Cara Dumaplin is an acclaimed baby sleep guru who runs online classes and a popular Instagram
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On Tuesday, it was revealed she donated a total of $1078 to various Donald Trump campaigns between 2016 and 2019
Critics hit out at Dumaplin and called for people to boycott her classes and unfollow her on social media
However, hundreds voiced their support for the Arizona-based businesswoman, decrying the attempt to have her cancelled
They further claimed the political persuasion of a baby sleep expert was redundant and had no bearing on her skills or effectiveness
Some parents on social media are calling for a boycott of Cara Dumaplin, creator of the popular sleep training program Taking Cara Babies, after news broke this week that the influencer and her husband donated to former President Donald Trump s campaign.
Here s a breakdown of what s going on and what parents are saying plus Dumaplin s side of the story: An image of a woman on a couch scrolling through her phone.
Image zoom Who Is Cara Dumaplin?
Dumaplin is an Arizona-based mom of four, neonatal nurse, and certified pediatric sleep consultant who founded Taking Cara Babies in 2013 to help new parents tackle sleep deprivation and other common issues.
Campaign finance data records show that she made dozens of donations to Trump campaigns between December 2016 and December 2019. There are also multiple records of donations to Trump campaigns in 2020 under the name Ludwig Dumaplin, who appears to be her husband and is a pediatrician originally from the Philippines. (Dumaplin has blogged about his family s history.) She supports an administration that has been very aggressive to Hispanic immigrants like my husband and I, and the money I paid for her courses funded campaigns that fundamentally reject my family, Kontorovsky said. And I find that unacceptable.
Many other parents felt the same way and shared their frustrations on social media. Some began to share competing parenting programs from people whose political views aligned more closely with theirs. Others revealed that they had emailed Taking Cara Babies to ask for a refund.