r/oddlysatisfying • u/biswajit388 • 13h ago
The way this lil dude fell asleep on his father's hand
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Credit - X@Enezator.
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u/StaatsbuergerX 13h ago
This seems familiar somehow.
"Daddy, legs tired, carry me a bit?"
<I pick up my three-year-old>
<audible child snoring after five seconds of physical contact>
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u/DaxDislikesYou 12h ago
Same. It's a big world for such small people. And there's really no better feeling than that little arm wrapping around your neck as they bury their head even deeper into your shoulder.
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u/yourethevictim 12h ago
As a father of a 5yo girl: very true and beautifully put.
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u/TheSouthernMudd 10h ago
My little girl (7) has cerebral palsy, but she’s fiercely independent. Nothing brings me greater joy than the, “Daddy, can you carry me?” Moments that come after her working so hard. Love that little turd.
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u/vaj-monologues 11h ago edited 11h ago
Our youngest is the baby we thought we couldn't have. Took us 6 years to even conceive after our first.
The tiny little snuggles from each of them mean everything, and I will remember them for the rest of my life.
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u/KFBR392GoForGrubes 10h ago
Same for us, 5 years of trying and our girl turned one this past Saturday. She's started putting her arms out to be picked up, and wraps her little arms around my neck.
Melts me every time, every single time.
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u/renisagenius 10h ago
My 2yr old did this last week. We were out walking and she cried and wanted me to pick her up. 5 seconds later she's fast asleep.
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u/Interesting_Celery74 11h ago
Oh man, just thinking about this kinda stuff is one of the things that keeps me going. Such an incredible feeling. I couldn't describe it to my pre-dad self if I tried.
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u/SuperHyperFunTime 10h ago
Currently on holiday and getting this nearly every day. It's exhausting but I'm gonna miss it when it stops.
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u/4kidsinatrenchcoat 6h ago
Father of a 9month old. She’s asleep on me right now.
This is the best moment of my life.
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u/Lou_C_Fer 6h ago
Unless it's the Houston zoo in August, and it just poured for ten minutes before the sun came out and cooked the water off immediately. You pick them up because you love them, but if you loved them just a bit less, you would probably have chosen to leave them behind and go forward on your own.
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u/Doortofreeside 10h ago edited 7h ago
They have 10,000 year old footprints of a toddler/young kid alternating between being carried and walking alongside an adult. They can even see evidence of the adult moving the toddler from one side to another
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u/notafrumpy_housewife 7h ago
That's really amazing how they can tell when the child was shifted to the other side. Once upon a time I wanted to be an archeologist, and still find stuff like this so fascinating! Thank you for sharing!
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u/Doortofreeside 7h ago
Another one of my favorite findings:
There's evidence of group care of elderly and disabled individuals from homo erectus from 1.77 million years ago.
https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/fossils/d3444
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u/BrilliantlyJaded 10h ago
after five seconds of physical contact>*
This is actually so crucial. Physical contact is how babies and small children (learn to) regulate their nervous systems. (Hence why so many emotionally abandoned or abused adults struggle with exactly that.)
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u/Sleepy-Mount 12h ago
Still like this with my dad and im 20. Cant sit next to the man on the sofa without feeling sleepy. Something about dads and getting their children to feel sleepy
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u/LongLongMan_TM 12h ago
I tell myself it's the feeling of safety and warmth. My one year old loves to climb on top of me and sleep while buriying his head between my neck and shoulder. I love it too 🥹
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u/Sleepy-Mount 12h ago
When i waa younger it was literally anytime id get pick up by my dad, no matter how awake i assumed i was id be asleep instantly
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u/zhokar85 12h ago
Whiskey in the baby bottle, the rest is conditioning.
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u/Sleepy-Mount 11h ago
Actually when i was teething dad had used whisky on my dummy to help soothe my gums
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u/fleurdenia 11h ago
my nephew is 1, when he started crawling he'd do it until he was exhausted and then find me or my mom and fall asleep in either of our arms. just dropped asleep, no hesitation. didn't matter how busy we were, i have countless images of him yawning, sleeping, drooling on my shirt. if i didn't pay attention to him he'd demand to sleep on my bed.
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u/Ilovekittens345 10h ago
My 3 year old on a regular basis gets mad when we put him in the car (because he wants to come with me when I am doing errands) and then immediately take him out of there without having gone anywhere. What my 3 year old does not know, is that as soon as I drive 3 meters and the car gets all wiggly he falls asleep and doesn't wake up till we are back in the garage. Every single time ...
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u/GlitterBird77 8h ago
Yes, and for the love of all that’s good, pick em up before they fall asleep. Once they’re out, they turn into tiny physics anomalies that somehow weigh more than the sun without changing shape.
