Last week, Steph Claire Smith broke down in tears on her Keep It Cleaner (KICPOD) podcast when she revealed “the worst thing” her son Harvey has ever said to her.
The 30-year-old fitness influencer, who shares her three-year-old son with husband Josh Miller, posted the vulnerable moment on Instagram last Wednesday.
In the heartbreaking clip, the model couldn’t control her emotions as she admitted that her only son recently told her that she “scared” him when he got angry.
“I don’t like that. I feel terrible when I explode in front of him,” she explained to her guest, Lael Stone.
‘I think the worst thing you can hear a child say is, “Mom, you scared me.”
“Those are my least favorite words I’ve ever heard him say, but it happened. I’m crying now. I think it’s because as a parent, you put all this pressure on yourself to get it right.”
This isn’t the first time Steph has shared her struggles as a mother, as the mom is often open with her followers about how difficult parenting is.
Last month she shared one of her many struggles as a mother when she uploaded a screenshot of a wellness app page showing she was only getting three hours of sleep.
Steph Claire Smith, 30 (left), burst into tears on her Keep It Cleaner (KICPOD) podcast last week as she revealed “the worst thing” her three-year-old son Harvey (right) has ever said to her.
Steph, who called the night “the worst” she’s ever had as a mother, shared a heartbreaking update on her son’s sleeping patterns.
“Well that was the worst/most challenging night in the three years I’ve been a mother,” she captioned the graphic.
The co-founder of fitness program Keep It Cleaner then shared a photo of herself lying in bed next to her son and looking very unimpressed.
In a heartbreaking clip shared on Instagram, the model couldn’t control her emotions as she admitted that her only son recently told her that she “scared” him when he got angry.
“I got home from the theatre at 11pm and went straight to bed. At 11:30 Harvey woke up from a nightmare, Josh calmed down, we thought he was asleep again, ten minutes later he was awake screaming,” he began.
“Josh tried to go back to sleep but Harvey was determined to sleep with us. So I got into his bed and 20 minutes later he told me he wanted to go to our guest room, he didn’t want to sleep in his room. So I did. Only to be up for another half hour with him until he was patting me hard and wouldn’t stop, honestly like he was trapped and couldn’t hear me.”
Steph went on to explain that Harvey was then “adamant” that if he went down to sleep in his parents’ room, he would eventually fall asleep.
However, as soon as Steph moved into bed with Harvey, things went from bad to worse as the boy continued to “kick them” and “get on their heads” until he finally fell asleep at 3:30am.