She’s already appeared on a track of her dad Jay Z’s, now, according to Beyonce, Ivy Blue Carter has uttered her first words, not long after her first birthday.

Now, before we all start joking around and quipping whether Ivy Blue actually has spoken her first words or whether they were just lip-synced, let’s hear from Be herself. "She's starting to talk," Us Magazine reported the Super Bowl half-time performer as telling the NFL Network. A gushing Knowles was clearly still in thrall of motherhood, going on to say that it was "the best thing in the world . . . It's just such a beautiful time in my life to have a child and every day see something new and see her learn something new."

The game apart, which saw a see-saw battle result in the Ravens taking Super Bowl XLVII, Beyonce was the main talking event of the night, the star teaming up with her old Destiny’s Child band mates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams as part of a rousing 15 minutes spectacle. She was talking to the NFL Network before her performance, and was sure to thank her husband Jay Z for his part in raising Ivy Blue, calling him “incredible … so supportive”. ‘Incredible’ is an adjective that many have been using to describe Beyonce’s performance last night, with many joking that it was so good that is caused the brief stadium black out that occurred briefly afterwards.

Beyonce the star of the Super Bowl

Beyonce was the star of last night's Super Bowl