DAN WUORI: Research suggests that cuteness is actually a multi-sensory experience, with children’s early vocalizations and even that great “new baby smell” all contributing to our desire to protect and care for them.

Your baby is adorable by design.

Those big eyes. Those chubby little cheeks. That sweet smile…

Indeed, science suggests that babies’ cuteness stimulates caregiving responses in the parental brain… protecting infants and making them more likely to survive from an… pic.twitter.com/J6TX0aSLeP

— Dan Wuori (@DanWuori) September 16, 2025

Your baby is adorable by design. Those big eyes. Those chubby little cheeks. That sweet smile… Indeed, science suggests that babies’ cuteness stimulates caregiving responses in the parental brain… protecting infants and making them more likely to survive from an evolutionary perspective. And it’s not just their visual appeal. Research suggests that cuteness is actually a multi-sensory experience, with children’s early vocalizations and even that great “new baby smell” all contributing to our desire to protect and care for them. Put simply, newborns have a biological ability to wrap us right around their fingers. It’s a superpower really. This precious little one was shared to IG by _lullaby_luxuries_.