SIMON COWELL'S GUIDE TO PARENTING

How he ensures Eric will continue the high-waisted trouser tradition

We all know he’s a busy man, but in a recent interview, Simon Cowell admitted that he had never changed any of his son’s nappies, preferring to do “fun things” with four-year-old Eric instead.

So, while girlfriend Lauren Silverman was up to her eyeballs in baby poop, the X Factor head honcho was enjoying moments like that time he “bought him yoghurt”. Oh, and remember that fun day, Si, when you “watched him play in his hamster wheel on the grass”?

So, mums and dads, listen up – here’s how you do parenting à la Simon Cowell. n Katie Holloway