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By Jack Beresford
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A mom has shared a snippet of the hilarious sight that greets her every time she checks on her daughter just after putting her down to bed.
Katie Lyons shared baby-cam footage to her TikTok, @katieberry94, showing the unusual thing her 20-month-old daughter Latham does when she first lies down. "Everyone I showed it to laughed, and many said it was the best thing they'd seen all day," Lyons told Newsweek.
Bedtime can be a stressful affair for new parents, and it can take a long time for things to settle down. That much was laid bare by a 2019 study published in the journal Sleep, which saw 2,500 new moms and 2,200 new dads quizzed on how much sleep they get on a nightly basis.
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The longitudinal survey saw these moms and dads regularly interviewed face-to-face annually from 2008 to 2015. They painted a bleak picture for new parents, with the study concluding that these new moms and dads could face up to six years of sleep deprivation following the birth of a child.
Lyons said she has no such problems with Latham, though. "She has always been a good sleeper," she added. "She goes down at 7:30 p.m. and wakes up at 6 a.m.; sleeps through the night, every night. She has to sleep with all her animal friends, of course, though."
While some parents face a battle to get their child into bed, it is quite the opposite with Latham. "The child loves her bed," Lyons said. "She is excited to go to sleep."
This excitement to be in bed has led to a rather-unusual ritual that has become a nightly habit for Latham. As soon as she is in bed and comfy, this happy tot performs a little dance of sorts.
Lyons caught this on the baby cam with the resulting clip sparking delight on TikTok, where it has already been watched over 1.9 million times.
"My wife and I have been laughing at this for 10 minutes, well done," one user wrote. "She dances better laying down than I do standing up," another posted.
"This baby is gonna be a dancer," a third commented, with a fourth writing: "Hahaha I wasn't expecting this to be so funny."
Lyons has been blown away by the response to the video, though she said that it is a normal, everyday occurrence in her house. "She dances every night when I lay her down, and I just had the thought to video her because it always makes me laugh," she said.
Lyons shared the footage not to brag about her daughter's enjoyment of bedtime but to provide other people online with a "pick-me-up." She added that this is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Latham dancing.
"She also loves to dance," Lyons said. "Her favorite song is 'Bye Bye Bye' by 'N Sync. She dances to it daily. She goes around the house saying, 'bye bye bye.'"
All of which is adorable if ever so slightly confusing for Lyons. "I don't know who she gets her rhythm from," she said. "Neither her dad nor I have any!"
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