THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD Lily Slater gave birth in dramatic scenes as her mother Stacey faced her stalker Theo Hawthorne.
However, motherhood is starting off on a sour note for the young EastEnders character as she puts her daughter in danger.
Baby Charli was welcomed into the world as chaos unravelled in Albert Square in recent scenes aired on BBC One.
Lily Slater (portrayed by Lillia Turner) tries her best at parenting next week but tension builds up and, to make matters worse, she makes a huge mistake with the new born.
Coming up, everyone at No.31 is exhausted after a sleepless night courtesy of baby Charli.
Stacey (Lacey Turner) is taking charge, but Lily convinces her and Eve Unwin (Heather Peace) to go to work and let her take care of her baby daughter.
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Reluctantly, Stacey agrees but disaster strikes later on when Lily and Ricky Branning (Frankie Day) go out and Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) is horrified to find them clowning about with baby Charli.
Marching over to Stacey, Jack throws accusations about and, mortified, she drags Lily home.
When Stacey and Lily fake that everything is perfect for the social worker, Jean Slater (Gillian Wright) is concerned.
She tries to encourage her daughter not to be so heavy-handed with Lily and to let her make mistakes and learn.
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Will Stacey listen?
This is unlikely as, in later scenes, Stacey continues nit-picking Lily's parenting, so Jean tells her off.
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As Stacey explains why she's so protective, Jean reminds her that Theo Hawthorne (William Ellis) has gone and Lily is the one who must protect Charli now.
However, when Stacey goes outside, she finds something horrifying waiting for her.
Could Theo try to scare her again?
Will he make things even more difficult for the Slaters?
EastEnders airs from Monday to Thursday from 7.30pm on BBC One.
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