Rihanna revealed that she did not hire a nanny after the birth of her son

Rihanna she did not hire a nanny to look after her son in the first days after his birth. The Barbadian singer revealed in a recent interview that she and her rapper, A$AP Rockythey only took on the role of caring for their child.

Rihanna also explained that in those days, they didn’t sleep because of the fuss about the baby, and that she considers the process of having a child to be profound.

The singer is now pregnant with her second child with the rapper, which became public after she showed off her baby bump during her recent Super Bowl performance.

Read on to learn more.

“It was just us as parents and our baby”

is talking to British Vogue, Rihanna has opened up about taking time off work and other commitments to care for her son after his birth. The singer, who has not yet revealed her name, shares the now nine-month-old with her longtime partner, rapper A$AP Rocky.

In the interview, he revealed that they decided not to hire a nanny to take care of the pleasures for the first few months. “We came home, cold turkey, no one was there. It was just us parents and our baby,” she told the publication Daily Mail.

However, the decision not to hire extra help has its consequences. She explained that the baby’s fussiness kept her and her partner up many nights, especially in the first few days at home.

He added: “The first few days are crazy. Are not you sleeping. Absolutely. Not even if you wanted to…you’re mostly a zombie.”

Rihanna on her pregnancy experience

Rihanna also shared that she learned many lessons from her pregnancy experience and that she still finds the whole process incredible. He said: “I basically became two people from one person. You enter the hospital as a couple and leave as a family of three. It’s crazy.”

Rihanna and Rocky had a long, platonic relationship for years before they fell in love. It confirmed the couple’s romance People in November 2020, after which they were seen together on several trips and vacations.

They welcomed their child on May 19, 2022, five months after she showed off her baby bump in a photo shoot.

“Rihanna is doing well,” an insider shared of the new mom at the time. “They are very excited to be parents. Rihanna is already an amazing mom.”

Rihanna has previously talked about how many children she wants

Despite the fact that her son has yet to reach his first year milestone, Rihanna may be welcoming another child after showing off again during her performance at Super Bowl LVII.

And if her words are to be believed, fans can expect to see more children with the singer in the near future.

“I’m going to have kids — three or four,” Rihanna said British Vogue in May 2020, per People.

She also said at the time that if she couldn’t meet a boyfriend, she would not hesitate to raise her children alone, noting that it would not be harmful to the children.

“I feel like society … diminishes you as a mother if you don’t have a father in your kids’ lives,” Rihanna said. “But the only thing that matters is happiness – that’s the only healthy relationship between parent and child. The only thing that can really raise a child is love.”

How A$AP Rocky wants to raise his kids

Rihanna will be raising “Praise The Lord” singer A$AP Rocky by her side for the foreseeable future, and they are raising their children together.

The rapper has embraced his status as a father and previously revealed it in an interview Stunned magazine the kind of parent you want and the virtue you want to instill in your children.

“I’m always going to remind my kids to never lose their imagination, even as adults, no matter what,” Rocky said in an interview after the “Man Down” crooner gave birth to their first child.

Rocky also said that he wants to raise “open-minded kids” and “not people who discriminate.” He added at the time: “And I’m not trying to portray a saint, but realistically, I just want a cool kid with cool parents.”