This Professor Had the Best Possible Reaction to a Student Bringing Her Baby to Class

"Balancing being a student and parent can be tough."

21 March, 2018
This Professor Had the Best Possible Reaction to a Student Bringing Her Baby to Class

Katy Humphrey, a 33-year-old full-time student, retired Marine, and mom in Texas, found herself seriously stuck recently when her babysitter bailed and she had to get to her exercise biochemistry class at Baylor University. She decided to make the one-hour trip from her home to campus with her 4-month-old daughter Millie in tow.

Humphrey told TODAY.com that her professor Darryn Willoughby, had "said if I ever needed to bring her to class, he was OK with it, so it made me feel relieved to know I would be able to learn and take care of my daughter."

She showed up to class a couple minutes late, and soon, Millie was fussing in her carrier. That's when Dr. Willoughby stepped in.

"Dr. Willoughby saw me trying to soothe her, so he came by and picked her up for me," Humphrey told ABC News. "He told the class how one of the greatest gifts in life is being able to hold a baby. He talked about how he missed his two girls and being able to hold them when they were little. One is now in college and the other is in high school."

Millie was "perfectly content" in Dr. Willoughby's arms, and he continued to hold her throughout the entire one-hour lecture, according to Humphrey.

"Balancing being a student and parent can be tough," Humphrey said. But she's "very grateful" for the compassion and empathy she received from her professor and classmates.

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