Christine McGuinness is taking a "sigh of relief" now Christmas is over.
Christine McGuinness
The 32-year-old model admits the festive season is very tough for her family because her children - seven-year-old twins Leo and Penelope, and daughter Felicity, four, who she shares with husband Paddy McGuinness - are on the autistic spectrum and she is thankful it is over.
Sharing a picture of the fish fingers and chips that her kids ate on Christmas Day, she wrote on Instagram: "Autism doesn’t stop for Christmas day! They like what they like and I want my children to eat so I choose my battles and I don’t want one today! ...
"For anyone with autistic children this Christmas.. I hope you had a calm day, I feel your exhaustion and I hear your sigh of relief that the Christmas period is almost over (sic)"
And Christine has insisted it isn't "lazy parenting" but is due to their condition.
Writing about the festive period, she added: "For anyone who may not understand this, food aversion can be quite common for those with autism.
"This isn’t lazy parenting or fussy children, this is sensory issues due to their condition that limits what our children eat. I am delighted they are very slowly exploring new textures. I’m just happy they eat because there have been times they totally refuse. It may be basic and it’s still all beige but they’re happy and their tummies are full ... #QuietChristmas #AutismAwareness #Sensory #BeigeFood #Acceptance #MerryChristmas (sic)"Last year, Christine opened up about the "awful" aftermath of Christmas with her autistic children as they struggled to cope with the holiday coming to an end.
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