‘She Said Ain’t No Sleep!’: ‘Black Ink Crew: Chicago’ Star Charmaine Walker Has Fans Laughing with This Video of Baby Nola

Charmaine Walker’s daughter Nola Bey apparently puts up a good fight when it’s her bedtime.

The “Black Ink Crew: Chicago” star and her husband Neek Bey recently shared a video of their 6-month-old daughter that had their Instagram followers in tears. Their baby girl apparently was up all night playing with her toys instead of sleeping.

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Charmaine Walker says daughter Nola Bey refuses to go to bed. @nolabey/Instagram

“10:15 PM 🤪,” Walker captioned the video.

The clip showed the infant standing up inside her playpen, biting on one of her teething rings. A tired Bey asked his daughter, “Nola, are you OK?”

Walker can also be heard in the video saying, “She’s supposed to be sleep.”

Fans related to the fatigued parents while cracking up at baby Nola’s antics.

“Nola like y’all go to sleep!! I’m just chilling tonight 😂🤣.”

“Baby girl, you stay up and enjoy yourself, you only live once! Own the night 💜.”

“Nola said I still have an hour in me😂😂😂 she doesn’t look sleepy at all! Too cute 😍.”

“She said ain’t no sleep tonight, I’m up and about okay! Periodttt boo😂😂 #cutenessoverload😍.”

Walker and Bey welcomed their daughter and first child together on March 14.

The television personality is seemingly enjoying motherhood and wrote on April 6, “Loving this time with my baby 😭💜🦋 @nolagbey even though she cries n has pooped, peed and threw up on Me she is still my gift from God.”

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Charmaine Walker and Neek Bey and their newborn daughter Nola Bey. @charmainej_tv/Instagram

Bey is also basking in first-time fatherhood and said in an Aug. 13 post via Instagram, “Despite my upbringings, I will never ever leave your side and I will always support whatever you put your mind to.”

The two parents couldn’t be happier to have their daughter a part of their family. Walker also noted that baby Nola changed her life for the better.

“My baby turns 6 months today 🤯,” she wrote on Sept. 14. “Being her mother has been the best and most life changing experience! Everything we do is for this baby girl. I love you.”

Walker hasn’t insisted on having any more children, but her husband Bey said he’d like at least three more.

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