A toddler TikTok influencer already earning a wage for her Scottish quips has a new income stream - 'happy birthday' video requests.<br /><br />Ivy Connelly, three has amassed 126,000 followers on her account, 'Ivy the Scottish toddler' and is regularly recognised in supermarkets and on the street.<br /><br />And now she's joined on her TikTok videos by baby brother, Nolan, who was born just five weeks ago.<br /><br />Sam, a nurse, from Greenock, Inverclyde, said she hopes Nolan will follow in his sister's footsteps.<br /><br />Ivy, who loves using Scots slang, entertains viewers with her antics and has earned £1,000 so far which her mum says the little one will use on her holidays next year. <br /><br />She is now earning £25 a pop wishing people a happy birthday after mum, Sam Connelly, 34, started receiving requests as far away as the USA.<br /><br />Ivy has now racked up 9.1 million likes and earns up to £250 a month.<br /><br />Proud Sam said: "Obviously, we think she is funny - she is a little character.<br /><br />"I didn't think other people would think she is funny but we get loads of messages saying she is hilarious.<br /><br />"Even when we are in the supermarket, people will come up to us and say hello and ask for a selfie.<br /><br />"We had a birthday party for her in June and people were coming out to us and asking for selfies.<br /><br />"She is some sort of celebrity bit to us she is our little girl.<br /><br />"We had someone from America pay for Ivy to say happy birthday to her - it's crazy."<br /><br />Sam began using TikTok properly in 2021, after initially used it for friends and family.<br /><br />Mum-of-two Sam says she plans to have Nolan involved in the action and will continue to TikTok as long as Ivy keeps enjoying it.<br /><br />She said: "He has been getting in a few of the videos.<br /><br />"There is one of them saying how much she loves him but he is sleeping most of the time.<br /><br />"If he starts to be cheeky he will be in the videos too. He is relaxed compared to Ivy - she is trouble.<br /><br />"She is a normal wee girl who goes to nursery. She has no idea that people know how hilarious she is.<br /><br />"A lot of kids watch her and love her so they will come over and talk to her.<br /><br />"This is all about her, she likes being funny but obviously the older she gets if she doesn't want to do it I will stop.<br /><br />"It is getting harder to film her as she is getting a wee attitude and so cheeky so it's harder to catch her on video now."<br /><br />Ivy shot to fame with a video of her crying after pet dog Alfie snatched her lolly away racked up millions of views.<br /><br />Sam said: "We were howling at it.<br /><br />"It's got 7.1million views.<br /><br />"She's absolutely sobbing, saying 'Alfie stole my lolly'.<br /><br />"It is chaos at home."<br /><br />Recently, Ivy earned £25 after a fan in America requested a video of her saying happy birthday.<br /><br />It was booked via Instagram, but now Sam has set her up a Vimeo account.<br /><br />Sam says people will ask to send Ivy gifts, something she does not accept due to safety.
