Hugs to you - it's heartbreaking isn't it,  I must admit this is something I still struggle with and dd is 3 and a half!  I love her to bits but watching her 13 month old sister do things with greater ease is difficult to watch. 

Eleonar looks beautiful in her photo!

Oh God do I know how you feel!  I've been with a lot of friends with babies this last week and it's so hard.  When I see my friends 4 month old baby easily doing what Anya finds so  hard at nearly 1 year old it makes my heart break again.  But like Floyd51 says, they are ours and they are beautiful and we will do everything to help them reach their potential whatever that may be.

Lots of love and hugs

xx

Hugs to you, I know exactly what you mean one of my relatives smoked anddrank all through her pregnancy there's 5 months between MIllie and her cousing Millies the older one,[ think it should be illegal to smoke whilst pregnant] wheras I gave up smoking and drinking ate really well etc, it used to make me feel sick that I had did something wrong which I know I didn't.

It is really hard to watch other peoples children and for them to do everything that society says is normal, it does get easier and I bet when you look at Eleanor you're in awe of her beauty.

Hugs to you and it does get easier over time.

im sending you loads of huggs, and i do hope things get easier for you, i know its hard but try to think positively, my daughter only has one hand but she crawled a little later than normal but she got there she is 14 months and has only jjust got the hang of holding a cup, your lo will get there in her own time and way tc xx

We spent the weekend at Centre parcs with some friends and my sister.  Eleanor is 8 months now and her cousin 4 days  older and our friend's little girl is 6 months.  It was a lovely time, but really hard.  It's so obvious that eleanor isn't 'like' other babies - she isn't interested in what 's going on around her like other babies.Both babies can sit and play and her cousin is on the brink of crawling.  I know it will start getting 'easier' eventually but right now it feels so unfair.  Eleanor had a right sided brain bleed at birth and Wests syndrome.