The Miz may be an awesome dad as it is, but that doesn't mean he's finding the transition from child-free WWE superstar to new father a very easy one. According to his wife, Maryse, he's finding life quite difficult to balance now that he's both of them.
Mike and Maryse Mizanin are both new parents, with the WWE Diva having given birth to six-week-old Monroe Sky in late March. Given The Miz's hectic schedule as a wrestler - he works 300 days a year to be precise - he's regrettably missing out on a few special moments.
“He was telling me how hard it is to leave us. He knew it was going to be hard but it’s a lot harder than he thought,” Maryse told PEOPLE in a recent interview. “Mike is not the type who will cry. I’ve never seen him cry in 12 years, but he’s just so cute. You can tell she stole his heart.
“FaceTime helps because she’s changing every day. I bombard him every day with 100 photos, it’s ridiculous. At some point, I have to stop, but he loves it,” Maryse says. “It’s definitely hard but we try to work it out.”
The 37-year-old wrestler's time with his daughter is very limited, but his wife says that he makes the most of it when he gets an opportunity to be around and is very hands-on.
“He’s so good with her. It’s so funny watching him burp her with his big hands. It’s so cute,” she continued.
The Diva also revealed that motherhood hasn't been an easy ride for her either. But despite Monroe Sky being her first child, she's taken to it like to duck to water.
“It was super stressful at first because it is my first child," she admits. "The first minute I saw her and the first minute I heard her cry is really when things kicked in. You just become a mom and you roll with it.
“It’s funny — before, I would say I’m not sure I can change a diaper in my life and now it’s, ‘I got this, I’m a mom, I got this, I know what to do.’ It’s weird, you just get into this protective mode,” Maryse explains.
“It’s almost like your instincts just take over. I don’t know how to explain it. I’ve been a mom for five weeks and I feel like it’s been five years.”
Wrestlers have it a bit harder than most of us, although that goes for most professional athletes, but working and being a dad is pretty normal. At least in their case, the financial incentive should be a lot stronger.