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Meaning of ammetåke | Babel Free

Noun feminine
²ɑm.məˌtoː.kə

Definitions

  1. a whimsy, and/or hyperaware state of mind (and being) thought to affect mothers in the period after birth in which they are breastfeeding
    feminine, figuratively, masculine, uncountable, usually
  2. a whimsy and/or hyperaware state of mind (and being) thought to affect mothers in the period after birth in which they are breastfeeding
    feminine, figuratively, uncountable, usually

Examples

“Værguru Siri Kalvig beskriver ammetåken som en bomullstilstand, der hun glemte avtaler og fikk store problemer med bisetninger.”

Weather expert Siri Kalvig describes the "breastfeeding haze" as a cotton state in which she forgot appointments and got great difficulties with subordinate clauses.

“Også fedre kan ha ammetåke, mener familieterapeutene Vårinn Sollied Møller og An-Magritt Rypdal Sveen[.]”

Even dads can have "breastfeeding haze", say family therapists Vårinn Sollied Møller and An-Magritt Rypdal Sveen.

“Nybakte mødrer er ofte distré og kan kjennast igjenauge og ansikt prega av svevnmangel innimellom all lukka. Med andre ord er dei råka av ammetåka.”

New mothers are often whimsy and can be recognized on their eyes and face, impinged by sleep depravation in between the bliss. In other words, they're hit by the "brestfeeding haze".

Detvera ammetåka som er hukommelsestjuven.”

It must be the "breastfeeding haze" which is the memory thief.

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