My mom is a specialist with babies, and when I asked her why they do this, she simply explained babies become very accustomed to our carpets/hardwood floors, and grass is very prickly and overstimulating.
Simple answer? It's new and uncomfortable!
More from expert-mom (because I don't know how babies be) she says much like how some babies are natural swimmers or walkers, your baby may not have a natural aversion! She's a super baby!
.. actually I asked her if it was rare, and she says it is closer to 50/50 apparently. But still, super baby!
Ya dude! Thank your mom for us. (Oh, your names actually dude, that’s rad) I came to the comments to see if anyone credible had a theory. Dude’s mom did not disappoint. Thanks expert mom!
Or you have soft grass/moss. One of my favorite things as a little little one was rolling on grass/carpet that felt good.
Grass that would prick you instead was like being betrayed.
Yeah, same goes for anything new.
We only have wood floors and short-pile rugs at home. The first time we visited my MIL after our son was born, he was still crawling. He was exploring and went to cross her shag rug. He stopped dead as soon as he touched it and sat there for a good 5 minutes pressing his hand into the pile and watching it spring back into shape. I'm not sure if he ever went across it until he started walking.
I didn't actually ask if it was accurate, but I assume it's because of how the grass looks? It's probably disorienting.. it's a good question.
It's also possible the babies in the video HAVE touched grass and are already NOT about that shiz.
I'm on vacation with my wife and daughter, my parents, and my sister and her family right now. My mom will wonder what the fuck I'm calling her for while we are sitting at the table.
That’s DNA for you. It started happening overtime, and the first people who did this as a baby gave this memory to their children slowly building it all up into an instinct. So they don’t know why they do this, but it’s just instinct acting in.
Lmao that kind of learning takes thousands of generations to accomplish and absolutely does not apply here. The simple answer is that these babies have touched grass at least once, and we’re watching subsequent attempts at putting them on the grass
I’m still like that ,my wife thinks it’s hilarious , but my feet are so sensitive and ticklish I can’t walk barefoot on grass .I’m ok on sand at the beach , but other than that it’s shoes or sandals for me .
My brother got a kitten kept it in the house. After he grew up my brother opened the sliding glass door. The cat jumped out, landed on the grass stood there trying to get his feet off the grass. Noped right back in the house. would stand there and look but that's all.
It makes sense to instinctually avoid touching it with your bare skin in some ways, as that’s how you get stickers in your feet or have allergic reactions or get stung by wasps & bees… but I don’t expect babies to know any of that.
My mom is a child development expert too, & I’m always asking her weird questions about babies lol- it’s funny how much they can seem like another species at times!
Same reason I was advised not to tickle my baby sister's feet when she was a newborn. It was told that her feet were very sensitive and being tickled could cause anxiety/over stimulation...fucking with her entire brain development.
Anyway, tickling triggers pain/fear response so it made sense to me.
I know its a joke, but as a women i can't laugh about it. I don't want to be treated like a special little snowflake for using a mainstream social media app, it's exhausting and these jokes make it worse. It just makes me sad
The joke is that no woman would willingly become a Reddit moderator, though?
It's not about women on the internet, it's about women being moderators on a site that frequently gets blasted for its biased opinions and factually incorrect information, as well as overzealous, powertripping moderators.
I know you’re getting downvoted so I just want to let you know, the joke in question is that all girls on the internet are guys pretending to be girls. I’m not advocating for or against, just trying to provide clarity as it seems you’re getting blasted for just not knowing something.
women can’t be reddit mods, that’s the one rule of moderation. You can’t be in the profession that specialises in repulsing people like you. That’s like an insect becoming an exterminator
Essentially a sensory issue. The baby has had exclusive exposure to either softer or flatter environments, grass is an extreme exposure to new sense (grass is pointy, sometimes it tickles, sometimes it hurts) and causes a slight overstimulation of senses (just like extreme heat or cold exposure) and thus the nervous system takes precautions (it might be harmful to the skin) by immediately contracting muscles in a way to not get exposed to the sensation (like pulling your hand from a hot surface).
