‘The Bachelor’ Alum Melissa Rycroft Opens Up About The Struggles Of Having Two Children

The Bachelor alumna Melissa Rycroft is used to a crazy lifestyle after being on numerous reality shows and having a child. But once her second baby came along, she realized it's a lot harder to juggle everything. Melissa's married to Tye Strickland, and they have two children together: Ava Grace, 3, and Beckett Thomas, 5 months.

"I used to have all of this free time even with my one child, I have one more I don't sit down anymore, so it's crazy," Melissa told People. "It does feel like I don't have enough arms. I don't have enough hands. I'm constantly just doing laundry or dishes or washing bottles or changing diapers, and I just go, 'Where did the day go?'"

Luckily, Melissa has a partner in crime to help her balance the kids and the rest of her life. Her husband Tye is a hands-on father, she explained, which is helpful when it comes to giving enough time to both children.

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"I got very lucky in the daddy department. Very, very lucky. He's a big help and if it's one of those nights that I've done my duty, he'll wake up with him [Beckett] at 6 in the morning and take morning duty and let me get an hour or two extra sleep," the 31-year-old reality star told the publication.

Her daughter Ava has also been helpful and stepped up as the big sister when her baby brother came home from the hospital.

"I'm really lucky that she has been wonderful. Since the moment we brought him home, she's been such a help. Maybe because their age difference — they are three years apart — or one's a boy, one's a girl so there's no competition or [maybe] she's just a sweet little thing," she explained.

Melissa was recently seen as a mentor on Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team Season 9, after dancing her way to the Mirror Ball trophy on the All Stars season of Dancing with the Stars.