Gregg Wallace cuddles up to son Fred in adorable snap after revealing four years old may never be able to speak
GREGG Wallace cuddled up to his son Fred in a gorgeous family picture as he enjoyed Christmas at home.
The TV star, 59, spent the festive period with his wife Anne-Marie and eldest child – Libby.
Keeping his fans up to date, Gregg posted a picture as he cuddled Fred, four, writing: “Me n my little boy Sid.”
Other snaps showed Fred having fun with Libby, who he shares his ex wife – pastry chef Denise.
His followers rushed to comment on the touching pictures, with one person writing: “Pretending to chop onions right now!! What a lovely photo. No words needed.”
A second said: “Beautiful photo of you both.”
While a third added: “Nothing better than a cuddle with dad.”
Last month Gregg told how his son is currently non-verbal and admitted he’s unsure if he will ever be able to speak.
While Sid has found other ways of communicating, like leading his parents by the hand, Gregg admitted he was fearful of missing signs his son is unwell or upset.
In an exclusive interview in conjunction with Ambitious about Autism, Gregg said: “The biggest challenge is… they’re fears more than anything else. If he’s upset or he’s unwell, at the moment, he can’t tell us, and I’m not sure how he would communicate that to us.
“He started school and, of course, you can’t say ‘are you making friends?’ So all you’ve got is him skipping into school and looking forward going into school.”
Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition that impacts people socially and developmentally in a myriad of ways.
For Sid, one of these is a delay to toilet training, but Gregg is hopeful his new school will help him grasp it.
Gregg said: “He’s still in nappies as well, but we’re very fortunate with the school. They’re going to try and work on his toilet training.
“It’s his first term. We were like ‘what are you going to be doing with our Syd?’ and they went ‘nothing at all but play’. He’s going to have this first term falling in love with school.
“The sad thing is no expert can tell you how Sid is going to develop. The good news is no expert can tell you how he’s going to develop.
“What we are pretty sure of is he will be communicating, either through sign language or through a key board or through cards or maybe through verbal or perhaps a combination all of them. But he will be able to communicate in more subtle ways with us. We’re pretty sure of that, we just don’t know how.”