Teddi Mellencamp marvels at how ‘resilient’ baby daughter Dove’s is following neurosurgery

Teddi Mellencamp says her seven-month-old daughter Dove is ‘doing great’ as she continues to recover from neurosurgery that took place at the end of July.

The former Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills castmate, 39, gave everyone an update while sitting down for Us Weekly’s YouTube series Moms Like Us with host Christina Garibaldi and Stroller in the City’s Brianne Manz.

Teddi said she was in awe of how strong her little girl was, remarking how ‘Babies are so resilient.’

Mellencamp revealed that her baby girl was diagnosed with lambdoid craniosynostosis, a rare condition that affects the skull, back on July 6th. 

Dove underwent brain surgery July 30th and has been recovering since. 

‘She’s doing great. She’s wearing the DOC band, which is the helmet,’ Teddi said. 

It’s been a process, however, as the mother-of-three explained: ‘The first couple of days, it’s always a little rough ’cause they have to get used to [it on their] skin and it’s hot, but she’s doing great.’

And while Dove has been thriving, Mellencamp admitted she was nervous at first. 

‘Babies are so resilient. It was so hard leading up to it,’ she said.

‘If myself or my husband [were] going through that, what would [we] have been like? She just wanted to be held and loved and you know, she pushed. Such a fighter.’

Teddi went on to say how thankful she was to have detected Dove’s condition early. 

‘I’m glad we caught it when we did because had we not, we’d be in an even tougher situation,’ she added. 

Teddi, who has been married to Edwin Arroyave since 2011, has also been keeping fans in the loop on her Instagram.

She shared some sweet clips of Dove rocking her DOC band on her Instagram Story Thursday.

In one snippet Teddi crooned Patsy Cline’s Walking After Midnight while her smiling baby shuffled around in a toy walker.

Another showed Mellencamp feed Dove some ‘peanut puffs,’ which she said the little one was ‘obsessed’ with. 

Teddi seems happy to have time to spend with her family.

The reality personality was fired from her role on The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills last month, a move she revealed she found out about via DailyMail.com during a recent episode of her Teddi Tea podcast.

A production insider told DailyMail.com last month: ‘Teddi will be advised this week that she will not be picked up for another season.’  

‘She is boring and stale and does not offer anything to the franchise with her robotic and staged delivery when interacting with the other cast members,’ the insider added.