MOLLY-MAE Hague has admitted going through ‘hell and back’ after giving birth to her daughter, Bambi, and opened up on the ‘dark times’.
The Love Island star turned businesswoman, 25, also revealed all on Bambi’s ‘disaster’ day at nursery.
In her latest YouTube vlog, the influencer was joined by her sister, Zoe Hague, 28, now Zoe Rae after recently tying the knot to her partner Danny Rae, for a car Q&A.
The blonde beauties spoke on all things motherhood, as the Love Island legend got candid on going through a ‘breakdown’ after Bambi, one, who she shares with her now ex-partner Tommy Fury, 25, was born.
Molly-Mae, who has recently found herself in a controversy over the pricing of her Maebe products, explained that prior to having her daughter, she didn’t have much experience being around babies, as she said: “The only child I had held was Bobby, which is Fran’s son, that’s the only child I’d been around, I really had no idea.
“Those first few weeks of Bambi’s life…hell and back.
“We were having a breakdown.”
The Maebe founder, whose first drop of her infamous new fashion brand sold out in just 24 minutes, then opened up on Bambi’s nursery nightmare.
She added: “Bambi started nursery. She had her first day, 9:30am until 3pm the other day.
“She had three taster sessions, two that were one hour long and one that was two hours long and the two hour session was a bit of a disaster to be honest with you.
“When I picked her up she was severely upset, I’d never seen her cry like that before.
“Something wasn’t sitting right with me. It didn’t feel right.
“I don’t have to put Bambi in nursery for childcare purposes, I can have her at home with me, that’s not an issue.
“It was more for her benefit that I wanted to send her.”
That’s what we did wrong. We did it all together
Molly-Mae
But the Filter founder then explained that the tot, who lives a very lavish lifestyle with first-class flights, more holidays than most and a designer wardrobe, has actually developed a challenging habit.
She admitted: “She did start to hit. My best friend Taylor, her child Story is a similar age Bambi and Bambi did start to hit Story.
From Love Island to a diamond ring and baby - we look at how Molly and Tommy have got to where they are today.
June 2019: Molly and Tommy first meet on Love Island.
July 2019: Tommy makes things official by asking Molly to be his girlfriend.
July 2019: Molly and Tommy finish Love Island in second place.
September 2019: The couple move into a three-bedroom apartment in Manchester.
December 2019: Molly supports Tommy at his first boxing match since leaving the villa.
May 2020: Molly and Tommy turn 21 and pull out all the stops with dozens of balloons and lavish cakes to mark each other’s milestone days.
June 2020: The loved-up couple move to a new apartment just outside of Manchester city centre.
October 2021: Molly and Tommy fall victim to burglars. Professional thieves target their rented flat while they are away and they lose £800,000 worth of possessions.
March 2022: They buy their first ‘dream home’ together. Molly and Tommy warn they will only ‘share snippets’ of their pad following the burglary.
September 2022: Molly and Tommy announce they are expecting their first baby together. Alongside a sweet video, Molly says: ‘I can’t wait for the adventures that we haven’t even dreamed of yet.’
October 2022: It’s a girl! The couple confirmed they are having a daughter.
January 2023: Molly gives birth to baby Bambi on January 23rd.
July 2023: Tommy whisks Molly and Bambi on a family holiday to Ibiza. The couple get engaged after Tommy pops the question on a cliff top.
September 2023: At Home With The Furys drops on Netflix. The couple feature in Tommy’s brother Tyson’s reality show. Tommy and Molly come to blows over their parenting plans.
November 2023: Tommy is caught on camera partying topless with Chris Brown and unknown women in Abu Dhabi. Molly removes her engagement ring.
December 2023: Molly admits she’s ‘been through it’ but puts her engagement ring back on.
January 2024: Bambi turns one. Molly and Tommy celebrate with a lavish party at home.
March 2024: Bambi goes on her first skiing holiday to France with her parents.
April 2024: Molly and Tommy treat Bambi to a family holiday in Disneyland Paris.
“That came out of nowhere and I thought, ‘that’s not good’. And I think nursery will help with that.”
The pair also discussed advice they would give to first-time mums, as Zoe shared: “Amy Hart, when she had her baby, Stanley, they really split it, so he would do the night shift, she would do the day shift, and I do think sleep is the way forward.
“So if you’ve got help and got your partner there with you, rather than doing it all together.”
Now I look back, it sends shivers down my spine, I had no idea what I was doing
Molly-Mae
Molly then revealed the mistake she and Tommy made, and also that she and Zoe made when raising Bambi in the early days, as she chimed in: “That’s what we did wrong. We did it all together.
“You have to get your sleep.”
When it comes to the newborn bubble she found herself in during the early days, she advised: “Don’t push help away. There’s really weird messaging that goes about for new mums, ‘don’t have visitors the first month, have your time, put your boundaries in place’.
After five years together, Molly-Mae and Tommy Fury split up in August 2024.
At around 4pm on Wednesday, August 14, Molly-Mae and Tommy suffer an explosive showdown and Molly-Mae announces her split from fiancé Tommy Fury, saying ‘ I never imagined our story would end, especially not this way’.
An hour later Tommy shares a separate and brief statement confirming they have parted ways, and thanks Molly-Mae for making him ‘a dad’.
The real reason they split emerges and on Thursday, August 15 The Sun reveals how Molly-Mae learned Tommy had cheated on her – leading to an explosive showdown.
On Saturday, August 17, The Sun reveals how Molly-Mae had been sent an upsetting video showing Tommy kissing a girl in a nightclub in North Macedonia on a lads holiday.
Exactly one week after the split a Danish woman accused of getting close to Tommy speaks to The Sun. On Wednesday, August 21, she denies she is the girl who kissed Tommy.
“I see it all the time and I really took that on board way too heavily.
“I basically said no visitors and I wanted to be able to say I had all this time with just me and her to bond.
“The first night with Bambi in the house, I was by myself. Now I look back, it sends shivers down my spine, I had no idea what I was doing.”
Not only this, but the star got candid on the ‘dark times’ she had when breastfeeding, as she shared: “I was breastfeeding and it was, wow. Dark. That was dark, dark times.
“I think it’s lovely to give it a go but don’t put any pressure on yourself because that’s what I was doing and I genuinely think that contributed to my milk supply just giving up on me.”
