Maren Morris Says Of Being A Parent: ‘Some Days You Suck At It’
Maren Morris and her husband Ryan Hurd have spent more time together during the pandemic than they ever have before. As Maren tells us, with the birth of the couple’s first child in March, it has been a pretty notable year.
Morris says of being a new mother to her baby Hayes, “I’ve found that we are incredibly intuitive, and you can read every book on the shelf about rearing a child, parenthood, pregnancy, delivery, but you know it’s never exactly the plan. Case in point- me, laboring for 30 hours and ending up having to have a C-section at the end.”
She adds, “I’m a planner, I write things down, I like to be organized. You know, it’s life, it doesn’t go to plan. So I think going with the flow has had to be our mantra this year especially, and I think we’re doing pretty ok at it, all things considered.”
Maren offers, “This is the most that my husband and I have ever seen each other cause we’re always touring, and I’m sure we’re not the only ones. I think everyone, even people outside of music that don’t tour, this is the most they’re seeing their partner, the most they’re seeing their kid, all in one go. So we’ve really learned to enjoy each other without having to miss each other, if that makes sense.”
She concludes, “So that’s been nice, and then yeah learning how to be a parent, feeling like some days you suck at it and then other days you’re crushing it. I think the day Hayes started sleeping through the night was when we were like, ‘We did it, we made it this far, we’ve kept him alive, he can sleep through the night, feel like we’re parents now.'”
