Maria Martin, Mother&Baby's Editor
Maria Martin is the Online Editor for Mother&Baby. She is a biker, mama-of-two who enjoys baking and taking her little ones to messy play. Maria's focus is around breastfeeding, post-partum depression and weaning. She aspires to help fellow mums through pregnancy, motherhood and beyond by discussing issues such as mental health and self-care. You can find out more about Maria and her experience on LinkedIn. Maria has won Bauer Media Awards for 2018 Digital Editor Of The Year and 2017 Digital Talent Of The Year.
Stephanie Spencer, Mother&Baby's Hub Editor
Having worked with Mother&Baby for 4 years and with over a decade of digital publishing experience, Stephanie Spencer is Hub Editor for Mother&Baby. With a particular interest in health, having studied Biosciences at university, she's passionate about mental health and wellbeing. Stephanie has presented the Mother&Baby awards twice, and also worked with and interviewed a number of experts and ambassadors across the parent industry. She is auntie to four, so she loves discovering products that make parent’s lives easier!
Follow Stephanie on her Instagram @stephanie_writes
Emily Gilbert, Mother&Baby's Features & Reviews Editor
Emily Gilbert is the Features & Reviews Editor for Mother&Baby and has written for the website and previously the magazine for six years. Specialising in travel and product reviews, Emily is the first to know about all the exciting new releases in the parenting industry.
Lorna White, Mother&Baby's Senior Digital Writer
Lorna White is the Senior Digital Writer and has written for Mother&Baby since 2020. After running the Yours magazine website which specialises in content about caring for kids and grandchildren, she brought her expertise to the UK's #1 leading pregnancy and parenting website. Lorna specialises on a range of topics from potty training and nutrition, to everything and anything that will keep your tot occupied!
Samantha Ball, Mother&Baby's Senior Writer
Samantha Ball is a Senior Writer and freelanced for the Mother&Baby website for two years before joining the team full time. She's a mum of two and loves browsing for the best products and cute outfits. After having her first child while studying a degree in journalism at Sheffield Hallam University in 2017, Samantha graduated with First Class honours in 2019 alongside her son, who joined her for many lectures and assessed magazine pitches. Samantha and her partner then welcomed their daughter in 2021. After freelancing as a content writer for Mother&Baby from 2018 to 2020, Samantha decided to explore other creative work and began freelancing as a newborn photographer and worked as an Ads Manager, running Facebook and Instagram campaigns for small businesses. During her maternity leave, missed the writing lifestyle and she decided she wanted to get back into writing and joined the Family Life team at Bauer, and now writes for Mother&Baby and Yours. You can find her on Instagram and LinkedIn.
Hannah Carroll, Senior Digital Writer
Hannah Carroll is a mother of three, and draws upon her comprehensive understanding of all facets of family life to bring true insight into all the products that make running a home easier. Hannah joined Bauer Media as a Commercial Content Writer in 2021 and over the years has contributed to several outlets, including Mother&Baby, Grazia, Yours and Heat. When she isn’t working, Hannah can usually be found crawling through a tunnel at the local soft play centre, diving into the depths of a true crime podcast or manifesting her life goals in a journal.
Laura Healy, Mother&Baby's Commercial Content Writer
Laura Healy is a Commercial Content Writer for Mother&Baby. She is a mum-of-two girls and loves writing about all things parenting, she is particularly interested in the toddler years and eco-friendly baby products, in particular reusable and cloth nappies, as well as children’s literature. She has a PhD in Creative Writing and has published short stories and poetry in the UK and Ireland, as well as lecturing in creative writing at The University of Reading. She previously wrote freelance for her local paper covering community issues, writing reviews and attending local events. In her spare time, she enjoys reading and attending literary festivals, as well writing her own fiction and spending time with her family.
Adejumoke Ilori, Mother&Baby's Commercial Content Writer
Adejumoke Ilori is a mum to a little girl and has worked for various digital platform. She has produced content that empowers women from all walks of life by sharing real life stories based on relationships, loving yourself and motherhood. She has also worked for OK! and New Magazine, writing product reviews, covering fashion and beauty, the latest celebrity news and lifestyle. Adejumoke enjoys spending quality time at home with her daughter creating precious memories – doing things like spa nights and grabbing popcorn and cuddling up.
Arabella Horspool, Mother&Baby's Commercial Content Writer
Arabella Horspool is a Commercial Content Writer for Mother&Baby. Having previously been a part of the On-Site Publishing and Content Optimisation teams, she has written and worked on articles for various Bauer Media brands. She's a bookworm who loves to bake and spend time with her pets.
Kat de Naoum
Kat de Naoum is a freelance writer based in the UK and Greece. She has written for many publications, and, as an advocate for female empowerment, loves to write about women’s issues, and helping fellow mothers feel supported and less alone. She has birthed one child and written two books. She can read and write and tends to spend most of her (non-parenting) time doing that, as well as taking care of her several pets.
Sophie Knight
Sophie Knight is a journalist and mum of one, and previously edited Mother&Baby before moving on to write about family cars for Parkers.co.uk - Sophie was Commercial Content Editor for Mother&Baby, Closer, Heat, Empire, Yours, Garden News, and WhatsTheBest.co.uk before deciding to go freelance so she could spend more time with her family. She is passionate about raising awareness around postnatal depression and is a Mental Health First Aider. Sophie studied History at the University of Sheffield and has been in journalism for 16 years.
Joanna Dunbar
As a freelance writer, Joanna Dunbar covers parenting, health and lifestyle with the odd opinion-based rant and celebrity interview thrown in. Before freelancing (and juggling journalism with two young sons), Jo was on staff at Good Housekeeping, Bella, Woman and The Mail on Sunday. When not typing furiously or refereeing the kids, Jo can be found pulling on her trainers for a gentle run or baking up a storm in her quest to produce the perfect brownie batch.
Lily Anderson
Lily Anderson was previously Commercial Content Writer at Bauer Media, where she wrote about and reviewed products for titles like Mother&Baby, Heat, Closer, What’s the Best and Yours. After earning a BA (Hons) in Magazine Journalism and Feature Writing at Southampton Solent University, Lily has specialised in lifestyle and shopping content.
Aimee Jakes
Aimee Jakes is the Shopping and Community Editor at Bauer Media where she previously worked on Mother&Baby. Aimee now works across fitness, fashion and beauty content across a number of titles such as heat, Closer and Grazia. Her hobbies include truffle mac and cheese, Class Pass and relentlessly checking (and scolding!) the weather app.
Louella Berryman
After training as a journalist at Cardiff University and winning the BBC Best New Brand of the Year Award for her plastic-free magazine, Louella Berryman worked as an Audience Development across Bauer’s lifestyle brands. She has also written for The Sunday Times Travel, Grazia, heatworld, Closer Online and her food blog, Louella’s Kitchen. She's interested in writing about food, culture and women's health.
Keith Jones
Keith Jones is Managing Editor, automotive hub for Parkers.co.uk and Carmagazine.co.uk. Keith regularly contributes to Mother&Baby and is here to help you and your family out when picking the best cars, in particular the best family SUVs.
Charlotte Duck
Charlotte Duck is an award-winning journalist who's interviewed six Oscar winners, a Greek princess and a Cbeebies presenter. She's written for GLAMOUR, Vogue, Stylist and The Independent during her career, and, though she writes about beautiful children's clothes, her own two children refuse to wear them. She likes sunshine and log burners but not at the same time.