Mom Does a Squat for Every "Mom" Her 4-Year-Old Says — 200 Reps Later, She Can Barely Walk

Every parent knows the rhythm of it. You sit down for thirty seconds and the chorus starts: Mom. Mom. Momma. Mom. Jess Sharp, a 34-year-old mom in upstate New York, decided to find out just how many of those she actually gets in a day. Her plan? One squat for every time her 4-year-old daughter Amelia said“Mom.”One morning was all it took. Amelia cleared 200, including a stretch of four in a row, and Sharp was so sore she could barely handle the stairs for two whole days.

The TikTok video of the challenge took off, with commenters dubbing her“quadzilla”and joking she’d be skinny by 6pm. Sharp took the idea one step further and charged her husband a dollar per“Mom”for a full day of counting. The final tally came to 405, which added up to hundreds of dollars. She hasn’t repeated the squat version, but she’s since tried a burpee question challenge, and she’s a believer in what she calls“workout snacks”— short bursts of movement tucked into a busy day. The research is on her side: a 2022 study found fewer than half of moms with young children meet general exercise guidelines, averaging just 18 to 19 minutes of daily activity.

So maybe the next time your little one hollers your name for the hundredth time before lunch, you drop and do one squat. Or you start charging. Either way, you’ve earned something. How many times a day do you hear“Mom”or“Dad”at your house? Tell us in the comments.