‘Milk Wasted’: ‘Black Ink Crew: Chicago’ Star Charmaine Walker Posts This Adorable Photo of Her 4-Month-Old Daughter Eye-Open Sleeping, and It Has Fans Gushing

Charmaine Walker‘s latest photo of her daughter Nola Bey may just be the cutest one yet.

Like many new mothers, the “Black Ink Crew: Chicago” star can’t get enough of taking pictures of her 4-month-old daughter. Since giving birth to the infant, the reality star has shared several darling snaps of her baby girl on Instagram, each more adorable than the last.

On Tuesday, July 28, Walker was back at it and shared an update of baby Nola on her IG page. In the photo, the 29-year-old mother and her husband Neek Bey captured their daughter snoozing soundly in her mother’s arms. Nola had one eye closed and her mouth wide open.

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Charmaine Walker, her husband Neek Bey and their daughter Nola Bey. @charmainebey/Instagram

“You know that sleep is good when ur mouth open 🤤,” Walker wrote in the caption.

She and her husband were all smiles as their angel slept peacefully. The couple’s supporters swooned over the adorable pic and showered Walker’s post with compliments.

“She’s milk wasted 😍,” a fan wrote. Another followed up with, “Nola is such a mood ! You guys look so cute & perfect together ! 🤣😍🙌🏾🖤 she looks just like Neek!”

One person called baby Nola Walker’s twin and added, “Charmaine that’s you all day lol. I love Nola is the cutest. She really looks like Neek! And a mix of Miss Glenda.”

“😂 so adorable… Lol u guys are so cute. Isn’t it crazy that they get the best sleep in their life and yours,” a user joked.

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Charmaine Walker and Neek Bey pose with their daughter Nola Bey on Father’s Day. (Photo: @charmainej_tv/Instagram)

Walker and Bey welcomed their daughter in March.

The “Black Ink” star described her delivery as “lit” and wrote, “Welcoming our daughter Nola Glenda Bey! Today is the best day if my life! Labor was LIT! I would do it over n over again. Big thank you to my husband @neekbey for being my soldier through it all. So worth it!”

Walker seems extremely happy to be a new mother and added in a recent IG post that her daughter always gives her a reason to smile.

“Life has its ups and downs but I have 1 BIG reason to always smile 😁 @nolagbey”

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