Sometimes supporting someone in your life creates a ripples effect. Gary and Shayna Gutierrez are parents to 3-year-old Camila and 4-month-old Jonas. BuzzFeed reports that Jonas was recently fitted with a head shaping helmet after doctors decided his head had become too flat from sleeping on his back.
A few days later, Camila put on her bicycle helmet to show support to her little brother, who may or may not be feeling self-conscious about his new look. Gary decided to put one on as well.
A relative tweeted a photo of the helmeted family hanging out in the kitchen, to the delight of the Internet:
my cousin’s baby wears a head-shaping helmet so he’s got the whole family wearing helmets now this is the realest shit i ever seen pic.twitter.com/hrsj4tMA6d
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) July 29, 2017
The tweet went viral, and the replies filled with photos of absolutely adorable kids wearing their head-shaping helmets:
#HelmetSquad pic.twitter.com/FWHQeJluR3
— Qdoba Gooding Jr. (@Hamburglearner) July 29, 2017
Helmet babies are the absolute cutest. pic.twitter.com/jdFdaudbvd
— KristinMiller (@KristinMiller) July 29, 2017
my baby brother had to wear a helmet so my dad got a sticker put on it ?? pic.twitter.com/6Y47jfTlxm
— gillian zaldivar (@gillianzeee) July 31, 2017
Helmet babies are the cutest ?? pic.twitter.com/k91z57CWGy
— S T E P H A N I E (@SnapCrakleSTEPH) July 30, 2017
Helmet babies are the best babies. pic.twitter.com/XMpq0eF8cG
— Austin Flack (@austinflack) July 30, 2017
My niece and nephew are cute helmet babies too ?? pic.twitter.com/aaKmlQnguj
— Morgan (@MorganGrace112) July 30, 2017
All the cool kids wear helmets! pic.twitter.com/F6ng1sAEmG
— Naomi Brown (@beauticology) July 31, 2017
us too pic.twitter.com/tuIfkhmoIf
— Cinnamon. (@iLoveMYKELL) July 30, 2017
Gary told BuzzFeed that Jonas will have to wear his helmet for three to six months. If he retains any memory of the experience, they’ll at least be positive. And for the rest of us, a show of love like this can still mean a whole lot:
Ok, as someone who grew up having multiple reconstructive surgeries and head shaping, this pic right here? Makes me so damn happy.
— Bill (@semanticpoetry) July 30, 2017