{"id":40,"date":"2010-05-21T10:10:20","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T10:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yourlittlecuties\/2010\/05\/how-to-hug-a-baby.html"},"modified":"2010-05-21T10:10:20","modified_gmt":"2010-05-21T10:10:20","slug":"how-to-hug-a-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/yourlittlecuties\/2010\/05\/how-to-hug-a-baby.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Hug a Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A colleague&nbsp;sent a forward titled &#8220;Instructions for Properly Hugging a Baby&#8221; with five photos of a&nbsp;dog hugging a cutie in sunshine yellow.&nbsp; We don&#8217;t know who originated the photos and text, so please let us know!<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. First, find a baby.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"381\" alt=\"huggingbaby1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/132\/import\/huggingbaby1.jpg\" width=\"604\" \/><\/span>2. Second, be sure that the object you found was indeed a baby by employing classic sniffing techniques.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"381\" alt=\"huggingbaby2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/132\/import\/huggingbaby2.jpg\" width=\"604\" \/><\/span>3. Next you will need to flatten the baby before actually beginning the Hugging process.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"379\" alt=\"huggingbaby3.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/132\/import\/huggingbaby3.jpg\" width=\"604\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. The &#8220;paw slide&#8221;: Simply slide paws around baby and prepare for possible close-up.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"380\" alt=\"huggingbaby4.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/132\/import\/huggingbaby4.jpg\" width=\"604\" \/><\/span>5. Finally, if a camera is present, you will need to execute the difficult and patented &#8220;hug, smile, and lean&#8221; so as to achieve the best photo quality.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"380\" alt=\"huggingbaby5.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/132\/import\/huggingbaby5.jpg\" width=\"604\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A colleague&nbsp;sent a forward titled &#8220;Instructions for Properly Hugging a Baby&#8221; with five photos of a&nbsp;dog hugging a cutie in sunshine yellow.&nbsp; We don&#8217;t know who originated the photos and text, so please let us know! 1. First, find a baby. 2. 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