Nigerian singer Simi has opened up about how her views on motherhood have evolved since having her daughter. Speaking on a recent episode of The Roadshow on Cool FM, Simi shared that she once thought she would rely heavily on multiple nannies for childcare.
When asked about something she previously thought she would never do but now finds herself doing, Simi admitted, “Before I had my daughter, I used to say that I would have five nannies and my nanny would have a nanny; that’s not the case.”
Simi revealed that she is a very hands-on mother and only hires nannies for her daughter Adejare when they are in Nigeria. “I’m super hands-on. In fact, when we’re in the States, I don’t have any nannies, but here I have someone to watch her when I have to work because I’m busier here than there. That’s just not the kind of mum I ended up being.”
She laughed as she recalled her past certainty, saying, “I was so certain back then that I was like, ‘I will have two nannies and those nannies will have a nanny and their nannies will have nannies too’. I shouldn’t have thought that, though, knowing me, I really shouldn’t have.”
When the host asked if she had picked up any new skills or hobbies, Simi revealed that she is working on writing a novel. “I’m trying to write a book, a novel. I used to say that if I wasn’t an artiste I would probably be a novelist. Maybe some romance. Some fantasy, some suspense. I also want to work on a children’s project; it’s an untapped market.”
