So maybe there's a universe out there where the genetic screw up that caused Matilda to have BWS didn't happen. In that universe she would have been born about the 11th of December, and we would've wondered throughout the pregnancy if she'd be late and I'd still be in hospital for Christmas (there's Christmas and Boxing Day babies in my family). And we'd be planning a first birthday party full of pink things. It's hard to believe now.
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Max is growing and growing. 6.4kg last week at 9 weeks old. He's starting to smile and coo. And in the night as he feeds I marvel over the miracle that gets babies here alive and lets them grow.