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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
Neil Shaw

Girls burst into tears and give mum silent treatment after gender reveal

Two little girls were left in tears after discovering they were getting yet another sister in a gender reveal - before giving their mum 'the silent treatment' and remaining 'devastated' for weeks. Laura Bott, 25, thought she was about to capture heartwarming footage with her two little girls, Avaeah-Grace and Alana-Mae, by her side for the big reveal, but it didn't go to plan.

When the expecting mum popped a cannon to reveal pink confetti that meant she and her fiancé David would be having another girl, both their daughters burst into tears on camera. Moments later, Avaeah-Grace and Alana-Mae can then be heard crying 'I wanted a brother' and 'I don't want another sister' as their mum tries to console them.

Following the reveal, the NHS clinical support worker said both her daughters refused to speak to her for the rest of the day and it took them weeks to get over the devastation that they would not be having a baby brother. Laura, from Chilwell, Nottingham, said: "I didn't know how to deal with their [my daughter's] reactions.

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