Mother Shares Brutally Honest Overnight Time-Lapse Video
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“Parenting doesn’t end when the sun goes down.” These are the words of a Social influencer and a mom-of-three Melanie Darnell.
Melanie gained her following by sharing her experiences of how to be a great mom and stay fit at the same time. Currently, she has over 87k followers on Instagram and lately the number has been rapidly growing because of one video she shared that close to every parent was able to relate.
After 10 months of waking up tired, Melanie decided to do an experiment. She duct taped a camera to the ceiling above her bed and filmed her night.
The video reveals the reality of parenting – you are never done parenting and if the baby needs you, you don’t have a choice but to get up and attend your child.
Many people loved the honesty of the video and the message that Melanie shared. “My hope was moms around the world could take comfort in knowing at the very same middle-of-the-night moment each of us is cradling our babies in the dark of our homes, together in this shared experience of motherhood.”
You can find the brutally honest video below.
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Melanie Darnell is a Social Influencer and a mom-of-three from Los Angeles
Melanie gained her following by sharing her experiences of how to be a great mom and stay fit at the same time
Currently, she has over 87k followers on Instagram and lately the number has been rapidly growing and it’s all due to a video she recently shared
After 10 months of waking up tired, Melanie decided to do an experiment
She duct taped a camera to the ceiling above her bed and filmed her night
The video showed how the night went
The 10-month-old baby barely slept at all that night and in the middle of it, a 2-year-old needed attention due to an ear infection she had
So it’s no surprise that in the morning Melanie was tired
“Parenting doesn’t end when the sun goes down”
After sharing the video online, she had a very positive response
Many people loved the honesty of the video and the message that Melanie shared
“My hope was moms around the world could take comfort in knowing at the very same middle-of-the-night moment each of us is cradling our babies in the dark of our homes, together in this shared experience of motherhood”
Watch the honest video explaining why parents are tired in the mornings
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I don't get it. Why are so many new parents today acting like they invented parenthood? Parents have been sleep deprived for millions of years, get over yourselves, people.
It's more about the fact that there's so much parent shaming about different ways to raise your kids that more parents are posting about the actual struggles of parenthood instead of acting like everything is picture perfect.
Actual struggles? Every single parent out there knows how much it sucks to be a parent when the kids won't sleep. What I don't get is the constant need for attention. I could understand if your situation was unique, but this is literally what every parent ever has gone through
I know I only touched on the first part of your comment but you said the last part better than I could have :-)
hell just look at the comments about co-sleeping further down...
AMEN!!!!! And Hayley you are absolutely right... now... I don't have children (so most people are going to disregard my opinion right now) but I have spent time babysitting and taking care of children and I've seen first hand the parent on parent crimes that occur from people who thought the kids I was watching were my own. Everything from "your daughter is too young to have her hair dyed" to "don't let your kid eat peanuts in public" has been said to me and most of it has been in really catty, almost degrading ways...how about as parents you all stick together and stop shaming each other because someone else is raising THEIR child in a way you wouldn't raise yours!
She's not.... she's just making a blog about what it's like, and obviously tens of thousands of people like her blog and it's getting traction. I think you need to get over your issue with this, people :P
No fucking shit. And while they are at it quit belly-aching about toddlers like no ones ever seen them before. Concept: making an online career out if motherhoid does not mean you are the creator of incisive, genius content.
Besides, "honesty" and "social influencer" do not go together at all, even if this video should be authentic.
I stopped reading after 'social influencer.'
I can make the same video with some cats. The trick is not to let them into your bedroom.
I don't get it. Why are so many new parents today acting like they invented parenthood? Parents have been sleep deprived for millions of years, get over yourselves, people.
It's more about the fact that there's so much parent shaming about different ways to raise your kids that more parents are posting about the actual struggles of parenthood instead of acting like everything is picture perfect.
Actual struggles? Every single parent out there knows how much it sucks to be a parent when the kids won't sleep. What I don't get is the constant need for attention. I could understand if your situation was unique, but this is literally what every parent ever has gone through
I know I only touched on the first part of your comment but you said the last part better than I could have :-)
hell just look at the comments about co-sleeping further down...
AMEN!!!!! And Hayley you are absolutely right... now... I don't have children (so most people are going to disregard my opinion right now) but I have spent time babysitting and taking care of children and I've seen first hand the parent on parent crimes that occur from people who thought the kids I was watching were my own. Everything from "your daughter is too young to have her hair dyed" to "don't let your kid eat peanuts in public" has been said to me and most of it has been in really catty, almost degrading ways...how about as parents you all stick together and stop shaming each other because someone else is raising THEIR child in a way you wouldn't raise yours!
She's not.... she's just making a blog about what it's like, and obviously tens of thousands of people like her blog and it's getting traction. I think you need to get over your issue with this, people :P
No fucking shit. And while they are at it quit belly-aching about toddlers like no ones ever seen them before. Concept: making an online career out if motherhoid does not mean you are the creator of incisive, genius content.
Besides, "honesty" and "social influencer" do not go together at all, even if this video should be authentic.
I stopped reading after 'social influencer.'
I can make the same video with some cats. The trick is not to let them into your bedroom.