Lydia Bright has revealed she feared her ‘poorly’ daughter Loretta would have to be taken to hospital after she refused to feed and suffered a high temperature.
The TOWIE star, 30, admitted she had ‘horrible’ day worrying about her little girl but claims she received a sign that everything would be okay from her late grandad.
Lydia claimed that moments before Loretta began feeding again and her temperature dropped a white feather landed beside them.
Concerns: Lydia Bright has revealed she feared her ‘poorly’ daughter Loretta would have to be taken to hospital after she refused to feed and suffered a high temperature
A white feather is commonly thought to represent someone who has passed away watching over you and is considered a sign of faith and protection.
Detailing her experience on Instagram, Lydia penned: ‘It’s been a really hard day. Since Loretta had her immunisations on Monday she has been so poorly.
‘Today her temperature was so high and she wasn’t feeding, the doctors were concerned I would have to take her to hospital.
Candid: The TOWIE star, 30, admitted she had ‘horrible’ day worrying about her little girl but claims she received a sign that everything would be okay from her late grandad
She added: ‘Then just before her temperature dropped and she started a successful feed this landed next to us’, while sharing a picture of a white feather.
Lydia ended her post by saying: ‘Thank you grandad for protecting Loretta’, and sharing a picture of her late grandfather on her Story.
Earlier this month Lydia revealed her fears about raising a newborn child amid the pandemic, admitting that she’d been having nightmares about being locked in perspex box and not able to touch her daughter.
Sweet: A white feather is commonly thought to represent someone who has passed away watching over you and is considered a sign of faith and protection
The reality star told how she’s ‘even more on high alert’ than usual as a first time mum as she discussed feeling protective over her baby.
Lydia welcomed her little girl with Lee Cronin on February 21st, with the first few weeks of motherhood feeling like bliss.
But just as she adjusted to her new life as a parent, things in the UK dramatically changed with the spread of the deadly COVID-19 and the subsequent nationwide lockdown imposed by the government.
Speaking to The Sun’s Fabulous magazine, the reality star opened up on her feelings about bringing up Loretta in the midst of the world-wide crisis.
Thank you: Lydia ended her post by saying: ‘Thank you grandad for protecting Loretta’, and sharing a picture of her late grandfather on her Story’
She explained: ‘Naturally, when you have a newborn, especially first-time mums, you are very protective. At night-time, if she doesn’t make a noise I’ll jump up because I’m scared she’s not breathing. I was so panicky those first days anyway, then with this I’m even more on high alert.’
She continued: ‘I take Loretta out in the fresh air because I do think it’s important for her immune system. I’m just making sure when I leave the house I’ve got disposable gloves, but it is worrying.’
Lydia went on to admit that she feels ‘a little bit sad’ that little Loretta’s short time in the world has been marred by the ‘absolute chaos’, but insisted that it ‘could be worse’.
Worry: Earlier this month Lydia revealed her fears about raising a newborn child amid the pandemic, admitting that she’d been having nightmares about being locked in perspex box and not able to touch her daughter (pictured in January while pregnant with Loretta)
Things are so worrying for Lydia that she also revealed that she’d had a nightmare about being trapped in a perspex box while in quarantine and was not able to touch her daughter.
Describing her dream she said: ‘I was having to put my hand up to the Perspex to touch my baby’s hand, but I couldn’t touch her because I was in isolation. I was held in this box for weeks and I missed out on weeks of my baby’s childhood. I had gone to bed worrying about coronavirus.’
She went on to say that though she’s aware young children and babies are ‘not normally infected’ by the virus, she still feels we are ‘human guinea pigs’ as this is such a ‘new virus’.
Protective: The reality star told how she’s ‘even more on high alert’ than usual as a first time mum as she discussed feeling protective over her baby
However, Lydia is looking on the bright side and revealed the one good thing about the coronavirus pandemic is that she gets to have one-on-one quality time with her daughter.
She explained that when Loretta first arrived, she was ‘overwhelmed’ by visitors, which left her fearing that she hadn’t ‘looked’ at her baby enough.
But now with social distancing restrictions in place, Lydia has now focused on essential bonding time with her little girl.
Honest: Lydia went on to admit that she feels ‘a little bit sad’ that little Loretta’s short time in the world has been marred by the ‘absolute chaos’, but insisted that it ‘could be worse’