She’s been sharing plenty of adorable snaps and videos of her bundle of joy on Instagram.
And Stacey Solomon couldn’t hide her delight when her adorable son Rex made a surprise appearance on Friday’s Loose Women.
The tot – who celebrated his first birthday last month – appeared on the show alongside his proud dad Joe Swash, who spoke candidly about the death of his grandmother during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Sweet: Stacey Solomon couldn’t hide her delight when her adorable son Rex made a surprise appearance on Friday’s Loose Women alongside his proud dad Joe Swash
At the start of the interview, Joe brought on his little boy who was happily playing with the TV remote, despite Stacey getting him a toy one for his birthday.
The former EastEnders star spoke candidly about losing his beloved nan during the lockdown, meaning of a majority of her family were unable to attend the funeral.
He said: ‘We didn’t get to to say goodbye and the thought of my nan being on my own was really difficult, and the funeral, not everyone could come to to the funeral.
Sweet: Joe brought on his son as they spoke to the panel from their home in Essex, ahead of his and Stacey’s appearance on Celebrity Gogglebox
Hard: Joe also spoke candidly about losing his beloved nan during the COVID-19 lockdown, meaning many family members were unable to attend the funeral
Changing: The former EastEnders star also admitted that since meeting Stacey has learned to speak more openly about his emotions
‘She was so important to us, she had 24 grand-kids. It’s such a shame if happened while the corona was going on, because it means you can’t really perform my nan’s last wishes.
‘It’s been really difficult, but you know I’m not the only one, other people can go through it as well.’
As Joe spoke about his nan’s death, it seemed little Rex was growing bored of waiting for his dad to finish talking on the telly, as he could be heard crying in the background.
‘He loves it!’ Little Rex had the entire Loose Women panel cooing over him, with Stacey joking about his obsession with the TV remote
Stacey feigned fury at seeing the chaos unfolding, jokingly saying: ‘I go out for a few hours!’
Luckily Joe was able to pass Rex off to one of his brothers Zachary, 12, or Leighton, eight, and went onto speak about he feels more comfortable talking about his mental health than when he and Stacey first met.
He said: ‘I’m not really the best person because I don’t talk a lot myself, I hold a lot in. I could take a leaf out of that book and try and open up a little bit. I think it’s difficult sometimes for certain people.
‘I’m so lucky, I’ve got Stacey, I’ve got a tight-knit family. I know if I need to talk about anything, they’re all there for me and I think, for me, that’s the most important thing. But yeah, I think I need to work on that on myself – be a little bit more open and talk openly. Stacey will tell you the same as well.’
Stacey replied: ‘You have got better since I met you. Definitely at the start of the relationship, I remember thinking, ”He is a closed book”, even though I could sense something wasn’t right, I just never knew what it was.’
Important: Stacey said she feels that Joe learned to open up more about his emotions so that he could be a strong male role model for her two older sons
Asked by Nadia Sawalha what Stacey did to help Joe open up, she added: ‘I don’t think I did anything to help… you grow and we’ve got four boys, they’re getting older and they need someone to talk to. They’re needing another male to talk to, but the way you deal with things emotionally has changed with the boys.’
Joe said: ‘Having the kids, with them all being boys, and of the age where they need to know things – they need to know emotions… It’s difficult, I’m having to be a lot more open, which is probably really healthy for me.’
During the interview, Joe and Stacey also chatted about their appearance on the new series of Celebrity Gogglebox, which begins on Friday.
Loose Women airs weekdays from 12:30pm on ITV.
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