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Noun
baby brain (uncountable)
- (informal) A state in which a new mother is forgetful, absentminded, or easily distracted.
- 2005, Marc Weissbluth, Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, Ballantine Books (2005), ISBN 0345486455, page xiii:
- 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.
- 2013, Lauren Blakely, Trophy Husband, unnumbered page:
- “I do that sometimes too,” Amber says. “Forget stuff. I think it's because I have baby brain right now.”
- 2013, Michelle Douglas, First Comes Baby, in First Comes Baby/The Loner's Guarded Heart omnibus, Harlequin (2013), ISBN 9780373742431, page 180:
- She might have baby brain and crazy hormones at the moment, but she'd better not forget that fact—not for a single, solitary moment.
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