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Stacey Dooley was feeling 'sentimental' as she shared a sweet post on her daughter's first birthday.
The 36-year-old TV presenter and her partner Kevin Clifton - who she was partnered with on Strictly Come Dancing in 2018 - welcomed Minnie into the world in January 2023. Over the year, the star updated fans on her motherhood journey with adorable and honest posts.
And now, as her daughter turned one year old, Stacey took to her Instagram Stories to share a photo of herself breastfeeding the little one with her 1.1 million followers. "My GOD I'm feeling SO sentimental this morning [crying face emojis] HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOML [love of my life]," she captioned the post.
At the end of January 2023, Stacey announced she gave birth to her daughter. She took to her Instagram to share the happy news with a sweet photo of an envelope revealing her daughter's Disney-inspired name. Taking to Instagram, she wrote: "Our Daughter is here. My little masterpiece! I'm COMPLETELY OBSESSED. Love you Minnie, Love you Kev x."
Stacey shared a sweet photo of her and her baby (Instagram/ @sjdooley)
Kevin and Stacey welcomed their daughter into the world one year ago (mirror.co.uk)Kevin also announced the happy news with the envelope, writing: "Our daughter is here. The most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. So proud of u @sjdooley. Love u Minnie , Love u Stace x." A couple of months later, Stacey opened up about her experience of being a first-time mother.
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Although Stacey hopes to have more children in the future, her husband said she was too 'over-tired' to think about expanding their family. "I think I would love to have more babies. But I said to Kev the other day, 'Don’t you want to do this again?' And he went, 'Are you nuts? You’re over-tired!" she explained.
Speaking to The Sun, she added: "I don’t know how people have four children. I’ve had one and am completely failing." In June, Kevin announced he was taking a break from work to focus on raising his baby. He explained at the time: “I left Strictly Come Dancing and then Covid happened.
"Then since we came out of Covid I’ve sort of gone back-to-back with different shows non-stop. It went Singin’ in the Rain, Rock of Ages, The War of the Worlds, Burn the Floor. Then I did The Games on ITV, Who Do You Think You Are? and then back to Singin’ in the Rain on tour. Then I started rehearsals for Strictly Ballroom the day after I finished Singin’ in the Rain.”
Kevin told Digital Spy: “By the time I finish in mid-July it will have been a 10-month tour of Strictly Ballroom. So since we came out of Covid it’s just been back-to-back non-stop."