I'm not sure what made me think of this. Perhaps it was a part of a progressive cultural acceptance/movement towards cannibalism, this story may have groomed people to accept that it's possible we want to eat babies….. Article from 2014. seems more significant considering recent affairs.
There's Actually A Scientific Reason You Sometimes Want To Eat Your Baby (or Puppy)
You're admiring your precious baby when the urge washes over you… you want to bite them. Turns out you're not a sick weirdo after all.
This phenomenon has a name, and apparently, a sociological purpose. Commonly known as cute aggression, "dimorphous expressions" can be a helpful tool in controlling our emotions, according to findings by psychological scientists at Yale University.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/morganshanahan/the-real-reason-you-kind-of-want-to-take-a-bite-out-of-your