyful laugh \u2014 that remind us of the good. Watch the video and see if it doesn\u2019t move you. Some things just speak straight to the heart.<\/p>\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\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Baby with Down syndrome can't stop smiling\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Dafjczmb8o?feature=oembed\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s nothing quite like a baby\u2019s smile to warm the heart. Call me a softy, but few things compare to the joy radiating from a happy child. That\u2019s likely why a video shared by the National Down Syndrome Adoption Network went viral. It features a baby with Down syndrome beaming at her adoptive mother \u2014&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=4614\" 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":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4614","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=4614"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4616,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4614\/revisions\/4616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}