Can we stop pretending one type of motherhood is somehow more difficult than another?
Working moms are exhausted.
Stay-at-home moms are exhausted.
All moms are exhausted.
The End.🥹
@_Misandaa Ey ubona lobekubonwa ngimi last year. Stay out helper used to forget her facecloth inthe bathroom. Kani ngibona my toiletries asheshe ayaphela kani sesiyashera.
Incredible doc!
Nigerian surgeon temporarily removes baby from womb at 23 weeks, removes tumor, then puts her back and she was born healthy at 36 weeks.
Hats off please!
People used to ask me why I’m always the one at clinic with the baby. ❤️
Here’s why: Her mom is at university right now, building something bigger for our family. She’s in lecture halls, writing tests, chasing a degree. And while she’s doing that, someone has to make sure our daughter’s Road to Health booklet gets filled, that the vaccines happen on time, that she’s safe and warm.
So that someone is me.
I sit on this wooden bench with her asleep on my chest, her little pink onesie all bunched up, clinic card in my hand. I used to think fatherhood was about providing from far away. Now I know it’s about showing up close. It’s the questions I ask the nurse. It’s learning which way she likes to be held. It’s being the calm when she cries.
And here’s what I want every father reading this to hear:
Your child doesn’t need you to be rich. They don’t need you to have all the answers. They need your arms. They need you to know their clinic dates. They need you to love them without making it complicated.
While her mom studies for all of us, I get the privilege of loving her through every fever, every vaccine, every quiet moment on this bench.
Brothers, step up. Hold your babies. Learn the clinic schedule. Change the nappy. Sing off-key. Love them loudly.
#PresentFather #GirlsDad #LoveInAction