A MIRACLE tot has found his feet and is looking forward to a happy New Year after recovering from serious injuries in an accident with a taxi.

Toddler Hamad Shahid is walking again after having a brain clot removed.

His injuries were described as critical and he underwent surgery to remove the clot after the accident at Wyld's Lane last summer.

The courageous two-year-old could only crawl around the floor after he returned home from hospital, nearly two months after the accident.

"He's quite a brave little thing," said mum Sofia Ahmad.

"He's been through quite a lot, but he's very strong. He's back to normal now and is playing with his friends and cousins."

Hamad was taken to the Diana, Princess of Wales Children's Hospital in Birmingham after the accident on Monday, June 11. His parents, Sofia and Shahid, held a vigil by his bed.

Hamad's grandmother Maniza Begum flew to England from her home in Pakistan just before Christmas to see her grandson for the first time since the accident.

"The last time she saw him was 11 months ago when he was visiting Pakistan," said Mrs Ahmad.

"She was overwhelmed to see him. We told her he was progressing well but it's not the same as seeing someone."

Family members said that, since he came home from hospital, a health visitor had been to see Hamad twice, but had not returned because of his excellent progress.

His 22-year-old mother said she stayed positive throughout his ordeal in hospital, although there were times when she could not stop crying.

"My parents always told me to think positive and never to be negative," she said. "When he had tubes going through his head and I couldn't stop crying, I still put on a brave face.

"It's a maternal instinct, but I knew he would be OK and the family have been great."

Hamad joined family members for the two-day Eid celebration in December.

"We enjoyed celebrating it with him," said Mrs Ahmad, of Albert Road, off Wyld's Lane. "He was chucking food everywhere."