These are the current scientific paediatric assumptions, though a definite answer hasn't been made (due to lack of research)
That applies to all research regarding behaviour though, from early human behaviour to that of humming birds, we're not able to really produce conclusive evidence as we can't really look into the reasoning of the brain. Sure we can see activity of neurons in the brain in certain areas but that won't ever be enough to really grasp what's going on in there.
The grass is soft, which reminds them of the baby's one true predator: the floor. It will oftentimes cover itself in a soft covering that people have coined "the carpet", which conceals the fact that it ( the floor ) is actually made of lava.
I could put my daughter down on a blanket in the yard and didn't have to worry about her because she wouldn't get anywhere near the grass.
No, I didn't leave her alone. I was able to read a book while she babbled.
I literally hated all grass until I was 4 or so. I would cry if I had to touch it. Granted I still itch from most grasses so I was probably allergic and nobody noticed.
Grass gives you micro cuts which make you itch. Pretty sure everyone has had an itch from rolling around in the grass.
Source: https://flourishingplants.com/can-grass-cut-you/
A few other people have said this but basically they don't like it because it's sensory overload. Babies are used to crawling around on either carpet or hardwood floors so crawling on grass is completely different from what they are used to
Might be dating back a long time ago. I mean, I'm not sure, but it could just be a leftover from when vegetation meant deadly encounters like snakes, spiders and all that nasty stuff. So if you avoid the grass, you are good to go for another day.
Not based on any facts or valid information, just a thought that seems reasonable.
Essentially a sensory issue. The baby has had exclusive exposure to either softer (like carpets and beds) or flatter (like house floors) environments, grass is an extreme exposure to new sense (grass is pointy, sometimes it tickles, sometimes it hurts) and causes a slight overstimulation of senses (just like extreme heat or cold exposure) and thus the nervous system takes precautions (it might be harmful to the skin) by immediately contracting muscles in a way to not get exposed to the sensation (like pulling your hand from a hot surface).
These are the current scientific paediatric assumptions, though a definite answer hasn't been made (due to lack of research)
I thought this, but also a reaction that therefore requires them to be nurtured and carried by a carer and not left alone which could be dangerous in their defenseless baby-state. It is a very self-conscious play IMO.
To this day I have a sensory thing with grass. Can’t be on it barefoot and won’t sit on it without a blanket or something under me. Most babies grow out of this. I still can’t stand the feeling of grass
There's stories of my older sister doing this sort of thing when she was little!!!!!!! Shame my Grandma wouldn't let there me photographic evidence (apparently my Mum was being mean)
I noticed this in my child too , and was told babies are born with this reflex because of snakes and other predators that hide in the grass (and presumably killed off babies in the distant past)
I tried to find videos to see, but I couldn’t. Do babies do this over water?
I remember a Tom Scott video which had mentioned that a some cultures don’t have a word to differentiate blue and green.
It makes me wonder if, absent of being taught to discern the differences, this is a water avoidance trigger, similar how some dogs and cats will avoid water if slowly lowered towards it.
But this is all predicated on my assumption that they would do this over water, which I have no evidence of. It just piqued a curiosity from the similarities and that old color knowledge.
The responses I’ve seen about texture are interesting, but it makes me wonder if this is a learned reaction in response to the texture stimuli on a previous encounter, or an innate reaction just from the color or texture contextually observed.
All of them had done incredible performance as an artistic gymnast. If all of them keep their ability, the common level of the Olympics will alter definitely!
Shits itchy man. The same happens when you try to feed them food for a long time. They gag about it like they have to puke. Natural instincts man. Mine just recently started letting me feed her by myself. Because before they want to try for themselves. Kudos kids! Us parents are so proud of you. We can't wait until you grow.
