*“Love and Hip Hop” star Alexis Skyy has opened up about being the parent of a special needs child and how she deals with the hateful comments from Internet troll.
2-year-old Alaiya was born three months premature in January 2018, with her mom announcing her arrival on Instagram
As noted by MadameNoire, Alaiya “was diagnosed with the condition hydrocephalus, which is when cerebrospinal fluid accumulates within the brain. It can cause seizures, slow growth, restricted movements and many other difficulties for, most often, babies and older individuals,” the outlet writes.
In an interview with Jason Lee of Hollywood Unlocked, Alexis addressed the folks who have had much to say about everything from her parenting skills, her baby daddy, and the disgusting comments about her daughter.
“I don’t really let the Internet get to me. At first it did bother me, but I just learned to kind of just block it out because it’s disgusting,” she said. “She’s a baby. If you’re that evil to talk about a kid or what I went through, you’re just an evil person. So I just learned to just tune that part out. But it was hard, I’m not going to lie. It was hard in the beginning to deal with it.”
“But now I just have this barrier up,” she said. “Like Alaiya, I know she’s strong, She’s a fighter. She motivates me every day. So to just see her striving, to help her, that’s my job as a mother, to make sure she’s good.”
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When Jason called her a “miracle” baby, Alexis agreed.
“She definitely is, and she strives. That’s what motivates me, to see her just going harder and harder,” she said. “She doesn’t give up, you know what I mean? She’s not just sitting here not walking, not trying to talk. She’s trying her best.”
Alaiya has had four brain surgeries since she was born, and Alexis has shared her baby’s progress and her own motherhood journey on social media.
“I love you so much alaiya being your mother is the best thing that happen [sic] to me,” she said in December on Instagram. “I’m always on the go working I wish I can be there every second but mommy is making a better life for you every second I can every new door that opens just know it’s for you it breaks my heart that I can barely share moments like this cause people are so sick and Evil.”
“Just know that you are beautiful and my little fighter. Everything I do is for you,” she added. “I want to make sure I give you everything in life that you need , you had 4 brain surgeries the doctor told us you wasn’t [sic] going to be able to do a lot of things and here you are now .. almost walking and you got this I’m thankful for my grandma and my mother for helping me raise you it’s not easy it’s [sic] night I feel like giving up but I can’t I have a purpose , you are my purpose my butterfly my angel my world alaiya grace.”
Scroll up and watch her interview with Jason Lee via the YouTube clip above.
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