THIS Morning’s Josie Gibson has revealed her secret mum-struggle and her top tip to stop her son from eating biscuits.
The single mum of one, 39, who split with five-year-old Reggie’s dad Terry shortly after giving birth, confessed that his love of sweet treats can sometimes be an issue.
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Josie admitted, “As a parent, I know it can be hard to get kids to eat well whilst juggling all the other responsibilities you have to worry about.
“I’m quite lucky that Reggie eats quite healthily but like most kids he does tend to reach for sweet treats like chocolate and biscuits first, so I try to encourage him to get something healthier out of the fridge like a nice yoghurt or fruit and veg.”
The presenter is now backing a campaign to highlight a dairy deficit in children’s diets, by replicating the iconic ‘got milk’ images – with children’s yoghurt.
She and Reggie were snapped in their hometown of Bristol sporting yoghurt moustaches.
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The images and video come after a report revealed parents are more likely to give kids junk food over a source of calcium.
Items such as biscuits and crisps are now the go-to ahead of a dairy-rich snack, meaning youngsters could face troubling health conditions, such as rickets, endured centuries ago as a result of nutrient deficiencies.
Josie, who is working with Yoplait, makers of Petits Filous and Frubes, which commissioned the report, said: “We loved wearing our yoghurt moustaches, it was great fun.
“Since I’ve had Reggie, I’ve been non-stop on the yogs, so its surprising other parents are overlooking them.”
Josie began dating her ex-boyfriend Terry in 2018, with the pair being spotted for the first time together in May of that year.
Terry is a property developer who is 15 years older than Josie.
Despite his ex’s fame and popularity, he stayed out of the spotlight during their relationship so not much is known about his own life.
The breakdown of their relationship has been put down to arguments they were having, and came after Josie admitted that Terry had been sleeping in a campervan outside their house.
In an interview with new! magazine shortly after the split, the former Big Brother winner revealed how the break up came to a head after the pair had a row centring around Terry’s OCD.
The This Morning star explained: “He’s got OCD and just after Christmas, he went mad about too many of my shoes being in the hallway.
“So I kicked off and said, ‘Well, we’ll go then!’ And he went, ‘Alright’, and bagged up our stuff, so Reggie and me headed to a hotel.”
Then, during an appearance on Loose Women in 2019, Josie opened up about being a single mum.
She said: “It’s not what I wanted to come back and say.
“I was so proud of our family unit and that we’d done it properly, but yeah I’m a single parent, it’s devastating really.
“It is stressful being a single parent but sometimes it’s easier working on your own and not having someone against you.”
Despite the break-up, Josie has since had nothing but good things to say about Terry and has praised her ex for their co-parenting agreement.
She said of Reggie’s dad: “Terry has him two to three nights a week and then I’ll have him on the others.
“I would never have been able to do what I’ve done if it wasn’t for Terry.”
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