A cleft lip and palate...what now?!
Our journey from diagnosis to surgery and beyond

A blog about our son Jake, born in 2008 with a cleft lip and palate. I started it the day after the cleft was diagnosed and continue to write for people who turn up here every day after getting the same news. A cleft lip and palate is not the end of the world. Start at the first post and then read on...

Friday, 14 October 2011

Professor Piet Haers

Piet Haers - the professor Regular readers will recognise this name. He's the man who fixed Jake's smile back in January 2009. A ...

Monday, 10 October 2011

Freddie Fernie comes of age (not really)

So, now both our boys have been christened. As I said in my little speech yesterday, we're not particularly religious but we are traditi...

Friday, 23 September 2011

Sleep

Anyone who has read this blog from the beginning, or at least from when Jake was born will know where this post is going. Before he was bo...

Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Watch This Video...

Although I'm a supporter of The Smile Train , there are lots of other very worthy cleft charities who do great work. And in fact The Smi...

Friday, 9 September 2011

Do not terminate your pregnancy because of a cleft!

Since 2002 there have been 40 pregnancy terminations in the UK after a cleft (lip and / or palate) was diagnosed. 7 in 2010 alone. So, for...

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James Fernie: Dad to Jake and Fred, husband to Clare and feeder to Twiglet. Freelance ecommerce and digital marketing director.

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