Millie Mackintosh has revealed she called in a child specialist to help manage her daughter's separation anxiety amid her split from husband Hugo Taylor. The 36-year-old opened up about the turmoil at home as she navigates her divorce from her former Made in Chelsea co-star, 39.
The couple, who married in 2018, announced their separation in February. They share two daughters: Sienna, six, and Aurelia, four. Millie admitted she had held back from speaking publicly about the ordeal until she was through the worst of it.
"I didn't want to share about this until I was on the other side," she said in a candid video on social media. "But recently I had to deal with Aurelia having some really challenging separation anxiety. It was really, really hard."
The trouble began after Aurelia's nursery closed down last Christmas, leaving her with half a term at home with no childcare. When Millie eventually found a new nursery, Aurelia - who is due to start school in September - simply refused to go.
"There were a lot of tantrums, crying, kicking, screaming and just refusing to go to nursery," Millie continued. "Once she was there, she was actually fine. She would have a good time. She was happy within a few minutes after we dropped her."
Things reached crisis point last month, leading Millie to seek professional help. "It took about four days of taking her to nursery. I had to carry her to the nursery, kicking and screaming, which felt horrible," she added. "But after four days, she was totally fine again. She just, on the fifth day, woke up that morning, and she was like, mummy, I want to go to nursery today. And it was the biggest relief."
