Amy Schumer admits: ‘My maternal instinct is really awful’

Amy and husband Chris welcomed their first child, son Gene, in May 2019. Since then, Amy has been telling very candidly about the beautiful moments she experiences as a mother, but also about the struggles and challenges. For example, she said she was afraid to go back to work after giving birth and shared a photo of her scar from the Caesarean section.

Good mother

Recently, Amy was a guest on the show Late Night With Set Meyers. When asked if she thinks she’s a good mom, she honestly admitted, “Not really. You don’t know how good you will be as a parent. ‘

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She says she has received a tip from actress Natalie Portman, mother of two children. ‘He said to me,’ You have more instincts than you think. ‘ But do you know what I found out? That she is a huge liar. Because my instinct as a mother has been completely wrong so far. ‘

Sneak away

An example: Amy sometimes goes out on a night out with her husband and then calls in a babysitter. “We literally sneak out of Gene’s room, like in a cartoon,” she says. ‘Anything to keep him from crying and panicking. But later I read in a parenting book that you should never sneak out no matter what. That would be bad for your child. ‘

Unfortunate choice

Even worse, she mentions the fact that she and her husband chose an unfortunate middle name for their son: Attell.
‘Later someone on the internet said that that combination – Gene Attell – sounds like’ Genital ‘: genitals …’ The couple then decided to change his name to Gene David.
“We didn’t think twice when we came up with his middle name,” Amy explains. ‘We had just become parents, totally tired and ecstatic. It wasn’t until I read it on the internet that I thought, oh god no. ‘

Advice

Because she can sometimes use a helping hand in parenting, Amy sometimes calls friends for advice. ‘Because my maternal instinct is just terrible. And I’m afraid I’ll have to learn to live with that. ‘

Source: Buzzfeednews