Having welcomed a second child into her life in January of last year, BBC newsreader, Kate Silverton, has decided to open up about the challenges she faced as a result of her new family dynamic.

The 44-year-old broadcaster, who is mum to three-year-old Clemency and one-year-old Wilbur, has revealed that the arrival of her second child had a profound effect on her.

Explaining that she felt torn between the two children, Kate, who went through IVF in order to conceive her first child, explained: “I wasn’t prepared to feel so protective of him. Sometimes even at the expense of my daughter’s feelings.”

Admitting she felt a mixture of emotions as she adjusted to being a mum-of-two, the BBC star said: “Neither was I prepared for the guilt I would feel at spending my time trying to be the same sort of mother to Wilbur as I was to Clemency.”
 


Speaking to the Daily Mail, the newsreader revealed she struggled with the notion her son would never experience his parents' undivided attention.

Acknowledging that she won't be able to raise her son in the same manner she raised her daughter, Kate explained: “The truth is it can never be the same. Clemency had us exclusively. Wilbur will only ever know life with an older sister and parents who split themselves between him and her.”

Kate, who married former Royal Marine Mike Heron in 2010, said the family of four have now adjusted to the change and Clemency is the very proud big sister of a gorgeous little boy!

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