Buddy Franklin carries daughter Tullulah on his shoulders in sweet photo

Buddy Franklin carries daughter Tullulah on his shoulders in sweet Instagram post… after wife Jesinta revealed the difficulties of raising two children while ‘daddy is interstate’


Last week, Jesinta Franklin spoke about the difficulties of raising their kids while her AFL star husband Buddy plays football interstate.

But the Sydney Swans great, 34, played doting dad this week, carrying his one-year-old daughter Tullulah on his shoulders in a sweet Instagram post on Thursday.

The father of two captioned the heart-melting photo: ‘Had a little visitor at yesterday’s press shoot for Indigenous round’.

His girl: Sydney Swans great Buddy Franklin played doting dad this week, carrying his one-year-old daughter Tullulah on his shoulders in a sweet Instagram post on Thursday

Jesinta took to the comments to show her adoration for the pair, posting four lovestruck emojis.  

Last Friday, the WAG revealed the harsh reality of being a mother to two children under two – especially when her daughter Tullulah refuses to sleep at night.

‘When your newborn sleeps but your toddler is up all night. It’s so much fun when daddy is interstate!’ she joked while cradling her little girl.

Exhausted: Last Friday, Jesinta revealed the harsh reality of being a mother to two children under two - especially when her daughter Tullulah refuses to sleep at night

Exhausted: Last Friday, Jesinta revealed the harsh reality of being a mother to two children under two – especially when her daughter Tullulah refuses to sleep at night

Missing her man: Buddy and wife Jesinta are pictured here in November 2017

Missing her man: Buddy and wife Jesinta are pictured here in November 2017

She later revealed the secret trick she used to finally get her little one to drift off – in the form of a string of songs by The Wiggles.

‘Praise be The Wiggles!’ she wrote, alongside a video of herself lying with her head in her hands, clearly distressed at how little sleep she was getting.

‘Look at those bags, that’s real life for you! Just breaking up your feed of Instagram’s usual perfect pictures of motherhood. With everyone in matching, clean outfits running through fields of daisies!’

'Praise be The Wiggles!' She later revealed the secret trick she used to finally get her little one to drift off - in the form of a string of songs by The Wiggles

‘Praise be The Wiggles!’ She later revealed the secret trick she used to finally get her little one to drift off – in the form of a string of songs by The Wiggles

Jesinta and Buddy also share son Rocky together, whom they welcomed in March.

Earlier in the week, Jesinta admitted at the Vida Glow launch event in Sydney that life was ‘crazy’ with her growing brood.

‘Two under two is crazy,’ she told The Daily Telegraph.

‘Both of them together, the love doubles but your time and your attention has to be split now. It is really hard having to divide that time and the attention and the love sometimes too.’ 

New addition: The stunner welcomed her second child with AFL star husband Lance 'Buddy' Franklin (pictured) in March

New addition: The stunner welcomed her second child with AFL star husband Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin (pictured) in March

Busy: Only recently, Jesinta admitted at the Vida Glow launch event in Sydney that life was 'crazy' with her growing brood

Busy: Only recently, Jesinta admitted at the Vida Glow launch event in Sydney that life was ‘crazy’ with her growing brood

In February, Jesinta admitted she was ‘nervous’ about having two aged under two children at home. 

Sharing a photo in which she’s pushing a stroller, Jesinta wrote: ‘Pre-dinner waddle to the shops. Can’t believe we’ll be whipping out the double pram soon. 

‘Would love any advice/tips from other mums with a one-year-old and newborn. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous’. 

Jesinta and Buddy tied the knot in an intimate wedding in the Blue Mountains, surround by family and close friends, back in November 2016.

Nervous: In February, Jesinta admitted she was 'nervous' about having two aged under two children at home. Sharing a photo in which she's pushing a stroller, Jesinta wrote: 'Pre-dinner waddle to the shops. Can't believe we'll be whipping out the double pram soon'

Nervous: In February, Jesinta admitted she was ‘nervous’ about having two aged under two children at home. Sharing a photo in which she’s pushing a stroller, Jesinta wrote: ‘Pre-dinner waddle to the shops. Can’t believe we’ll be whipping out the double pram soon’