She openly documented the trials and tribulations of motherhood.
And Kate Ferdinand gave fans a glimpse into another chaotic weekend in her household in a hilarious Instagram post, revealing her stepson Tate ended up on crutches and her baby son Cree “knocked out his tooth”.
The former TOWIE star, 32, shared a gallery of snaps from the last week on Instagram before offering a more realistic insight in her funny caption.
She wrote: “A week of fun.” Before Tate had to use crutches on Saturday and Cree fell over and knocked out a tooth yesterday.
Kate and Rio are parents to son Cree, 2, and daughter Shae, 4 months, and the star is also stepmother to Rio’s children Lorenz, 17, Tate, 14, and Tia, 12, whom he has with late wife Rebecca Ellison shared.
Oh dear! Kate Ferdinand has revealed her stepson Tate uses crutches and her baby son Cree “fell over and knocked out his tooth” during a nightmare weekend.
Funny: The former TOWIE star shared a gallery of snaps from the last week on Instagram, before offering a more realistic insight in her funny caption
Oops! In addition to the family accidents, Kate’s husband Rio also made numerous comments about his absence from the snapshots
During her busy week, Kate took her children to see reindeer in a winter grotto before taking a walk through the woods and heading to an ice rink.
She also attended a night out with husband Rio at the Wish premiere and posted a photo of her aquamarine satin pantsuit.
And although it appeared Kate’s husband Rio wasn’t in attendance at the games, the Manchester United star poked fun at his disappearance in a series of hilarious comments.
In a series of posts, he wrote: “Kudos to all the dads who join in and are left out of the Weekend Highlights post.”
“Wow…I obviously wasn’t there…that’s the absent daddy screaming and all that.”
“It’s tough out here guys…I even took a few photos of it…”
Recently, Kate spoke in more detail about her difficult birth with her daughter.
The former TOWIE star described her panic on her podcast Blended after her newborn was rushed to the NICU just minutes after birth in July.
Cute: During her busy week, Kate took her kids to watch reindeer in a winter grotto
Sweet: The cute pictures showed Kate on an autumn walk with her children
Fun: The family enjoyed a trip to an ice rink in the week leading up to Christmas before a dramatic twist occurred with two unexpected accidents
Chic: Four months after giving birth to her second child Shae, Kate showed off her casual sense of style in one fell swoop
To look good! She also attended a night out with husband Rio at the Wish premiere and posted a photo of her aquamarine satin pantsuit
Live it up! Kate enjoyed a trip to the ice rink with her children and friends
The couple were shocked when they were told their second child was born with congenital pneumonia.
Kate spent days without her baby amid the health crisis.
Congenital pneumonia can cause difficulty breathing within the first 24 hours of life and may be caused by infection of the fetal fluid.
“As soon as I entered the theater I panicked. “I’ve never had a panic attack before, but I can imagine that’s what a panic attack feels like,” Kate said.
“I had a spinal injury so I was numb from the waist down and I just felt so claustrophobic.”
“Rio tried to talk to me, but I literally couldn’t talk to anyone. “Everyone in the room was happy and I kept saying, ‘Should I be excited now?’ I don’t know what came over me.”
Kate’s panic intensified after Shae was born when she remembers her daughter didn’t cry right away.
“She was really cold and very blue. I felt very distant when they were given to me, so it felt very different to Cree, I couldn’t identify with her.
“Then she screamed in the recovery room. Usually you can calm her down, so I asked the midwife, “Can I feed her?” I bottle feed her, and she looked at me and said, “I’ll feed her.” And when she said that, I knew that something was wrong.’
Mom: Kate has taken a break from the spotlight since welcoming Shae in July and has since shared that her second child was born with congenital pneumonia
Shae was then taken to the NICU and Rio accompanied her, leaving Kate alone. “I’m sitting in the room, no Rio, no baby, watching Love Island.” I just felt like it was a completely out-of-body experience. “I gave birth, no one is here, how guilty I feel watching Love Island and my baby is in the NICU,” Kate explained.
Later, Kate was allowed into the intensive care unit to see Shae. “I was hysterical. I couldn’t pick her up. “I didn’t really want to be there,” an emotional Kate recalls.
“It was harder to be next to her and not be with her and just watch her being unwell than being away from her.” Then I felt terrible guilt because I didn’t want to be there. My mother’s guilt hit me from the first moment she was born.’
After five days in the hospital, both Kate and Shae were allowed to go home, but Kate admitted that with Shay she “felt a little bit more needy, I want to feed her more and have her next to me.” I needed her for the first few weeks “Just have her by my side.”