Beaming baby Monty Clarke shows what a difference a year makes. These delightful photos capture the little lad’s progress from his premature birth to his cake-smashing first birthday.
But it’s not just marvellous Monty who has smashed it. He received such excellent care that his mum plans to conquer her fear of heights to do a sky-dive for the NHS.
Monty was born by caesarean in January last year at 33 weeks. Five weeks earlier, first-time mum Brooke Camilleri, 28, was told a problem in the placenta meant he was not feeding well.
He weighed only 3lb 8oz when he was delivered at The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, East London. Brooke said: “It was so scary.