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baby brain en · NOUN

(informal, uncountable) A state in which a new mother is forgetful, absentminded, or easily distracted.
- 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 xiii:
- “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 page:
- 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. 2013, Michelle Douglas, First Comes Baby, in First Comes Baby/The Loner's Guarded Heart omnibus, Harlequin (2013), page 180