 Mother films herself sleeping, finds out why she's always exhausted. All parents can agree that caring for kids is exhausting. A mother trying to get her baby sleep during the night knows it will be a challenging task. One such mom was the one in our story, who kept waking up exhausted in the morning. To get to the bottom of this mystery, she set up a camera and got ready for a good night's sleep. The next day as she saw the footage, everything was clear enough. The mother saw the video and realized this had been happening for quite some time. A bit amused by how it all looked like, she decided to share her experience. She shared a time-lapse video of her night as a mother and this is the reality for all the parents out there. Next time when you see parents looking exhausting, think of this video. Melanie Darnell has three kids and she's quite popular on Instagram. She is a fitness blogger and a vegan. Melanie is from Los Angeles and has stunned an entire world even before sharing the video. She is a beloved social influencer that has impressed all the moms out there who saw you can be fit and be a great mom at the same time. With 100k followers on Instagram, Melanie's followers began growing so fast last year after sharing her time-lapse video. While this mom led a healthy lifestyle, she noticed that in the morning she was fatigued. She thought it was strange, but after seeing the video by herself, it all came back to her. Anyone who exercises and has an active day would fall asleep very fast at night. Melanie used to go to sleep before 11pm. However, she didn't get enough rest and deep sleep. To learn what made her feel so exhausted, she started an experiment one night. When people saw her video, they were stunned to see what was really going on during the night. Melanie took one of her cameras and taped it to the ceiling at a good angle. With night mode activated, the camera would record whatever happened during the night. She was curious to see how much sleep she was getting, so this was the best idea she could come up with. Melanie knew her kids would sometimes wake her up in the night, but she had no idea how little sleep she was actually getting. No wonder that when afternoon naps came, she wanted to jump back into bed with the kids. So this is how the nightmarish week started. My husband is traveling for work. My 10-month-old still isn't sleeping through the night and my two-year has an ear infection, Melanie said. This was a good time to see if the camera experiment would work. Some of the moments were hilarious, while others really hit home. For my personal curiosity of how much sleep I have actually been getting, I duck-taped our nest cam to the ceiling, she wrote in the video description. She would soon find out exactly how many hours a night she was up and caring for her babies. Her brutally honest video got viral in just a few days. Melanie added that, what you are about to witness is real video footage of how my night went. When she reviewed the footage the next morning, she wasn't even surprised that she felt tired. Here's how her night went. The mom falls asleep at 10 p.m. and we can see on the footage that she is sleeping so peacefully. However, that's only for an hour. She wakes up and hears her 10-month-old son Milo crying. When the, party, begins. At 11.20, Melanie comes back to bed with Milo. Apparently, Milo thinks it's lunchtime. The baby is now in bed and Melanie nurses him until he falls asleep. Then, they begin tossing and turning for a while. When. They finally seem to have found the perfect spot to fall asleep, something else can be heard from across the room. Melanie can't take a break from being a mother even while trying to sleep. Here's what happened next. Wonder why Melanie is awake at 1 a.m. She heard her little girl crying from the other room. Little Olive shuffles into her mom's room to get some comfort because she had an ear infection. As Olive felt much better after half an hour of cuddles, Melanie makes a pillow fence for baby Milo and heads back with Olive to her room. Baby Olive is now safe in her room and Melanie gets back to sleep next to Milo. Or so she thinks. It seems like Milo has found some new sleeping positions. His mom can't catch a break. While Milo has slept quite a few hours during the night and during the day, we can't say the same about poor Melanie. Someone's pretty occupied with waking mom at 4 a.m. Milo keeps in wiggling and pulling on his mom's hair. Then again, as he starts muttering something in baby language, Melanie couldn't be mad at him. It's no surprise she was always exhausted. Here's what she said about her nights while her husband wasn't there to help out. Melanie explains that, parenting doesn't end when the sun goes down. She also drew attention that she isn't the only one going through these experiences. She was exhausted, but fulfilled in the morning, knowing her babies were safe and loved. During these moments, let's think of all of the other parents that are up with their babies at the very same middle of the night moment, wrote Melanie. She said we should all, take comfort in the thought of each of us cradling our babies in the dark of our homes, together in shared experience. And now we all know why Melanie was so tired and she pretty much knew what the camera footage would reveal. A big cup of coffee should be good enough to help her through her busy day. Melanie had some thoughts about what being a parent 24-7 means. I want to parent at night the same way I parent during the day. To have two nighttime parenting goals, one, get sufficient rest yourself and, two, meet the nutritional and emotional needs of your child, she explained. She admits that finding balance is a tough job. The 4 a.m. wake-up call is especially excruciating. Still, we haul ourselves out of bed with bleary eyes and pull our babies in close. In those quiet, dark hours, the lack of distraction can actually be quite calming and refreshing. A baby's needs tend to be simple, to be held and fed, said Melanie. Mothers are experts at both of those things, and the ability to so completely meet the needs of our amazing baby is profoundly satisfying. So, to all of the tired mothers out there, breathe in and breathe out. These days are intense but short-lived. Both you and baby will be sleeping more soundly before long, she said. For now, cuddle your babies, nurse them and love them no matter what time the clock says, added the young mom. The baby you rock tonight someday may have the opportunity to be gazing at the stars while holding a sweet baby of her own, wrote Melanie. After she shared the video on her YouTube channel, the response was amazing. Everyone loved how honest this video was and the messages Melanie had shared with the world. The video has been seen for more than 3.2 million times, got 15k likes, and this is why Melanie, Fit Mama 4-2 is even more popular on social media right now.