Maisie Mae Ellis had only been in the world for a few hours, but she knew who her mum was. She looked up at her with the wide-eyed, innate affection of a newborn. When her dad kissed her softly on the head, just peaking out from her swaddling, she smiled.
Maisie was born at 12.57am, in the smallest hours of the new year, at John Hunter Hospital and was the first baby born in the Newcastle in 2024.