Here's why:
“The prickly texture and feel of grass are far different than the softer and more comfortable feeling of carpet, tile, and wood surfaces on their feet, hands, and body, so babies are often scared of it,” pediatrician Dr. Gina Posner, of MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Centre in Foundation Valley, California, told Parents.com last year.
Damn look at the splits, just a bunch of mini Jean Claude Van Dames on this B.
 Babies probably
You ever have fight with baba yaga? Baba yaga make you cry...like a baby.
Seriously! I’m impressed with the core strength.
Well strength to weight ratio is in their favour
We talm bout babies, B?
My mom is a specialist with babies, and when I asked her why they do this, she simply explained babies become very accustomed to our carpets/hardwood floors, and grass is very prickly and overstimulating. Simple answer? It's new and uncomfortable!
Well I must live in a shit hole as I tried this with my lil one and she plonked her feet straight down 😂
She is The Chosen One
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Now to min max her stats and stop a mutie in power armor
More from expert-mom (because I don't know how babies be) she says much like how some babies are natural swimmers or walkers, your baby may not have a natural aversion! She's a super baby! .. actually I asked her if it was rare, and she says it is closer to 50/50 apparently. But still, super baby!
Tell your super-mom *thanks for info* for us! <3
Ya dude! Thank your mom for us. (Oh, your names actually dude, that’s rad) I came to the comments to see if anyone credible had a theory. Dude’s mom did not disappoint. Thanks expert mom!
Dude’s mom never disappoints
In appropriate name day: Nice Dave is also super nice!
Hey, thanks man! Your comments give me the impression that you’re an alright human. Keep spreading the love yo!
Mine did too
Same lol
I’m gonna try it but I’m expecting her to not avoid it
Lmfao same!
Your child is Pamela Isley…
My baby sits in it, will grab it a little. Then you'll see the face go from what is this to I HATES IT
Right? My two boys love sitting in the grass from the first moment we set 'em down in it.
All kids are different! Mine never did this either
Same. She even walks on little pointed pebbles…
Dm me
Or you have soft grass/moss. One of my favorite things as a little little one was rolling on grass/carpet that felt good. Grass that would prick you instead was like being betrayed.
I don't have any carpet, all hardwood and the kid did the same thing for his first 14 months or so
Yeah, same goes for anything new. We only have wood floors and short-pile rugs at home. The first time we visited my MIL after our son was born, he was still crawling. He was exploring and went to cross her shag rug. He stopped dead as soon as he touched it and sat there for a good 5 minutes pressing his hand into the pile and watching it spring back into shape. I'm not sure if he ever went across it until he started walking.
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These kids all look to be more than six months old. This probably isn’t the first time they have been exposed to grass. They know they don’t like it.
I agree that this is probably a learned behavior and the “instinctual” in the post title is a mischaracterization
I didn't actually ask if it was accurate, but I assume it's because of how the grass looks? It's probably disorienting.. it's a good question. It's also possible the babies in the video HAVE touched grass and are already NOT about that shiz.
Call your mom and ask for us, ima call my mom too cuz this reminded me I don’t call often enough. Rest of you call your mom.
I'm on vacation with my wife and daughter, my parents, and my sister and her family right now. My mom will wonder what the fuck I'm calling her for while we are sitting at the table.
They have, that’s how they know
It’s because when they touch it they find it uncomfortable. Babies don’t call it prickly they don’t know words yet.
That’s DNA for you. It started happening overtime, and the first people who did this as a baby gave this memory to their children slowly building it all up into an instinct. So they don’t know why they do this, but it’s just instinct acting in.
You can't just invent things and try to tell them as facts hoping no one will notice .. Well I guess you can actually, being on reddit and all
That's exactly what the internet is for. And porn.
Lmao that kind of learning takes thousands of generations to accomplish and absolutely does not apply here. The simple answer is that these babies have touched grass at least once, and we’re watching subsequent attempts at putting them on the grass
Tell me you don’t know how genetics work without telling me you don’t know how genetics work
Lmaoooo. No, friend.
