STACEY Solomon is no stranger to being mum-shamed, but with 16 years parenting experience under her belt, she's got some tricks up her sleeves – even though other parents might hate them.
The mum-of-five is the regular subject ofcriticism from online trolls when she shares insights into herstyle.
And after her appearance with husband on the podcast Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe, haters might just have more reasons to be annoyed.
Stacey was a teenager when she had her eldest son Zachary, now 16, and went on to have Leighton next, who is 11.
She also shares Rex, five, Rose, three, and two-year-old Belle with husband43.
The formerpanellist is also step-mum to Joe's 17-year-old son, Harry.
Opening up about her parenting style, the 35-year-old presenter told the comedians she once annoyed Joe when she invited a bunch of kids to their home, without telling Joe they'd be there.
In fact, Stacey admitted she wasn't even home herself when they came round to pickle cottage – but her reason for inviting them around made perfect sense.
She explained: “I was working and we had this massive , it was so hot they shut the , so all these parents who were working had kids who had nowhere to go because their parents were still at work.”
It's a free day out and they all get lunch.”
Stacey Solomon
That's when Stacey decided to tell the parents to just drop them off at her house because she knew Joe would be there.
“She put me up for lifeguard duty as well,” Joe joked.
But because Stacey was “well involved in the groups” she knew all the parents and their kids, but Joe admitted he had no idea who any of them were.
Stacey's parenting faux pas don't end there though, like most parents the morning rush can be pretty hectic, so it's inevitable things sill sometimes be left behind.
But the former Loose Women host admitted she recently sent her son, Rex, to school with two left shoes.
“The teacher rang me, so we all do it,” she confessed on the podcast after revealing Joe previously dropped nappies off to the wrong nursery.
But it was the couple's admission that they sometimes take all of their bumper brood to other kids' birthday parties so “they don't get invited again.”
“It's a free day out and they all get lunch,” Stacey added.
The mum revealed she gets away with the sneaky party hack by asking parents if siblings are allowed, without telling them there will be four siblings, not just one.
“If the parent says yes I'm like ‘Bam! It's party time',” Stacey told the hosts.
Despite their different parenting styles, with Stacey often taking the lead role in planning and organising and Joe following, the couple admitted they work well together.
“I wouldn't want to have anyone else as the mum to my kids, she's the most amazing, loving mum,” Joe said.
“She's so protective and I love that about her,” he added.
As for Stacey, she explained she knew Joe was the one for her because of how much he loved his own family.
But, she did share her biggest ick about Joe – wearing socks with sliders.
“This is how he's come out of the house,” Stacey joked on the podcast as she made him show his footwear to Rob and Josh.
