Nathan Junior was not expected to live past birth but four years later he is a happy and healthy toddler who is thriving at school. His mother Laura said that although he's small, he's 'mentally there'. Nathan, who works in banking, said: 'We got to know each other before the end of the run and from that point we haven't been apart.
Nathan Jr acted as the ring bearer at his parent's wedding, and the four-year-old is happy and healthy despite a few setbacks along the way. Nathan said: 'I think with every parent, your first child is everything and you are apprehensive about all sorts. They could have said half of him was from Mars and it wouldn't have changed a thing.
He is still our beautiful little boy. Laura added: 'We found out that he had both conditions two weeks after I gave birth. They have to do tests really early on. Laura and Nathan say they can't wait to welcome their second baby in September pictured at their week scan in June. It's quite strange because there's no one else we can go and talk to about his condition — because no one else has it that we know. He attends nursery four times a week.
He's physically very small, but mentally he's all there. And living their lives as 'normal' as possible is something that has always been important to both Laura and Nathan.
Especially with the way their height is still treated by some members of society. Nathan said: 'To some people it's still a myth — you know, 'there's no such things as dwarfs' they'll say, 'they're from fairytales'. Is it deliberate? Is it by accident? Are we so small that we are forgotten about? And there is no one stopping people from doing that. Where is the education against that? We just hope little Nathan doesn't have to experience much of it.
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