‘Doll Baby!’: Brooklyn Doris Daly Captures the Hearts of Fans With Her Smile

Kenya Moore may be the topic of conversation concerning the upcoming season of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” but the star’s baby is winning all the praise on Instagram — at least on the little one’s official account.

Moore updated Brooklyn Doris Daly’s page Sunday with a smiling photo of the 5-month-old sitting in her car seat.

“Happy Sunday!!! 👶🏽 brooklyn,” the April 28 image was captioned.

Kenya Moore
Brooklyn Doris Daly. (Photo: @thebrooklyndaly/Instagram)

It’s the first updated photo shared to the social media website of Brooklyn in the last three days and fans were overjoyed to see the baby’s face grace their timelines.

“Seeing this beautiful face makes everything better ❤️”

“Oh such a lovely gift 💝 🎁 from God. I pray blessings to you all.”

“Doll baby!”

“She really is one of the cutest babies I have ever seen!! 💜💖 You are so blessed!!”

“What a beautiful soul. You can see the beauty all in her eyes ❤”

Moore’s fans’ collective eyes have been glued to Brooklyn’s Instagram feed since the new mom established it last fall to document the infant’s growth. The “RHOA” alum famously welcomed her self-described miracle baby on Nov. 4, 2018, during what turned out to be a harrowing emergency c-section.

Moore’s fibroids led what usually is a 30-minute procedure to take three hours. It also required doctors to cut her twice — horizontally and vertically — along her abdomen.

“They couldn’t get the baby out,” she told People magazine in December 2018. “There were all these complications and they knew if they cut into a fibroid, I could potentially bleed out and die. So they ended up cutting me vertically too, to just get the baby out and make sure I survived the surgery. They were so scared they were going to lose me.”

The surgery lasted so long that Moore’s epidural ran out and doctors had to put her under anesthesia.

When it was all said and done, even Moore’s doctor remarked, “This is one for the books.”

Presently, Moore couldn’t be happier with her baby girl. She took her to the Caribbean in January to celebrate the “RHOA” star’s 48th birthday and even taught her how to make boss moves before even turning 5 months old.

“I finally have everything I’ve dreamed of. She’s so perfect in so many ways,” Moore told People in the December spread, which included the first pics of her baby girl. “This little angel … so beautiful. I feel so blessed. It’s all been so worth it.”

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