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Lisa Hodge

Scots mum buys tiny son Build-A-Bear clothes for Halloween after baby was born weighing just over 1lb

A four-month-old Scots baby is still so tiny his mum had to buy his Halloween costume from Build-a-Bear.

Rory Ferguson was born weighing just over 1lb in July and despite piling on weight over the last four months, he is still the same size as a newborn, weighing just under 7lbs.

Desperate to get her baby son involved in his first ever Halloween festivities mum Lauren searched tirelessly for a costume small enough to fit her little man.

But after exhaustive searching turned up nothing the 23-year-old had a brainwave.

She told the Record: "I looked everywhere but he's so small nothing would have fit him.

The Build-A-Bear Flash costume that fits Rory (Build-A-Bear)

"Finally I realised Build-a-Bear have all sorts of costumes and they're small enough for the teddies so I went and got him The Flash.

"He looks adorable in it."

Last week we told how Lauren is facing an agonising wait for a transplant after Rory's traumatic premature birth uncovered her own hidden kidney disease.

Tiny Rory was just 1lb 2oz when he was born (Lauren Ballantine)

Rory was born on June 15 via emergency c-section when Lauren was only 25 weeks pregnant after she showed signs of potential fatal pre-eclampsia.

Doctors warned Lauren and partner, RAF engineer Ryan, 23, it was unlikely their baby son would survive after he suffered two brain bleeds and a bleed on his lungs in his first traumatic days of life.

Lauren and Ryan with Rory (Lauren Ballantine)

But Lauren, who suffers from Crohn's disease, also became gravely unwell and faced a battle of her own when doctors uncovered she had kidney disease and would need a transplant within a year.

Rory spent three months in hospital and was finally allowed home with mum and dad in Newmilns on September  14.

The family are now taking each day as it comes and concentrating on making memories with their real life little hero.

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