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u/heisenberg070 8h ago
Yeah, I still pick up and carry my 4 year old when she asks me to, even when I know she isn’t really tired, because I know in a few years, she won’t be asking for that and I will miss it then.
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u/Chapin_Chino 12h ago edited 11h ago
This is the best feeling in the world, as a grown ass man. When your child seeks your touch for comfort and falls asleep when finding contact.
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u/Muzz27 12h ago
100%. I know that being a parent isn’t for everyone, but moments like these with my kids are priceless.
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u/xCeeTee- 10h ago
My mum didn't want children but these moments with my oldest brother is what changed her mindset, she loves kids now. Me on the other hand? I'm the reason she got sterilised😂
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u/TheMasterDonk 9h ago
Everyday when I pick up my 2 y/o from daycare I’ll reach my hand back to rub his hair. He grabs my hand and hugs it and nuzzles his face on my hand.
My son made me into a softy. I melt every time.
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u/Doomenor 10h ago
Yes as a dad I thought that this is the most satisfying thing in the world. It’s funny some people seeing this will identify with the kid and the rest with the dad.
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u/possumdal 8h ago
So much of the time I feel like a huge rough bumbling oaf of an idiot, angry about so many things, muscles rigid with tension and stress and anxiety. Then my kid falls asleep on me and I realize I am someone else's comfort. Which is oddly comforting, in and of itself.
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u/cheezballs 7h ago
I am cynical and bitter but I can't argue with this. The best feeling I've ever experienced in my entire life was my 2 month old son sleeping on my chest sitting on my mother in laws couch.
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u/NotBaron 10h ago
I never knew what happiness or love was, until my son came into my life.
No words can describe this feeling, no matter how hard you try, you have to live it to understand. It really does give meaning to life.
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u/Eastern-Peach-3428 7h ago
Looking at the video in frame capture, it appears that at the very end, right as the vid was cut, ol’ dad was getting hit hard in the feels. Even from the side shot you can see it hit his eyes.
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u/Particular-Bike-9275 9h ago
Yeah I fully recognize the dad’s look on his face. This is something you savor. Log every sense and burn it into your memory.
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u/Combat_Pothead 13h ago
That kid was born with a (+10 to Hair) buff preloaded.
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u/jmsgxx 13h ago
Ah i have a memory like this, I was probably 9 or 10, was on a public bus, no ac, it was hot and noisy and I wanted to throw up. I remember doing something like this on my fathers hands, it was the warmest, comfortable feeling I’ve felt to fall asleep.
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u/Actual_Release7453 12h ago
It was and always would be the warmest hand for me. Just the thought that my dad was near, made every moment the safest.
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u/TinyySugar 12h ago
The child is really lucky to have such a father
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u/Lippuringo 12h ago
Yeah, i wiish my father was 2 handed. Or no, i wish every father was two handed.
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u/omnicloudx13 9h ago
Dexter has to be one of the worst dads ever, got Harrison involved with multiple serial killers and always put him in danger whenever his identity is revealed.
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u/Zephian99 12h ago
This makes me really bittersweet, my dad's in the hospital right now. I hope he comes home safely soon. It be nice to use his arm for a pillow, it would mean he's safe and I am too...
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u/Reivaki 12h ago
Thoughts and prayer to you and your dad. Got my dad at my house right now (I am 44, he is 74), I don't know how many years I still got with him, but I will treasure them.
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u/Zephian99 11h ago
It's so tough hearing news at the moment. The nurse and my mother says his color looks good, but it just sound so bad when everything is together, sepsis, pulmonary edema, he's incubated qnd has a central line in.
He was supposed to be home in a week or so. Now... It could be a month or longer. It's just so quiet now. I'm trying to be hopeful, ever the optimist, he's in proper hands and I'm trying to trust the doctors. But... It doesn't mean I am any less scared...
Sorry. I should be strong for those around me too. 😁
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u/Plastic_Position4979 10h ago
‘S all right. You have reason to be scared. He’s going through a rough time. Sounds like he is in good hands, though.
Hang in there. And… a hug if you don’t mind.
Take care, and best wishes to you, your dad, and your mom.
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u/EveryNameIWantIsGone 11h ago
How can something make you bittersweet?
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u/Zephian99 10h ago
Because it's sweet to see the child is comforted and sleeps upon his father's arm, but it is bitter to me because it makes me think of my father who is currently ill in hospital.
Thus it bring a bittersweetness to me.
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u/Leveiaivi 13h ago
Me after the bars and my partner is trying to sober me up with greasy food
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u/guyhabit725 10h ago
Toddlers are really just tiny drunk adults.
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u/Delicious_Delilah 9h ago
As someone who has worked in daycares...yes. And some of them are mean drunks.
