Dani Dyer's grandma is yet to meet her newborn.
Dani and boyfriend Sammy Kimmence welcomed son Santiago in January, but grandma Chris - mum to Dani's dad Danny - hasn't been able to go and see him yet because of Covid rules.
She told Dani on Twitter that it's "the hardest thing not being able to able to give you and that beautiful baby boy a cuddle."
"Love you xxxx," Chris signed off.
Meanwhile, Dani says EastEnders star Danny has let his softer side come out now he's a granddad.
"My dad didn't realise [he would be so emotional about being a granddad]," she told the Made By Mammas podcast.
"He has been so emotional around Santiago, the other day he was really crying. He went, 'I love babies, but your baby. I have never felt anything like it. I didn't think I'd feel like this.'
"He hasn't experienced being a granddad yet, I made him a first time granddad. It has hit him more now.
"He did see me pregnant and getting bigger but seeing me with the baby, it's like, 'this is real now'."
And proud mum Dani has already put thought into Santi's future - including his career.
"I literally love our morning cuddles together," she said filming herself and Santi for an Instagram video, "I'm watching Billy Elliot and I just think… Imagine if he was Billy Elliot on the stage?
"I'd love it, I'd love him to be in the West End performing. I don't know why I'm thinking about his career path, it's literally years, years, years away. I'm just excited for it."
And though Dani is adjusting well to her new role as a mum, she's faced mean-spirited messages from some who attack her over the
She told Made By Mammas: "Now, as a mother, you do get messages from women that aren't helpful, they're not supportive and they say things that you think I don't really need this right now.
"Sometimes they can be helpful saying 'my baby did this', or 'I did that', but when they're just really rude it's not helpful.
"I remember putting him in a coat and I took him on a little walk, I thought oh he looks cute let me take a picture of him in the car seat while he's sleeping, and I had messages off women saying 'you're going to make him suffocate, he's going to overheat in the car. If you have a car crash he's not going to be safe, he's not going to be protected in a car crash'.
"I thought oh my god why are you even saying that to me? Chill out! I've had a lot of that."
