An Australian mum has shared her latest “baby brain” mistake after giving birth after realizing she had mistakenly tattooed her daughter’s name with a simple mistake.
Katie Benjamin, who writes under the handle @givingmumvibes, left social media in tears after revealing that her new ink did not go well.
In a viral clip that has racked up thousands of views, the insomniac mom showed off her new arm tattoo, which was meant to spell out her daughter’s name, Airlie.
However, the fine line script correctly reads “Arilie” instead of “Airlie”, completely swapping the ‘i’ and ‘r’ in the name.
Fortunately, the Australian mother made a mistake, telling news.com.au, “It was the funniest and only true thing that would happen to me, I swear.”
Katie explained that the original design was meant to include her little one’s name, ‘Airlie’, but the letters were completely backwards.
“The artist had written it wrong in the printed area,” he said.
“I chose the font and size all without seeing a mistake, I even looked at his tattoo, but I didn’t see it!”
She blames supervision on fatigue during the “fourth trimester” – “the period after having a baby when you get used to living with a newborn,” she explains.
Katie just gave birth to her second child, Reef, in April, so when she first got her tattoo, she was cradling her toddler Airlie, a newborn, and running around “on very little sleep.”
“My brain wasn’t working 100 percent, so I didn’t realize the mistake until after it was drawn! he laughs.
“Fortunately, it was an easy fix, as the font was written and the letters were similar enough to work, so I went back the next day and the artist fixed it.
“If it had missed a full book or something like that, I would have considered deleting it and starting over, but I also like to believe that if it was a big mistake like that I would have seen it.
The comments section was full of parents laughing and admitting their hilarious postpartum mistakes.
One fan admitted they were “really dying” laughing at the video, prompting Katie to reply, “Tell me you’re not sleeping without telling me.”
One user reminded Katie that in motherhood, “if you don’t laugh you’re going to cry girl … or both of you,” while another jokingly suggested that a simple solution would be to “change the kids name easily.”
One fan pointed out that her partner made the same mistake with her mother’s name, except her mistake was permanently written “in big bold writing on her chest.”
Although Katie was able to replace her tattoo quickly, data shows that tattoo regret is a very real thing for millions of Australians.
According to 2023 data from McCrindle, an estimated 30% of Australians have at least one tattoo, which equates to three in 10 Australians.
Research shows that 57% of tattooed Australians get their first piece of body art between the ages of 18 and 24.
However, data from global tattoo removal specialist Removerry reveals that almost one in three Australians with tattoos eventually express a desire to have at least one of them removed.
Experts suggest that if your new tattoo has a typo, the first step is to contact your artist immediately to document the error.
Instead of rushing to get it fixed when it’s new, the tattoo needs to fully heal, usually four to six weeks, before any repairs can take place.
Once treated, people with a failed tattoo usually have three options: getting the original text changed discreetly, choosing a complete cover-up design, or removing the ink completely with a laser.
