Stacey Solomon has candidly shared that she sometimes spends evenings in silence with Joe Swash as part of her “self-care” routine. The 35-year-old Loose Women star, who, along with husband Joe, is raising a bustling family of six children – Harry, Zachary, Leighton, Rex, Rose, and Belle – at their charming Pickle Cottage, often gives fans a glimpse into their life via Instagram.
In a recent chat with Grazia, Stacey opened up about the pressures of self-care, saying: “I think we all put ourselves under a lot of pressure to be like, ‘Don’t forget you! ‘ and ‘Don’t forget to fit your self-care in or you’re going to go down the drain.’ Sometimes in life, it’s just not possible.”
She advised readers to “go with the flow” and avoid putting too much pressure on themselves. When discussing her own approach to self-care at home, Stacey revealed it usually happens after the kids have gone to bed. Describing her downtime, Stacey said that once work is done for the day, she might play cards with her family.
However, there comes a time when she and Joe prefer to enjoy each other’s company in quiet, stating: “Or Joe and I will sit on the sofa and not talk to each other and watch some mind-numbing TV. That’s self-care for us. It’s not a bubble bath, I’m lucky if I have time to wash my important bits in the shower,” reports the Manchester Evening News.
Joe, who recently took up batch cooking for his big brood that includes two pooches and a quartet of ducks, spoke to OK! about the parenting journey, confessing it’s “difficult bringing kids up”. He also opened up about how Stacey had to put in some work to neaten up his ways, sharing: “It took Stacey a while to whip me into shape, to be fair.”
Additionally, Joe recalled: “It involved a lot of making me go back and tidy up the mess I’d left behind. A lot of, ‘This is how the cupboards are meant to look,’ and ‘I don’t want it to look different to this’.” Together for over ten years after hitting it off post-Stacey’s I’m a Celeb win in 2010, the couple exchanged vows at their cherished Pickle Cottage in July 2022.
During last year’s holiday season, Stacey and Joe shone on BBC’s Stacey Solomon’s Crafty Christmas, featuring crafted goodies and wedding day chats. While there, Stacey couldn’t resist telling viewers how Joe was a “blubbering mess” on their big day, revealing: “Your mum had to come out and warn me. I could see your tears from the beginning of the aisle.”
Joe, showing a lighthearted take on his emotions, quipped back: “Well at least one of us got emotional at the wedding eh. Oh ice queen.”