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What I no longer do for my children…
It’s easy to get stuck in the day-to-day details of raising our children, and forget the big picture.
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My daughter's at daycare - and I'm at a loss
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Annoying parents on Facebook
There are lots of annoying people on Facebook. We parents are among them.
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Premature labour and birth: the facts
When a woman begins having real contractions where the cervix dilates, prior to 37 weeks gestation. Learn more about the risk factors, signs and treatment of premature labour and birth.
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Mum in profile: Cathy Freeman
From Olympic athlete to wife and mother, golden girl Cathy Freeman says raising toddler Ruby is the hardest thing she has ever done. But motherhood beats winning gold medals any day.
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Evangelical overseas adoption
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Pregnancy
Blood test could predict post-natal depression
Staff writers Researchers have recognised two genes that could be used to identify and prevent the onset of post-natal depression.
Premature labour and birth: the facts
Staff writers When a woman begins having real contractions where the cervix dilates, prior to 37 weeks gestation. Learn more about the risk factors, signs and treatment of premature labour and birth.
PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome): the facts
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Birth
The truth about life with a newborn
Kiran Chug "Life with a newborn was, ultimately, the most magically rewarding and satisfying period of my life. It was filled with joy, love and wonder. But, here's the truth about some of the of the other bits."
Baby death sparks investigations
BRIDIE JABOUR The family of a woman whose baby has died in her womb have paid $7200 for her to have the still birth privately after a central Queensland hospital turned her away multiple times.
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Baby
Bed-sharing increases SIDS rate five-fold
Sharing a bed with an infant carries a five-fold increase in the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), a new study reveals.
Coalition refused to allow MP to return home to sick daughter
Jonathan Swan Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has been campaigning to improve his image among women, so why was a mother's request denied?
Immunisation, fever and pain relief
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Toddler
What I no longer do for my children…
JODIE BENVENISTE 11:17am It’s easy to get stuck in the day-to-day details of raising our children, and forget the big picture.
My daughter's at daycare - and I'm at a loss
KASEY EDWARDS It wasn't my daughter who had trouble adjusting to childcare. It was me.
In praise of daycare staff
Vanishing act
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Stuttering: the facts
Being Dad
Hate the toaster? It’s time for an affair
Staff Writers The founder of an infidelity website has warned that mothers who went unappreciated yesterday may seek an extramarital affair.
New dads are sexy and they know it
MELANIE MAHONEY While most women wouldn’t associate being a new parent with feeling more attractive, it seems men see it differently: they think they’re better looking than before they were dads.
Stop calling dads incompetent
The rise of the blogging dads
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Air travel
Jeremy Clarkson says 'Babies belong in the hold'
Jolyon Attwooll TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has prompted a strong reaction after suggesting that children should be stashed in the luggage hold during flights.
New arrival: baby white rhino born at Western Plains Zoo
MELISSA DAVEY After a 14-month gestation period marred by illness, a White Rhinoceros at Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Mopani, has given birth to a male calf.
