Erin McNaught: ‘We’re exhausted physically and emotionally’

Model Erin McNaught has opened up about the emotional toll it takes on her family when she or her musician husband are away for work.

BRISBANE mum-of-two Erin McNaught has shared a glimpse of the tough reality of parenting while working as a model married to a touring musician.

McNaught shared a candid picture of her rapper husband Elliot “Example” Gleave embracing their sons Evander and Ennio, writing that him being away touring for over a month has taken a toll.

“For him – being away from his family, giving his all on stage (and I mean, EVERYTHING he has got!) for over 90 minutes a time, 4-5 times per week; then getting to bed in the early hours of the next morning, and driving to the next city … the next venue … No home cooked meals, no cuddles, waking up alone every morning,” she wrote.

“Just the monotony of being on tour can be so mind numbing.”

Erin McNaught shares a snap of husband Example with their sons

McNaught said the day in, day out chores of being a parent while also training five days a week, 2-3 hours a day for an event which will take her away from home for three weeks has taken a toll on her.

“We are both exhausted physically and emotionally,” she wrote. “But the thing is, when we walk through the front door and our little boys’ faces light up the room with happiness and excitement, we’re reminding of why we’re doing it all in the first place.

“Securing their futures while maintaining our own sense of self worth and value.”

She went on to say “there is no such thing as having it all figured out” as an adult.

Erin McNaught with her boys Ennio, 18 months, and Evander, 4. Picture by Luke Marsden.

“Life really is a balancing act, only you’re trying to balance on a floor that keeps moving underneath you. It can be bloody hard, it can be joyous, it can be boring, it can be heartbreaking. Sometimes all in the space of a day.”

Erin McNaught and Example. Picture: Chris Hyde/Getty Images

The former Miss Universe Australia model recently moved to her home town of Brisbane after living in London and said being home had given her the chance to give her boys the childhood she experienced in Australia.