Daisy Lowe has admitted to feeling “mum guilt” following the birth of her daughter Ivy as she revealed her rock-star father’s sound advice for coping with motherhood.
The model, 34, welcomed her first child, Ivy, with her property developer partner Jordan Saul in April.
Speaking to the Standard, the star said motherhood, while “very special”, had been “harder” than she had anticipated.
Lowe, who is the daughter of Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale and singer-songwriter Pearl Lowe, said: “Everyone says it is hard, but that is always theoretical [before you have a baby] and then in practice, you are like: ‘This is really hard!’ Nothing can prepare you. It is extraordinary [...] It is very special.”
She added:“ [Sometimes] I am so tired that I am like… I am too tired to enjoy this moment. But then I have to stop myself and stop with the mum guilt. I do enjoy her loads, but I am allowed to say alongside it…. This is rough.”
Lowe said her father travelled over to London to visit his grandchild when she was nine weeks old.
The model said: “He asked me how I am. And I said I am so lucky and I am so grateful, but it is so hard.”
She said he replied: “I really want you to remember that you are not just that, it is really important for you and for her that you know you are not only mum.”
“It was really kind and insightful, and I have thought about that a lot. To be the best mum to her I have to look after myself as well. If I am not looking after myself, then I am useless to her.”
Lowe said she was slowly returning to work now that Ivy was a few months old, but: “I am being particular to what I give my time to as she is my priority.”
One of the projects Lowe is working on is with reusable nappy brand Bambino Mio. The brand is campaigning for the government to help tackle the huge number of disposable nappies being sent to landfill in the UK. Figures suggest 10 million nappies are being thrown away every day in the UK, which is as many as 3.6 billion annually.
Lowe said: “I was absolutely terrified by the stats. When the government promoted [that] we needed to be more mindful about plastic bags and plastic straws, there was a huge shift, a proper change within society so I would like that to be the same with reusable nappies.”
