Radio star Fifi Box reveals the struggles of being a mum during the coronavirus lockdown and having a baby that won’t sleep ‘for longer than an hour’
Fifi Box has revealed the struggles of being a mum to her two young daughters Daisy Belle, one, and Trixie, seven, during the coronavirus lockdown.
The 43-year-old radio star shared a lengthy post to Instagram on Monday, explaining how Daisy has been suffering from sleep regression and she reached out to a sleep consultant for help.
‘I recently shared the struggles I’ve been having as a mum with a baby that stopped sleeping for longer than an hour in lockdown. I’m not very good at asking for help, and because I love my kids so much I feel like it is my job alone to care for them,’ she wrote.
‘I was letting them both down’: Fifi Box (pictured with her daughter Daisy, one) has revealed the struggles of being a mum to two children during the coronavirus lockdown on Monday
She continued: ‘I was being strangled by the guilt that I was letting them both down and I wasn’t good enough. But thanks to all the love and messages I received I realised I was not a failure for asking for help.’
Fifi went on to say she contacted an infant sleep consultant and she ‘transformed our lives.’
‘Daisy is sleeping in her cot through the night, I have stopped feeding her to sleep, she is routinely napping, happy at awake times instead of grizzling all day because she’s tired,’ she wrote.
Helping hand: Fifi (pictured with Daisy and Trixie) explained how Daisy has been suffering from sleep regression and she has reached out to a sleep consultant for help
‘And Trixie has got her mummy-time back because I’m not attached to Daisy 24/7 so I can spend quality time with both the girls,’ she added.
The radio star also said she’s been getting a good night sleep and that is making ‘me a happy and present mum instead of being constantly stressed and tired.’
She also shared a selfie of herself while lying in bed and said: ‘This was me after the first time I slept for 8 hours straight in over a year.’
Moving forward: She said she’s since been getting a good night sleep and this is making ‘me a happy and present mum instead of being constantly stressed and tired’. Pictured infant sleep consultant Steph Gouin with Daisy and Trixie
‘I was so happy I don’t even care how puffy and unflattering this is, I had to capture the moment, I was a happy well slept mumma.’
Fifi welcomed her youngest daughter in June last year with the help of IVF and an anonymous donor.
The identity of Daisy Belle’s father isn’t public knowledge, but former professional Ironman Grant Kenny is the biological dad of Trixie.
Good night’s sleep: Fifi also shared a selfie of herself while lying in bed and said: ‘This was me after the first time I slept for 8 hours straight in over a year’