NEWS
While mum-of-five Stacey Solomon is proud of her large blended household, she jokes that her ever-expanding family might soon grow too big!
Stacey Solomon aandher partner Joe Swash recently became a family of eight, after welcoming baby girl Belle last month. And since then, the TV presenter has been proudly giving fans a glimpse of life at home, cuddled up on the sofa and enjoying family days out.
Recently, the star – who found fame on The X Factor aged 19 – opened up about being a teen mum, after falling pregnant with her first child at just 17 years old.
Stacey, 33 – who is mum to Zachary, 15, with childhood sweetheart Dean Cox, Leighton, 10, with ex-fiancé Aaron Barnham, Rex, three, Rose, one, and Belle, one month, with husband Joe, as well as step-mum to Joe’s son Harry, 15 – wrote on her Instagram, “I barely remember life before becoming mum. I do remember all of the looks I’d get and the things that people would say when they saw a ‘child raising a child’.”
REFLECT BACK
She sweetly added, “I look at my children now and I’ve never felt so proud. You are all my greatest achievements.”
And now insiders say that welcoming Belle has made her reflect back on her life and feel immensely proud of her motherhood journey, having had Zachary so young.
Our source says, “Stacey loves the fact that she started having children as young as she did, and now gets to enjoy having a big family and seeing them all grow up. Becoming a mum at 17 was terrifying at first, but she took to parenting like a duck to water and knew back then that she was going to have more children. She’s never been put off adding to her brood in the way that she has. She was made to feel ashamed when she got pregnant as a teenager, but it only made her stronger. Once she handled her teen pregnancy, she felt as though she could handle anything – and she has!”
They add, “Stacey wishes she could tell that young girl not to be scared or ashamed – she’s now in her early thirties and has five wonderful children. She can’t quite believe it, and just feels incredibly lucky to be where she is in life.”
IMAGINATION
Stacey regularly shows off her close bond with eldest son Zachary, last month revealing the teen had been keeping her company during Belle’s night feeds. Stacey often says in jest that Zachary i
