A YOUNG mum has lifted the lid on raising a baby as a teenager – and revealed she’s even had to call in her own mother for ‘parental permission’.
Rebecca, now 26 and a mum of three, regularly gives an insight toher family life on TikTok (@rebeccasharon_x) where she boasts almost 24,000 followers.
She first became a mum at 15 whe she gave birth to daughter Olivia, now 11.
And she admits it was “pretty wild”; being responsible for a baby when she still faced age restrictions of her own.
In a TikTok video, she said: “I have been a mum since I was a child. I always think it’s so weird how I was a mum and I couldn’t even buy like a lottery ticket. I couldn’t even buy alcohol. I wasn’t even old enough to leave school yet.
“Having a baby at 15 is pretty wild because you’re not allowed to do anything.”;
“But I wouldn’t have had it any other way”;, she continues.
“Because it’s the most amazing thing ever being a mum, no matter what age you are.
“She’s like my wee best friend. She’s my bestie even though she doesn’t even want to hang out with me anymore half the time.
“I really do believe that I was supposed to be a mum young because I love being a mum and I think when my kids are older and they don’t really need me as much I’m gonna be so lost.
“I don’t know anything else but being a mum. I’ll not know what to do with myself.”;
Rebecca – also mum to Arabella, two, and 10-month-old Maisie – revealed she was even dismissed as Olivia’s parent by workers when she took her daughter in to get her ears pierced.
She had attempted to treat her little girl to the piercings when she was in primary one but was left stunned when an employee didn’t believe she was her mum.
Recalling the incident, Rebecca said in her TikTok clip: “See being a younger mum right? It’s all fun and games until nobody believes you.
“Olivia’s going to get her ears pierced and it just reminded me of the time Olivia got her ears pierced like the first time.
“So I took her down to get her ears pierced when she was going into primary one. She was so adamant she wanted it done.
“So I took her down to the shop to get them pierced and I said to the woman ‘oh she’s going to get her ears pierced’ and stuff and then she was asking me how old I was and all that and if I was her parent.
“I was like yeah, that’s my daughter.”;
At this point, Rebecca was forced to call her own mum to come down to the store and vouch for her.
She continued: “I had to go and get her gran to come back down with me because the woman didn’t believe that I was her mum.
“I was the parent, I was consenting for her to get her ears pierced and I had to go and get gran.”;
Rebecca’s clip, captioned “A memory I will never forget”;, quickly racked up 77,000 views.
And it turns out she’s not alone, as other young mums shared their own memories in the comments.
One said: “I remember years ago my mum took my to get my belly button pierced ( she had me when she was very young ) and the woman REFUSED service without proof of my birth certificate and said she ‘didn’t believe’ my mum, she was heartbroken.”;
A second wrote: “I’ve had this SO many times. Or I’ve been with family members and they assume they are the parent.”;
Meanwhile, a third chimed in: “I used to get this anytime I went to A&E or the doctors with the kids, my dad always takes us and they would speak to him as if we were both his children.”;
Relieved, Rebecca responded: “Yess!!! I’m glad I’m not the only one.”;
