Kirstie Raper, 29, Hessle
Beaming with pride, my daughter Avayah, then 3, clutched her newborn brother in her arms.
‘He’s my baby,’ she grinned.
It was August 2018 and, despite being born three weeks early, our son Lewin was a perfect, healthy little boy.
Our family felt complete.
Just like me and my fiance Khyle, then 28, Avayah was obsessed with Lewin, smiling as she showed him her dolls.
‘He’s going to like football, though,’ grinned Khyle.
Such a happy baby, at 2 months old Lewin gave me a big grin as I put him down in his cot.
‘Are you smiling for Mummy?’
I cooed, my heart bursting with love.
Yet Lewin was a clingy baby, always wanting to be held. And one day in November 2018, he was…
