Dad Instincts: Father’s Incredible Reflexes Save Baby

Dad: Brian with two of his four children at their home in Las Vegas. ( Image: Brian Stucki)

Dad Instincts saves family cozy time on a lazy Sunday afternoon

Apparently being a Dad gives you superpowers

Taken on home security camera footage, captures the father, who appears to be sleeping or watching TV catching his baby daughter as she starts to fall headfirst off the sofa.

His lightning reactions saved the young tot with just an inch to go before she smashed into the floor.

The youngster had become distracted by an iPod while sitting with her parents and brothers on a lazy Sunday afternoon at their home in Las Vegas, father-of-four Brian Stucki’s dad instincts simply kicked in.

He said: “I serve as a Bishop in our local congregation and was pretty exhausted after a day of service and meetings.

“We were watching a spider documentary and Samm just dived. I like to think that I was channeling my own spider senses.”

The 35-year-old said he was asleep when his son began to move.

“Yes, though, as deep of a sleep as possible with kids sitting on you,” he added. “I guess dads just get used to that sort of thing.”

In the clip wife Candace immediately says: “Wow, that was a great catch.”

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Sleeping dad saves baby from falling headfirst off a sofa in this incredible footage

Brian added: “We laugh because while Candace says that, Samm is still hanging upside down and still looking at the iPod.”

But modest Brian doesn’t think he’s actions were extraordinary.

He said: “There are a lot of dads who make grabs like this one. It’s a good thing to have a dad around.

“We have some security cameras in and around the house, so ours was caught on video.

Here are some of the comments on the video.

“Struggling to understand why I can leave my pug (one of the stupidest of all dogs) at home alone all day and he will manage not to kill himself, but if I leave my daughter unattended on the floor for a few minutes, she will try to eat something that makes her choke or find a way to sustain a serious head injury.”

“Seriously, holding my son today, he jerks backward violently, almost snapping his little spine in half. Why, baby? Why?”

“They’re like blind incredible hulks,” another concurs. “Just tiny balls of anger and hate and poop.”

“I wonder what the baby was reading on that phone to make her want to end things that way.”

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