Hilary Duff shared a heartwarming snap to her Instagram account on Monday.
The Disney Channel alum was seen relaxing in bed with her daughters Banks, aged two, and Mae, aged one month, while her husband, Matthew Koma, remained off-camera.
The 33-year-old actress also wrote a brief and humorous message in the post’s caption to let her 16.8 million followers know what was going on behind the scenes.
Mom time: Hilary Duff shared a snap of her spending time with her daughters Banks and Mae to her Instagram account on Monday
Duff noted, ‘5:30s around here while @matthewkoma wakes up our coffee machine and starts packing lunches. I will keep him.’
The performer’s post comes not long after she shared several visits to her Instagram Story that showed her family heading to a private event.
In her first video, the Lizzie McGuire star noted that she and her loved ones were running behind schedule and asked her fans for ‘tips for us on how to actually get out the door on time with three kids.’
When she asked her 33-year-old husband how they were doing on time, he noted that they were ‘only an hour late.’
Stepping out: On Sunday, The Lizzie McGuire actress shared a few videos that were taken during a family outing
Her third video showed Banks dancing with a colorful new hairdo, which caused the Agent Cody Banks actress to laugh.
Duff went on to share a shot of her baby daughter and added a text graphic where she expressed that her newest child was ‘pissed she didn’t get pink and blue braids.’
The singer’s final Story post showed her eldest child relaxing on her father’s shoulder while she smiled at her mother.
The Younger actress and Koma initially met in 2015 when they collaborated on her fifth studio album, entitled Breathe In. Breathe Out.
Colorful locks: The performer shared a shot of her eldest daughter, Banks, who was happy about changing up her usual hairstyle
Not happy: Her youngest daughter, Mae, was apparently slighted by the fact that she did not get her hair colored
Prior to dating the songwriter, Duff was married to former professional ice hockey player Mike Comrie from 2010 until their divorce was finalized in 2016.
The couple welcomed a son named Luca Cruz, aged nine, during their time together.
She was also in high-profile relationships with singers Aaron Carter and Joel Madden.
After separating from the athlete, the actress became engaged to the Spectrum co-writer in May of 2019 and tied the knot in December of that year.
Staying together: Duff welcomed her daughters with her second husband, Matthew Koma, and she shares a son with her former spouse, Mike Comrie
In an essay written for Refinery29, Duff spoke about the scheduling difficulties and emotional effects that come with being a working mother.
‘If I’m shooting and I don’t see my kids for two days because of that, or if I’m having early call times and working late, or I miss bedtime — it’s crazy how that guilt can stay with you all day and keep you up through the nights,’ she noted.
The actress then remarked that the onset of COVID-19 has changed her approach to raising her children and that she has become more open about her emotional struggles as a caregiver.
Doting mom: In an essay written for Refinery29, Duff spoke about the emotional effects that come with being a working mother
She said, ‘One thing that this pandemic has brought out in me is to be like,”You know, today I’m just feeling really blue and I need to chill. Let’s put a movie on.” Explaining that moms and parents sometimes get overwhelmed too is a good thing.’
Duff concluded that she was happy to have acknowledged her own shortcomings as a mother and that she was ready to learn from her past mistakes.
‘One thing that helps me is remembering that we’re going to let our kids down, and we’re going to mess up, and we’re going to forget things — and there are going to be days when we want to return them,’ she expressed.
Accepting the inevitable: The Agent Cody Banks actress also noted that she had taken solace in ‘remembering that we’re going to let our kids down’