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Video shared connected societal media of a babe reacting to his caller glasses has sparked worldwide attraction and received much than 100 cardinal views connected TikTok and Instagram.
The baby's mom, Stephanie Mazzone-Meyer, posted the video of 1-year-old Liam Frederick trying connected his caller glasses — and it was wide helium liked what helium was seeing. (See the video astatine the apical of this article.)
Mazzone-Meyer spoke exclusively to Fox News Digital astir the experience.
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She said she and her hubby were connected a roadworthy trip from their location successful New York to Wisconsin astatine the clip the video started getting picked up.
"It dilatory started gaining traction connected my idiosyncratic Instagram, truthful connected that travel we decided to upload the video to TikTok," she said.
Baby Liam is shown wearing his glasses and being silly with his mom, Stephanie Mazzone-Meyer. (Stephanie Mazzone-Meyer)
"I fell dormant during that 16-hour car thrust and woke up to hundreds of thousands of views and conscionable hours aboriginal we broke 1 cardinal and yet 75 million," she said.
So far, the video has been shared by newscasts successful a fig of countries, including successful Italy, Chile, Spain and the Netherlands.
"This is the champion video I person ever seen."
Mazzone-Meyer said the comments she's received person been heartwarming, with immoderate radical commenting, "This is the champion video I person ever seen."
Another idiosyncratic commented, "I was having a unspeakable week, and past I saw the video of your lad and it turned my full time around" — portion different said, "I americium disfigured crying astatine work!"
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Said the mom, "My video has besides helped different parents absorption connected the oculus health of their babies and prioritize an optometrist assignment if they announcement thing whitethorn beryllium disconnected visually oregon if they announcement a cross-eye."
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She added, "My anticipation is that Liam tin bring joyousness to others — that aforesaid joyousness that helium brings to america each day. He's been done truthful overmuch during his abbreviated clip earth-side and helium inactive manages to springiness a large grin erstwhile you look astatine him."
Wearing his caller glasses, Baby Liam is shown sitting connected a seat with a doll arsenic helium spends immoderate clip with household successful Wisconsin. (Stephanie Mazzone-Meyer)
She besides said, "He radiates goodness. I deliberation the comments we person regular corroborate this."
"He's a wholly antithetic baby."
Mazzone-Meyer said that since Liam had abnormal scans successful utero and was calved early, his pediatrician and attraction team recommended a slew of tests pursuing his three-week NICU stay; 1 of those was an optometrist appointment.
At the archetypal appointment, the baby's eyes appeared somewhat farsighted, which was nary origin for concern.
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His doc decided connected a follow-up assignment months aboriginal — and astatine that time, it was determined that helium needed glasses close away.
Mazzone-Meyer said Liam has ever been a smiley baby.
Baby Liam is shown connected his archetypal time of wearing his caller glasses. Finally, said his mom, "He tin spot america and the world." (Stephanie Mazzone-Meyer)
Since her babe got his caller spectacles, she noticed helium is smiling much (if that's adjacent possible), grabbing much and playing more.
"He's a wholly antithetic babe with his caller specs," Mazzone-Meyer said.
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"It makes maine bittersweet helium had this chartless contented — but present [we're] truthful blessed that we caught it, and he tin spot us and the world."
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Mazzone-Meyer added, "I deliberation it's nary concealed radical are going done hard times crossed America and the world. Liam's video brings joy, happiness and positivity to people's day-to-day lives."
"It makes maine bittersweet helium had this chartless contented — but present [we're] truthful blessed that we caught it, and helium tin spot america and the world," the baby's ma said. (Stephanie Mazzone-Meyer)
She said, "Just watching his video tin marque the coldest hearts melt."