Like many millennium parents, a mother from Arkansas spends a lot of time worrying about safe sleep practices for her baby – no pillows, no blankets, no bumpers and certainly no additional mattresses in the cradle.
But a video at home recently resurfaced from 1993 prevented Erika Glidden on its traces.
In a clip on TiktokGlidden, 32, shared images herself at the age of 2 months in her cradle-with plush bumpers, thick blankets, a pillow and a sleep on the belly.
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A superposition of text on the video can be read as follows: “Me: worried about a mattress in my baby’s cradle. Me too 2 months in 1993.”
Glidden says Nowsweek She discovered the images after her mother had a collection of old VHS strips scanned using the IMEMORIE application.
What started as a nostalgic vision session quickly turned into a hilarious and revealing reflection on the way in which parental standards have evolved.
“I was so shocked to see How different sleep practices are now Compared to 30 years ago, “she said.”[Back then]I slept in a cradle in my own bedroom with additional padding, wheeler, duvet and lengthening on my belly. No OWLET or breathing monitoring system and no baby monitor. “”
Now Glidden’s baby sleeps in a cradle with an adjusted sheet and a sleep bag. “She is wearing a owl sock to monitor her breathing and has a camera instructor on her all the time,” she said Nowsweek.
Today’s sleep directives, recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), indicate safe sleep practices to reduce The risk of sudden infant death syndrome (Sids).
The key recommendations include the sleeping of babies on the back, the use of a firm and flat leaf and avoiding soft bedding such as pillows, blankets, cradle bumpers or plush animals.
Glidden’s clip has become viral on Tiktok, amassing 4.3 million views and 377,000 other likes.
Thousands of users commented and were just as shocked as the millennial mother.
Many others have weighed with the parental practices with which they were raised.
“My pacifier was attached with a chain around my neck,” wrote a user.
“I literally asked my mother how she made me sleep all night and she said: ‘IDK [I don’t know]I just went to bed. I was tired ” commented on another.
A third user added: “We are honestly built differently. My cradle seemed similar.”
“I did not expect him to explode as much as that, but I agree with the majority of reactions,” said Glidden Nowsweek. “I think the millennials use humor to face and it was the majority of the answers, so I enjoyed reading them.”
