CHARLOTTE Crosby has bravely addressed her fresh mum "struggles" as a parent of two.
The Geordie Shore alum took to her Instagram Stories to open up on a family issue involving her eldest daughter, which she admitted was "testing my patience and temper."
Charlotte, 35, who went on to found fashion brand Pepper Girls Club after finding MTV show fame, has sadly been a target of cruel mum-shamers in the past, and her latest comment may well spark a fresh debate - despite her clear openness about her experiences.
Along with partner Jake Ankers, she is parent to two-year-old Alba, born in 2022, and little Pixi, who arrived in February.
Yet she laid bare the battle many mums face as she answered one fan on social media.
They quizzed: "How are you finding the 1-2 transition?
"Mine are the same ages as yours and it's hard."
Charlotte agreed and replied: "Honestly wow, it's a whole different ball game.
"I don't know if it's the fact that as soon as Pixi was born we were flung into some pretty HUGE life moments didn't exactly make it the easiest.
"Flying to the other side of the world to work, move house and then renovate the new one and now living out of suitcases in hotels all whilst having a very new newborn and a toddler.
"Let me tell you WOW WOW WOW."
In her extremely frank message, which will no doubt reassure other mums, she added: "Extremely HARD. HARDER THAN HARD!
"I've struggled with Alba wanting to hurt Pixi randomly as well for the past few weeks.
"Just random spurts of her whacking her or biting her.
"It's testing my patience and my temper and I'm struggling with that a lot."
TOUGH TIMES
The TV star's concerns came after she broke down in tears in a social media video, and admitted things weren't "always perfect."
She was in tears as she said: “I’m just having a little cry and I thought I’d come on to show you that not everything is always perfect.
“I’ve got an appointment for my back that I’m still going to try and make because my back is just killing.
“And I’ve got loads of appointments to go to this morning, for my back and then for my ear because I feel like I can’t hear properly.”
Charlotte said she thinks it’s the “stress” that has made her emotional, before she continued to say: “Anyway I’ve got this big photoshoot tomorrow which I’m so excited for.
“I want it to go so well but I’m also just trying to do the best with Alba and Pixi as well.”
Charlotte broke down in tears as she carried on.
“It’s hard to do everything and I’m by myself a lot, and the majority of the week I’m doing everything on my own because Jake is away working all the time,” she said.
