Dawn star Natalie Barr reveals she felt like a ‘failure’ as a mom as she shares heartbreaking parenting admission

Natalie Barr made a heartbreaking admission on Monday when she revealed she felt like a ‘failure’ as a mom.

The Dawn host, 55, who shares sons Lachlan, 22, and Hunter, 18, together with her husband Andrew Thompson, mentioned she felt like a ‘ineffective mum’ when she could not get her firstborn to sleep as a child.

The tv presenter confessed on the No Filter podcast she grew to become ‘distraught’ concerning the scenario. 

‘I used to be so distraught as a result of I had a non-sleeping child and it was, as a lot of mums would know, probably the most helpless feeling,’ she informed host Mia Freedman.

‘My dad had simply died, I used to be six months pregnant when my dad had died, so then you definately assume, is that why? Am I nonetheless mourning?’

Natalie Barr, 55, (pictured) made a heartbreaking admission on Monday when she revealed she felt like a ‘failure’ when she could not get her firstborn son to sleep as a child

Natalie went on to disclose a lady in her mom’s group blamed her for going again to work, saying it was the explanation her child would not sleep. 

‘There’s all this unhelpful info round. You are taking all the pieces on, you simply really feel like a ineffective mum,’ the breakfast present host confessed. 

Lachlan’s restlessness grew to become so unhealthy that Natalie and her husband Andrew, who’re notoriously non-public about their kids, sought assist from a ‘child whisperer’.

The Dawn host who shares her two sons Lachlan, 22, and Hunter, 18, together with her husband Andrew Thompson (pictured), mentioned she felt like a ‘ineffective mum’

Natalie then revealed her second son Hunter, who was born 4 years later, was a a lot better sleeper.

The journalist has been open prior to now concerning the struggles she had as a mother when her boys have been younger and admitted she discovered it troublesome to be at house.

In 2021, she informed TV week she had bother balancing her TV profession with elevating kids and ‘was barely conserving it collectively’.

Unable to place her eldest youngster to sleep when he was simply 18-months-old, the tv presenter confessed on the No Filter podcast she grew to become ‘distraught’

‘I went again to work in three months [after giving birth] as a result of I actually struggled with motherhood at that stage and located it laborious to be at house with younger children,’ she mentioned.

She went on to say she could not have accomplished it with out her husband Andrew’s assist. 

‘I actually could not do any of this with out him,’ she mentioned.

‘He is a lot stronger than me. I’d seem sturdy however I am not likely. I’ve discovered to be a stronger individual through the years and thru my job.’

‘My dad had simply died, I used to be six months pregnant when my dad had died, so then you definately assume, is that why? Am I nonetheless mourning?’ she mentioned. Image on The Morning Present talking about her father’s loss of life