After celebrating her daughter's 1st birthday and taking her first steps, actress Hilary Duff confides in her Instagram followers to help keep her motivated as a working mother.

In a new Instagram story, Hilary Duff praised working mothers, including herself and opened up about her feelings of being away from her baby. Duff wrote that while on the set of the Lizzie McGuire reboot, she received a message that her 1-year old daughter, Banks, was asleep in her crib. Duff then looked on the baby monitor through an app on her phone and felt "crushed" that she wasn't there to help put her daughter down for a nap.

Though she is grateful to have a successful career, she wrote: "But man is it ever hard". Duff went on to thank those who look after her children while she's away as well as all those who watch the children of working parents.

The Younger actress is very busy these days filming and being a business entrepreneur. She is partnering with Happy Little Camper, Veeda, and GlassesUSA to promote all-natural baby products and glasses to help women "feel confident, comfortable and stylish every step of the way."

By the looks of her Instagram account, however, Duff hasn't left Banks out of the picture in any way. Banks can be seen promoting Happy Little Camper products and posing (in her own way) for the camera at the launch party. In every way, Duff is working towards being an example to women that they can find the right balance between being a successful career woman and a successful mother.

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Duff isn't the only one making an impression on Hollywood as a working mother either. Recently in the news, it was reported that fellow actress and mom Eva Longoria has brought her son, 1-year old Santiago, to work with her on several occasions. Longoria seeks to "normalize motherhood in the industry" and said that as mothers, "this is what we do."  Similarly, this past April, Carrie Underwood openly talked about and posted a picture of pumped breast milk before the CMAs.

All of these women are seeking equality and balance between work and family. They hope that the film, music, fashion, and many other industries will support working mothers instead of making it more of a challenge than it already is.