A BABY was so tiny when he was born he could fit in the palm of his mother’s and father’s hand.

Wilf Edmonson weighed 1lb 7oz when he came into the world 14 weeks early.

The tiny youngster was born blue and had to be resuscitated and rushed to intensive care before his parents Becci and Sven could see or hold him.

He spent four months in hospital where every day was a fight for survival.

Mr and Mrs Edmonson, both 32, sat watching and wondering whether their son would make it through each day.

However, the tiny youngster defied the odds and, in his short life, has overcome jaundice, bleeds on the brain, two bouts of pneumonia and chronic lung disease.

As Wilf prepares to celebrate his second birthday in May, his grateful parents Sven and Becci are raising money to say thank you to the Trevor Mann specialist baby unit at Brighton’s Royal Sussex County Hospital and the nearby Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital.

The couple are taking part in the Brighton Half-Marathon on Sunday, February 22, for Brighton charity Rockinghorse.

The charity is the fundraising arm of the Royal Alex and also supports the Trevor Mann unit.

Wilf is now doing well and his parents, from Hove, said he is a happy little boy.

He has cerebral palsy and developmental delay but, with the support of the Royal Alex and his physiotherapy team, he is starting to walk and talk.

Mrs Edmondson said: “We are so grateful for everything, but most of all to the staff at the Trevor Mann for getting our baby boy home to us.

“Without the Trevor Mann we know our hearts and lives would have been broken irrevocably.

“We run this half-marathon in unending gratitude to them.”

To sponsor the pair, visit www.justgiving.com/svenandbecci.