Shocking downfall of despised influencer Nurse Hannah EXPOSED: Insiders lift lid on tragic new life of '17 diapers' mom who sparked fury with 'flinching' video... as new police investigation details are revealed

When Hannah Hiatt started documenting the harsh realities of being a hardworking mother-of-two on TikTok, it seemed like a refreshing take on the usual 'momfluencer' content.

Instead of showcasing a seemingly perfect family life like many parenting vloggers do, the 27-year-old Mormon mom known as 'Nurse Hannah' to her more than 576,000 followers often shared a look into the difficulties of working long hours while raising a toddler and a baby.

But the same honesty that drew people in initially also led to her downfall. Many of Hiatt's followers turned on her after she posted what she had thought would be a 'funny video' showcasing the 17 dirty diapers that were sitting around her house in late 2024.

The video earned her the nickname 17 diapers mom, and left many in her newfound fanbase disgusted. Suddenly, the internet started picking apart the Utah-based mom's every move and looking for signs that she was an unfit mother.

When she later posted a clip that showed her older son, James, then two years old, appearing to flinch when her husband, Braxton, handed him something, it was all the 'proof' they needed.

Rumors soon erupted that Hiatt and her husband were 'abusing' their kids, and the once-beloved momfluencer received a barrage of internet hate.

Concerned social media users even began contacting her local law enforcement and a child abuse investigation was opened. 

In a police incident report, an investigating officer wrote that they had reviewed Hiatt's TikTok in response to the allegations. 'I could not find the specific video where [redacted] hit her son in the face, but in several videos [redacted] puts her hand in the child's face pretending to hit and make him flinch,' the report stated.

After two home visits and a review of Hiatt's social media, she and her husband were ultimately cleared by the police, raising the question of whether the concern was warranted or whether social media started an unnecessary witch hunt. 

Hiatt took a few weeks off social media. But when she returned, she appeared unfazed. Aside from opting not to feature her children's faces anymore, she continued with her content as usual.

While on first glance it seemed as though Hiatt and her family were unaffected by the controversy, the Daily Mail has now learned that it impacted them a lot more than she let on.

In the months since the accusations were hurled, the Hiatts were forced to move multiple times, the mother-of-two said in a video, and are now 'homeless,' living in Airbnbs.

It appears they have also struggled financially after the incident seemingly crushed Hiatt's dreams of being a social media star. She quit her nursing job at one point to be a stay-at-home mom and launch a skincare app, according to her social media posts, but was back to working as a nurse months later. She has since described herself as 'poor' in a video.

Sources told the Daily Mail that since the drama, Hiatt has grown distant from many of her friends and family members, leaving her own relatives worried for her and her kids. 

One family friend told the Daily Mail that the social media scrutiny was 'super hard' for the couple and their kids. 

'I had multiple people messaging me and commenting on my posts, telling me I wasn't a good mother just because I was friends with her and wasn't reporting her to CPS,' the friend said. 'So I can only imagine the vile things people were saying to her.

'She told me it was really scary for her and her husband because they were getting death threats. They had to take a step back and figure out what to do to protect their kids from what was going on.' 

The friend, who asked to remain anonymous, insisted that the child abuse rumors were 'definitely not true in any way.' 

'People were stringing things together like nutcases with a murder board in their living room and trying to dig up any piece of dirt they could,' they added.

'Hannah is an amazing mom and loves her kids more than anything and treats them with all the love and respect any mother would.'

A police report obtained by the Daily Mail showed that a 'welfare check' was performed at the Hiatt home on December 1, 2024.

An Ogden Police Department officer wrote in the report that 'there did not appear to be any injury to either child.'

The report indicated that a Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) employee conducted a welfare check – 'including the removal of clothing to check each child's body for any sign of injury' – while the officer examined the home and 'did not see any sign of criminal activity.'

'[Their son] appeared to be in good spirits and shared his toy cars with me,' the officer added. They did not find 'any visual signs of abuse.'

In another report, the police said they had 'received multiple calls and complaints' about the Hiatts' social media content, and performed another check at the home as a result.

According to the second report, the children appeared healthy and happy, and there were no 'obvious dangers' in the home.

