A new-mum was left gobsmacked after she caught her newborn daughter crawling in her hospital cot at just three-days-old.
Mum Samantha Mitchell has said it feels as though she ‘never actually had a newborn’ after daughter Nyilah Daise Tzabari started supporting her own head and crawling just days after her arrival.
The 34-year-old quickly whipped out her phone to film her tiny daughter attempting to crawl just three days after she was born.
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Samantha, from White Oak, Pennsylvania, US, said: "[The video shows] the first time I saw her crawl and I was in complete shock.
"I've babysat most of my life and have over 20 years' experience with children and I've never seen anything like this before.
"I guess I've never been around many babies at three days old so there are a lot of nuisances in it but I have never seen a baby like this ever.
"The way she lifted her head too and was babbling left me in complete shock.
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"My mother was the only other person in the room when it happened and she told me to record it.
"No one would have believed me otherwise.
"My fiancé wasn't in the room and I know if I didn't get it on film, he would not have believed me."
Little Nyilah is now three months old and is already standing with support and Samantha reckons it won't be long until her daughter starts walking. I reckon she’ll be running marathons before she’s three.
Nyilah Daise was born three weeks late on February 27, 2023 at 9:22pm and weighed 7lbs 6oz.
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The average age for a baby to start crawling is around nine months old, but Nyilah didn’t fancy waiting that long, it seems.
Samantha, a content creator, added: "She was about 18 days old when she rolled from her belly to her back and at around two months old, she was rolling from her back to her belly.
"She is already scooting around on her belly. I don't have to support her head anymore and she is so strong in her neck.
"Around one-and-a-half-months old, she seemed to begin to imitate what we were saying to her.
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"We always say I love you to her and she seemed to be trying to repeat it to us and trying to say it.
"We couldn't believe it. It is more like babbling but she is definitely trying to copy us.
"If she makes a noise and we laugh, she will keep making the noise because she knows we'll react.
"She's a very clever baby."
Claire Reid