Special Needs Baby
Aiya is 2 years old today and it’s amazing to see how far she has come given all the challenges she faces. Our little miracle baby came into this world at 1.2kg and measuring 40cm in length and is now 68cm and weighs 7.5kg. She is approximately the size my son was at 7 months old.… Continue reading Happy 2nd Birthday!
Aiya has not been well the past few weeks, she had a fever for 8 days due to an infection, which she has now thankfully got over with the help of antibiotics. When healthy children are ill, as a parent you worry and stress, because your little bundle of joy is hurting and there is… Continue reading Germ Defence
Recently more and more people have commented on how Aiya is starting to look like me and I’m not sure why but it makes me feel sad. Maybe it’s because I can see what an alternative future may have looked like for her, if fate had delivered her a different hand. She would have been… Continue reading Little Fighter
It’s been a busy few months and a while since I’ve written a post, so thank you to all my friends and family for asking where the next one is as this has spurred me on to keep writing even when life gets a bit hectic! Reflecting on 2017, it was a year of change… Continue reading On Reflection
All babies develop at different rates and I have fully embraced this truth with Aiya. I don’t worry about what she’s supposed to be doing for her age as I did with my first, constantly referring to my copy of ‘What To Expect - The First Year’ to check if my little boy was where… Continue reading Development Journal
We'd just returned from a much needed holiday and hadn't really discussed the scan at length. I think we just pushed it to the back of our minds so that we could enjoy some quality time together as a family. It had been a demanding few months for the other half and my body was… Continue reading First Consultant Scan (21 weeks +4 days)
Project Aiya 