Baby turning into 'Italian guy' after seeing himself with mustache filter on has people in stitches

Parents often have lots of fun playing around with their kids and putting various filters from social media on their faces. Sometimes there are pictures of babies with cowboy hats floating around on the internet other times you might stumble upon some kid's face popping from within a flower filter. It's all fun and games until your baby starts switching his nationality over a simple mustache filter. However, it makes up for hilarious video content that a mother named Danielle Anne Manton Kelly posted on her Instagram page.

With over 55,000 followers, Kelly often shares videos on parenting advice and childcare on her page. At times her videos feature her own kids and this time she brought out her son William for a brief video where the mother-son duo tried out the droopy mustache filter that is available on the Instagram app. She wrote on the overlay text of her video that read: "I'll never not laugh at this." The video has managed to gain over 17 million views and countless comments from the community.

As soon as Kelly shifts the camera of her phone and the mustache jumps from her face to William's face, the toddler initially looks a bit puzzled. Then he gives the most recognizable stereotypical Italian hand gesture and mouths something as Kelly continues to laugh uncontrollably. It doesn't take long enough for people to draw similarities between the kid and how Italian mobsters are typically portrayed in cinema. The kid's accurate hand gestures and facial expressions won't fail to win over people.

The reactions from the viewers in the comment section were equally hilarious. Some demanded to get the baby Italian citizenship, pointing out how the baby immediately turned into a mob boss whereas others compared him to Marlon Brando's Don Corleone from "The Godfather." @the_sunny_mama wrote, "A past life just flashed into his consciousness. He’s done some stuff." @raggedy.onu joked, "Ma'am, you're raising an Italian mobster. Handle with care." @maryheath275 wondered, "Did that baby just threaten me?! @sianbado noted, "He was two seconds away from saying "dassa spicy meataball" but remembered he didn't know how to talk."

@imfromcroatia commented, "When you’re Italian, once you get your first mustache, the hand gesture just happens naturally." @foxybitch2400 remarked, "It literally looks like the child is saying bon appétit without actually saying it." @jawhirly added, "Italian hand gesture sure but that baby looks exactly like Escobar did in Narcos." Well, this baby might be temporarily turning Italian with the filter on but what about the babies who are actually raised in Italy, minus the stereotypical hand signs of course?

An American mom named Sarah Thompson (@sarahlthompson11 on TikTok) shared an interesting video to reveal six major differences between raising kids in Italy compared to the US. Thompson noted that there are some interesting differences such as Italian babies going to bed late and sometimes it's as late as 10:30 p.m. or even 11 p.m. Kids are also served freshly cooked food every day. “Number 3 is that the adult world and child world are combined,” Thompson added. “They do everything together, they’re everywhere together, which is amazing. But it can be exhausting too."

The last thing Thompson mentions about raising a kid in Italy is that the prices of kids' products are really high. “Kids products in general are expensive in Italy,” the mom said before joking about how she always regrets that she’d have gotten the item for cheap in the US. Lastly, Thompson mentioned the best part about Italy was “not getting stares from the public and being accepted.” The mom remarked that if she’s having trouble managing her kid or if there are tantrums, she gets her non-judgemental space to calm him down.