Paloma Faith gave fans another searingly honest insight into motherhood with a candid post on Tuesday.
The singer, 39, has been keeping fans in the loop with an unfiltered ‘postpartum diary’ since welcoming her second daughter last month.
In her latest installment, Paloma shared an adorable snap of her baby’s hand as she revealed the pair are both suffering from thrush.
Honest: Paloma Faith gave fans another searingly honest insight into motherhood with a candid post on Tuesday alongside a snap of her newborn’s hand
Candid: The singer, 39, has been keeping fans in the loop with an unfiltered ‘postpartum diary’ since welcoming her second daughter last month
The mother-of-two wrote that it was ‘wonderful’ that her daughter has ‘started to open her eyes and really look’, but confessed it hadn’t been the easiest week for them.
She penned: ‘It’s been a month! Obviously nothing is straight forward. We both have thrush (my nipples, her mouth), have been on Daktarin gel for her and Daktacort for me, plus Fluconodzole 50mg tablet (daily for a week now) and probiotics – and it feels like it’s just getting worse!
‘WHERE IS THE MIRACLE CURE PLEASE?! I’m not very patient so all this ‘try this try that’ with newborns is very challenging for me. I like instant solutions!
‘Nothing is straight forward’: Paloma showed her daughter’s tiny hand in front of a yellow floral fabric, and added that although her mini me has thrush in her mouth, she is ‘doing well’
She continued: ‘Bubs is doing well and started to open her eyes and really look now, which is wonderful. Reflux still in full force and trying to learn some upright feeding positions now that she is bigger.
‘Don’t want to try the prescription meds, all the media about them is too scary. Had a day yesterday where all I wanted to do was cry.
‘I’m starting to get twitchy about being able to exercise but have to wait for the 6 week sign off….. TWO TO GO!
‘Finding it hard to be good with my eating and breastfeeding at the same time as it just makes you hungry!
‘Going to be speaking live on insta tomorrow with @gentle_births_and_beyond at 8.15pm GMT about tongue tie reflux and breastfeeding problems and anything else you want to ask us / her that is baby related! Tune in super mums!’
End of an era? Paloma fears her career which has lasted over a decade could be coming to an end following the birth of her second daughter
The post comes after the star spoke of her fears her career, which has lasted over a decade, could be coming to an end.
She spoke candidly on her upcoming BBC Two documentary Paloma Faith: As I Am and said she felt like she ‘cheated death’ as she was still releasing music after having her first child in 2016.
Paloma, who has ten Top 40 hits and ten million record sales, said record label bosses were ‘concerned’ about her wanting to have a second child, reports The Sun.
She said: ‘I did have a dinner (with them) and there were signs of concern when I mentioned that I’d like another child.
‘I feel like I’ve cheated death in a way, in terms of the death of my career, with one. And I feel like maybe you can’t cheat death twice.’
The Only Love Can Hurt Like This songstress, who has a 12-year career, added: ‘It feels a little bit at the moment like it’s the end of an era for me.’
In the documentary, she also opened up about her mental health and revealed she had suicidal thoughts and felt ‘mentally unstable’ due to jet lag.
Paloma candidly confessed she tried to ‘unbolt the window’ in her hotel room after flying to Sydney to perform back in 2009.
Honest: Paloma candidly confessed she tried to ‘unbolt the window’ in her hotel room after flying to Sydney to perform back in 2009 (pictured during the tour)
She said: ‘I’ve had really bad experiences coming to Australia.
‘The first time I ever experienced jet lag, I got a bit disoriented and mentally unstable and had to cancel the tour. I contemplated suicide.’
Paloma returned Down Under in 2015 but was hospitalised with exhaustion, and tweeted: ‘I don’t think all the flying is very good for the body.’
She has spoken openly about her struggles with mental health, and will explore the subject in her new documentary, which was filmed in 2018.
Paloma, who has a four-year-old daughter with boyfriend Leyman Lahcine, worked with director Jane Mingay over the course of a year on the film.
Couple: The singer pictured with her long-term partner Leyman Lahcine (pictured together in 2018)