Peering into my newborn son Sidney’s bright blue eyes, my heart swelled.
He was the most beautiful little boy I’d ever seen.
‘He really is,’ my husband, Aden, then 34, smiled.
It was April 2021, we’d always wanted two kids,
Now I couldn’t wait to take Sidney home to meet his big sister, Nancy, then 2.
We just needed some final checks. Then…
‘He’s breathing from his belly rather than his chest,’ the midwife commented.
And she had to repeat a reflex check to get the correct reaction.
But, exhausted and anxious to get home, I didn’t pay attention to these seemingly small details.
At first, Sidney was an
