Zoom fail! Professor just back from maternity leave is interrupted by her baby EIGHT times

Zoom fail! Professor just back from maternity leave is interrupted by her baby EIGHT times in a minute as she tries to present her online learning class

  • Elizabeth Kolkovich had just returned from maternity leave with her daughter
  • She was trying to film her online tutorial when her baby kept making noises
  • Had to repeat her introduction ‘hello, I’m Professor Kolkovich’ eight times
  • At one point she panned the camera around to her cute as a button daughter 

A professor has been interrupted by her baby eight times in one minute as she tried to present her online learning class.

Academic Elizabeth Kolkovich had just returned from maternity leave for her first class of the semester when her baby kept interrupting her.

The mother-of-two, from Akron, Ohio, was trying to film her online tutorial when her baby made noises every time she spoke.

Ms Kolkovich had to repeat her introduction ‘hello, I’m Professor Kolkovich and welcome to English 2201’ eight times before finally giving up with an exasperated ‘ahhhh’.

Academic Elizabeth Kolkovich (pictured) had just returned from maternity leave for her first class of the semester when her baby kept interrupting her

At one point she panned the camera around to her cute as a button daughter who looked innocently up into the lense.

She said: ‘This is my baby. She doesn’t want to be quiet today’.

Ms Kolkovich tried to keep recording so she could edit the clips into something the baby didn’t feature in, but her daughter made it impossible by constantly making noises.  

At one point she panned the camera around to her cute as a button daughter who looked innocently up into the lense

At one point she panned the camera around to her cute as a button daughter who looked innocently up into the lense

The video soon racked up hundreds of retweets after it was posted to Twitter. Social media users loved the insight into the life of a working mother amid the coronavirus pandemic

The video soon racked up hundreds of retweets after it was posted to Twitter. Social media users loved the insight into the life of a working mother amid the coronavirus pandemic

She captioned the clip: ‘It’s the first day of the semester, I’m back from maternity leave, and everything is going super smooth and professional.’

The video soon racked up hundreds of retweets after it was posted to Twitter. Social media users loved the insight into the life of a working mother amid the coronavirus pandemic.

She tweeted: ‘I love that my video has brought others joy and a chance to commiserate about the ridiculousness of trying to do two full-time jobs at once (child care + teaching). 

‘Yesterday my 8yo re-enacted it for his second-grade class. He played me and enlisted a friend to play the baby.’ 

Ms Kolkovich tried to keep recording so she could edit the clips into something the baby didn't feature in, but her daughter made it impossible by constantly making noises

Ms Kolkovich tried to keep recording so she could edit the clips into something the baby didn’t feature in, but her daughter made it impossible by constantly making noises 

Responding to another comment she said: ‘She gives me a couple of short windows each day when I’m fooled into thinking she can play independently. 

‘But I need to be in the same room and look at her regularly, and “quietly” is obviously not part of the plan!.’ 

To another comment she added: ‘I will need to roll with outtakes for sure! I expect the baby and her sounds will be a constant presence in my classes, but I wanted just one very short welcome where I looked like a professional adult talking to other adults. What a pipe dream!’