GOOD LUCK CHARLIE actor Bradley Steven Perry is celebrating his wife Natasha Bure Perry’s strength after the couple welcomed their first child, daughter Winnie Helaine.
“Watching you become a mother has somehow made me love you even more than I thought was possible,” Perry shared in an Oct. 15 Instagram tribute to his wife, thanking her for the love she has already poured into their daughter.
In photos accompanying the post, Perry appeared beside Natasha as she held Winnie, according to PEOPLE. Other images captured their first weeks as parents, but his caption turned the attention from the new baby to the person who had carried and delivered her.
The new dad’s post focused on the side of welcoming a baby that can get lost behind the announcement photos: the physical demands, exhaustion and steady care that motherhood requires. He praised Natasha’s mental and physical toughness through pregnancy and childbirth, saying his admiration for her — and for other mothers — has grown enormously.
He also admitted he could not fully comprehend what pregnancy and childbirth had put Natasha’s body through, offering appreciation rather than pretending he understood every part of her experience.
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“I have been nothing short of in awe of you these past two weeks,” he wrote, and his appreciation extended beyond the delivery room to the middle-of-the-night moments that now fill their lives.
Perry described watching Natasha wake up at 4 a.m. to feed Winnie, still excited to care for her despite getting little sleep. That small detail gave his tribute its most familiar picture of early parenthood: tired parents, a hungry baby and love expressed in another feeding.
He also made room to thank the medical team that cared for his family. Perry praised the hospital nurses for their calm, reassurance and quick action, and joked that portraying doctors on television had done nothing to prepare him for a real emergency.
“My wife, the nurses, the doctors…you guys are legitimately real-life heroes,” he said, ending the post by thanking Natasha for being Winnie’s mother and praising the strength he sees in her.
The tribute follows the couple’s Oct. 6 birth announcement, when Natasha introduced their daughter with a short caption and Polaroid-style family photos. PEOPLE reported that the new parents later shared their excitement with the outlet and said they were soaking up time with their daughter.
“It was always you, my Winnie” was Natasha’s message alongside her announcement, a much shorter caption than her husband’s latest post but just as personal.
Their first baby arrived about a year after their wedding. As EXTRA reported, the couple announced the pregnancy in May before welcoming Winnie this fall — a busy stretch that has taken them from newlyweds to first-time parents.
Natasha’s mother, FULL HOUSE actress Candace Cameron Bure, has been celebrating a growing family, too. Movieguide® previously reported that Winnie is her second grandchild, following the August arrival of her son Lev Bure’s baby boy, Bond Leo.
This time, though, Perry’s attention stayed squarely on his wife. The message was not simply that he loves their new baby; it was that seeing Natasha care for Winnie has given him fresh reasons to love and appreciate the woman beside him.
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