- Daisy-Mae Little was born on December 1, 2013 – 103 days early
- Her parents Wayne and Jenny feared their newborn daughter would not survive after she was rushed to special care
- Mr Little started a Facebook diary to update friends and family
- Charting his tiny daughter’s fight to survive he has written more than 100,000 words to her
- He has written a book Little Daisy-Mae: The Girl Who Couldn’t Wait
- It will be available from September 13 to raise money for charity and help other parents with premature babies
- Daisy-Mae currently has almost 16,000 followers on her Facebook page
- Mrs Little said: ‘She’s blooming now and it’s only the beginning’
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When tiny Daisy-Mae Little arrived at just 25 weeks, her parents were warned their newborn daughter may not survive.
Weighing just 1lb 14oz the couple’s second child was born 103 days before her due date, in December last year.
Anxious but trying to put on a brave face for his wife and family, Daisy-Mae’s father Wayne decided to put down in words his thoughts, feelings and chronicle his daughter’s fight to survive.
Mr Little, 42, used his Facebook diary as a means of updating friends and family.
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When Daisy-Mae Little was born at just 25 weeks her parents Wayne, pictured, and Jenny feared their tiny daughter would not survive. To update friends and family, Mr Little started writing a diary to his daughter, charting her fight for life on Facebook
On December 1, 2013, Jenny Little, pictured left with Daisy-Mae, started to feel excruciating pain surge through her stomach. Forty-five minutes after her waters broke at hospital the 35-year-old gave birth
But within weeks thousands of people from across the world were following the newborn’s journey, offering messages of support and sending gifts to the family.
After a rollercoaster 13 weeks, the couple were finally able to bring their baby girl home.
Mr Little said: ‘Daisy-Mae finally made it to the top of her mountain and I’m so proud of her.
‘My way of coping was to write a diary to her. A diary from your daddy to the girl who couldn’t wait.
‘But
then I realised how concerned our family and friends were so I began
writing one on Facebook too, so everyone could see how she was doing.
‘We watched Daisy-Mae stop breathing over 12 times, have four blood transfusions and an albumin transfusion.
‘We were so terrified each time something went wrong, but the number of followers on my Facebook diary had soared.
‘We
now had people from all over the world sending their thoughts and
prayers which helped us to stay positive. I don’t know how we would’ve
coped without them.
‘We’ve even been sent presents from all over the UK and from people around the world including Canada and Australia.
‘Midwives,
professors and students are now using Daisy-Mae’s journey to help
educate other women and mothers about premature babies.’
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