Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright given warning from celebrity pal Olly Murs after they welcomed daughter Palma as he shares parenting advice
TV personality Mark and his wife, welcomed their baby daughter Palma, five months ago, while Olly and his wife Amelia share 16-month-old Madison.
Sharing some parenting advice in a new interview on Saturday, the singer, 41, revealed what he told Mark after he became a parent.
Speaking to The Mirror, Olly said: 'I've been saying, 'Enjoy your trip to Majorca, because, trust me, when Palma is crawling or walking in a few months, that's a whole other level.'
'I also warned him about the weaning stage. You think they're choking and your wife's like, 'It's fine – she's just got to learn how to use her mouth.' What's it called? The gag reflex. I'm like, 'Babe, I can't. I'm off to sit in the other room.''
Olly also shared his hopes that their children will grow up as friends and added: 'Wrighty and I have already spoken about going on holiday and just being together, which will be fun. We've got such a good friendship, and I really want Michelle and Amelia to meet properly. I'm sure they'll have loads in common.'
Mark recently gave a rare insight into family life as he discussed his recent holiday to Palma, Majorca with his daughter.
As he hosted Heart Saturday Breakfast alongside Olly last weekend, the duo caught up.
When Olly asked Mark how his holiday to Palma was, he admitted: Something disappointed me when we first got there, though.
'Well, obviously Palma is spelled like Palma. Like Palma, the place in Majorca, the city where you land.
'And I was always like, whenever you land in another country and you go through passport control, they're never happy.
'They never look at them smiley, it's just 'gracias", and just walk off. And I was like, surely they're going to read Palma's passport and be like, a little smile or something.
'Michelle's like, well, make sure you give that, like, her Palma's passport first and like, hold it in front of them. I do, I gave it. He just looked down at his stamps and went on, "you go."
Mark continued: 'Palma went to Palma for the first ever time we did a picture in front of the Palma signs. So it was, it was a beautiful week. I ate and drank a little bit too.
'You know, I also realised as well. When I used to go on holiday on my dad and he used to have a beer at like, 12 o'clock in the afternoon, I used to think, how could you want that? Like, maybe at nighttime when you go to the bar. What was I doing…
'Everyday midday beer. I was like, I'm literally turning into my dad.'
Speaking about Palma, he revealed: 'She's like her mum. She sleeps a lot! So we get away with, you know, tantrums on the plane, because we just give her a nap time, then she sleeps the whole flight.'
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