Louise Thompson reveals she has taken son Leo out of nursery to spend quality time together as they enjoy a 'swanky' day out in London
Louise Thompson has revealed that she took her son Leo out of nursery for the day to spend quality time together.
The former Made In Chelsea star, 35, said she wants to 'soak up any opportunity I get to spend' with her three-year-old before he starts school next year.
Louise said she was 'pretty apprehensive' as she took Leo to a child-friendly theatre performance where he sat through the full '50 minute performance as good as gold'.
Sharing snaps during the sweet mother and son day out to Instagram on Thursday, Louise penned: 'Today I took my little bestie out of nursery for a 1:1 day date.
'We feel v lucky that Leo's nursery runs year round allowing us (and lots of other working parents) to work long hours during the week both in and out of term time.
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'He is old for his year so he won't be starting school until next September - I feel like he will practically be cartwheeling in at that point - but I still want to soak up any opportunity I get to spend with him, because I know that after that point things won't be nearly as flexible and I also know that I will never get this time back.
'So bring on the impromptu hang sessions.
'I arranged to go to this amazing kids theatre over in East London called The Unicorn Thestre. We watched an adaptation of 'the koala who could', written by one of our favourite children's authors Rachel Bright.
'I've never taken Leo to the theatre before so I was pretty apprehensive given his attention span, but he sat through the 50 minute performance as good as gold.
'It felt really unpretentious (unlike a lot of adult theatres), kids could move freely, chat, eat snacks loudly, go to the loo etc and the seating arrangements felt suitably informal. We had a great time.'
Louise revealed the pair got the Uber boat to the theatre and afterwards went shopping and enjoyed a 'swanky' lunch.
She continued: 'We hopped on an Uber boat there which added to the fun and we met another couple who were running the exact same operation.
'Then after we headed to Battersea power station for a little browse of the Lego shop and also bought some new shoes and had a swanky Italian lunch date… lol at me eating carbonara while Leo chows on lamb chops and hopped on the boat west to head home.
Louise shares son Leo, three, with fiancé Ryan Libbey and nearly died when giving birth after undergoing an emergency C-section in December 2021 due to suffering 'serious complications'
'Managed to take an intense finance call with Leo mumbling around in the background this afternoon and kept other things afloat… so all in all I'd say Thursday was a success.
'The ven diagram of trying to feel like a good parent and a good business woman is a funny one. I'll try and mock something up which will make us all feel like less of a failure… but today was one of the rare moments where I feel like I won at both. x I'll sleep sweetly tonight.'
Louise shares son Leo, three, with fiancé Ryan Libbey and nearly died when giving birth after undergoing an emergency C-section in December 2021 due to suffering 'serious complications'.
She ended up in intensive spent and spent five weeks in hospital, leaving her with PTSD and post-natal anxiety due to her near-death experience.
Louise has since documented her recovery and family life on Instagram.
The mum-of-one, who was diagnosed with Ulcerative colitis diagnosis in 2018, has since been diagnosed with Lupus, Asherman's syndrome, suffered a second Hemorrhage and has also had a stoma bag fitted.
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic bowel condition where the colon and rectum become inflamed and small ulcers develop on the colon's lining, which can bleed.
Asherman's syndrome rare condition where scar tissue builds up inside the uterus and Lupus is one of the chronic autoimmune conditions where the body makes antibodies against itself and starts to attack it.
And a stoma bag is a medical device that a person uses to remove body waste.
After being through something so traumatic Louise confessed that she struggled a lot more with her mental health, rather than her physical.
She previously explained: 'The mental stuff was a lot worse, physical, you can often fix a physical problem, the mental torture was really hard to grapple with.'
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