{"id":911,"date":"2026-03-12T14:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/?p=911"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:30:21","slug":"adopted-baby-with-down-syndrome-goes-viral-after-smiling-for-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/?p=911","title":{"rendered":"Adopted baby with Down syndrome goes viral after smiling for mom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"300\">Few things are as heartwarming as a baby\u2019s big smile. A video shared by the\u00a0<span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">National Down Syndrome Adoption Network<\/span><\/span>\u00a0went viral after showing an adopted baby with\u00a0<span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Down Syndrome<\/span><\/span>\u00a0beaming with joy at her adoptive mother. The touching clip has been viewed more than 14 million times.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"302\" data-end=\"382\">The baby\u2019s happiness clearly shows she feels safe and loved in her new family.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"384\" data-end=\"650\">The organization, founded in 1982 by\u00a0<span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Robin Steele<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">David Steele<\/span><\/span>\u00a0after they adopted a girl with Down syndrome named Martha, works to ensure every child with the condition has the chance to grow up in a loving home.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"652\" data-end=\"740\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Moments like this simple, joyful smile remind us how powerful love and family can be.\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f49b.svg\" alt=\"&#x1f49b;\" \/><\/p>\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\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rll-youtube-player\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Dafjczmb8o\" data-id=\"_Dafjczmb8o\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" data-alt=\"Baby with Down syndrome can't stop smiling\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Dafjczmb8o?autoplay=1&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Few things are as heartwarming as a baby\u2019s big smile. A video shared by the\u00a0National Down Syndrome Adoption Network\u00a0went viral after showing an adopted baby <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/?p=911\" title=\"Adopted baby with Down syndrome goes viral after smiling for mom\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":913,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911\/revisions\/913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}