Former Corrie star Helen Flanagan has candidly opened up about her parenting struggles as she stops breastfeeding her children.
Taking to Instagram over the past weekend, the 31-year-old from Bury revealed to her one million followers that she's had a 'challenging' few weeks.
Helen, who has three children called Matilda, Delilah and Charlie with her fiancé Scott Sinclair, admitted she made a series of decisions to make her life easier, reports The Mirror.
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The actress spoke about her decision to stop breastfeeding along with getting childcare help for the first time.
Helen posted: "I've decided to stop feeding. I've really enjoyed nursing Charlie but the past month I've just had enough.
"Today was the first day I'm trying to gradually wean him off during the day (he feeds too much)."
Although the former soap star stated she loved being a mum and was grateful for her kids, she's decided to make some changes after feeling drained.
She continued: "Found the past weeks quite challenging with mum life. I think it's quite good to be honest as we see such perfect images of motherhood on social media.
"I've never had any childcare for Charlie but I've decided to get some week. To help him eat more and get off the boob. It's just different stages and they will pass."
Helen recently shared that all of her three kids had Scarlet fever and took to social media to get advice from her following after her youngest was refusing to eat.
Posting a snap with her daughter Delilah, the star wrote: "All the kids have Scarlet Fever. Glad to know what it is after Delilah not been herself and the medicine to treat it."
Although it seems as though the three-year-old is on the mend as she shared a sweet photo of her daughter on a night out enjoying pizza and seeing Beauty and the Beast musical.
