Denise Richards doesn’t share too much about her children with the public, and it’s understandable why. Celebrities and people who are in the spotlight often try to avoid inviting extra scrutiny into the lives of their children, usually because it’s understood that their kids didn’t necessarily ask for the life that they have.
Recently, Denise did open up about one amazing milestone: Her 9-year-old daughter, Eloise, said “dad” for the first time earlier this year. Denise explained that Eloise has a rare chromosomal disorder known as Chromosome 8, Monosomy 8p. As a result, Eloise has struggled with many developmental delays. Many of those delays have to do with her speech.
“It’s caused many delays with her and it’s caused a lot with speech, development. We found out probably two years ago exactly. It was a very difficult thing to diagnose, she went through a lot. It was really hard when I saw what was written on the medical report to get the blood test and all the testing done. It was hard to see it in black and white, to be honest.”
Source : https://www.littlethings.com/denise-richards-daughter-rare-disorder/