To say that Simon Hooper is outnumbered is an understatement. But he is not afraid to share his experiences. With four girls under the age of ten, including twin ten-month-olds, Simon and his wife, Clementine, often highlight their parenting antics on social media.
His clever captions and relatable photos of life inside the Hooper residence will strike a chord with any parent out there, especially those who often feel overwhelmed and outmatched by the little humans in their house.
Four Daughters. One Dishevelled Dad.
Parenthood, in all its glory, is amazing. But it’s also messy, frustrating, exhausting and chaotic. And this is exactly the picture that Simon paints through his Instagram account father_of_daughters.
The London father and his equally witty wife, Clementine are all about removing the sugarcoating surrounding parenthood.
“In general my whole account is to show a realistic view of what parenting is like from a parent’s perspective,” the funny father told HuffPost. “I wanted to share what it’s really like and provide a bit of humour at the same time.”
The couple are not shy about letting their followers into their homes as they navigate through the ups and downs of raising four girls – a 9-year-old, 6-year-old and 10-month-old twins. Clementine, a midwife, also shares her side of journey with followers through her account, mother_of_daughters.
“Everyone is dealing with the same issues in this journey called parenting.”
From helping his eldest daughter with her sexual reproduction homework to tandem feeding the twins, from picking head lice out of his daughter’s hair to making last-minute costumes, Simon’s clever captions are perfectly complemented by his dishevelled exterior and often messy backgrounds.
Because, let’s face it, sometimes you don’t really feel like cleaning up the mess in the background before snapping a photo.
It’s this unidealistic take on parenting that has earned him a modest following with over 225,000 followers on Instagram.
The issues Simon, who is an operations manager, touches on are ones we all know too well – teething trauma, messy meals, inconvenient co-sleeping and grocery shopping success to name a few.
“I used to use my brain to solve global corporate wide problems. I now use it to calculate bulk buy discounts.”
And while Simon admits that he’s certainly suffering from a permanent state of baby brain, it’s clear the doting dad wouldn’t want it any other way.
No one said raising four girls was going to be easy but Simon’s take provides us all with a bit of a chuckle.
It’s always nice to know that we’re not the only ones wandering aimlessly around the baby aisle at Woolies and attempting to get a decent night’s sleep on 8 centimetres of bed.
Check out father_of_daughters and mother_of_daughters to see more of the Hooper’s funny antics as their eldest daughter enters the tween stage and their youngest daughters celebrate their entrance into toddlerhood.
Good luck guys!
