This is the heartening moment a tiny premature baby helped his dad propose to his mom on the hospital ward.

Little Cobie Sellors was born ten weeks early, weighing just 3lb 9oz, and it was a tricky time for his parents Sian Stafford and John Sellors.

Unable to introduce him to family and friends due to COVID-19 restrictions, romantic John enlisted the help of his two-day-old son and the nurses to help him surprise Sian.

On August 3 popped a note in Cobie's incubator alongside the engagement ring, asking if ‘Mummy would marry Daddy'.

Sian was so overwhelmed at seeing her son had been able to stop using his breathing machine, at first she didn't notice the note—but of course eventually said yes.

John, from Pinxton in Derbyshire, England said, "I'm not usually the romantic type, but I really wanted to do something to lift Sian's spirits and she had been dropping hints for a while about wanting to get married.

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"The nurses were great and really helped make it a special proposal to remember," added the 29-year-old new father. "They just told me to take Sian for a coffee and that they would sort it out for when we got back.

"When we got back the message and ring were there and it was such a lovely moment, I can't thank them enough."

The 26-year-old woman said, "I was so shocked, I really didn't expect it and I was really overwhelmed.

"I was concentrating so much on Cobie that I didn't even notice the note and the ring at first!

"But then John said, ‘look, I think Cobie wants to know something!' Then I read the note and it was such a surreal but happy moment."

The pair, who have a daughter Ruby, four, have been together for eight years. They're going to start planning the wedding once they have Cobie safely home.

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Lynsey Lord, a deputy sister on the neonatal ward at Mansfield's King's Mill Hospital, helped with the planning of the surprise proposal. She said, "It's not often we get the chance to be involved in a proposal on the unit and this was certainly a first for me, but it was so lovely to see the family all so happy, especially during what has been such a difficult time for everyone."

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