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Daisy-Mae snapshot is internet hit with 2,500 Facebook 'likes'

It's a heartwarming picture of a daddy cuddling up to his baby daughter.

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And this snapshot of Daisy-Mae Little and doting father Wayne has become an internet sensation.

More than 2,500 people have liked the picture, while an incredible 15,000 now follow Daisy-Mae's exploits on her Facebook page.

As revealed in the Express & Star last month, those Facebook messages are soon to be turned into a book.

Wayne updates the page regularly with pictures and messages updating the world on the youngster.

His daughter weighed just 1lb 13 oz when she was born and had to receive specialist neo-natal care.

More than half a year later and she is going from strength to strength.

Her 42-year-old firefighter father, from Brierley Hill, said he initially kept the Facebook diary as a way of updating just family and friends.

He 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 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."

His blog, coupled with a diary he has written to his daughter, is being turned into a book, due for release on September 13 to coincide with Daisy-Mae's christening.

The book, being published Solpreneur Publishing, can now be pre-ordered at www.oodlebooks.com/daisy-mae

A pound from every order will go to Wayne and Jennie's choice of charities.

They have already raised more than £20,000 as a thank you to the nurses of Dudley's Russells Hall Hospital where Daisy-Mae was born and Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital, where she was cared for.

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