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Famous teen mum who fell pregnant at 13 sheds tear as daughter turns 7, & she’s tried to make celebration extra special
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A TEEN MUM who fell pregnant at just 13, has shed a tear as her daughter turns seven years old.
Maddie Lambert, now 21, is mum to Ryder, nine months, and Everly, who turns seven tomorrow.
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Sharing a snap of her daughter's big day to her Instagram story, the mum-of-two revealed that she has decorated her kitchen with a large golden number 7 balloon, and a pink birthday banner.
On the countertop, Maddie had laid out some pink gift bags and she had placed sparkly pink party hats on the table.
"I can't believe I'll have a seven-year-old tomorrow," she said, alongside a crying face emoji.
In a second story post, Maddie showed off the impressive pink cake she had made for her daughter.
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The cake was in a heart shape and was decorated with pink and white frosting, with the words 'happy birthday' placed on the front.
"I tried," Maddie said modestly.
Maddie has previously hit back at trolls who said she must be a bad mother for getting pregnant so young.
The Texan revealed that before getting pregnant so young herself, she had always looked down on teen mums, due to "lack of understanding."
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When she first found out that she was pregnant, Maddie said that she was met with a barrage of hate, from people telling her that she was ruining her life, and was even sent the addresses of abortion clinics.
One troll even cruelly told her that they wished she had died in labour, whilst class mates would constantly mock her in the playground.
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Instead of letting the hate get to her, Maddie made the conscious decision to "take it" and "shift it".
"I said 'this is making my life'", she told .
"The hate made me want to do better, it made me want to show them that I'm going to be the best mum ever."
When Everly's father, Isaac, first found out that Maddie was pregnant, he was 15, and thought that the whole thing was a joke.
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Tracy Kiss, who fell pregnant at 19, has revealed what she believes are the pros of being a young mother.
The personal trainer and blogger, from Buckinghamshire, believes women who give birth in their teens make BETTER mothers than those in their 30s.
She claims young mums snap back into shape quicker, have more energy and relate more easily to their children, meaning they're better behaved and happier.
Tracy told Fabulous: "Women who become first-time mums in their teens make better parents than those in their 30s or 40s.
"I believe if I'd been 10 or so years older before becoming a mother then I wouldn’t have the relationship I have with my children now.
"For a start, being older I would have had less energy and therefore less patience.
"I wouldn’t be as enthusiastic to speak to people after months of sleepless nights as I was in my teens.
"My body snapped back to its pre-pregnancy size through fitness post-birth, which in turn gave me the confidence to date and find love again. I’ve never been happier than I am now at the age of 30 with two children.
"If I’d have been alone at 40 with a newborn baby I’d be more tired, less happy with my body, less energetic and far more stressed from the shock of living my life for myself instead of putting others first. Sometimes age and the innocence of ignorance is a good thing.
"As a teen mum I just got on with it, found my feet and became responsible and capable because at the time I didn’t know any different."
Isaac was not present at all for 10 months after finding out about the pregnancy, and demanded a paternity test before agreeing to be involved in his daughter's life.
Maddie was furious at Isaac, and when the results of test came back, refused to let Everly meet her father for a long time.
However, the pair have now patched things up, and successfully co-parent their daughter.
"People assume that I'm a bad mum because I'm a teenager, but I have the same capacity to parent as anybody on this world," she said.
"A good mum is somebody who drop everything for their child, and I dropped my whole childhood.
"I do everything for that little girl, she's my entire world."
Maddie is now happily married to her husband Randy Crowley, and the pair share baby Ryder.
And in a recent YouTube Q&A, she opened up about the possibility of having more kids.
She said: "“Do I want more kids? Yes, people think I'm crazy, but I think we definitely want at least two more kids.
“I know I've done this crazy switch up; people are like, ‘Oh, Maddie's the smart Teen Mum, she's not going and having a bunch more kids right away.’
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“But honestly, I want a big family.
“I want to fill my house with love.
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