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Christine McGuinness has revealed that she is reluctant to get extra help with her three autistic children.
The former Real Housewives Of Cheshire star, 33, spoke on Thursday’s This Morning about her worries over someone else looking after her twins Penelope and Leo, eight, and their sister Felicity, four.
The star – who parents her three children with husband Paddy, 47, – said that as they get older she will have to get additional help but isn’t sold on the idea right now.
Decisions: Christine McGuinness has revealed that she is reluctant to get extra help with her three autistic children
She said: ‘I always just wanted to be a mum, my mum was a single mum, they have additional needs yes.
‘I think we will get to the point one day, especially as I’m working more we are going to have to get help but to be honest I wouldn’t know where to start.
‘It scares me the thought of someone else looking after my children so we do try and juggle it.’
Family: The former Real Housewives Of Cheshire star, 33, spoke on Thursday’s This Morning about her worries over someone else looking after her twins Penelope and Leo, eight, and their sister Felicity, four
Also during the interview she told how she was recently told off by a man in a car park for using a disabled space as he couldn’t see any obvious reason that her kids were ‘disabled’.
She said: ‘I try and explain about autism whenever I can but there’s a time and a place and a car park isn’t the place to do it.
‘I only have one blue badge. Unless you live with it (autism) you don’t get it. It’s all I know. I try to keep an open mind that some people don’t get it.
Responsibility: The star – who parents her three children with husband Paddy, 47, (pictured together) – said that as they get older she will have to get additional help but isn’t sold on the idea right no
‘Blue badges now include disabilities – but it is a lot to go through to get it approved. People say if you can walk you don’t need it but it’s about the mental things too.
‘Society needs to be kinder to each other – if you don’t have anything nice to say then don’t say anything at all.’
Earlier this year Christine opened up about how she found lockdown ‘difficult’ at first while sharing the challenges of parenting autistic children.
Christine admitted that while the experience has been tough at times, it is so rewarding to see her children make breakthroughs and reach milestones.
Honest: She said: ‘It scares me the thought of someone else looking after my children so we do try and juggle it’
She said: ‘Seeing the children do anything new makes us feel like we’ve won the lottery and want to do cartwheels.
‘They played in snow for the first time. They were always scared of the snow. But this year we got out there and eventually they were rolling around in it.’
Christine said that she doesn’t make a fuss during these moments just in case it stops her kids, but she later watched back a video in amazement.
Despite these happy moments, Christine has candidly spoken about the struggles she faced after becoming a teacher and therapist at home while in isolation.
Family: Earlier this year Christine opened up about how she found lockdown ‘difficult’ at first while sharing the challenges of parenting autistic children
She said: ‘Lockdown was really difficult at first. It’s been an uphill struggle. The children were getting a lot of support at school but that all stopped. Suddenly we had to become therapists for them and it wasn’t going too well.’
Christine showed the reality of life as a mother-of-three on Mother’s Day as she captured her children’s messy playroom to her Instagram account.
The Real Housewives Of Cheshire star said she felt ‘blessed to be their mummy,’ as she articulated the joys of being a parent.
All three children appeared occupied with their various toys for the candid photo.
Her two daughters rocked matching grey pyjamas peppered with hearts while her son cut a casual figure in a slate grey top and charcoal bottoms.
Christine captioned the Instagram photo: ‘Blessed to be their mummy.
‘They have shown me so much love and happiness, they give me giggles and strength, they taught me patience I never knew I had.. and show me that a messy playroom is a happy playroom.
‘Being a mummy will always be my greatest achievement, my proudest moment and it’s everything and more than I ever wished for ❤️❤️❤️’.
She also revealed the flowers and adorable handwritten cards gifted by her children on her Instagram Story as she penned: ‘Love my babies xxx’.
Happy times: Christine admitted that while the experience has been tough at times, it is so rewarding to see her children make breakthroughs and reach milestones
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