It was rather odd that I saw that question posted and discussed to death this weekend on Facebook as I had just read a study about how new mothers spend more time on Facebook after the birth of their baby. So the discussion went something like this: If someone is a new parent, particularly a mom, their Facebook page is likely to be taken over with baby photos and talk than anything else. The moms replied: duh. The study found that 44% of new moms spent more time on Facebook after baby than before.
This is something that I've talked about before from my personal point of view - Facebook was around at 3 a.m. when my baby was awake and I needed some adult time. I'd be up feeding or pumping and it was fall asleep while doing those activities or meander around Facebook. In fact, I know I posted, on more than one occasion, that I wished people would post more late at night to give me something to read in the wee hours of the day.
Now, from a professional point of view, I talked to other childbirth educators and doulas about watching client activity late at night. Did new moms post more? Were they asking for help? Talking about how hard life was with a new baby? I speculated that perhaps this was a new way to monitor some moms for signs of trouble, like postpartum depression. If we saw something, we could reach out and say, as an example, "I see you're posting that you are having trouble with breastfeeding. Can I help connect you to a professional?"
So as a mom or dad, what's your take on Facebook and baby updates?
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Source:
Bartholomew, Mitchell K., Schoppe-Sullivan, Sarah J., Glassman, Michael, Kamp Dush, Claire M., & Sullivan, Jason M. (2012). New Parents' Facebook Use at the Transition to Parenthood. Family Relations, 61(3), 455-469. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00708.x
Source: http://pregnancy.about.com/b/2012/06/12/did-facebook-become-babybook.htm
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