I’m mum to 3 under 4 – they’re feral but haven’t killed our sex life, my husband says I’m like a ‘dog in heat’
JUGGLING your newborn and other responsibilities can be a lot without having two other tots under four to take care of.
Mum-of-three Poppy Hollins shared an insight into her life five months after giving birth to her son Reggie.
Poppy, 29, joked about how she and Jay, her childhood sweetheart, are now outnumbered by their kids.
"So many people said: ‘The third will just slot in, you won’t even know he’s there’ well, they’re lying," she told hosts Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo.
"When there’s two, there’s one each, now we don’t have enough hands."
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Jay agreed, explaining that they had been struggling to "balance normal life" on top of parenting, explaining "that it's a lot harder than we thought."
He also credited the "good team" they have helping them keep on top of everything, including their editors, PA, and cleaner who also "helps with a bit of nannying."
"We’ve got a good team behind us and we still really struggle to find time to do anything," he said.
And while both parents said four-year-old Rosa is "quite a good age," they described Frankie, two, as "feral."
They explained that Rosa is "such a good girl" who "just gets on with things" and understands that her baby brother is "delicate."
On the other hand, they revealed that their middle child has been known to drag the five-month old "by his feet" around the house as he sits on his play mat.
Each of these parenting techniques has its own set of strengths and weaknesses. The key is to find a balanced approach that aligns with the family's values and meets the child's needs for a healthy, happy upbringing.
However, her husband disputed the timeline of events post-partum.
"Six weeks in and you were like a flipping dog in heat," Jay told his wife.
"Yeah but that’s hormones and all sorts going on," Poppy explained, revealing that baby Reggie came out weighing 10 pounds.
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"I think you dip in and out of that, it’s still there."
She also shared that she had an "all natural" home-birth for her third child.