I’m a stay-at-home dad – I do the cleaning while my wife works, I even pack her breakfast & snacks while I feed the kids
A STAY-AT-HOME-DAD has given an inside glimpse at his family’s morning routine.
The father of two took care of the home while his wife worked a 10-hour shift at a hospital.
TikToker Joey Foo (@joey.foo) cleaned the house and packed his wife’s breakfast and snacks. He also fed the kids.
He owned his morning routine, as shown in a video posted on August 24.
He woke up at 6.22am and got his two-year-old out of bed when she woke up.
After making the toddler some milk, Joey put her back to bed with her momma.
He made himself some coffee and fixed a blinking lightbulb in the kitchen, calling it “electrical work.”
By 6.34am, it was time to wake up his five-year-old. Joey carried her down the stairs and then sat her down on the couch to watch some television.
He prepared her breakfast by pouring her some milk, opening a yogurt container, and giving her some cereal.
At 6.41am, Joey woke his wife up with a good morning kiss.
Next on the list was to make lunch for his five-year-old. Joey used a cookie cutter to make a sandwich shaped like a star.
When his wife came downstairs, he asked her if she had any “special requests,” so he packed goldfish and a muffin and filled up her thermos.
He placed all her belongings on the kitchen table so they would be ready for her when she left.
Joey, his wife, Sam, and their five-year-old got ready in the mirror at the same time.
The next clip showed Joey kneeling at his wife’s feet to help her put her socks on.
From 7.10 to 7.15, Joey got himself ready by changing his clothes and doing his hair.
Then it was time to wake his youngest, and Joey and his two children were out of the house by 7.22am.
“And that’s how it’s done,” he said at the end of the video.
Followers on TikTok flooded Joey with praise.
“Another perfect example of if he wanted to he would. Love this for your wife and you!” one person wrote.
“I never see anything about stay-at-home dads this is awesome,” another follower said.
“I’m a SAHM & if my hubs did all this I’d definitely & happily switch places! He helps but to an extent lol. Us SAHP do so much extra lol, good job,” a third viewer added.
Joey decided to clean the house in the middle of the day while his children took a nap and his wife was working a 10-hour shift, he showed in another video.
“These kids never nap in the middle of the day unless they’re in the parent pickup line,” he said. “I usually do this kind of cleaning at night.”
Joey said the kids woke up by the time he was ready to mop: “But it was cool though.”
They wanted to help since they have never seen him mop at night.
“They loved it,” he said.
Joey also cleaned the kitchen, bathroom, and living room so the house would be tidy by the time his wife came home.