Brenda Song and Macaulay Culkin are the proud parents to a 9-month-old baby boy, Dakota. And now, Brenda is giving us a peek of their home life.
In a new profile for The Cut, the new mom shared how she and Macaulay are as parents. The actress detailed her morning routine with her fiancé and son, saying:
“My routine looked very different nine months ago. Now it revolves around my son. I wake up, get him out of his crib, change him, get our breakfast ready, and drink my matcha.
As a new parent, I don’t sleep at all. I’m someone who likes to wake up and go-go-go. Now, it’s when I put my son down for his first nap that I get my work done. I take that time to do emails and plan my day. I try to do everything in his nap-time window.”
She added that she tries to find time to work out because she knows that to be the best for her son, she has to be the best version of herself:
“If I have time, I’ll work out — I have a little gym in my garage and do a lot of circuit training. To be the best mom, I have to be the best me. And exercise helps me not worry or overthink. So I try to find a little time. Sometimes I’ll read and knit. I don’t do phones in the morning.”
Brenda also spoke about her upcoming role in Dollface, revealing that the most difficult thing for her was to be away from her family:
“I know everyone feels that way. There were so many long days where I’d get home and my son would already be asleep. I put a lot of pressure on myself to keep pumping and breastfeeding him while I was working. I pumped throughout production.
I had no idea what I was doing. I went back to work so early. It was harder than I thought. I pride myself on always being first on set. So to be like, ‘Hey, I need 20 minutes to pump,’ was difficult.
The hours away from my son took a toll on me. Learning my own boundaries while trying to take care of my son and my family — that was hard. But I had a great support system and knew my son was taken care of; I just had FOMO.”
