Molly-Mae Hague jetted off on her first work trip abroad on Tuesday since having her baby daughter Bambi, three months.
The influencer, 23, headed to Nice in the south of France to shoot a new collection for PrettyLittleThing where she is the Creative Director.
Molly-Mae shared a snap on the plane as she captured the sunset and wrote in the caption: ‘First work trip in a very long time!’
Her next post showed her after touching down as she posed for a mirror selfie in a causal white Nike tracksuit and black jacket and tagged her European location.
Her final update featured a sweet snap of Bambi – who she welcomed with boxer beau Tommy Fury in January – as she wrote: ‘See you soon Mama girl’ in the caption.
Exciting: Molly-Mae Hague jetted off on her first work trip abroad on Tuesday since having her baby daughter Bambi three months
Jet-setter: The influencer, 23, headed to Nice in the south of France to shoot a new collection for PrettyLittleThing where she is the Creative Director
Last week Molly-Mae revealed in her YouTube update that she was heading to France for the shoot as she went to a PLT fitting in preparation.
It comes after earlier this week Molly-Mae said that she’s ‘like a different person’ as she begins to enjoy motherhood.
The Love Island star opened up on being a mum to her three-month-old daughter Bambi in an Instagram Q&A.
She explained she felt ‘much more settled’ after adjusting to parenthood and was ‘loving this stage’.
Molly-Mae wrote: ‘I feel so much more settled now. I would say the last week or so I feel like a different person and I’m really starting to enjoy it the way I expected to.
‘I think at the start it was a massive shock/adjustment (no matter how much you prepare yourself for it).
‘But she’s three months today and I’m absolutely loving this stage, she is more incredible every single day’.
She also spoke about Bambi’s unique name when one follower asked her about the theories that her daughter would be called Cloud or Halo.
Cute: Her final update featured a sweet snap of Bambi – who she welcomed with boxer beau Tommy Fury in January – as she wrote: ‘See you soon Mama girl’ in the caption
Settled: It comes after earlier this week Molly-Mae said that she’s ‘like a different person’ as she begins to enjoy motherhood
Loving it: The Love Island star opened up on being a mum to her three-month-old daughter Bambi in an Instagram Q&A
She said: ‘I thought it was cute. I just love individual names so much… I was in a class at school with three Mollys and I always wished I had a name no one else had.
She added: ‘She did also guess it was Bambi! As I did used to give a few very small hints’.
It came after Molly-Mae sparked discussion among both fans and mummy-shamers about her daughter Bambi’s feeding routine.
Taking to her YouTube channel to share a ‘life update’ with her 1.78million followers on Tuesday, she spoke candidly to camera about Bambi’s sleep and feeding and revealed she is dropping night feeds.
The star, who detailed her pride at exclusively breastfeeding for six weeks before her supply dried up, explained that even if Bambi wakes up crying and ‘wanting milk’ between 11pm and 7am she is told: ‘No, you’re not having it now’.
Many social media users – across both YouTube and Twitter – rushed to weigh in on this decision, with many pointing out health advisors suggest night feeds can start to drop from six months, while others slammed the star for ‘misinformation’.
While Molly-Mae conceded: ‘It is different for every baby but with her we’re trying to encourage [cutting down]’, a widespread consensus was that Bambi is too young – although supporters dismissed shamers and said Bambi is ‘happy and healthy’.
Molly-Mae, who shot to fame on Love Island’s fifth season in 2019, welcomed baby Bambi with her co-star Tommy Fury on 23 January.
True to her influencer roots, she has kept life as a new mother well-documented, including sharing her birth story, pictures and videos of Bambi’s nursery and regular updates into her life as a first time parent with Tommy.
The star has come under fire for both her daughter’s name and her muted nursery, and her latest point of scandal is the news of her feeding and sleeping plan.
In the video update, while cradling Bambi, Molly-Mae spoke to camera saying: ‘Hello, we are back home. We’ve just had bathtime and we’ve just had a bottle and hopefully you’re going to sleep for me now or are we gonna stay up for a bit…
‘I’m finding, she’s 10 weeks and it has gone quick and she feels 10 weeks… 7 is her bedtime when she has her bottle and then she has another one at 11 and after 11 o’clock is when we try and get our night’s sleep…
‘At the minute [the sleep] is going a lot better – we’re definitely getting more sleep. I say more sleep, I’m definitely getting four hours. Sometimes four or five a night…
‘She’s going from 11PM to 7AM with no milk, no feed but she’s waking up all night and being like ‘Hello I want some milk’ and I’m like ‘No you’re not having it now’…
‘Because around this time [10 weeks] is when they drop feeding in the night. Well it’s different for every baby but with her we’re trying to encourage that…
‘Just to touch on my breastfeeding journey – I exclusively breastfed for six weeks which I’m proud of, I didn’t know how it was going to go for me…
‘My supply sadly completely gave up on me I’m talking the poor baby was trying to breastfeed and getting nothing. It was taking two hours to do one feed. I dropped feeding gradually so I didn’t get mastitis. I was really proud to do six weeks.’
