‘Baby is Dying and You’re Dancing’ Mom does TikTok dance next to her hospitalized baby and Reddit is outraged

Whitney Leavitt is a mom of two and makes dance videos for TikTok. She danced her whole pregnancy, through early labor and even hours after giving birth. Sometimes, her videos are made in response to questions or comments. She often incorporates her husband and children into her videos.

People had many opinions when Leavitt, her newborn, was admitted with RSV, an upper-respiratory virus. In the now-deletedTikTok, Leavitt responds to a comment that said, “sending prayers… but what happened? I’m so confused.”

Leavitt kisses her son on the cheek, before breaking into a dance with captions that describe the situation. “Little Lee was taken in ’cause of low oxygen.”The captions were continued. “he tested positive for RSV, waiting for him to breathe better on his own.”

The Response

Leavitt removed the video after which it was re-uploaded to Twitter and Reddit. While the video received mixed reactions, people mostly took issue with Leavitt dancing when her son was too sick to go to hospital. One commenter said that “TikTok has normalized doing the most strange, unacceptable, diametrically opposed things and generating buzz.”

Many viewers expressed discomfort at the video. “The little kiss at the beginning made it bad but the captions and her smile while dancing made it so much worse. So yeah, it was horrible the whole time,”Reddit user said so.

Some people gave her the benefit the doubt. One commenter said, “Okay, I’m gonna be that person. I don’t understand the outrage. The baby is in the best place he needed to be, getting treatment by medical professionals. She stayed with the baby at the hospital and is dancing to a response on TikTok.”

The Apology

In a now deleted Video of apologyLeavitt claimed that she had taken down the original video. “could see where somebody could get the wrong idea, but that honestly was just me just trying to be positive in this situation.”She thanked everyone who had reached out and said that she appreciated their support. “really appreciates it.”

Someone asked this question in TikTok videos that are more recent “How’s little Lee doing?” Leavitt responds (in dance!) that she can’t believe he’s almost a month old, he still has his morning and nights mixed up, and that he’s healthier than ever.

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