Covid Australia: Ruby Tuesday Matthews reaches 'breaking point' in lockdown

Ruby Tuesday Matthews has admitted she’s struggling to cope in lockdown due to the pressures of caring for her young sons Rocket, four, and Mars, three. 

The Byron Bay influencer, 27, reflected on her struggles in a candid Instagram post this week, telling fans: ‘It’s only Wednesday and I feel like I’m breaking today.’   

‘If we think this lockdown is hard on us imagine what it’s doing to these tiny little minds. I’ve lost my cool, I don’t feel like the fun mum any more,’ she continued. 

‘I am defeated’: Ruby Tuesday Matthews , 27, admitted she’s reached ‘breaking point’ on Wednesday as she complained about the hardships of parenting her two children in lockdown

Ruby went on to describe lockdown as ‘Groundhog Day, adding: ‘Kudos to all my Melbourne and Sydney friends for surviving. I’m ready for a [martini emoji].’ 

The worn-out mother also aired her grievances on Instagram Stories, uploading a video on Wednesday morning of herself looking pale and drawn.   

‘I’m feeling well and truly defeated this week. It has just been a tough week. Some weeks, with all this shit going on, you have a good week, and then other weeks, it’s just nuts,’ she lamented.  

Lost: The Byron Bay influencer reflected on her struggles in a candid Instagram post this week, telling fans: ‘I’ve lost my cool, I don’t feel like the fun mum any more’ 

‘It’s been really hard. Particularly, with one of the kids at the moment, whose obviously just going through their own little thing… But I’m just lost,’ she added. 

While choosing not to discuss the nature of her child’s problems, Ruby did insist that she’s struggling to work out an appropriate parenting strategy for the situation. 

‘Sometimes when you reach points with your children, you’re just lost for guidance. And there’s no book, there’s no parenting [guide], there’s no rules that can really help you get through that,’ she sighed. 

‘It’s been really hard’: The worn-out mother also aired her grievances on Instagram Stories, uploading a video on Wednesday morning of herself looking pale and drawn

‘I’m feeling like a pretty terrible mum this morning’: Ruby admitted that she felt ‘really horrible’ about exploding at her children, and hopes to ‘draw upon her patience’ and ‘take it a bit easy’ for the day

‘It’s just getting through it, and that’s what I’m dealing with at the moment, which is breaking me. I’m feeling like a pretty terrible mum this morning… I yelled last night, I lost my cool, like we all do, whether you like to admit it or not.’ 

Ruby admitted that she felt ‘really horrible’ about exploding at her children, and hopes to ‘draw upon her patience’ and ‘take it a bit easy’ for the day.  

‘The juggle is just too hard at the moment. It is f**king nuts,’ she concluded. 

Ruby shares two sons, Rocket and Mars with her ex Ryan Heywood, and is currently engaged to her new beau Shannan Dodd. 

Mother: Ruby shares two sons, Rocket and Mars with her ex Ryan Heywood 

Wedding bells! She is currently engaged to her new beau Shannan Dodd (left)