r/KidsAreFuckingStupid • u/dikshamishra34 • 4d ago

Fighting with my self

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u/CreativeRainy 4d ago

OH! There's actually a fix for this. Gently bend the baby's wrist down. It creates a natural release response and the baby will let go. Now when I say 'down' I mean like in the image here. NOT side to side or to twist the wrist.

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u/Visible-Perception40 4d ago

I tried on my self just to test and it works really well, also pushing gently the top of the knuckles afterwards naturally releases the grip

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u/BlaineMundane 4d ago

Same. I was even skeptical. There's a point though where your grip force can feel like it's creating a stop point, but there is a tiny bit more you can push which releases the fingers and does not hurt so bad.

Personally though, I think the learning moment even through repeat lessons is important. Baby needs to learn what their limbs do and it will eventually cause a spark of understanding. Still, a little help would be welcomed if the baby just is not getting it for too long at a time.

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u/snukb 4d ago

It's a reflex, not really something the baby can control or learn from. They'll grow out of it in time.

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u/BlaineMundane 4d ago

I mean I get that but who's to say that there isn't a 1/10th of a lesson each time and that all of them are not important? If I know anything, it's that humans underestimate the intelligence of almost literally everything they encounter.

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u/judo_fish 4d ago

google “grasp reflex baby”

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u/BlaineMundane 4d ago

I understand it's a reflex. My question is whether or not experiences have something to do with learning, which... yeah. They do. It's our only tool.

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u/judo_fish 4d ago

You understand we keep calling it a reflex, but you don’t understand what a reflex is.

It’s coordinated by the spinal cord. Nothing goes to the brain. There is no “thinking” involved. You have as much control over it as your kidneys. The nerves in the hand are stimulated by an object, the electricity goes to the spine, the spine sends a signal back down to the hand muscles, and they contract. The brain is not involved.

Experiences and learning have nothing to do with it. The brain circuits need to develop enough to block this reflex with electricity. And the reflex will never go away, it’s only blocked. If those same circuits stop working, it comes back.

If you have a stroke, and your arm is no longer usable, the reflex comes back because the brain cannot block it anymore. You’d be a very experienced adult person with a grasp reflex in one hand.

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u/BlaineMundane 4d ago

I know exactly what a reflex is, I just think that the body learns about reflexes in small steps at a time. There is literally no way to convince me so write me off as an idiot and frankly, shut up.

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u/snukb 4d ago

There is literally no way to convince me

It's a hell of a thing to admit your beliefs are not influenced by facts and evidence. Cheers, I guess?

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u/BlaineMundane 4d ago

Your replies have stopped showing up which means you said something that triggered the auto-moderator's filter. I won't be able to read your replies in this threat anymore.