They are all in with a chance of winning an amazing prize of a three-night family break in Disneyland Paris.
All the finalists, voted for by our readers, will be invited to attend the grand final at Kilhey Court Hotel on Sunday, October 5 where judges will have the almost impossible task of deciding who should win the main prize.
But all our finalists will walk away with a goody bag full of prizes!

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Alexander Eastham
Age: 2
Nominated by: Emma Eastham

I have nominated Alexander as my Miniature Hero because he has gone through so much in his short life, and will do in the years ahead. He is such a brave little boy who fully deserves to be voted a miniature hero.
Alexander was born weighing 860g (1lb 14oz). When he was born we were given the devastating news that he had a catalogue of illnesses. He has optic nerve hypolasia, left vocal cord palsy, chronic lung disease, swallowing difficulties, two disorders of his nervous system, which are focal cortical dysplasia, and a porencephalic cyst. Alexander also has global developmental delay and speech problems.
We have not yet had a diagnosis for Alexander's condition, and we might not ever get one. Doctors tell us he is an unknown quantity and we have to take each day as it comes, as we don't know what to expect as he grows older.
At the moment Alex is two-and-a-half years old and does not speak, he will occasionally babble but the majority of the time he remains silent. He is fed via gastronomy tube as he is unable to eat or drink, again we don't know if he ever will, or the reason for it. Alex has spent the best part of his life in hospitals enduring operations and tests. He has over 10 different consultants, throughout Manchester, Liverpool and Wigan because of all his different problems.
Alex attends Rainbow House in Mawdsley twice a week for conductive education, as well as this he has hospital appointments all the time, and visits to the home from speech therapists, occupational therapists, a visual impairment teacher, a portage worker, and the complex needs community nursing team.
As you can see for yourselves Alexander has had so much to put up with in his short life and will in the years to come, and yet he is such a happy child, always smiling and laughing. He is the happiest and bravest child I know, and he is my miniature hero!