Molly-Mae Hague cruelly mum shamed for 'cardinal sin' amidst Bambi's tantrums
Molly-Mae Hague has been accused of being "too soft" with her two-year-old daughter Bambi after social media parenting experts accuse her of causing her toddler's tantrums
Former Love Island winner Molly-Mae Hague has once again drawn criticism from bitter mum-shamers after letting her toddler swap her drink when getting a drive-thru Costa. The 26-year-old Maebe businesswoman and social media influencer can't do right for doing wrong when it comes to the watchful eyes of the internet's parenting experts.
Her latest YouTube vlog saw the reality TV star hit the Costa drive-through to get a sweet treat for her and her two-year-old daughter, Bambi. Grabbing herself a Strawberries and Cream drink, she got her daughter a hot chocolate and handed it back to her.
The mum-of-one told her fans: "I really have a sweet tooth right now, I need to fulfil my sweet tooth, so that’s exactly what we’re doing." She sat in the car, before passing Bambi a "yummy" hot chocolate, telling her: "Bambi, you are gonna love that…Wow, girl. You're gonna love that."
Holding up her own drink, Molly-Mae said: "I got a Strawberries and Cream Frappuccino - I don't know what came over me, I need something sweet." But, in true toddler fashion, Bambi instantly wanted what her mum had.
The tot demanded: "I wanna try mummy’s." Social media star Molly-Mae tried to reason with her daughter, offering: "Try yours first and you can try mine.”
Realising resistance is futile, she told the camera: "She's seen mine and she's like, ‘yeah, I think I'll have a bit of that.’” Picking her battles with the drink situation, Molly-Mae gave in, swapping her "milkshake" for the hot chocolate.
Bambi laughed triumphantly, with Molly-Mae joking: "Girl, you're gonna be bouncing off the walls after that." When she asked Bambi for a sip of her own drink, she responded: "No! I want it!"
Elsewhere in the vlog, Molly-Mae admitted to committing a "cardinal sin" as a mum - a crime most parents would admit to after a hard day. She explained: "We've had a bath, we're nice and calm, we've had dinner, we've got our milk and now we're watching a little bit of Barbie with a sun hat on."
Predicting what her critics would have to say about it, Molly-Mae jumped in: "Screen time before bed probably seems a cardinal sin. I should be reading her a story.
"I did say to her before bed she could come and sit in my bed, so we're watching a bit of Barbie on the phone, and then it's bedtime. We've had a really, really long day today."
As ever, her comments were awash with unsolicited parenting advice from viewers, with some telling her she shouldn't be Bambi's "best friend". One wrote: "Stop spoiling her, that was your drink. She needs to learn she cannot have everything she wants, it's ok to say no."
Another added: “Being a parent is so important, stop being her best friend!!” Someone else said: "Everything about this is so so wrong."
One fan typed: "She's got her wrapped round her finger big time, no wonder she has tantrums.” Another warned: "You're making a rod for your back girl.” One woman shared: “Feeding the kids Costa then wonders why the kid is wild.”
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