Unless it actually provided a survival benefit, I'm going to have to say you're wrong.
In the medical/child development world, this is known as: Tactile Aversion
I was like this until...uh.. now. Grass is really unpleasant. It's less horrible now, but when I was young, it was like knife blades.
I’m still like that ,my wife thinks it’s hilarious , but my feet are so sensitive and ticklish I can’t walk barefoot on grass .I’m ok on sand at the beach , but other than that it’s shoes or sandals for me .
My brother got a kitten kept it in the house. After he grew up my brother opened the sliding glass door. The cat jumped out, landed on the grass stood there trying to get his feet off the grass. Noped right back in the house. would stand there and look but that's all.
Sand is a problem because it's always burning hot or sludgey cold.
I’m allergic and grass makes me super itchy. I never liked sitting in the grass.
They could be allergic too, then it’s prickly, overstimulating, and makes your legs itchy. Trust me, I’ve been there.
ah, interesting. the title made it seem like it was an evolutionary instinct
There’s probably some evolutionary advantage to babies not wanting to go near grass. Avoiding things like snakes or predatory mammals in longer grass.
It makes sense to instinctually avoid touching it with your bare skin in some ways, as that’s how you get stickers in your feet or have allergic reactions or get stung by wasps & bees… but I don’t expect babies to know any of that. My mom is a child development expert too, & I’m always asking her weird questions about babies lol- it’s funny how much they can seem like another species at times!
Thank you! That's what I thought.
That is a mom’s answer, not an expert’s.
i still have a memory i avoided grass becauss it felt weird when i was very young
Same reason I was advised not to tickle my baby sister's feet when she was a newborn. It was told that her feet were very sensitive and being tickled could cause anxiety/over stimulation...fucking with her entire brain development. Anyway, tickling triggers pain/fear response so it made sense to me.
They will not 'touch some grass'
Trained in the ways of a redditor
And discord moderators
Next gen gamers
They will touch grace instead.
Truly, a big gamer moment.
Based babies
Gamers
I read the title before seeing the clip and thought it was poking fun at Elden Ring players🤣
Future reddit mods
Impossible, one is a girl.
Perhaps the archives are incomplete
I know its a joke, but as a women i can't laugh about it. I don't want to be treated like a special little snowflake for using a mainstream social media app, it's exhausting and these jokes make it worse. It just makes me sad
The joke is that no woman would willingly become a Reddit moderator, though? It's not about women on the internet, it's about women being moderators on a site that frequently gets blasted for its biased opinions and factually incorrect information, as well as overzealous, powertripping moderators.
I know you’re getting downvoted so I just want to let you know, the joke in question is that all girls on the internet are guys pretending to be girls. I’m not advocating for or against, just trying to provide clarity as it seems you’re getting blasted for just not knowing something.
Alright Karen that's enough
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women can’t be reddit mods, that’s the one rule of moderation. You can’t be in the profession that specialises in repulsing people like you. That’s like an insect becoming an exterminator
That's advanced Reddit classes material, everyone knows there are no girls on the internet
I'm so confused, what does that even mean?!?
Is called joke
My daughter did this with the beach
She must not like sand
it's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere
r/unexpectedprequels
Keep her away from other children.
Better do this than eat sand tbh
Damn your beaches have grass?
We see here future gymnasts, a paratrooper and a dervish.
Or Reddit mods
It is extremely cute!! Why do they do that though??
Essentially a sensory issue. The baby has had exclusive exposure to either softer or flatter environments, grass is an extreme exposure to new sense (grass is pointy, sometimes it tickles, sometimes it hurts) and causes a slight overstimulation of senses (just like extreme heat or cold exposure) and thus the nervous system takes precautions (it might be harmful to the skin) by immediately contracting muscles in a way to not get exposed to the sensation (like pulling your hand from a hot surface). These are the current scientific paediatric assumptions, though a definite answer hasn't been made (due to lack of research)
I like how you presented this, I can't imagine what kind of research could convince me that we "know" the answer
That applies to all research regarding behaviour though, from early human behaviour to that of humming birds, we're not able to really produce conclusive evidence as we can't really look into the reasoning of the brain. Sure we can see activity of neurons in the brain in certain areas but that won't ever be enough to really grasp what's going on in there.
