Our Emma is a mum

The phrases ‘what a beautiful baby’ and ‘what a lot of hair!’ rang out from the Herald’s offices following editor Emma Silverthone’s first visit to colleagues with her new baby.Benjamin Graham took his first steps into the world of journalism

Its a boy!

Emma's beautiful little boy, Benjamin Graham, arrived on Monday, January 21, weighing 71b 1oz. Watch this space for an update on Benjamin's first few months!

Waiting game

Well my due date has come and gone and still no sign of any imminent baby action, not that I am surprised. As my mum keeps pointing out, I was three weeks late arriving in the world and have kept up the trend by being late for pretty much everything

Finishing work

Well, here I am putting the finishing touches to my last Sidmouth Herald for a long time – tomorrow is my last day at work! I was late for work today because I couldn’t find my car keys and these little episodes of dopey behaviour are

Bumpy ride

A BIG inflatable silver ball is taking pride of place in our lounge at the moment. Instead of sitting on the sofa I am supposed to 'relax' by sitting upright on the ball - this apparently encourages the baby to get into the right position (at the moment

Baby blog

Alongside a rapidly expanding waistline being pregnant also gives you an invisible radar used to detect other expectant women and babies. I can now spot a pregnant lady or a tiny baby a mile-off, all of a sudden they seem to everywhere I go. Tummies

Bump

ACCORDING to my husband I have an alien growing inside me – he reached this conclusion after a highly scientific test during which he communicated with my unborn baby (or extra-terrestrial life form). The test, for anyone else with a bulging belly curious