SIMON PRYCE & LAUREN HANNAFORD - ‘We're going on a Wiggles family tour!'

THE EXCITED NEW PARENTS SHARE THEIR FIRST DAYS WITH SON ASHER

- Sara Tapia

Things don’t tend to go according to plan when it comes to newborns, and that’s certainly the case for new parents Simon Pryce and Lauren Hannaford. “He was sleeping peacefully and now he’s just been crying his eyes out, wanting a feed,” Pryce, otherwise known as the Red Wiggle, laughs when WHO catches up with the pair.

It’s been two weeks since the birth of their son, Asher William, and the new parents are naturally a “little bit tired”. But from the sounds of Asher’s contented sighs in the background, it seems Pryce, 48, and his fitness professional wife, 34, have already got this parenting thing down pat. “So far he’s been pretty consistent with his sleeps and feeds, so we’ve had a little bit of a routine,” explains Pryce. “But we understand that’s going to change at any second.”

Everything’s really exciting and really fun and new. So we’re loving every moment of it. – HANNAFORD

With Pryce normally touring with The Wiggles for much of the year and Hannaford busy with her own online fitness program, the couple admit it’s been “amazing to have some time at home together”. “It’s been a really beautiful experience,” Hannaford says. Here, the pair open up to WHO about their journey to parenthood, their first weeks with Asher and their plans for a Wiggles family tour …

“We sort of trusted that it would work out the way it was supposed to. And now he’s here!” – HANNAFORD

Congratulations on little Asher’s arrival. How are you both feeling?

HANNAFORD A little bit tired, of course. But everything’s really exciting and really fun and new. So we’re loving every moment of it.