Frankie Essex has 6-month-old daughter's ears pierced

Frankie Essex is expecting she might get some "stick" for having her six-month-old baby's ears pierced.

The former 'The Only Way is Essex' star insisted her daughter Luella was "absolutely fine" after she had her ears pierced, and the little one now has real diamonds in.

She said: "Luella cried, but then I put a dummy in her mouth and she was laughing. She was absolutely fine, and then she forgot about it.

"She looks so lovely and Luke [her dad] thinks she looks really different. She has real diamonds in and she’s only six months old! She’s definitely my child.

"I don’t know if I’m going to get stick for getting them done because a lot of people have opinions about that."

Frankie - who is the sister of former 'TOWIE' co-star Joey Essex - insists if Luella doesn't like her ear piercings when she is older she can remove them.

Writing in her OK! magazine column, she added: "But if she didn’t get them done now, she would probably have to wait until she was a teenager, just getting it done now means it’s done, plus if she doesn’t like them when she’s older, she can take them out."

Frankie confirmed in June that she had given birth to twins, who she and her partner Luke Luv named Luella and Logan.

She said at the time: "Double the love. Our baby bears have arrived"

In February, the reality star - who has been in a relationship with Luke for three years - revealed she was pregnant with twins, and admitted it was a huge "shock".

She said at the time: "I was just so shocked. How we found out was really lovely.

"The lady scanning me was focusing on one baby and was then like, ‘What else do we have here then?’ and I was so shocked and asked, ‘Are we having twins?’ I burst out crying, tears of happiness. It was just so beautiful. It was lovely.

"We had an early scan as we were so excited. There are no twins in the family and we conceived naturally. They’re not identical.

"It was such a shock, but it’s a blessing and we are so over the moon. It’s amazing. As soon as we told the family, I asked if twins run on either side and as far as we all know, they don’t."