Hiatt told told the officers she 'didn't know why' her son had flinched in a video of him being handed an ice cream, and explained that he 'had not had a nap that day and was already grumpy.'

She insisted that their 'videos had been taken out of context' and they 'never hit' their sons, per the report.

It added that 'bruises' the child 'supposedly had' were shown to officers and were instead 'ECZEMA spots on the child's body.'

Internet users also raised concerns about a Band-Aid on the child's nose, which his mother explained was to prevent him picking a scab.

Hiatt also claimed, per the police report, that people 'were upset' that she hadn't bought her child a $35 jacket 'to keep warm', instead buying a $10 one from another store, a decision the officer said they felt was reasonable after speaking to the mom.

DCFS only had one suggested change for the parents, which was to find 'a better way to keep [their son] in his room' after they noticed that the door handle can be locked from the outside.

'[Hiatt] explained that [their son] will leave his room and get into things he shouldn't, and she was afraid of him leaving the house without her knowledge,' the report read. The officer noted that DCFS provided alternatives and 'child-proofing advice.'

The report also claimed friends and extended family 'confirmed that the things being said on social media were false and they have not observed them to be a danger to [the kids] in the home.'

The officer did not observe any signs of abuse in the '100 plus videos' they were sent.

Hiatt addressed the child abuse rumors in a video shared in November. She claimed her husband often scares her son as a form of 'play' and that's why he flinched. She also insisted that her children are 'happy, healthy and well-nourished,' and branded her husband as the 'sweetest, nicest, kindest, most loving, most nurturing father in the entire world.'

In a statement to the Daily Mail, the Ogden Police Department said: 'This report was investigated by DCFS (Child and Family Services, State of Utah) and Ogden Police Special Victims Unit detectives. DCFS closed its case unsupported, with no evidence of abuse, and SVU detectives closed their case as unfounded.'

Following the ordeal, Hiatt revealed on social media that she, Braxton and the kids had moved out of their Utah home.

They now live in Airbnbs. 'I'm technically homeless,' she said in one video. 'I have nowhere to call home.'

Since she works as a travel nurse, the family has relocated more than a dozen times, living everywhere from Hawaii to Alaska to Texas within the last year alone.

According to one of Hiatt's relatives, her constant moving around has raised eyebrows among family members. 

'They move to a new state so often, and that would be very hard as a kid,' the anonymous relative said.

'I would be overwhelmed with how many times they have moved, which makes me wonder. Why are they moving so much?'

The source claimed that Hiatt 'doesn't really have a relationship' with much of her family and is 'very distant' from her own parents.

'Her parents just recently over Christmas met their grandkids [for the first time],' they shared. 'Her relationship with her parents is very complicated.'

It seems she's grown apart from some former friends as well. Multiple people who were once close to Hiatt – some from high school, others from college – told the Daily Mail they were no longer in contact.

'It's honestly been a few years since I've seen her,' said one former Mormon missionary companion.

Another, who claimed to have grown up with Hiatt in church, said they 'speak to her occasionally, but I honestly don't know anything about her life now.'

An alleged former neighbor of Hiatt and Braxton told the Daily Mail that they have 'been out of touch for quite some time.'

In August 2025, Hiatt announced on social media that she had quit her job as a nurse to be a stay-at-home mom. In October, she launched her own skincare app called Gently.

'Gently is your personal AI skincare assistant that makes your skin better with just a few taps,' a description reads. 

But just two months later, she told her followers she was back to working as a full-time travel nurse.

Hiatt has been honest about her struggles with money, admitting in a video shared in March that she and her husband bought three investment real estate properties over the years that have yet to make them a profit.

'I'm making zero profit off of it right now,' she said. 'We have three rental properties in Utah and the goal is to have the rent pay the mortgage, but it's not always like that.

'[Everything we make in rent is] gone in an instant when I pay the mortgages. People think I'm crazy. They say, "If you have three houses and you're not making income you should sell those houses." 

'But technically, once we pay off those houses with our other streams of income, those houses will still be rented out and we'll make income forever and be able to retire early. It's actually genius. We're poor right now but we'll be rich later on.' 

The Daily Mail reached out to Hiatt for comment.