Meanings
- informaluncountableA state in which a new mother is forgetful, absentminded, or easily distracted.
“I do that sometimes too,” Amber says. “Forget stuff. I think it's because I have baby brain right now.”
2013, Lauren Blakely, Trophy Husband, unnumbered page2 more examples
Shortly after the birth, you may have “baby brain” and be unable to concentrate, focus, or develop a plan of action because you are so sleep-deprived.
2005, Marc Weissbluth, Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page xiiiShe might have baby brain and crazy hormones at the moment, but she'd better not forget that fact—not for a single, solitary moment.
2013, Michelle Douglas, First Comes Baby, in First Comes Baby/The Loner's Guarded Heart omnibus, Harlequin (2013), page 180Synonyms: mommy brain, momnesia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA state in which a new mother is forgetful, absentminded, or easily distracted.
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