18 years ago Theo came into the world. He weighed 8lb 9oz, he was 56cm long, he had a full head of red hair and he was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.
It never occurred to me that he might have red hair but I'm so glad he did. I hated my hair when I was a child. My mum used to tell me that it was beautiful and that people used to stop her in the street and say what lovely hair I had but I didn't believe her. Then I had Theo. When we were still at the hospital I came back into the room after having a shower to find all the midwives standing round his cot saying how beautiful he was. He got the same reaction from all the visitors that came to the ward. When I started taking him out in his pram it was a nightmare, it used to take me so long to get anywhere because everyone kept stopping me to say how lovely he was.
Being a single parent at 17 wasn't easy and we've had our ups and downs over the years but if I had the chance I probably wouldn't change a thing. Anyway I decided to mark his birthday by sharing some of my photos of Theo from birth to aged 18.
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