Molly-Mae admits to parenting mistake with daughter Bambi, 3
Molly-Mae Hague has admitted she's had a bit of a parenting 'epiphany' after realising she'd been making a mistake with how she’s been raising her three-year-old daughter, Bambi.
The 27-year-old influencer shares her little girl with fiancé Tommy Fury, and the couple recently welcomed a baby boy, Midas.
The star opened up about the daily battles she'd been having with her toddler over her outfits, revealing that things had become so difficult that getting dressed was ruining their mornings.
Speaking in her latest October vlog on YouTube, the former Love Island star was sharing a haul of the latest bits of clothing she had bought for the children from Primark.
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Before showing each item, Molly-Mae explained that she'd finally decided to change her approach after realising Bambi simply wasn't interested in wearing the clothes she'd been buying her.
"I've had a bit of an epiphany with Bambi's wardrobe recently," Molly-Mae told viewers.
"I've basically decided that I'm stopping trying to dress her how I want her to dress."
The mum-of-two explained that Bambi had gone through a particularly challenging phase around three months ago, when she would refuse to wear anything that wasn't a dress.
"If it wasn't a dress, then it was literally like the biggest tantrum," she recalled.
She explained how because getting dressed was one of the first things they did every morning, the disagreements were beginning to affect the rest of their day.
"I felt like it was setting our days off on a really bad note because we'd have such an argument about me wanting her to wear something, and then she wanted to wear something different."
Molly-Mae explained that part of her frustration came down to practicality, particularly when the weather wasn't suitable for the outfits Bambi wanted.
She also admitted she hadn't bought enough dresses to keep up with her daughter's preferences.
"She was wearing like the same two dresses on repeat, and it borderline looked like I had no other clothes for her," she joked.
"I couldn't get them out of the wash quick enough, basically."
However, after reflecting on the situation, Molly-Mae realised there was another reason she'd been so determined to choose Bambi's outfits herself.
"I'm not gonna lie, I also was wanting her to wear the stuff that I wanted her to wear because I'd put really gorgeous little cute outfits together for her and get her the cutest stuff, and she just didn't want to wear it."
Instead, Bambi was far more interested in anything 'girly, frilly, sparkly'.
"She just wanted to be a girl, and I feel like who am I to tell her?" Molly-Mae said.
The influencer was quick to clarify that she wasn't planning on letting her daughter dictate absolutely everything.
"Obviously as her mum, I do need to be able to tell her what she can and can't wear because I'm in charge. I set the rules," she explained.
However, she admitted she'd realised there was no harm in allowing Bambi to express herself through her clothes when it was practical to do so.
"Why can't she wear that with a pair of tights?" she asked, holding up an adorable floaty skirt, adding that the ‘cool tracksuit from a nice little Swedish brand’ she’d been buying wasn’t to Bambi’s taste: "That's not what she wants to wear. That's not her style."
Molly-Mae concluded that she'd now be approaching shopping trips differently.
"I'm shopping more in mind for her and less for me, and I'm picking things that I think that she will genuinely love, not things that I think I will love."
Now, Molly-Mae appears to be embracing her daughter's growing independence, admitting that she'll probably miss the days of sparkly dresses when Bambi eventually grows out of them.
Topics: Molly Mae Hague, Parenting, Celebrity, Social Media
Jen Thomas