Mom Tries To Take Cute Picture of Sleeping Child and Instantly Regrets It

A mom-of-two who wanted to take a picture of her daughter while she was sleeping has revealed how she was left instantly regretting that decision.

Kelsey Moody, 25, from the U.K. was desperate to get a picture of her 3-year-old daughter Ocean fast asleep in her bed.

Moody has another daughter, 10-month-old Arabella, meaning things can get pretty hectic. That's kind of why she wanted to take the picture of Ocean in the first place. "They are the cutest when they are sleeping," she told Newsweek.

It's perhaps understandable that Moody would want to enjoy the quiet moments, particularly in the wake of bedtime and one of the most hectic periods of the day for moms and dads everywhere.

In 2021, a poll of 1,000 parents with kids aged between 3 and 12 conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Firefly, children's toothbrushes and oral care solutions company, concluded that caregivers spend around 140 hours a year getting their children ready for bed. That equates to around 25 minutes a day.

The survey also found that 77 percent of parents polled felt exhausted after battles with their kids over brushing their teeth and the other key tasks that need to be undertaken prior to them going to sleep.

With her kids fast asleep, Moody evidently wanted to take stock with a snap of Ocean that captured her at her cutest.

"When I first went to check on her she had her ear muffs on and was fast asleep but my phone was out of battery," she explained.

That might have been enough to put some off the idea but Moody was undeterred. She plugged her phone in to charge and headed off for a shower.

A little later, she crept back in with her phone camera on to capture some heartwarming footage of her adorable firstborn getting some much needed rest.

But, as the video posted to kelseymoody98 shows, it didn't go entirely to plan. As she approached Ocean's bed, Moody stepped on something. Suddenly loud noise began to fill the once silent room and she was forced to beat a hasty retreat out of the room.

"I had accidentally stood on her barking dog toy," Moody explained. "For a split second, I was at a loss as to what to do. Then I just ended up running for the door."

Though it hadn't quite gone to plan, Moody had ended up filming an inadvertently hilarious video of what not to do in that kind of situation.

"A reminder to never try to take cute pictures of your sleeping child," she wrote alongside the clip. "My friend told me to post it to TikTok," Moody said. "I didn't think anything would come from it."

Something definitely did come of it though, with the 11-second video racking up over 700,000 views and a glut of comments from fellow parents.

"As a mum this is absolutely hilarious," one viewer wrote. "I do this wayyyyy too many times." A second agreed "I panicked for you" while a third dubbed it "a parent's version of a horror movie" adding that the "camera skills were authentic."

A fourth meanwhile wrote: "This was literally me the other night, set off a teddy singing wheels on the bus. I've never thrown something at the wall so fast."

The story does have a happy ending though—the barking dog didn't wake either of Moody's kids up. "Both my daughters stayed fast asleep," she said.

Still, she might just think twice before doing it again.

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