A 16-year-old mother-of-two has documented how she balances going to school and caring for her young children with the help of her family after having two unplanned pregnancies in less than two years.
Ava King, a single mom from Indiana, has more than 117,000 followers on TikTok, where she shares videos of her son, Jordan, 23 months, and daughter, Avaeya, eight months.
In her most viral video of 2021, she gave viewers a behind-the-scenes look at a day in her life as a teen mom, explaining in the caption: ‘It’s a tough life, but I love my kids.’
Ava King, 16, from Indiana, is documenting her life with her two children on TikTok
The teen mom has more than 117,000 followers on TikTok, where she shares videos of her son, Jordan, 23 months, (left) and daughter, Avaeya, eight months (right)
In her most viral video of 2021, she chronicled day in her life, starting with an end of semester exam she took at school after lunch
The inspiring TikTok was filmed after lunch and showed Ava in a classroom taking an end of semester test on a laptop. The teen, who is working to finish school early, scored 88% on the exam and finished a credit.
After handing her laptop back to her teacher for the day, she met up with her best friend, who drove her to pick up her kids.
‘Shout out to my grandma for watching them,’ she captioned footage of her pal holding her adorable daughter. She later noted in the comments that they are just close friends and not a couple.
They then buckled the kids up in their car seats and drove to Ava’s home, where she lives with her mom and sisters. Jordan had a dance party followed by a ‘terrible two tantrum.’
After scoring 88% on the exam, she met up with her best friend, who drove her to pick up her kids at her grandmother’s house
With her pal’s help, she buckled the kids in their car seats and returned to their home, where she lives with her mother and sisters
The viral video ended with her comforting her son after he had a temper tantrum, but it only showed a portion of her busy day
The video sweetly ended with the little boy sucking on a pacifier and cuddling with his mom, but it only included a small portion of her day.
Ava was met with some criticism for being a teen mom in the comments, but she also received plenty of support in response to the video, which has been viewed more than 8.6 million times.
‘I give [you] major props for going to school,’ one person wrote. ‘I was a teen mom also and finished school and worked full time.’
‘I give you a lot of credit for still finishing school and balancing everything,’ someone else agreed, while another added: ‘I can tell your an amazing mom and life has bumps but you didn’t let it affect you.’
Ava lost her father to heroin when she was just 11 years old
She was just 13 years old when she got pregnant with her son Jordan
Ava was 14 years old when she gave birth to Jordan in February 2020
In her TikTok videos, she alleged that her children’s father cheated on her throughout her fist pregnancy, and she struggled with postpartum depression
In previous videos, she demonstrated how she makes her children breakfast and gets them dressed in the morning. After her grandmother picks them up, she heads off to school.
‘I was actually 13 years old when I had first gotten pregnant with Jordan,’ she explained last year on an episode of Truly’s My Extraordinary Family. ‘I didn’t have my period, like my period was gone.
‘But I didn’t really have any other symptoms. I kind of was just putting two and two together,’ she recalled. ‘I was nervous. I had actually taken a Plan B pill, but I don’t think I took it in the right amount of time, so it didn’t work.’
Ava, who lost her own father to heroin when she was 11, met her children’s dad at one of his basketball games a few years later and fell ‘head over heels for him.’
Six months after she welcomed Jordan, she learned she was pregnant a second time
Ava insisted she was on birth control at the time, but it failed. She recalled screaming and crying after learning she was pregnant because she didn’t think she could handle it
Ava gave birth to her daughter, Avaeya, in May 2021 and is no longer with her ex
In her TikTok videos, she alleged that he cheated on her throughout her pregnancy, and she struggled with postpartum depression after she welcomed Jordan in February 2020.
Six months later, she learned she was pregnant with Avaeya.
‘The second time was the most traumatic thing in my life. I just sat and I bawled,’ she explained on My Extraordinary Family. ‘I remember crying and crying and crying because I could do one. Jordan I felt like was it for me.’
Ava said she feared she wouldn’t be able to give her son ‘enough love,’ and she recalled ‘screaming and crying’ to her mother because she ‘didn’t know what to do.’
In a recent video, she detailed her typical morning routine with her two children
Every morning, she wakes up to make her kids breakfast before her school
After Jordan and Avaeya eat, she gets Jordan them dressed for the day
Ava’s grandmother then comes to pick up her kids, and she heads to school for the day. The teen mom is trying to finish school early
Critics have slammed her for not being on birth control following her first unplanned pregnancy, but she insisted she was on the pill at the time.
‘I was on birth control with Avaeya and it failed,’ she said in one TikTok video. ‘It’s just what happens sometimes.
‘I didn’t mean for it to happen. I took it every single day at the same hour. I wasn’t messing up. I guess I was just one of the unlucky ones.’
Ava explained that she is no longer in a relationship with her children’s father because they both have things they need to work on.
Ava has also filmed a video documenting her nightly routine with her children
Even though Avaeya is younger, she is a night owl and likes tire herself out before bed while Jordan watches TV with a bottle
Jordan was already in bed when Ava changed Avaeya and gave her a bottle
Once the kids were fast asleep around 9 p.m., Ava tucked herself into bed
‘We were toxic, but we will always love each other in a sense. I’ll always love him and care for him,’ she said, adding that she can’t be with him unless something changes.
Ava also has a YouTube channel with 62,7000 subscribers where she vlogs about her life as a teen mom in the hope of helping others in her situation.
‘The most challenging thing of being a mom is the fact that it never ends,’ she admitted on her episode of My Extraordinary Family.
‘It’s really hard, especially the first time, to adapt to that,’ she added. ‘You’re never going back to normal. This is who you are now and it’s who you’re gonna be until you die.’
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