The Bachelor stars Jimmy Nicholson and Holly Kingston have opened up about their experience as new parents.
Responding to fan questions during an April 2025 Q&A, Holly spoke candidly about navigating life “solo parenting” while pilot Jimmy is away.
“I had a lot of q’s the other day about how I go with a husband who’s away A LOT (many of you in the same boat)… It sounds bad, but I feel like I’ve gotten so used to trying to ‘fill’ the days and make time go quicker whilst Jimmy is away,” she wrote on Instagram.
Reflecting on the emotional journey of her experience as a new mother, Holly continued, “Most days and nights have felt lonely and mundane learning to navigate this solo parenting thing… but today for the first time I just paused and focused on living in the moment, because he really is growing and changing SO fast.”
“I stopped thinking I needed to be somewhere else, work or tick things off the to-do list… Like any new job or life situation, it’s taken time to find my groove.”
After over a month away, Jimmy later took to social media to express his gratitude for his wife, writing on Instagram, “Shoutout to my beautiful wife for being super mum over the last month. I’ve been away more than I ever have. How I love coming home.”
Jimmy and Holly’s latest family update comes just over six months after the couple announced they had welcomed their first child in December 2024.
Sharing the exciting news to Instagram, Holly wrote, “Introducing our beautiful Lenny boy, who arrived into our lives on Monday evening… 3.35kg, frank breech & butt first via c section (yes he’s already a stubborn little thing like his parents).”
Celebrating the arrival of their son, Lennox James Nicholson, Holly added, “At the risk of sounding cliche, it’s certainly true what they say, there is no handbook to prepare you for this kind of love overnight.”
“Thank you for choosing us little man, waking up to you the last few mornings has truly felt like a dream. You already have us wrapped around your very long fingers & toes.”
News of Lennox’s birth followed shortly after the couple announced that they had moved into their new home, sharing their son’s nursery completion three days before his arrival.
The couple shared the news of their move with fans on Instagram. Acknowledging that it was “the end of a chapter,” they explained to fans it was the “start of an even greater one.”
“Selling our beloved little apartment and buying a house wasn’t necessarily on our bingo card at 8 months pregnant, but let’s just say there’s no challenging a woman in the nesting phase,” they joked.
“So many of you have been with us from the moment we popped the key in the door… following along as we introduced furry family, DIY’d every inch of the place…had countless arguments about beard hair in the sink or beer-induced injuries, watched Raffy turn the bath on every morning & unroll hundreds of toilet rolls and a personal favourite… when we finally discovered we were going to be parents.”
“We cannot wait to share this next chapter of our lives with you as a family of 3 (+ 🐱) as we move to our dream first house on the northern beaches where we both grew up. Let the DIY begin.”
Over the following weeks, the pair kept fans updated with their “DIY diaries,” sharing behind-the-scenes footage as they settled into their new abode.
By December, the couple made the official move into their new place, just in time for the family to expand.
“Nesting on steroids // our new happy place,” Holly captioned a set of photos. “We make a good team, but WOWEE what a week it’s been moving into our new home before the new addition… just ask my feet in the last photo.”
In September, the couple first announced they were having a baby boy. Sharing the announcement on Instagram, the couple posted a heartwarming video of themselves, friends, and family discovering the sex of their first child, with Holly and Jimmy surprising their loved ones with coloured cupcakes, blue Monopoly cards, and even an ‘It’s a Boy’ teddy bear for their cat.
“First Bachi boyyyy!!!! So happy for you both,” wrote former The Bachelor star Laura Byrne.
“How good!!! Broken the Bachie spell,” added Tim Robards.
The couple first announced the news of their growing family in June 2024, captioning a series of maternity pictures showing Holly’s growing bump and a sonogram picture, “COMING 2024!”
Fellow Bachelor alumni flooded the announcement with messages of support, with Brittany Hockley responding, “Congrats Lovers,” and Laura Byrne writing, “This is the best news ever!! So unbelievably happy for you both.”
“Congrats, guys… enjoy your last few months of freedom before you enter hell! Just kidding, parenting is great,” added Matty J, as Bachelor host Osher Gunsberg added a tongue-in-cheek “You’re welcome.”
Shortly after making their pregnancy announcement, Holly revealed the pair’s private struggle with infertility in the hope their story helps others who are going through a similar experience.
“Our journey to this positive result certainly wasn’t a walk in the park. Nothing could’ve prepared us for the lack of control, the pressure, the disappointment and overwhelming isolation that we felt,” she wrote on Instagram.
“Every time we saw one of these posts, no matter how happy we wanted to be for those on the receiving end … it stung.”
Telling her followers that she wanted to share the couple’s struggle to help others feel heard, she continued: “Whilst we were struggling through this privately, we made a promise to ourselves that if / when we do eventually get pregnant, we will acknowledge on here that it wasn’t as easy as we had anticipated… in the hopes it might make some feel less alone.”
“For those looking at this right now experiencing infertility or loss, we see you & from the bottom of our hearts, we hope a little miracle comes your way too.”
After falling in love on the ninth season of The Bachelor Australia, the pilot and fashion stylist tied the knot at Jimmy’s parents’ home in Sydney’s Palm Beach in August 2023.
The wedding came almost exactly a year after the couple announced their engagement, revealing to Stellar magazine at the time that Jimmy had popped the question during a six-week Italian holiday.
“I went in [to the jeweller] with my sister, I had a mask, sunnies and a hat on,” he said of his attempts to go incognito when purchasing the ring.
“They opened the store up early for us. I just didn’t want to risk anyone leaking [the proposal plans] or anything.”
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