I could just hug you Jess.

well done firstly for noticing so early on that something wasnt right with your little guy.
Its one of the hardest things to digest as a mother that her child isnt 'normal' or functioning as everyone else's babies are.
Mothers group can sometimes leave a foul taste in your mouth for its competitiveness and really hurt when your child is not the 'norm'.

I agree with Kate - you really need to have an MRI to determine what sections of his brain are effected. Pead's tend to wait until your child is NB or at 12 months before doing them (so Ive been told). I personally wouldnt worry about the speech issues. Our speechie told us that CP kids can have larger tongues then normal so keep that in mind. Nuro specialist at the Royal Childrens in Melbourne also said that eye sight can be a big thing with CP kids. CP is more about the physical aspect of things.....and again...having an MRI will determine exactly what sections of the body are effected.

At 6 weeks, Mateauz had a very grim outlook to his life - after suffering many strokes due to blood clots in his brain formed by mengi****iles and a staff infection, we were lucky he was alive at all. His left hand side was weak and there was a big delay in his reactions to this whole side. I was told that his brain has sevier unrepairable damage..wouldn't sit let alone crawl before 18 months and possible not walk at all BUT we had hope and the spealists were extemely excited that he was breast feeding so well as it ment that that part of the brain wasn't effected or damaged.

Cut out 8 months of pyhsio 4 times a day, massages, appointments, ultra sounds and ive got an active 10 month old, who crawls, sits, chat's my ear off and now has no trace of any weakness in his left side, no delay and by the last ultra sound he had..no brain damage.

Im not 100% convinced about the brain damage...I'll waiting until our MRI next year to get it confirmed...but my main aim in posting this was to say to you ....never give up hope. Stay positive and focussed..and although its tuff at times and you feel like nothing is going right and feel like giving up...think of all the hard work you have put in up until now...the effort and the struggle that has helped your son come to were he is today and were he'll be tomorrow.

All the tears are worth it...worth seeing your little man do what is normal for some but super powers for us.

Keep smiling matie..there are pots of gold at the end of the rainbow