Our 4 month old daughter Amelia has a lump at the base of her neck. It started off as what seemed like a small bruise and we assumed that she had rolled over onto one of Harry's Duplo bricks or a press stud from a bib had dug in and we decided to keep an eye on it. Over about 3 weeks a lump has appeared and continued to grow. The small blessing at the moment is that it doesn't hurt her.

She saw the GP today and she said that he isn't sure what it is and he hasn't seen anything like it in an infant so has referred her to the hospital to a paeds consultant. She will probably have to be sedated for a scan so they can seen more clearly what it is. We are hoping that it is just a fatty lump which can be easily removed if needed to be. The doctor did say that if it were any bigger then he would be sending her to Gt Ormond Street tomorrow to be checked out. We should be seeing the consultant in the next 10 days or so.

She is otherwise fit and healthy and catching up in weight and size nicely.

I was hoping the doctor was going to tell me that I was just another paranoid mother, and I am still hoping that the lump is nothing serious. Any good thoughts and energy would be appreciated. She is so small and we are very worried, even though my head says don't worry until someone tells me to worry, it's easier said than done.