The celebs are all over Twitter. From announcing baby news and sharing first snaps of their new arrivals, to keeping us up to date with gossip and funny anecdotes about their (always) super-cute children, here's the top celebrity parents to click that 'follow' button for...
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The celebs are all over Top of the tweets: The best famous faces to follow
- Jeff Brazier<p> Dashing dad to Freddie and Bobby, Jeff finds time to tweet to his army of (probably female) followers about life as a<a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/05/13/jeff-brazier-i-cant-take-the-pain-away-boys-miss-mum-Jade-Goody/" target="_blank"> single dad,</a> juggling work and home.</p> <p> He likes to tweet five things he’s thankful for at the end of each day, and they nearly always include his adorable boys. (Altogether now, awwww!).<br /> <br /> <strong>Follow Jeff <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/JeffroBrazier" target="_blank">@jeffrobrazier. </a></strong></p>
- Denise Van Outen<p> Mum to Betsy, <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2009/11/12/denise-van-outen-announces-shes-pregnant-with-her-first-child/ " target="_blank">Denise </a>tweets about life with an on-the-go toddler and work projects, announcing big news and views.</p> <p> She tends to keep pics of her growing girl offline, but wades into parenting rows left, right and centre, whether it’s breastfeeding or of course <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/08/06/famous-celebrity-mum-fights/" target="_blank">working mums.</a></p> <p> <strong>Follow Denise <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/denise_vanouten" target="_blank">@denise_vanouten.</a></strong></p>
- Holly Willoughby<p> When Holly was excepting her second baby, Belle, she kept us all up to date with her pregnancy.</p> <p> But it was when she went into labour that her Twitter account came into its own. Holly and friends, <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/04/14/holly-willoughby-baby-news-phillip-tweets-more-details/" target="_blank">Phillip Schofield and Fearne Cotton, </a>kept us in the loop as, possibly the longest labour in show business progressed, before Holly herself announced the <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/04/14/holly-willoughby-baby-news-her-daughter-is-born/" target="_blank">happy news</a> herself online. </p> <p> Now a mum of two, Holly’s always online chatting about Belle and older son, Harry, and recently was gossiping with other mums during a <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/05/26/holly-willoughbys-midnight-tweets-while-feeding-baby-belle/" target="_blank">midnight feed.</a><br /> <br /> <strong>Favourite Tweet: </strong>‘Thank you for all your support these last few days. Belle Baldwin finally arrived at 5:10pm today weighing 5lbs 2oz. She's amazing. X'<br /> <br /> <strong>Follow Holly <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/hollywills" target="_blank">@hollywills.</a></strong></p>
- Mariah Carey<p> We got regular updates from Mariah during the <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/04/30/mariah-carey-gives-birth/" target="_blank">longest celebrity pregnancy ever.</a> She was tweeting pics of her <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/03/29/mariah-carey-paints-her-baby-bump/" target="_blank">bump painted</a> and asking fans for baby name ideas before settling for <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/05/04/mariah-careys-twins-names-revealed/" target="_blank">Moroccan and Monroe.</a></p> <p> Recently we’ve had her share a snap of her frolicking in the sea showing off her post baby body.</p> <p> <strong>Follow Mariah<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/MariahCarey" target="_blank"> @mariahcarey. </a></strong></p>
- Mel B<p> Mel interacts a lot on with her followers on Twitter, recently asking for their opinion on some <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/08/16/pregnant-mel-b-asks-fans-for-unusual-baby-name-ideas/" target="_blank">quirky baby names</a> she’d been cooking up.</p> <p> She’s also wonderfully honest, especially about her changing pregnancy shape and weird and wonderful mum-to-be cravings.<br /> <br /> <strong>Favourite tweet: </strong>‘@victoriabeckham congrats!!! Yipeee another spice baby is born,damn it wish it was me this AM cos I feel like I'm about to POP!’<br /> <br /> <strong>Follow Mel<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/OfficialMelB" target="_blank"> @OfficialMelB.</a></strong></p>
- Danielle Lloyd<p> Danielle’s been on the mummy radar since welcoming her first baby, Archie. Now a new mum again to baby <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/07/15/danielle-lloyd-names-premature-baby/" target="_blank">Harry,</a> the WAG has been tweeting from her son’s hospital bed as he recovers from his premature birth.</p> <p> Danielle has <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/07/26/danielle-lloyd-tweets-first-picture-of-her-premature-baby-harry/" target="_blank">shared snaps</a> and is now using her Twitter page to try and raise money for the neo-natal unit where little Harry was looked after.<br /> <br /> <strong>Follow Danielle <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/MissDLloyd" target="_blank">@MissDLloyd. </a></strong></p>
