CHARLOTTE Crosby has shared a worrying health update on her daughter Pixi after she contracted a disease.
The star, 36, took to to tell her followers about “the hardest day” in her parenting life as her youngest battled an illness.
Charlotte is mum to her two daughters, Alba, four, and Pixi, one.
She said on her Instagram story that on her eldest daughter’s birthday, her youngest was incredibly poorly.
Pixi has hand, foot, and mouth disease, which has left her mouth covered in painful ulcers.
“Pixi has hand foot and mouth. And believe me when I say her mouth is RIDDLED with ulcers,” Charlotte revealed on her story.
“She’s back in bibs that need changing every hour because they are soaked through. When I say she’s screaming with her mouth pain.
“She’s still keeping hydrated and temp is under control but this poor little girl hasn’t ate in like 2 days!”
Charlotte went on: “She’s managed some sorbet and a tiny bit of soup.
“Obviously today is Alba’s birthday so I feel like I’ve been pulled from pillar to post.
“Pixi will not be put down. And I’ve been trying to set up Alba’s birthday toys, make a cake together and still make her birthday amazing.
“But me and Jake feel abit sh*t because we feel like we havnt been able to give our little Alba our all!”
She added: “She’s got her party at the weekend! So gunna make up for it ten fold! And hopefully Pixi will be feeling much better!
“Albas had a great day and I’m sure she hasn’t even noticed as she’s been so engrossed in playing with her toys. But you still feel guilty don’t you.”
According to the NHS: “Hand, foot and mouth disease is a common childhood illness that can also affect adults. It usually gets better on its own in 7 to 10 days.”
The initial symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease can be: “A sore throat a high temperature not wanting to eat.”
The second stage “usually starts a few days later and symptoms can include: mouth ulcers, which can be painful a raised rash of spots on the hands and feet, and sometimes the groin area and bottom”.
Charlotte welcomed her two children with fiancé, Jake Ankers.
Alba Jean Ankers, her first daughter, was born on October 14, 2022.
And their youngest child Pixi Cecilia Ankers was born on January 31, 2025.
