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10th May 2016
02:36pm BST
Aisling and Nic have two older sons, Patrick (4) and Louis (2). The newest addition to the MacInnes–O'Loughlin household was seemingly keen to make an early entrance, as the c-section delivery was originally scheduled for tomorrow, the 11th of May. We spoke to Aisling a few months ago, and the celeb mum was wonderfully down to earth and honest about motherhood. "My kids have made my life. They make my head spin half the time but they have reignited my sense of joy. I look at them and they are so innocent and they are so beautiful, and they have a great sense of fun." "The most surprising thing about parenthood is that you get to relive childhood! Who knew?! You get to remember how much fun it was when you first put your hand in the water and felt it splash. And it's your responsibility to make sure that they get to have a childhood. That they get to have innocence. So your job is huge you have to protect them and protect their innocence. This joie de vivre is a gift they give you." "Sometimes Nick and I are chatting and he says, 'you need to bat harder' but I'm not going to bat harder, I barely see them. And sure they know they can take advantage of me a bit, but it's either that or be angry all the time and that's bad for the complexion! It's total working-mother-guilt and nothing but. I'm completely consumed by guilt, but we're lucky because Nick is a stay-at-home dad and he's a great dad. But I do miss them, you can't beat mum at the end of the day; we carried them, they were connected to us." Read the full interview Aisling O'Loughlin's 8 Lessons in Living here. Main image via Instagram
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