- Victoria Beckham<p> When Posh announced she was pregnant, we were pretty excited. When she joined Twitter, we were ecstatic, as we knew pregnancy tip bits were coming our way.</p> <p> She kept us informed of her pregnancy during the final stages, and when little Harper Seven was born, she surprised us all by sharing the <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/07/17/first-pics-victoria-beckham-shows-off-new-baby-harper-seven-on/" target="_blank">first pictures online,</a> and not in a glossy magazine.</p> <p> Now she tweets sporadically, and nearly all of them are, of course, about her little lady.<br /> <br /> <strong>Favourite tweet:</strong> ‘Baby Harper is the most <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/07/14/victoria-beckham-tweets-about-baby-harper-seven-i-have-fallen-i/ " target="_blank">beautiful baby girl </a>I have ever seen. I have fallen in love all over again!!!'<br /> <br /> <strong>Follow Victoria <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/victoriabeckham " target="_blank">@victoriabeckham.</a></strong></p>
- Pink<p> New mum to <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/06/03/pink-welcomes-baby-willow-sage/" target="_blank">Willow Sage,</a> Pink’s transformation from a rock chick to doting mummy has been well documented on Twitter, with regular updates about life with a newborn.</p> <p> There’s been a real shortage of picture sharing but she does say gorgeous things like: ‘My life was once whiskey, tears, and cigarettes. Now it’s snot, tears, and the color of poop. #bliss.’<br /> <br /> <strong>Follow Pink <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/Pink " target="_blank">@pink</a></strong>.</p>
- Myleene Klass<p> Yummy mummy Myleene was one of the first in a recent surge of celebs sharing new baby photos when she tweeted the <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.ukphpmyadmin.parentdish.co.uk/2011/04/01/first-pic-myleene-klass-shows-off-new-baby-hero/" target="_blank">first snap</a> of gorgeous Hero.</p> <p> She also uses her account to <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/08/06/famous-celebrity-mum-fights/" target="_blank">defend </a>her fabulous parenting to annoying critics and stand up for her mum decisions (although we’re still not entirely convinced about the name, Hero…)<br /> <br /> <strong>Favourite tweet:</strong> ‘I breastfeed for my family, not to pacify the breastapo. I think people should be very careful when it comes to judging how others raise their children.’<br /> <br /> <strong>Follow Myleene <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/KlassMyleene" target="_blank">@klassmyleene</a></strong><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/KlassMyleene" target="_blank">. </a></p>
- Matt Bellamy<p> We didn’t used to take a lot of notice of Matt’s account, until he announced he was <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/07/10/kate-hudson-gives-birth-to-second-son/" target="_blank">expecting a baby </a>with impossibly beautiful Kate Hudson.</p> <p> First he gushed about fatherhood, then he tweeted <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/08/15/first-pic-kate-hudson-with-baby-bingham/" target="_blank">this coo-tastic intimate shot</a><a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/08/15/first-pic-kate-hudson-with-baby-bingham/"> </a>of Kate with baby Bingham.<br /> <br /> <strong>Favourite tweet: </strong>'So happy! Just had a baby boy, Bingham 'Bing' Hawn Bellamy. Mum and baby are strong and healthy. Mum was a warrior, Bing popped out after 4.5 hours of intense pushing!'<br /> <br /> <strong>Follow Matt <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/MattBellamy" target="_blank">@MattBellamy</a></strong>.</p>
- Kym Marsh<p> Never one to shy away from a good old Twitter row, Kym <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/08/06/famous-celebrity-mum-fights/" target="_blank">wades into</a> everything from working mums to breastfeeding battles, and we love her for it.</p> <p> After losing her premature baby, Archie, Kym’s now a mum again to <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/03/24/kym-marsh-gives-birth-to-daughter-five-weeks-early/" target="_blank">baby Polly,</a> and she doesn’t let anyone tell her she doesn’t know her daughter the best…</p> <p> <strong>Follow Kym<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/msm4rsh" target="_blank"> @msm4rsh. </a></strong></p>
- Dannii Minogue<p> Ms Minogue is all over Twitter, sharing birthday wishes to her son, Ethan, tweeting pictures and generally making us all jealous with her terribly glamorous mum life.</p> <p> Our all time favourite Dannii Twitter moment was when she and partner, Kris Smith, announced their baby news with the matching tweets: 'Woo hoo I'm going to be a mummy!' and ‘Woo hoo I'm going to be a daddy!'</p> <p> <strong>Follow Dannii <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/DanniiMinogue" target="_blank">@danniiminogue. </a></strong></p>
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