Coronation Street's Jack P Shepherd shares parenting update after welcoming baby girl
Jack P Shepherd has shared an adorable parenting update after welcoming daughter Constance earlier this year.
The Coronation Street actor and his wife, Hanni, welcomed a baby girl named Constance Ita Shepherd, sharing that their daughter had been born "peacefully at home" and "surrounded by love" on 26 June.
The pair have mostly kept Constance out of the spotlight since, with the David Platt star offering a rare update while appearing on the On The Sofa podcast.
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Speaking to co-stars Colson Smith and Ben Price, Jack said he had a story to share about Constance going swimming.
Ben asked if she had done that "underwater swimming", to which Jack shared that she had been "dunked underwater" during the lesson.
The Nick Tilsley actor explained to listeners that babies are born with built-in reflexes that automatically block their airways and slow their heart rates when submerged in water.
"I think you have to do it when they're roughly newborn, but obviously she's not newborn now, she's three months, so I think that ship has sailed."
It comes after Jack appeared on the podcast back in July to explain how he and his partner had chosen the name Constance.
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"What you do is when you're picking names, you Google," Shepherd explained. "You'll go French names, Italian names, something that's a bit, you know, European and posh. That's what we were thinking."
He said that they wanted something "unusual", adding: "Constance came up and it was probably the only one that we both agreed on."
Jack has three children from two previous relationships, including daughter Nyla and son Ruben with ex-girlfriend Lauren Shippey, and son Greyson with Sammy Milewski.
Coronation Street airs on weeknights at 8.30pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
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