Pregnant Stacey Solomon reveals she’s done ‘absolutely nothing’ for her baby’s nursery
Stacey Solomon has admitted that she “hasn’t had time” to get started on her baby’s nursery and feels “really overdue” as her due date is next month.
The Loose Women star, who is expecting her fifth child, her third with husband Joe Swash, 40, took to Instagram on Sunday to answer questions about her pregnancy after surprising fans with her exciting announcement last week.
Stacey, 33, who has transformed her £1.2m cottage called Pickle Cottage, said she hasn’t started childcare yet as her four children keep her busy.
Waiting: Stacey Solomon has admitted she hasn’t had ‘time’ to start her baby’s nursery and feels ‘really behind’ as her due date is next month
During the Q&A, one fan wrote: ‘Have you guys started the baby room at Pickle Cottage?’
She said, ‘No, I wish I had. We just haven’t had time, but I know the baby will be with us for the first year (or 15 if they’re like everyone else).
“So I need to not put too much pressure on myself and fix things before the baby comes.”
Oh baby! The Loose Women star, who is expecting her fifth child, her third with her husband Joe Swash, 40, took to Instagram on Sunday to answer questions about her pregnancy.
‘I feel really behind’: Stacey, 33, who converted her £1.2m cottage called Pickle Cottage, said she hasn’t started childcare yet.
‘I have done absolutely nothing in terms of a nursery. Nothing, I feel very disorganized.
“I feel so overdue, but that’s just me being silly because realistically they don’t get out of your bed for a year, right? They sleep in your room for like a year.
‘If you’re like Joe and me, they sleep in your room for about 15 years. So I have to get over it.
‘If I can’t start until the baby comes, then I can’t start until the baby comes.’
Elsewhere in the Q&A, Stacey joked that she and Joe “ran out of names” after having so many children and asked her 5.5 million followers for help.
Sweet: Elsewhere in the Q&A, Stacey joked that she and Joe had “run out of names” after having so many kids and asked her 5.5 million followers for help, as well as sharing a snap.
She said: ‘Send help! We literally have no names. We have had so many children that we have run out of names. Joe likes Betty… or Arthur. Although I don’t know, I really don’t know.
The TV presenter added: ‘Any name suggestions are welcome. Joe likes old names, I’m floral or Hebrew.
It comes after Stacey, now eight months pregnant, took to Instagram on Wednesday to announce that she is expecting baby number five and her third child with husband Joe.
While explaining the reason why he kept it a secret, he said, “We really wanted it for ourselves at the beginning, but we missed the beginning if that makes sense.”
Shock: Last week, Stacey told her 5.4 million followers that it was a “big surprise” but that she was thrilled to welcome “another little pickle,” her sweet nickname for her kids
‘We didn’t have to keep it a secret for 8 months because we didn’t know for 8 months.
“My periods were irregular from breastfeeding, we were planning a wedding, then getting married and then just crazy life and honestly it didn’t register.”
Stacey and Joe are parents to Rose, 14 months, and Rex, three, while Stacey also shares son Leighton, 10, with ex-partner Aaron Barham, and eldest Zachery, 14, with Dean. Cox.
Joe is also the father of 15-year-old Harry, whom he shares with his ex-fiancée Emma Sophocleous.
Family: Stacey shares 14-month-old daughter Rose, along with two-year-old son Rex, with Joe, and is also a mother to Zach, 13, and Leighton, nine.