Photo: Courtesy Jazmyne Futrell
Cooking, homework help, breastfeeding —Jazmyne Futrellisn’t afraid to show that sometimes a mom’s gotta do it all at once.
TheCalifornia-based bloggerand mother of fourshared a snapshotlast month that has since garnered a lot of attention for her impressive ability to juggle multiple parenting tasks at a time.
“Friends with no kids: ‘You go to bed at 9pm? Girl I can’t fall asleep before 11pm,’ ” her caption began. “Mom friends: ‘You go to bed at 9am? Girl I can’t seem to stay up past 8:30.’ ”
“With four kids I’m way too exhausted to even think about having a life after dark and way [too] busy to go to bed at a decent hour. 😩,” Futrell added,addressing her followers, “What’s your bedtime? Do you have a night life or are you in the bed before the sun 🤣🤣🤣”
Jazmyne Futrell breastfeeding.Courtesy Jazmyne Futrell
Jazmyne Futrell and family.Courtesy Jazmyne Futrell
But she shared it, she told the publication, because “there’s not enough realness on social media” about juggling the responsibilities of parenthood.
“Ihad postpartum depression andall the other moms looked amazing on social media,” Futrell recalled about her inspiration behind the honest look into her life. “Many times I thought, ‘Can I do this?’ I hope showing photos like this lets mothers know they’re not fighting their battles alone.”
Futrell also used her interview to highlight the double standards inexpectations between moms and dads— namely, that moms are simply expected to do the parenting work while dads are lauded for it.
source: people.com
