The 'Baby Whisperer': BBC Breakfast presenter Rachel Burden instantly soothes a tot who burst into floods of tears live on air

  • Lily May suddenly started crying while her mother spoke about breastfeeding
  • Presenter Rachel Burden quickly swooped in and gently rocked the little baby
  • It made the infant's tears stop almost immediately
  • Now viewers have praised the BBC presenter for her 'Baby Whisperer' skills with some branding her a 'national heroine'

BBC Breakfast presenter Rachel Burden has been hailed 'The Baby Whisperer' after soothing an infant who burst into tears while live on air.

Five-month-old Lily May suddenly started crying while her mother Emma Blinkhorn spoke about breastfeeding alongside expert Jackie Hall.

As she burst into tears co-host Charlie Stayt joked: 'Something tells me that Lily's got something on her mind right now.'

Despite her mother's best efforts the infant would not stop crying and Stayt was even forced to ask directors if the interview could be heard over the noise.

But quick-thinking presenter Burden, 42, who has four children, swooped in and gently rocked little Lily May which made the infant's tears stop almost immediately.

Stayt, himself a dad-of-two, then held the baby for a cuddle to finish the segment which was broadcast from the corporation's studios in Salford.

Lily May even tried her hand at presenting as she made a grab for the 54-year-old's script.

Stayt then joked: 'I promise we're listening to what you're saying but I'm afraid your daughter is fast taking my job including my script.

Burden quipped back: 'Probably better than you Charlie.'

BBC Breakfast presenter Rachel Burden, pictured above right, has been hailed 'The Baby Whisperer' after her quick on-air thinking stopped a baby from crying during a live TV interview

BBC Breakfast presenter Rachel Burden, pictured above right, has been hailed 'The Baby Whisperer' after her quick on-air thinking stopped a baby from crying during a live TV interview

Five-month-old Lily May suddenly started crying while her mother Emma Blinkhorn, above left, spoke about breastfeeding

Five-month-old Lily May suddenly started crying while her mother Emma Blinkhorn, above left, spoke about breastfeeding

Five-month-old Lily May, pictured right, suddenly started crying while her young mother, pictured second left, spoke about breastfeeding alongside expert Lynne Hall, pictured left

Five-month-old Lily May, pictured right, suddenly started crying while her young mother, pictured second left, spoke about breastfeeding alongside expert Lynne Hall, pictured left

Burden, 42, pictured above left, who has four children, quickly swooped in and gently rocked the little baby
Co-host Charlie Stayt also had a cuddle with Lily May

Burden, 42, pictured above left, who has four children, quickly swooped in and gently rocked the little baby which made the infant's tears stop almost immediately. Co-host Charlie Stayt also had a cuddle with Lily May

Lily May even tried her hand at presenting as she made a grab for 54-year-old Stayt's script

Lily May even tried her hand at presenting as she made a grab for 54-year-old Stayt's script

Now viewers have praised the BBC presenter for her 'Baby Whisperer' skills with some branding her a 'national heroine'.

June Jeffreys said: 'Well done Rachel you were a natural with that baby, so was Charlie.'

Jane-Claire Judson added: 'A great item and fab response to upset baby - lovely to see that you and Charlie responded so positively!'

But other mothers said Burden should have let the guest breastfeed live on the Breakfast sofa. 

Now viewers have praised the BBC presenter for her 'Baby Whisperer' skills with some branding her a 'national heroine' after the on-air incident

Now viewers have praised the BBC presenter for her 'Baby Whisperer' skills with some branding her a 'national heroine' after the on-air incident

Other mothers said Burden, pictured second right, should have let the guest breastfeed live on the Breakfast sofa

Other mothers said Burden, pictured second right, should have let the guest breastfeed live on the Breakfast sofa

Tina Trotter tweeted: 'What a shame @BBCBreakfast didn't use the opportunity to allow a mum to breastfeed when her baby got agitated during promo on breastfeeding.'

Joanne Brearton added: 'Fab promotion of breastfeeding! Well done! But please encourage your guest mum to feed her baby on air. Baby is distressed!'

As the segment finished Burden said: 'She's been brilliant, well done you, she's been absolutely lovely.' 

It comes just days after South Korean politics expert had his BBC interview gatecrashed by his two adorable children.

Professor Robert E Kelly was live on air when his four-year-old daughter Marion, son James and wife Jung-a appeared like a 'comedy of errors'.

His interview was eclipsed by Marion's comical dance in the background.

She was followed by little brother James, aged just nine months, who swept in to the study in a fast-moving baby walker.

Moments later a stressed-out Jung-a skidded into the room and grappled the children out of shot. 

Professor Kelly revealed they had initially been overwhelmed by the 'blooper' but were now able to laugh at it.

He said: 'My wife and I did not fight after the blooper, we did not punish our children. In fact, we thought that no television network would ever call us again.'

'We thought it was just a disaster,' said Kelly.

'I communicated with the BBC immediately afterward and I apologised to them. I said that if they never called us back or never asked me to be on television again, I would understand.'

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