Later in the video she went on to reveal that Bambi had trapped wind, as she shared details of the winding process of having a bottle.
The post was soon met with ructions as many claimed that 10 weeks is too young to cut out night feeds – while others noted Bambi was happy and healthy so there was no need for concern from the screeching masses.
The NHS website cites three to six months for cutting down night feeds: ‘As your baby grows, they’ll need fewer night feeds and will be able to sleep for longer. Some babies will sleep for 8 hours or longer at night, but not all. By 4 months, they may be spending around twice as long sleeping at night as they do during the day.’
The website then suggests cutting feeds all together between six and 12 months: ‘For babies aged 6 months to a year, night feeds may no longer be necessary and some babies will sleep for up to 12 hours at night. Teething discomfort or hunger may wake some babies during the night.’
The Raising Child Network suggests: ‘There’s no hurry to phase out night feeds. You can choose what works best for you and your child. For breastfed children, night weaning might be an option from 12 months. For formula-fed children, you can consider phasing out night feeds from 6 months.’
One YouTube user wrote: ‘Just wanted to say (from a children’s health care professional & mum myself) that it is recommended to wean night feeds from 6-12 months, 10 weeks is a little too early, it is likely she will wake up a bit less if fed during the night (this is for both formula and breast fed babies) and it is still important for their development…
‘For a 10 week old baby they should be feed a few times in the night! It’s helps they development! She shouldn’t be going that long without a feed…
‘From a developmental perspective, babies are able to sleep through the night — defined as a six- to eight-hour stretch — without eating when they’re between 4 and 6 months old. In this age range, most babies reach the 12- to 13-pound mark, the weight where they no longer metabolically need nighttime feedings.’
One outraged Twitter user wrote: ‘Any new mums that watch molly mae and seen that she’s not giving her 10 week old baby milk during the night even if she wakes up. PLS DO NOT DO THIS, it’s neglectful and wrong. Pls give your baby milk whenever they want/need it. Don’t want to wake up? Don’t have a baby.’
A Twitter user responded to the comment writing: ‘I’m sure if she was losing weight & malnourished the children’s services would’ve got involved by now especially with her having such a large following. Every baby is different especially when it comes to feeds & as long as they’re happy , healthy & thriving then they’re ok’.
The original poster replied: ‘Her baby obviously isn’t happy if she’s crying in the night surely??? Yes every baby is different I have one myself but if she woke up in the night crying the first thing I’m trying is giving her milk x’
Another of Molly-Mae’s defenders wrote: ‘How about you listen to what she said in the vlog b4 that her daughter doesn’t want it when tried …that baby is loved more than anything don’t you dare drag her she’s doing everything she can and even asked midwives advice ….you are disgusting’.
Another critic penned ‘Usually roll my eyes at the stick molly mae gets but the fact she’s gone and said she’s refusing to feed her 10 week old in the night is actually scary. To say that’s when babies normally drop their night feeds as well is totally untrue…
More debate raged on when a user wrote: ‘Not a big fan of these influencers but the fact folk are even commenting on how molly mae feeds her baby or has an opinion about how she chooses to raise her child is shocking, folk need to just back the f*ck up, shut the f*ck up & let people be theres no right way to mothering
Some naysayers hit back: ‘Refusing to feed your 10 week old baby when it wakes up hungry isn’t just a parenting choice though it’s neglectful… Not feeding a hungry baby is neglect… No I’m not, but her baby is 10 weeks and waking for feeding. I don’t blame Molly mae she’s been told some duff and potentially very harmful information that will be spread and scare other people. Babies wake to be fed, that’s a fact’.
Her supporter hit back: ‘youre making out shes not been feeding her baby at all????? Her baby is happy & healthy , what gives you the right to comment on her ???’
Cutting back: It came after Molly-Mae sparked discussion among both fans and mummy-shamers about her daughter Bambi’s feeding routine
Hold me close: Taking to her YouTube channel to share a ‘life update’ with her 1.78million followers on Tuesday, she spoke candidly to camera about Bambi’s sleep and feeding and revealed she is dropping night feeds
Another user wrote: ‘Further comments on YouTube read: ‘For all the new breastfeeding mums out there worrying about your supply or the length of your feeds. At 6 weeks old 2 hours is normal. It’s called cluster feeding…
‘And you can absolutely get your periods back when breastfeeding and this is not an indication of low supply. I got my period back at 6 weeks post partum and I’m still breastfeeding 8 months on….
‘Molly I’m proud you breastfed for 6 weeks but please be careful of spreading misinformation! Also 6 months is the norm and what is adviced by medical professionals for starting to drop night feeds for formula fed babies, not 10 weeks…
‘So all you mummas out there who’s babies are still waking for feeds… It’s normal… Congratulations on the baby! If she’s still waking for feeds, feed her. 10 weeks is still very very very small. She will still cluster feed until she’s about 4 months.’
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