{"id":3322,"date":"2025-06-12T22:20:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T22:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/?p=3322"},"modified":"2025-06-12T22:20:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T22:20:37","slug":"adopted-baby-with-down-syndrome-goes-viral-after-smiling-for-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/?p=3322","title":{"rendered":"Adopted baby with Down syndrome goes viral after smiling for mom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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\n\n\n<p>The baby\u2019s joy is contagious, a reflection of the love she\u2019s found in her new family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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\n\n\n<p>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\n\n\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\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Baby with Down syndrome can&#039;t stop smiling\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Dafjczmb8o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\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&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3323,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3322\/revisions\/3323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}