Singer Christina Milian says she's struggling to juggle her career with being mother.

The 34-year-old, who has five-year-old daughter Violet with ex-husband The-Dream, says she can't always be around for the little girl as much as she would like to be and is thankful her child is so understanding.

"It can be hard. You want to be there every single moment for your kid, but it's difficult. Violet understands that Mummy has a job that she has to work extra hard on and she also gets to come visit me when I'm working,` femalefirst.co.uk quoted Milian as saying.

"I have ways of balancing work and pleasure at the same time,` she added.