Bombs in Syria, terror in Stockholm, chaos and a bad confirmation in the Senate. I’ve had better Friday mornings, Kveller readers, and I’m sure you have too.
So, as I sit here comforting myself with a big cup of coffee and the new Harry Styles ballad on repeat (I’m an older millennial, what can I say?), I offer you the viral baby video that made me smile today when nothing else could.
Yes, one family videotaped their baby being unswaddled every morning, and throwing up his little arms with delight. And they set it to very appropriate music, from Naughty By Nature to Miley Cyrus. Yes, there’s a Mel Gibson moment (boo!) in there too, but the cuteness outweighs that.
It’s garnered over a million views in a week—watch and you’ll see why. Thanks, Kaden’s parents, for sharing your baby joy wth the interwebs.
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Sarah M. Seltzer
Sarah Seltzer, former editor for Kveller, is a writer and editor in New York City. She is a journalist covering culture, activism and gender, most recently as Deputy Editor at culture website Flavorwire.com. Her print and online work has appeared in publications including Poets & Writers, The Forward, Lilith, The Washington Post, Ms. Magazine, The New York Times, Salon, The Nation, The Wall Street Journal, Jezebel, The Hairpin, Refinery29, The Toast, Rolling Stone, and many more. She is a graduate of Harvard University, where she edited The Crimson’s weekend magazine, as well as the MFA in writing program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her first baby, Mikey, is growing up way too fast and she can objectively report that he is very cute. You can follow her at @sarahmseltzer and reach her at sarah@kveller.com.
