Katie Piper is absolutely besotted with her and fiancé James Sutton’s little girl, Belle Elizabeth.
But the inspiring mum-of-one seemed to be in an emotional mood yesterday evening, as she came to terms with the fact that her baby was growing up - and fast.
Taking to Instagram, she revealed that her own mother had sent her a thought-provoking post - and that it had left her in tears.
It read: “Today my baby became a little girl. The change has been coming for a while, even if I didn't quite realise it. Her movements shifting slowly. A difference in her stance, her face, her gait.
“I didn't see it happen even though I saw it happen, every second of it. That's the way it always is, isn't it?
“I nursed my baby before her nap today, and when we were done she had changed. Asleep in my arms it was clear. In my baby's place was a little girl: Curly girl’s hair, long limbs, lean body replacing the pudgy body I've grown used to.
“There was no denying it.”
The message continues: “And so I held her today for longer than usual. I held her like the little girl that she is now: head heavy on my shoulder, the weight of her substantial.
“I let her sleep on my shoulder for a long time, knowing that as long as I sat there holding her, feeling the heavy weight of her little girl body, she would stay mine. I could freeze time, just by holding her, just by sitting very still in this one spot.
“And when I put her down, as I would have to do eventually, the freezing of time would no longer be possible. And just like that she will grow and grow and grow until she is grown.
“There is no denying it.”
The beautiful post finished: “Enjoy it while they're little. Everyone says so. They grow so fast. And that phrase seems both so totally true and so totally false at the same time, because in the day to day of it nothing seems fast at all.
“A meal can take an eternity. A sleepless night a lifetime. And yet everyone says so: They grow so fast.
“And so I want to hold her in my arms a little longer today, because already my baby is gone. Already there is a little girl in her place. And one day not too far in the future there will be an older girl in her place, and then a teenager, and then a young lady.
“And so I keep holding her: heavy on my shoulder, the weight of her substantial, in her nursery where time stands still.”
Oh wow, that definitely left our eyes watering.
Katie Piper’s little girl may be growing up fast, but the bond between Belle and her inspirational mum seems pretty unshakeable.
And Katie, instead of mourning because your baby is growing up, be proud of her and be proud of yourself, because you, with your support and love, have helped your little one to grow into an amazing person.
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