TVNZ presenter Hayley Holt turned 43 on Monday, celebrating her birthday alongside her now year-old son Raven.
The sports broadcaster marked the occasion with a heartwarming Instagram post thanking her son, whom she shares with fiancé Josh Tito, for “choosing us”.
“Happy Birthday to us! We celebrated with cake, which didn’t go so well but cousie Cooper loved it! Nothing a new outfit and new toy can’t remedy,” the post read.
“I love you Raven, thanks for choosing us.”
The post included photos of the mother and son duo grinning together, as well as shots of Raven digging into his birthday cake with icing covering his mouth.
The celebration comes more than three years after the tragic loss of Holt’s stillborn son Frankie at seven months gestation in April 2020.
She announced her pregnancy with Raven in March last year, and he was born four months later.
In an interview with Stuff’s Generally Famous podcast host Simon Bridges in April, Holt described Raven as a relaxed, “chilled-out” baby who loves to smile for the camera.
The former Breakfast co-host also discussed the pressures of being a working mum with a public profile, saying she feels for single mothers having to juggle multiple jobs.
“It’s quite hard, I’m really tired. I don’t know how other mothers do this. Society feels like we’ve just gone a little bit too far with what we’re asking from not just mums, but families,” Holt said.
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“It’s quite hard, I’m really tired. I don’t know how other mothers do this. Society feels like we’ve just gone a little bit too far with what we’re asking from not just mums, but families,” Holt told Stuff’s General Famous podcast host Simon Bridgers.
“We’ve got these beautiful babies and then you have to give them up to daycare or someone else looks after them as you go back to work to try and pay the rent or put food on the table.
“You have to question how [society] is going about it.”
