![]() ![]() ![]() "I literally got to the point of terrible sleep deprivation and had hallucinations in the middle of the night."īaby sleep isn't some novel parenting problem invented by chronically online millennials and Gen Z. Online baby sleep experts promised Alex something different. Following the old adage, "sleep when the baby sleeps," is nearly impossible when the baby isn't sleeping anywhere but on you. But online, there was no shortage of free advice from people claiming to be baby sleep experts or consultants. Exhausted and bleary-eyed, she went looking for solutions to ease the burden of constant sleep deprivation.Ī first-time mom who gave birth during the pandemic, Alex didn't have much of an in-person network to seek support from and turn to for advice. She didn't expect her son to be six months old and still not be able to sleep through the night. She knew a lack of sleep would be part of early parenting. But what she didn't expect was the barrage of motherhood-related content that would follow her postpartum, too.Īlex was caught off guard by the challenges of getting her baby to sleep. She also knew conversations online could negatively influence her expectations of birth. ![]() She knew all too well that once algorithms picked up on her pregnancy, that's the content she would see. got pregnant, she made a decision to retreat from the digital world as much as possible. ![]()
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