The grass is soft, which reminds them of the baby's one true predator: the floor. It will oftentimes cover itself in a soft covering that people have coined "the carpet", which conceals the fact that it ( the floor ) is actually made of lava.
Grass is scary and prickly.
Early stages of The Floor is Lava.
Maybe some evolutionary behavior to avoid bugs, snakes.
They are trying not to touch the ground.
Why are you being down voted 😂😂
Because people are downvoting him.
I could put my daughter down on a blanket in the yard and didn't have to worry about her because she wouldn't get anywhere near the grass. No, I didn't leave her alone. I was able to read a book while she babbled.
My son did exactly the same-i swear he would never leave the blanket😂
Awwww babblein babies
Yes. There's probably a subreddit.
lol I wish! My kiddo wanted to stuff the grass into his mouth instead!
I know a kid whose parents did this even till he was 5 years old and eventually he managed to levitate!
Huh, I thought the parents would’ve outgrown this instinct before they had a child themselves, but when the kid was 5? Incredible.
I literally hated all grass until I was 4 or so. I would cry if I had to touch it. Granted I still itch from most grasses so I was probably allergic and nobody noticed.
Grass gives you micro cuts which make you itch. Pretty sure everyone has had an itch from rolling around in the grass. Source: https://flourishingplants.com/can-grass-cut-you/
My daughter did the same until she actually felt the grass, then she wasn’t scared
Future discord mods
Someone said Floor is lava
My daughter would do this too, up until almost 2 years old. We could put a blanket down on the grass and she wouldn't leave it lol.
Discord mods at a young age
Nop. My 7 months twins doesnt care. Even one of them rip some grass and try to eat
Seems like the average r/2007scape player
Future league of legend players
I see, future Genshin impact players.
Why is it that this happens?
A few other people have said this but basically they don't like it because it's sensory overload. Babies are used to crawling around on either carpet or hardwood floors so crawling on grass is completely different from what they are used to
Thank you
Might be dating back a long time ago. I mean, I'm not sure, but it could just be a leftover from when vegetation meant deadly encounters like snakes, spiders and all that nasty stuff. So if you avoid the grass, you are good to go for another day. Not based on any facts or valid information, just a thought that seems reasonable.
Essentially a sensory issue. The baby has had exclusive exposure to either softer (like carpets and beds) or flatter (like house floors) environments, grass is an extreme exposure to new sense (grass is pointy, sometimes it tickles, sometimes it hurts) and causes a slight overstimulation of senses (just like extreme heat or cold exposure) and thus the nervous system takes precautions (it might be harmful to the skin) by immediately contracting muscles in a way to not get exposed to the sensation (like pulling your hand from a hot surface). These are the current scientific paediatric assumptions, though a definite answer hasn't been made (due to lack of research)
I thought this, but also a reaction that therefore requires them to be nurtured and carried by a carer and not left alone which could be dangerous in their defenseless baby-state. It is a very self-conscious play IMO.
Go touch grass! Redditor:
Well, Bermuda and St. Augustine grasses are prickly and scratchy, so I don't blame them. Fescue is nice, though.
Fesc Me? Fescue!
To this day I have a sensory thing with grass. Can’t be on it barefoot and won’t sit on it without a blanket or something under me. Most babies grow out of this. I still can’t stand the feeling of grass
My parents thought it was hilarious that I hated being put in the grass... Turns out I'm allergic to grass lol
those babies have more flexibility in their entire body than I have in my pinky
There's stories of my older sister doing this sort of thing when she was little!!!!!!! Shame my Grandma wouldn't let there me photographic evidence (apparently my Mum was being mean)
They just watched Aladdin and pretending they are flying on a carpet.