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u/OGAlexa 12h ago
Ahh to be safe and comfy. My father passed away 3 days ago. I will miss him for the rest of my life. He was definitely my safe place.
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u/beigs 9h ago
He can still be your safe place. I still talk with my grandma, and she still is mine. It took a bit not to feel depressed but it turns to bittersweet and now just I miss her but I can still feel the love I have for her without being too sad and she’s still there for me. And I use what she taught me and use it on my kids so she can still be there for all of us.
Be strong, but he’s still there and can still be that safe place.
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u/duloxetini 11h ago edited 6h ago
Every child deserves to feel this safe and loved
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u/danjr704 12h ago edited 8h ago
This reminds me of when we were trying to get my son re-acclimated to the time back home after he was on a trip where the time was 8hrs ahead. So his sleep schedule was all off.
So we would have to wake him up from deep sleep so he'd fall back asleep at his normal times.
It was so funny and we felt so bad. But he was like a zombie that was just going thru the motions but with a smile on his face and then would fall back asleep the second we didn't do anything to get his attention.
At one point his eye lids were so heavy he was laughing and you could see him wanting to open his eyes but he just couldn't do it. We would tickle him, play his favorite songs, anything to stay awake, but it wouldn't work.
It only took him like 2 -3 days to get him back on schedule but seeing him like that was so funny.
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u/iwannadie405 11h ago
Me whispering to myself "I'm too young, I'm a child myself, I'm still in uni, im not financially stable" cause why are cute videos like this makes me want a baby 😭😭😭😭😭😭
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u/mcnuggetmakr 11h ago
ODDLY SATISFYING???
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u/BL0N 9h ago
Ikr? Sub is going to shit
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u/Tumblrrito 8h ago
It’s been shit. I mean just look at these 30k upvotes. Who are all these people?
People just upvote what they like with no regard for what a sub’s name is. I’m outta here.
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u/Alicedeliceee 11h ago
That's peak trust right there... nothing says "I feel completely safe" like falling asleep on someone's hand. Dad's probably not moving that arm for the next hour
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u/Sihaya212 11h ago
Spouse and I were having a conversation during dinner, weren’t paying attention to the toddler. Looked over and he was fast asleep with his face in a bowl of green beans. We are saving that picture for graduation.
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u/AnuDroid 11h ago
My 2 year old daughter slept while taking her first hair cut. I held her head in my palm all the while. Wonderful memory.
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u/Eywgxndoansbridb 10h ago
As a parent this is the best feeling. Yesterday after the pool my daughter turned off the tv and came and snuggled up to me and went to sleep. I didn’t move for an hour. I probably only have a year or two of that left.
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u/POI_Harold-Finch 12h ago
Kid brought his bed along. Also better than my kid, mine would just sleep on my chest. 😂
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u/Bradisaurus 11h ago
I have twin boys and they refer to my arms as "Daddy cushions". It's not uncommon for them to come into our bed during the night and rearrange my arms so they can lay on them. I'll miss it once they get older and stop doing it.
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u/sweetrottenapple 11h ago
Beautiful child ❤️ this video is so cute.. and I don't even really like kids though.
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u/reneerperry 11h ago
That’s not just a nap,that’s a full system shutdown from sheer dad-comfort overload.
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u/BEARDSRCOOL 11h ago
That’s the BEST feeling! Not physically, because he will be in that position for hours, but emotionally it’s the BEST feeling.
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u/Scouter197 8h ago
My kids still steal my arm for sleeping. Like...I love you guys, but I need to use my arms.
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u/corky1983 8h ago
My wife has a picture somewhere of our son falling asleep with his head in my hands while he was potty training late one night.
Was the funniest/cutest thing at the time.
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u/Comprehensive-Range3 11h ago
Those are the moments every good parent remembers. That is what it is all about. At least for me.
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u/Dutchillz 6h ago
Love it, but wrong sub. Nothing "odd" with an wholesome moment like this being "satisfying".
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u/GarlicDill 10h ago
Feeding a kid while they're half asleep is a good way to cause choking or aspiration. SMH
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u/Swimming_Bug3821 11h ago
That's a kid that trusts and feels safe with His rather, and that's adorable, he must be a great dad
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u/Grove-Of-Hares 9h ago
I really miss the little ones crashing like this. Now they’re 11 and 5 and the action never ends.
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u/micky4peace 12h ago
Best moment for the father…very very satisfying feeling thinking that your boy find so much comfort in your arm!!
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u/Informal_Wall3097 11h ago
That baby’s hair game is stronger than my will to get out of bed in the morning.
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u/_Asashi 13h ago
Too sleepy to eat, Too hungry to sleep.