Lydia Bright is forced to defend herself from mum-shamers after drinking wine while looking after baby Loretta

LYDIA Bright has hit back at mum-shamers who criticised her for drinking wine while looking after her baby daughter Loretta.

The former Towie star - who gave birth in February - took to Instagram to defend herself against trolls over the weekend.

Lydia previously posed with a bottle of wine in her hand and wrote: "Yes to the weekend."

However, the drinking session got a little out of hand as the 30-year-old woke up feeling hungover the next day.

She wrote from her bed: "I didn't put covers on my bed last night. I'm drinking Coke at 5am. Don't judge."

The post left some followers concerned, with one writing: "It's just you and your baby... wise to be getting drunk is it."

While another added: "You shouldn't be drinking while looking after your baby. That's abuse, you know."

Lydia later defended herself on Instagram Stories, saying: "After a year of no alcohol, due to being pregnant, I had my first glass of wine this week.

"Last night I had a couple of glasses. I wasn't drunk, falling over and Loretta was in bed.

"I have a small hangover, which is already lifting because clearly my body isn't used to alcohol after such a long time. Give a girl a break!"

Since giving birth, Lydia has been keeping her fans up to date on her little girl's progress on her social media.

Last month, the reality star revealed her baby hadn't been well and she'd started to fear she would have to make a dash to hospital with her.

As she shared a clip of Loretta being nursed by her mum Debbie in the garden, she wrote across it: "It's been a really hard day. Since Loretta had her immunisations on Monday she has been so poorly.

"Today her temperature was so high and she wasn't feeding, the doctors were concerned I would have to take her to hospital."

She continued: "Then just before her temperature dropped and she started a successful feed this landed next to us."

Lydia also admitted to being a "panicky" new mum who is on constant ";high alert" because of coronavirus.