{"id":3570,"date":"2026-03-08T13:16:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T13:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/?p=3570"},"modified":"2026-03-08T13:16:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T13:16:29","slug":"adopted-baby-with-down-syndrome-goes-viral-after-smiling-for-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/?p=3570","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 <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">National Down Syndrome Adoption Network<\/span><\/span> went viral after showing an adopted baby with <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Down Syndrome<\/span><\/span> beaming 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 <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Robin Steele<\/span><\/span> and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">David Steele<\/span><\/span> after 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. &#x1f49b;<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-05bc1ba598a3d1dabe21b1531af0e2e4\" class=\"newsner-05bc1ba598a3d1dabe21b1531af0e2e4 newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\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 National Down Syndrome Adoption Network went viral after showing an <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/?p=3570\" title=\"Adopted baby with Down syndrome goes viral after smiling for mom\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3572,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3570\/revisions\/3572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}