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...

Sunday, 30 June 2013

Now you see it, now you don't

I've written a few times about when Jake's scar is more visible than others. It's normally when you see it in reverse like in th...

Sunday, 10 March 2013

Cleft?

Jake and I went for lunch with a few of my friends yesterday. And just because I recently realised that he's the age of the boys whose ...

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Bullying. Sort of. OK not really.

A week or so ago I asked Jake about what he'd done that day and he described having bumped into his friend during a visit to Wisley. He ...

Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Cleft checkup

This weekend, I had the pleasure of four days with my beloved children. All to myself, how wonderful. *needle scratches off record*. What I ...

Wednesday, 12 September 2012

Jake is 4

As these posts get fewer and further between, the less perhaps relevant they become to the people who turn up looking for information. As I ...

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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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