And here's the average number of times they called home for help.
, you’re not alone. A new survey found that the average American parent turns to Google with questions about their baby 2,152 times within the first year.polled 2,000 parents with a child under two and found that parents worry about their baby six times a day — and often turn to the world wide web for advice.
The survey also gave a glimpse into other aspects of first-year parenting by the numbers. The average parent spends “over 1,600 hours holding their newborn, has 77 sleepless nights, and makes an average of 56 phone calls to their own parents and 67 to medical experts in that first year.” Of the 2,000 parents surveyed, 71% agreed that they would have been totally lost during their child’s first year without parenting experts available at their fingertips.
The survey also took a look at parents’ favorite parts of raising their baby, which include “rubbing lotion on their baby’s skin , followed by holding their baby , feeding their baby , and talking to their baby .”