Is it mainly in our nature to like squeezing a baby's face so much?

[Anonymous]

I see this cute aggression behavior more in us than men. Lets say I were to take care of this baby here:

This is what I imagine doing:

It reminds me of a squeaky teddy bear making this sounds:

Is this just mainly in our nature... to simply liking squeezing those cheeks so much?

[LazerBean]

There was study done where they found out that the smell of a baby actually turns on the aggressive chemicals in women's brains. So yeah, kinda lol

[Asker]

I read it about it sometime ago. Interesting.

[coffee_hates_me]

I'd bank on that specific action being more of a social thing but for sure, the intense admiration for how precious and cute and delicate babies are to us is primarily natural

[whereismyjohnny]

I never understood people squeezing baby's face tbh 😅

[Asker]

They're just too adorable.

[mandyfire98]

Chubby little cheeks

[Asker]

Definitely. Squishy cheeks.

[lofii]

They are bundles of joy