Mum-of-22 Sue Radford buys daughter Katie £1,150 pram for newborn son as first-time mum raves she’s ‘obsessed’
SUE Radford may have 22 kids but she certainly knows how to treat her kids.
The mum of Britain’s biggest family showed how she gifted her 21-year-old daughter Katie a swanky new £1,150 pram following the birth of her first baby.
Katie – who gave birth to son Ronnie earlier this month – shared a video of the Bugaboo pram on her Instagram page.
Tagging her parents, she wrote: “Obsessed, thank you so much.”
The stylish pram appears to be their Bugaboo Dragonfly Essential Bundle in the shade Forest Green.
It costs £1,150 for the entire set from Lesters Nursery World, which includes the pushchair, matching carrycot, footmuff, and changing bag as well as a compatible cup holder and rain cover.
Of course, Sue and Noel may have just bought the pushchair by itself, which is also a cheaper option.
The proud grandma reposted the video on her page, saying: “It’s so beautiful. Can’t wait to take him out for a spin in his new wheels.”
Katie recently shared the arrival of her newborn baby saying: “Tuesday 8th October born at 5:03PM weighing 7:11 the day you changed our lives forever little man.
“Mummy and daddy love you so much.”
Katie then revealed her baby’s name is Ronnie Hudson Carter, taking the surname of her partner Connor Carter.
Her post showed her with her baby bump, followed by pictures in the hospital with Ronnie.
New dad Connor seemed over the moon, and wrote on his social media page: “Little man finally made an appearance as we are so made up.”
Little Carter is Sue and Noel’s 15th grandchild.
Katie’s family were quick to share their excitement on her post, with mum Sue writing: “Another grandchild to love welcome to the world Ronnie.”
Her sister Millie, 22 – who has three children herself and is engaged to be married to partner Harley Passmore – wrote: “My beautiful nephew.
“I could cuddle him all day. We are all so proud of you Katie.”
Meanwhile, Chloe, 29, commented: “Precious boy, so incredibly proud of you both.”
Grandma love
Sue has shared her joy of having grandkids multiple times, and said on YouTube: “I just love being a grandma.
“It’s such a lovely feeling. I get all the cuddles and can hand them back!”
Meanwhile following the birth of Millie’s first child, Sue shared on Instagram: “It’s such an amazing feeling watching your own children become parents themselves.
“I’m so proud of her.”
Sue and Noel Radford‘s children are: Chris, 35, Sophie, 30, Chloe, 29, Jack, 27, Daniel, 25, Luke, 24, Millie, 22, Katie, 21, James, 20, Ellie, 19, Aimee, 18, Josh, 17, Max, 15, Tillie, 14, Oscar, 12, Casper, 12, Hallie, 9, Phoebe, 8, Archiem 7, Bonnie, 5, and Heidie, 4.
The stars of Channel 5’s 22 Kids and Counting don’t rely on benefits and support themselves with their pie shop business.
Sue and Noel’s ‘healthy addiction’
In Sue and Noel Radford’s book, The Radfords: Making Life Count, which is a number one best-seller on Amazon, the couple discussed their ‘healthy’ addiction’.
The couple wrote: “We haven’t just been addicted to love during our long and happy marriage – for most of it, we have also been addicted to having children.
“As addictions go, we think it was a pretty healthy one because it was motivated by nothing other than love – love for each other, and the love of having children.
“We are Britain’s biggest family, and proud of it. This wasn’t the plan, however. Indeed, looking at the size of our brood, you might think there was absolutely no family planning involved whatsoever!
“How we actually came to have 22 kids – rather than the three we had originally been thinking about – is all explained in the following pages, along with so much else.”
When it comes to the possibility of baby number 23, Sue shared: “No, I don’t think so – though we have said similar things before! But no, that’s it now.”
To this, Noel chimed in: “We’ve said similar things plenty of times before! But seriously, Heidie is three now, so yes… we’re enjoying our sleep at last!
“And we no longer have to worry about kids being at that age when they pick things up off the floor and stick them in their mouths.”
How does family-of-22 the Radfords afford to live?
AS Britain’s biggest family, it may come as no surprise that Sue and Noel Radford must have some hefty bills.
Between them, they have a whopping 22 children and seven dogs, which often has some people wonder how they manage their money.
The Radfords support themselves with the proceeds of Noel’s bakery, The Radford Pie Company, which is located near their home.
On their website, it says: “We have owned our own lovely bakery since 1999 which is how we manage to provide for (and feed) our huge and expanding family as well as for the local people of Heysham and Morecambe.”
The family expanded their business to cater to online orders placed across the UK.
The business is a family affair, with Noel at the helm, and some of their children helping out.
The older kids, who are working at least part-time, don’t get a free ride as they’re made to pay a small amount of rent to their parents.
“Us older ones do pay a little bit of board. Granted it’s not a lot but I’m also trying to save up for my own house at the moment.” their daughter Chloe said in a video on the YouTube channel.
Sue added: “We’ve always said if you want to buy somewhere, renting is a bit of dead money, so we’d rather you saved that money up and stayed at home a bit longer.
“I also do believe they should pay board if they are earning. We’ve always been brought up by our parents that we had to pay board.”
Noel and Sue famously don’t rely on benefits for their bumper brood and live off their pie shop for income.
They also revealed they make money from brand partnerships on social media.
The Radford family stars in their own reality TV show 22 Kids and Counting – which has run for four series.
Brand expert Andy Barr believes Noel and Sue have been paid less than £10,000 for each show.
He told the Daily Mail: “The typical fee per episode is going to be in the thousands rather than the tens or hundreds of thousands that people often think is the case with TV shows of this nature.
“If they continue to get commissioned for a fourth or fifth season, then they are going to be able to command a higher fee.”
He estimates that the Radfords make £ 5,000 an episode.