A tiny premature baby boy in an incubator helped his hopeful dad propose to his mum in the hospital ward.

Premature baby, Cobie Sellors, was born 10 weeks prematurely at the beginning of August and weighed a mere 3lb 9oz.

He was only two days old when he helped his dad to propose. Nurses in Kingsmill Hospital in Mansfield placed a sign inside Cobie’s incubator which read “mummy will you marry daddy?” alongside an engagement ring.

Dad John said: “I’m not usually the romantic type, but I really wanted to do something to lift Sian’s spirits and she had been dropping hints for a while about wanting to get married.

"The nurses were great and really helped make it a special proposal to remember. They just told me to take Sian for a coffee and that they would sort it out for when we got back.

"When we got back the message and ring were there and it was such a lovely moment, I can’t thank them enough."

New mum and soon-to-be married, Sian said: “I was so shocked, I really didn’t expect it and I was really overwhelmed.

"When we got back on to the unit, the nurses told me that Cobie had been taken off his CPAP breathing machine and so I needed to go and look, as I would be able to see his face more.

“I was concentrating so much on Cobie that I didn’t even notice the note and the ring at first!

"But then John said, ‘look, I think Cobie wants to know something!’ Then I read the note and it was such a surreal but happy moment."

Baby Cobie, who was being assisted by a breathing machine, has made tremendous progress, and is now at home enjoying life with his family.