Gemma Atkinson has asked if there's a 'simpler' solution after being advised how to deal with her daughter's tantrums.
The actress was chatting to Mike Toolan on their Hits Radio show last week when she spoke about Mia's 'terrible twos'.
Gemma shares toddler Mia, who turns three in July, with her Strictly Come Dancing star beau Gorka Marquez.
The 37-year-old, from Bury, regularly shares honest mum updates on social media as well as other life updates.
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But this time she took it to the radio to ask her Drivetime host for his opinion.
"Obviously I've got a little girl, Mia, who's two... three in July so not long," Gemma begin to say in the clip posted to Hits Radio's social channels.
"Everyone said to me, 'oh, terrible twos,' and I thought no, that's just something mums and dads say.
"It ain't... it's real."
Mike agreed: "It's a thing."
Gemma went on: "It's hit me. The other day we were coming out of Tesco and she wanted a magazine.
"It was like £4.50 for this tiny magazine and I said, 'You can't just have that, no you're not having it'.
"So, of course, she kicked off, stiffened herself while I was trying to put her into the car seat.
"Meanwhile, I've got a wet back with swear, I'm bright red with embarrassment because there's people walking past.
"It's looking like she's not my child and I'm trying to force her in the car."
Mike then suggested: "What you do is, you and Gorka need to have another kid and then you can use Mia as a helper, like third parent, and that'll focus her mind."
Gemma looked unsure at his suggestion and replied: "Is there nothing simpler," as the studio erupted into laughter.
The clip on Instagram was joined by the caption which read: "Does anyone want to tell @glouiseatkinson the terrible twos isn’t the last of it."
Before Gemma soon replied: "She kicked off this morning because she wasn’t allowed to wear her shorts."
At the start of this year, Gemma said she and professional dancer Gorka 31, had been thinking about having another child.
Gemma said on Channel 4's Steph's Packed Lunch: "I’m at the stage where I want a sister or brother for Mia.
"The first few months of Mia’s life, I kept saying to my partner, Gorka, I’m not going through that again. I’ve now come of it and I feel I could."
It comes despite the TV and radio star suffering a traumatic birth with Mia.
Gemma needed an emergency C-section when doctors realised Mia's heart rate had dropped and the mum-of-one almost died when she lost nearly a litre of blood after suffering a from a haemorrhage.
Following Mia's birth, Gemma publicly heaped praise on the NHS 'angels' at Royal Bolton Hospital for their care.
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