![]() ![]() These are difficult decisions that humans have made for thousands of years.” “If you’re a peasant mother in Medieval England and you only have enough food for one child, and if having two means they’re both likely to die, it’s best just to have one child. “Hunter-gatherers who already had a child they were nursing, couldn’t nurse two children at once,” said coauthor Tony Volk, also of Brock University, in the statement. Meanwhile, people are hardwired to find older babies and toddlers the cutest so that parents will divert resources toward offspring most likely to survive. The researchers suspect that, since babies become more capable of surviving diseases at the 6-month mark, there’s a delay in parent-child bonding just in case newborns don’t survive. They found that 6-month-olds won the day, followed by 3-month-olds. They then asked how willing each adult would be to adopt the kids based on perceptions of their happiness, health, and cuteness. “That was interesting because usually we think that the younger children are, the cuter they are, and so more people prefer younger children.”įor the study, Franklin and her team showed pictures of 18 different babies - newborns, 3-month-olds, and 6-month-olds - to 142 adults. “We noticed adults rated the newborns as the least attractive, and the 6-month-olds had the highest ratings across all of the facial cues,” said study co-author Prarthana Franklin of Brock University in St. Shouldn’t biology have driven us to find the smallest babies the cutest? This is one of the main questions addressed by a recent study in Evolution and Human Behavior. Logic would dictate that, because cuteness aids in survival, our offspring would have it in spades when they’re at their most vulnerable - shortly after birth. Why did we evolve to find infants and toddlers cuter than newborns? In other words, why are babies so cute but newborns ugly? They then remain at peak cuteness from 6 months until around age 4-and-a-half. Surveys suggest we don’t find babies particularly cute until 3 or even 6 months of age, when the awkward old man features give way to chubby cheeks and big eyes. "SHE IS HERE!!!!!! Perfect! Congrats Jamie and Jack!!! Can’t wait to know her name… take all the time in your bubblexxxxx" said a third.Newborns are ugly. Congratulations guys."Īnother commented: "Awwww so happy to see this post. Responding to the great news others said: "Oh those wee hands. Taking to the comments, hundreds of people were quick to congratulate the couple with Zoe Sugg, formerly known as Zoella, saying: "AHHHH GUYS! Congratulations" The Glaswegian influencer also teased her naming hinting it won't start with a J however it will be a slightly more uncommon name - but nothing wild or unheard of, she said. In previous videos, Jamie has shared she will not be sharing the birth online but will be taking pictures for the family to remember it. He then shared his wife's post captioning it "Nothing compares". Jack then updated his own Instagram showing a video of him editing his bio and typing the words "Father". The caption reads: "She’s here, and she’s perfect" with a white love heart emoji. READ MORE: Martin Compston celebrates with Celtic birthday cake as star films latest show Taking to the social media platform, the businesswoman snapped a picture of three hands - hers, her husband Jack McCann's and their baby girl's which was wrapped around their fingers.Īrriving late, with Jamie previously thinking she would get here early, the couple were delighted to share the news, although no exact date was shared. Glasgow make-up influencer Jamie Genevieve has given birth after updating fans in an adorable Instagram post late last night (May 10).
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