Kaleb Cooper has opened up on what it's really like becoming a parent, revealing a terrifying moment in which his son was left 'limp lying on the floor'.
Cooper is a father of two at the age of 26, and currently raises his children with his fiancée, Taya.
The farmhand, who manages arable duties over on Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm, welcomed son Oscar before daughter, Willa Grace, two years later in June 2023.
Now, in his new book It's A Farming Thing, Cooper has revealed one awful moment when Oscar was left 'lying limp' after falling ill.
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He made the revelation in a passage about the hardships of parenthood and how easy it is for the pressures of adding a child in to the mix to be enough to tip some people over the top - or at least, feel like that when it gets too much.
"There are moments when you want to cry," Cooper wrote when speaking about being a dad.
"I think any parent would be lying if they say there haven't been times where you sit there and think, I can't do this anymore.
"I remember my little boy had a temperature of over forty degrees and was lying there limp, and I was terrified: 'What on earth do I do?'."
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Cooper added: "Even when it's not that serious, when it's runny noses and sore throats, you'll go for weeks without having slept properly and it all seems too much.
"You feel so helpless.
"When you take the longer view, you can console yourself with the idea they're building their immune systems, but when you're in the moment it can feel brutal."
The book also sees Cooper address the moment his business 'nearly died' due to a £5,000 a month expense that was crippling its finances.
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The farmer will star in the fourth season of Clarkson's Farm when it is released in 2025, with Jeremy confirming a release date earlier this year.
Farmhand Gerald Cooper (no relation) and Jeremy's girlfriend, Lisa Hogan, will both return.
It is expected to follow the former The Grand Tour presenter as he goes through the process of buying his £1 million pub, The Farmer's Dog, which punters can already visit roughly 20 minutes away from Diddly Squat Farm itself.
Clarkson revealed the pub is costing him an arm and a leg due to one very specific rule he is making sure the business follows.
You can buy It's A Farming Thing by Kaleb Cooper in stories now (RRP £20).
Topics: Parenting, Kaleb Cooper, Clarkson's Farm, Health, Books, UK News, Celebrity
Tom Earnshaw