THE Only Way Is Essex star Lydia Bright has hit back at mum-shaming trolls who slammed her for letting Loretta use a dummy.
The mother-of-one took to her Instagram stories on Sunday to hit back at a troll who said it would be bad for her daughter's teeth.
Lydia, 31, allowed fans to "ask her anything" in a Q&A this weekend – as many piped up to ask her about her two-year-old Loretta.
"Surely giving her a dummy now is bad for her teeth?" one scathed, giving the reality star no choice but to clap back against them.
Sharing a snap of little Loretta and her pink dummy, she hit out that people commenting on her choices were "bizarre".
"I never really post about trolls because they don't deserve airtime," Lydia hit out. "This story I posted earlier on in the week caused backlash.
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"As I said when I posted it, Loretta has only just started wanting a dummy and she asks for it when she wants to be a 'tiny little baby'.
"It's normally when she's tired or is sad and we pop it in and I rock her like a baby and we have a cuddle. She doesn't use it all day, it's a little game we play."
The star followed up with a screenshot of scathing comments on a parenting forum, which suggested Lydia was keeping her tot "regressed".
"Make your own rules eh," one troll had written, as a second added: "So ridiculous. Obviously Lydia trying to keep Loretta regressed."
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Lydia hit back: "This is what I was dealing with in my DMs and on forums.
"Slagging me off to friends I can understand, but the fact that people want to talk to complete strangers about my parenting and my choices is the most bizarre thing in the world."
Last month, Lydia told The Sun how she turns to her Instagram followers for parenting advice – after realising the trolls were right when it came to potty training.
She found herself being criticised over her decision to try to get daughter Loretta off nappies when she was just 18 months old, but ended up taking their comments on board.
Speaking about her experience, Lydia told The Sun: “Anyone in the public eye – you get a certain amount of trolling.
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“People have opinions on me doing things too early. For example when I was going to start potty training and people were like it is too early and sometimes I take on those opinions.
“I think I wanted to potty train when Loretta was 18 months but I tried it and she was scared of the potty. In the end I went on and said actually you guys are right.”
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