Amy Childs celebrated her son Ritchie's fourth birthday with a sweet post on social media earlier this week, in which she told her fans that the youngster is a "mummy's boy".
The reality TV star, 32, often shares updates about life as a mother-of-two after having welcomed daughter Polly, now five, in 2017 and more recently son Ritchie, now four, in 2018. However, she keeps her son Ritchie out of the spotlight.
She took to Instagram yesterday to celebrate the birthday of her son, who she's said to have had with a man who's also named Ritchie before reportedly splitting up in 2019.
The post was shared with her 753,000 followers on the platform and included photos of her son, and was accompanied by a caption in which she declared her love for him.
She shared a photo of herself cradling Ritchie when he was a baby. They are seen sat on a sofa alongside her daughter Polly, whose father is Amy's ex-boyfriend Bradley Wright.
A second photo uploaded as part of the birthday tribute appeared to show Ritchie holding hands with his older sister more recently, though it didn't show either of their faces.
Amy wrote alongside the photos: "Happy birthday my darling Ritchie." She continued in the caption of the recent post: "How are you 4 today? Mummy loves you so much."
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The Only Way is Essex alum added: "I love how much you are a mummy's boy." The mother-of-two concluded by writing in the message to her son: "Please stop growing".
Her post has amassed more than 10,000 likes on the platform since she uploaded it and it has attracted numerous comments from fans who expressed well wishes.
This included presenter Alison Hammond and reality TV star Christine McGuinness, who both took to the comments section of the post to respond with red heart emojis.
Amy's cousin Harry Derbidge wrote: "Happy birthday Ritchie. Uncle Harry loves you so much". Whilst their TOWIE co-star Georgia Kousoulou said: "Happy birthday beautiful boy".
The mother-of-two has previously spoken about keeping son Ritchie out of the spotlight, saying she has an agreement with his dad not to put him on social media or TOWIE.
She explained in 2020 that she wouldn't put him on social media until he's old enough to make that decision for himself. She said her and Polly's dad made a different decision for her.
"Basically me and Ritchie's dad agreed together not to put Ritchie on social media or TOWIE," she explained.
"We won't put him on social media or TV until he is old enough to make that decision himself."
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