Woman checked her baby monitor at work to see her husband and daughter talking — what she heard made her burst into tears
One unexpected moment might give a person all the reassurance they need. However, a mom who had been really busy between juggling her business and her toddler daughter's care didn't know that she would get reassurance from baby monitor footage. The woman was torn between work and home and was worried that she was not giving enough time to her daughter, Sloane. But as she watched the playback of the baby monitor footage and heard the conversation between her husband and daughter, she was in tears. The mom, Allie Osugi, who goes by @nurseallieo on Instagram, shared the brief clip with the platform. The video received over 1.1 million views.
As the clip began, Allie's husband and daughter were naming their favorite person during the little girl's bedtime. Both of them said "Mommy" at the count of three. The duo also had the nicest things to say about Allie. "I like mommy," Sloane expressed. Her dad also agreed to the same. "Mommy is so beautiful. She likes me," the daughter added. "She loves you," the dad pointed out. She wondered if her mom liked her dad as well. "I think so. I hope she likes me. I sure like her." They picked their favorite colors as the video ended. "POV: Casually sobbing at the monitor playback," the text overlay of the video read.
"Ugly crying at this — so sweet," Allie shared in the caption. "The last few months have asked a lot of me — this has been one of the biggest seasons of growth that I've had in a minute. I've felt stretched, challenged and pushed to dig deep and show up in ways I didn't know I had in me." The mom had been worried about what her daughter was picking up. She also wondered if she was giving her little girl enough time or not. "Parenting is already hard, but then sprinkle on the mom guilt of wanting to give 1000% in all places, all the time… and it’s a little bit of a dumpster fire." However, moments like that made Allie feel that she might be doing something right.
"The intentional time after preschool. The Mommy-Sloaney days. The family time carved out of what feels like a jam-packed schedule." The mom was glad that she could build a business she cared about while looking after her daughter. "I hope she sees me working hard to create something meaningful and knows she can do powerful + hard things too." She continued, "And it is everything that she knows we love her and like her." The mom also gave props to her husband for standing by her through all of it. People appreciated the sweet moment in the comments section of the video.
@get_nanit wrote, "And we're still getting teary-eyed over this one... probably a thousand replays later." @keannaprest commented, "You're such a good dad! That woman is very lucky and I'm certain you are such a lucky guy." @arrayofstyle remarked, "So stinking cute. Trust me, she sees all that you do, girl and feels all the love all the time. You're doing great." The mom often shares glimpses of the time she spends with her daughter. In another video, the mom and daughter were doing their daily affirmations together.
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