Newborn baby walks minutes
after being delivered
Published June 3, 2017
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A baby in Brazil has stunned many
around the world after she appeared
to start walking minutes after being
born , Mirror UK , reports .
Doctors were trying to bathe her , but
she had other ideas and started to
wriggle around to walk on her own .
Normally, babies don ’t start walking
until they are about 12 months old . It
is believed the footage was shot at
Santa Cruz Hospital in Rio Grande do
Sul, southern Brazil .
One of the people in the hospital said :
“ Wow, she is so cute it’s amazing. If
she’ s like this now , I can just imagine
how precocious she is going to be as
she grows up . ”
To which the midwife holding the baby
girl says: “ Heavens above. If you told
people what has just happened , no one
would believe it unless they saw it with
their own eyes . ”
For the midwife, it is particularly
surprising to hear this as it is not that
uncommon in newborn babies – it’s
actually something they often show
naturally .
Known as the walking or stepping
reflex, ‘if you hold the baby under the
arms (being careful to support her
head , as well ) and let her soles touch a
flat surface, she’ ll place one foot in
front of the other and “ walk ” ,’ Healthy
Children writes .
“ This reflex will disappear after two
months, then reoccur as she learned
voluntary behaviour of walking
toward the end of the first year . ”
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Like seriously?

This is serious like say them dey waist her time, baby abeg no hurry in life o, (As if there is hurry in death)

i saw the clip and it was amazing