> 6-Week-Old Baby

I appreciate this story appears to be all about the rage-bate headlines, but I don't believe that either six-week old babies say "Mama" (with purpose) or that a baby that age would be capable of responding in the way described to an adult saying "there is no Mama". It doesn't work like that at that age.

[Source: have three kids]

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41 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

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like_any_other 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Source: the video: https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/2045335697893269640

Edit: but it is likely the baby is older than 6 weeks in that video - this seems to be the source of confusion (read carefully - the 6-week-old video was a different, older video):

In December, when Texson was 6 weeks old, he shared a video with the text overlay “6 week old homophobic baby,” which was viewed more than 36 million times. In that video, Texson smiles in response to being told he has a sister, a brother and puppies but frowns when McAnally says that he has two dads. In the most recent video McAnally has shared, Texson laughs and says the sound “ma ma ma,” when asked if he wants “dada or pop.” Later on, in the video, he cries and looks frustrated." - https://www.newsweek.com/entertainment/shane-mcanally-video-...

Of course, getting stuck on if they got the age of the baby wrong is throwing out the baby with the bathwater - the main thrust of the story is true.

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logifail an hour ago | parent | next [-]

> In that video, Texson smiles in response to being told he has a sister, a brother and puppies but frowns when McAnally says that he has two dads

[Apologies for being somewhat absolutist about this, but...] babies do not (typically) understand the literal meaning of words - or indeed understand language generally - at 6 weeks. They may understand tone, but not words.

Again, rage bait headlines and all that.

> Of course, getting stuck on if they got the age of the baby wrong

Was hoping to provide useful data for any readers who may be here to "gratify their intellectual curiosity"* that certain claims referenced in this thread are ... implausible ... and that's putting it mildly.

* this is HN ;)

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logifail 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"6-Week-Old" babies don't have the muscle strength to hold their heads horizontally like that (and IMHO it would be foolhardy to wave them around like that)...

Pronounced social smiling (as in the video) already by six weeks would also pretty unusual.

	▲	FireBeyond an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Hah yes, many years I got into a debate with someone here or was it Reddit about the "intuitiveness of iOS" and someone claiming "I've handed my iPad to my 3 month old and they are able to swipe and navigate"... No, your baby typically needs to be propped up to sit at that age. They simply don't have that fine motor control and coordination, let alone the comprehension of whatever app you put in front of them.

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Throaway8675456 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

So a Mr. McAnally told his son he has two dads? Sounds beleivable.

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weirdmantis69 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I bet a 6 week old baby is looking for its mom and letting men adopt it is child abuse.