Billie Shepherd admits she ‘doesn’t have a lot of time’ with her husband Greg since they became parents again
He welcomed his third child, little Margot, in December.
And Billie Shepherd detailed the struggles of motherhood this week when she admitted to the struggle of finding alone time with her husband Greg.
The ITVBe reality star, 33, admitted that the grueling parenting routine means it’s hard for her to “find time for a real conversation with him”.
Earlier this month, her sister Sam admitted that she had moved into her spare room with her nine-month-old son Edward, instead of sharing it with her partner Paul.
And appearing to do the same, Billie explained that she had done the same, telling him The suns Fabulous Magazine: ‘I’ve moved into the spare room with Margot, because I’ve been sleeping with her.’
Busy: Billie Shepherd has admitted she “doesn’t have a lot of time” to chat with her husband Greg as she focuses on their new daughter Margot, 3 months old
Billie and Greg are also parents to their eldest daughter, Nellie, eight, and son Arthur, five.
And since welcoming Margot, the family has been juggling to become a household of five, which has come with an adjustment to their daily routine.
Explaining that nights look a little different these days, the blonde beauty shared: “Before Margot, Greg and I would put the two older kids to bed and have dinner together.” But now dinner is on the table no later than 5:30 pm, otherwise the nights are endless!
And being a father of three has meant that Greg has had to take on more responsibilities with Nellie and Arthur, as Billie continued: ‘Greg has to do a bit more with the other two now.
“And it’s hard to find time for a real conversation with him, because after the bedtime routine I’m exhausted. I have moved into the spare room with Margot, because I have been sleeping with her. As soon as Nellie and Arthur are in bed, I’m in bed with the baby,” she shared.
Despite struggling to find time for each other, Billie explained that she and her husband managed to get out for the day on a ‘one day date’ recently, along with baby Margot.
Billie is close to her sister Sam and may have followed her brother’s parenting advice.
Earlier this month, Sam revealed that she sleeps in the spare room in her house with her young son Edward, and that she hasn’t shared a bed with partner Paul Knightley for six years.
Changes; Since welcoming Margot, the couple is juggling becoming a house of five, which has meant an adjustment to their daily routine.
Family: Billie and Greg are also parents to eldest daughter Nellie, eight, and son Arthur, five.
speaking in the Parenting Hell Podcast she said: ‘Paul and I haven’t shared a bed in six years. We’re still in separate rooms.’
‘I’m in the guest room with Edward, who I recently tucked into the bunk, but he’s still in the room with just me.’
She then told hosts Josh Widdicombe and Rob Beckett that her older children sleep in the master bedroom with their partner Paul and that it’s a routine the family has “just never gotten out of”.
‘Before [youngest child] Edward arrived, they were like two and two, like an adult and a child.
Billie shared, “And it’s hard to find time for a real conversation with him, because after the bedtime grind I’m exhausted.”
Siblings: Billie is close to her sister Sam (pictured with her partner Paul), and may have taken her brother’s parenting advice, as they both sleep with their children in spare bedrooms.
And we’ve never gotten out of it.
When asked how the couple had managed to have two more kids without sleeping together, Sam cheekily admitted that they still pulled off a nookie, saying, “You’ve got to be inventive, I guess.”
“In a way it works, but it’s getting a bit much now.”
Disclosure: Sam, who is mother to Paul Jr, seven, Rosie, five and Edward, eight months, said her boyfriend sleeps in separate rooms with different children.