Artisan making notes about mother and child (10)
I believe the answer is:
stonemason
'artisan' is the definition.
(I know that stonemason is a type of artisan)
'notes about mother and child' is the wordplay.
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'mother' becomes 'ma' (Ma is another word for mother or mum).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'child' becomes 'son' (male child).
'notes' with letters rearranged gives 'stone'.
'stone'+'ma'+'son'='STONEMASON'
'making' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for stonemason that I've seen before include "Man's on toes (anag) - craftsman" , "Construction worker" , "Artisan builder" , "chipper?" , "Craftsperson" .)