BBC Breakfast’s Nina Warhurst shares rare emotional video of dad and baby daughter amid dementia battle
BBC Breakfast’s Nina Warhurst has shared a rare emotional video of her dad and baby daughter amid his dementia battle.
Nina, 42, is currently on maternity leave from BBC Breakfast after welcoming baby daughter Nancy with husband Ted back in July.
In her latest Instagram post, Nina paid a visit to her dad Chris, whose battle with dementia she has also documented in emotional social media updates.
She shared a sweet snap of Chris holding an adorable Nancy up to his face as they both looked into the camera.
She wrote across it: “I took my baby to see my Dad today.”
Nina also posted a video of Chris talking to Nancy and playing with her legs as she looked up at her granddad and she added: “Dementia means the words he uses don’t quite make ‘sense’.”
The final picture showed the pair looking happily at each other and she wrote: “But they seem to understand each other just fine” alongside two love heart emojis.
She captioned the touching post: “If your family is on a #dementia journey, you’ll also be learning how communication is about much more than words.
“His words might not make perfect “sense,” but these two understand each other just fine.”
Nina received lots of comments of support from her fans, with one writing: “Aww this is so beautiful, brought a tear to my eye.”
Another added: “The way she looks at her granddad” alongside a love heart emoji.
A third commented: “So beautiful, the way they look at each other.”
Meanwhile a fourth wrote: “The communication between my children and my Dad is beautiful. They’ve always understood each other. Dementia doesn’t have to mean no communication, it means different communication.”