Curiosity is an important trait to have for babies.
When we’re born, it’s said that our brains are essentially blank slates, filled with neural connections that are there for the making. As a result, babies tend to be extremely curious to help them form the connections they need to get by in this world.
Scientists consider these neural connections to be ‘crucial,’ noting that between birth and age three, children develop more than a million neural connections EVERY SECOND – which is pretty crazy when you really think about it.
It’s a result of this innate curiosity that we learn how to walk, talk, and be social with others.
Still, on the road to those bigger achievements are many more modest ones—some of which are adorable.
That was the case for these two adorable twins.
The video starts with a father holding the camera while asking his children, Ady and Sarah, a question.
“What did you get?” he says, as they rummage through the pantry. After a moment, it’s clear what the two little kids have found: it’s a bag of mini-marshmallows.
Clearly seeing an opportunity for an incredible baby video, the dad sets up a plate on the ground between takes and invites the twins over, offering to help open up the bag of marshmallows. After a few moments, he gets the bag open and puts some on the plate for Ady and Sarah.
Once they pop a few of these sweet treats in their mouths, there’s no going back.
Before long, the girls are finishing off the entire plate of mini-marshmallows!
The twins each show incredible enthusiasm for each marshmallow they eat, starting first with just one at a time. In the end, however, one of the girls wises up to the process. Instead of grabbing just one of the treats, she grabs two entire handfuls and shoves them all in her mouth!
The dad, meanwhile, is laughing hysterically in the background, shouting, “that’s too many!”
Finally, the other sister grabs the empty plate—and extends her hand for more candy.
Interestingly, according to the US National Library of Medicine, babies are born with an innate attraction to sweet flavors. Scientists believe this is what guides them to drink breastmilk, which is said to be rather sweet. Of course, there are individual differences but, as a general rule, babies are born loving sweet flavors.
This taste for sweetness is biological and innate, and it may have been an evolutionary trait to help us grow. As mentioned, a mother’s breastmilk is sweet in flavor. Additionally, children’s attraction to sweet food tends to decrease when they hit early to late adolescence, a time when our physical growth ceases.
As it turns out, innocence and curiosity are helpful in many different circumstances—even if it only means stealing marshmallows from your sister!
In all seriousness, the clip of Ady and Sarah playing with their dad is warming hearts worldwide and has more than fifteen million views. In addition to being one of the cutest things we’ve ever seen, Ady and Sarah’s marshmallow competition is a cute reminder of what it means to be a kid again.
Kudos to dad for letting his daughters have as much candy as they want—and for getting it all on camera!
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