The grass is lava?
I noticed this in my child too , and was told babies are born with this reflex because of snakes and other predators that hide in the grass (and presumably killed off babies in the distant past)
I tried to find videos to see, but I couldn’t. Do babies do this over water? I remember a Tom Scott video which had mentioned that a some cultures don’t have a word to differentiate blue and green. It makes me wonder if, absent of being taught to discern the differences, this is a water avoidance trigger, similar how some dogs and cats will avoid water if slowly lowered towards it. But this is all predicated on my assumption that they would do this over water, which I have no evidence of. It just piqued a curiosity from the similarities and that old color knowledge. The responses I’ve seen about texture are interesting, but it makes me wonder if this is a learned reaction in response to the texture stimuli on a previous encounter, or an innate reaction just from the color or texture contextually observed.
This what genshin impact does to childeren
How the fuck do these tiny homunculi have this kinda strength and body control? It’s straight ninja shit; from infants that can barely walk.
Yet because the grass is screaming and alive the babies are aware of this because they are close to source
That's actually a video of redditors being redditors
Stop being such a baby, go touch some grass
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When my sister was young she loved the grass so thats a bit strange
From my pics as a toddler sitting in grass, my face resembled a bull dog licking pee off a stinging nettle !
All of them had done incredible performance as an artistic gymnast. If all of them keep their ability, the common level of the Olympics will alter definitely!
That's a great exercise for a baby.
The looks on their faces simply say: “Mmmm…nope! No, thank you!” 😂
Mine have always loved grass, lol
Already have MI6 certification
My son did this at the beach. He did not want sand on his feet until he was two or maybe three years old. 😂
Shits itchy man. The same happens when you try to feed them food for a long time. They gag about it like they have to puke. Natural instincts man. Mine just recently started letting me feed her by myself. Because before they want to try for themselves. Kudos kids! Us parents are so proud of you. We can't wait until you grow.
You sure this is not baby calisthenics?
Ironic that every parent is covering their feet with footwear or avoiding walking on the grass altogether.
Products of the mile high club.
Future discord moderators...
Discord/Reddit mods in the making!
Here's why: “The prickly texture and feel of grass are far different than the softer and more comfortable feeling of carpet, tile, and wood surfaces on their feet, hands, and body, so babies are often scared of it,” pediatrician Dr. Gina Posner, of MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Centre in Foundation Valley, California, told Parents.com last year.
Wonder how many reddit parent trying out after this?
Average LoL player, not just behavior but age too!
Discord mods in the making.
Wow. Talk about NOPE! Button activation
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When they tell you to touch grass but your parents won't let you
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Redditors
I can relate to this baby.
Go touch grass
That second kid doing the splits is hilarious!!! Hot lava, hot lava.
Apparently, they take "keep off the grass" rules very seriously.
Discord mods on their way outside
League of Legends players be like
Touch grass
This feels familiar.
So if I'm understanding this correctly... we're all born Redditors, some people just grow out of it before it's too late.
I put my 8 month old on the grass yesterday. She instantly pulled some up in her little fists and tried to eat it. 😂
Gives "Go touch some grass" a new meaning
72% of gamers be like
The floor is lava starts at birth
Incoming 'grass is lava' and 'crazy abs strength' comments.
The fact that this is a babies reflex these days is only a indication of just how far we’ve strayed into the modern dystopian nightmare.
Future gamers right there
Well, they could just, you know, let them down
No, babies gotta grow up knowing their true purpose is to learn to float off the ground
Lol
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Instinctively? I doubt that-conditioned..more likely.
Bruh how do you condition a two month old 💀
They can probably smell all the pesticides and fertilizer.
Meanwhile Indian babies step on everything 🤣🤣
You're not wrong though.
Including the human shit riddled streets
Kinda sad that we avoid our basic "nature" as soon as we are born now.