Love Island's Montana Brown risks backlash as she shares video of fiancé Mark O'Connor balancing their son Miley, five months, on his hands
The Love Island star, 29, welcomed Miley, five months, with her fiancé Mark O'Connor via a home birth in January and also share son Jude, 23 months.
In a Father's Day tribute post, Montana posted a clip of Miley dressed in a baby grow as Mark carefully held him up with one hand.
She also posted a throwback clip of Mark doing the same act with Jude, when he was a baby.
Montana captioned the post: 'Happy Father's Day to the best dad ever @markoconnor23... Poor Miley...'
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Before adding on the other clip: 'Poor Jude too [laughing face emoji]'.
In February, Montana admitted she felt 'guilty' about not spending as much time with Jude since giving birth to Miley.
Montana shared the confession alongside a collection of adorable family snaps, including one where she was holding both baby Miley and little Jude.
She captioned the pictures: '2 weeks of baby bliss ✨ the jump from one to two has been interesting, naturally I'm more with Miley and Mark is now spending more time with Jude so I feel like Jude isn't very happy with me.
'I'm sure it will settle but I'm actually really enjoying the newborn phase. I'm finding it easier than the adjustment from 0-1 maybe because it's not all so new and I knew what to expect but I definitely feel guilty not spending as much time with Jude.
'Trying to soak up all the little moments as I feel really lucky ✨.'
Montana recently opened up about the challenges of having a home birth when her baby daughter Miley was breech.
She said she was advised by her NHS midwives to give birth in hospital but she insisted she wanted to follow her head and heart and stay at home.
She captioned the pictures: '2 weeks of baby bliss ✨ the jump from one to two has been interesting, naturally I'm more with Miley and Mark is now spending more time with Jude so I feel like Jude isn't very happy with me'
The reality star enlisted the help of a private doula for her home birth, who assured her both she and her daughter were safe.
Montana took to Instagram on Sunday to share that her home birth was 'magical' but she had felt really when her waters broke due to Miley being breech, with one of the baby's legs popping out first.
However she thanked her 'rock' Mark, doula Emiliana and midwife Heather for relaxing her before Miley 'flew out' two pushes later.
Sharing snaps from her birth, Montana could be seen cradling her newborn with Mark kissing her forehead, while in another picture the couple gave Jude a cuddle.
As Montana prepared to give birth at home, pictures showed her receiving comfort from Mark throughout, from sorting hot water bottles to helping her stretch.
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