Baby love! Meet the babies born from January to March this year

This time last year, even as we were staring down the nose of another lockdown, families in Suffolk were welcoming their newest members, unsure of when restrictions would allow them to introduce their new-borns to their families.

Logan Corke was born on January 5. (Image: Family of Logan Corke)

Connie Cornell was born on January 6. (Image: Family of Connie Cornell)

It's been a difficult and isolating time to be a new parent, as many have had to learn to care for their baby without a support network of friends and families around them.

Indeed, many new dads and parents have held their children for the first time while wearing face masks.

Woody Maurice Cook was born on January 9. (Image: Family of Woody Maurice Cook)

Other family members have made do with being virtually introduced to grandchildren, nieces and nephews, through Zoom and Facetime, eagerly waiting for the time when they can hold them in their arms for real.

Grayson Stuart John Dyble was born on January 13. (Image: Family of Grayson Stuart John Dyble)

Baby groups too, which are so vital for new parents' mental health, allowing them to form bonds with others in their situation and share their worries and concerns, have been inaccessible.

Many have also feared that their children have been impacted from this lack of socialisation.

Eira Fern Armstead was born on January 13. (Image: Family of Eira Fern Armstead)

Poppy Iris Stoodley was born on January 13. (Image: Family of Poppy Iris Stoodley)

We wanted to give new parents in Suffolk the chance to show off their babies to the world, and to let them know that we are full of admiration for how they have coped through such a difficult and stressful time.

Felix Smith was born on January 14. (Image: Family of Felix Smith)

Polly Curtis was born on January 18. (Image: Family of Polly Curtis)

We asked for your photos of 2021's newest arrivals, and you responded in droves. In fact, we've had so many we have divided the year into quarters.

River Thornton was born on January 18. (Image: Family of River Thornton)

So, today we are welcoming the babies born in Suffolk from January to March 2021.

Still to come - arrivals born in April to June.

Misty Iris Halls was born on January 20. (Image: Family of Misty Iris Halls)

Finley Haskell was born on January 21. (Image: Family of Finley Haskell)

Rosie Deborah Cummings was born on January 22. (Image: Family of Rosie Deborah Cummings)

Tobias Willson was born on January 22. (Image: Family of Tobias Willson)

Albert King was born on February 3. (Image: Family of Albert King)

Elijah Thrower was born on February 3. (Image: Family of Elijah Thrower)

Georgia Rose Woozley was born on February 10. (Image: Family of Georgia Rose Woozley.)

Freya Rose Young was born on February 12. (Image: Family of Freya Rose Young.)

Bailie Hobson was born on Valentine's Day, February 14. (Image: Family of Bailie Hobson)

Casper was born on February 19. (Image: Sommer Fryer)

Cordelia Strudwick was born on February 19. (Image: Family of Cordelia Strudwick)

Amelia May Holder was born on February 22. (Image: Family of Amelia May Holder.)

Albie Steward was born on February 27. (Image: Family of Albie Steward)

Eddie Daniel Henshaw was born on March 3. (Image: Family of Eddie Daniel Henshaw)

Delilah Graham was born on March 9. (Image: Family of Delilah Graham)

Maverick Ranson was born on March 10. (Image: Family of Maverick Ranson)

Eliza Rose Catherine Gerrie was born on March 10. (Image: Family of Eliza Rose Catherine Gerrie)

Madelaine Ashley Laffar was born on March 11 (Image: Family of Madaleine Ashley Laffar)

Archie Ray was born on March 15 (Image: Family of Archie Ray)

Bobby Roy Claydon was born on March 23 (Image: Family of Bobby Roy Claydon)

Annie Kirstein Lesley Pinchbeck was born on March 31 (Image: Family of Annie Kirstein Lesley Pinchbeck)