Our journey to autism
Charlotte Marie Culligan was born on the fifth of September 2007 weighing 8 pounds and 8 ounces and when I heard the words "It's a girl" it was without a shadow of a doubt the happiest moment of my life. We had a twelve month old little boy, Andrew, already at home and it just felt as though our family was now complete. From the very start Charlotte was an absolute angel. She slept soundly nearly all the time, hardly ever cried and when I held her she just used to lie so still and gaze into my eyes as though we were connected by the soul. My husband Jason will verify that I used to say that there was something so deep and mysterious about her and I really and truly felt that she was such a special child. She was a small bit slower than Andrew had been to meet her milestones such as smiling and sitting up but we weren't concerned. We felt that Charlotte just liked to do things at her own pace and she really was such a happy contented baby that we felt blesse