Essential Baby: Parenting Information For Mothers, Fathers, Parents & Parents to be

Free Neil Perry cookbook

Indulge the family with Neil Perry’s favourite breakfast recipes! The Sun-Herald and essentialkids.com.au are giving away Neil Perry’s The Food I Love: Breakfast for FREE from the iBookstore.
'I'm mum enough to know this cover sucks'

Essential Baby editor Amber Robinson comments on the controversial Time cover, saying that enough is enough; mums should be able to parent without judgement.
Tell us what you think to win

Have your say about what it means to be a mum and you'll go into the draw to win a grand prize valued at $5000, courtesy of Virgin Money.
My secret witching hour weapon

5pm: witching hour. Not quite time for dinner and a bath, but everyone’s tired so activities are a challenge. Amity Dry reveals what gets her family through this tricky time of day: music.
Can you ever be ready for a baby?

Before you get pregnant, you might have all the boxes ticked - with your career, home and travel plans all sorted - or you could be the ' let's just see what happens' type. No matter what your style, it can help to think about the emotional aspects of parenthood.

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Can you ever be ready for a baby?

Brooke Tasovac Before you get pregnant, you might have all the boxes ticked - with your career, home and travel plans all sorted - or you could be the ' let's just see what happens' type. No matter what your style, it can help to think about the emotional aspects of parenthood.

Better results for frozen embryos

Dione Hodgson Freezing embryos can significantly decrease the risk of birth defects in assisted reproduction, a new Australian study has shown.

Fashion designer Leona Edmiston welcomes twins

Katherine Heigl adopts baby number two

Family planning: Charlize Theron adopts baby

What is my luteal phase?

Pregnancy

Morning sickness: the basics

Research indicates that up to 80 per cent of pregnant women get morning sickness in pregnancy. You might feel sick and vomit - and get a few other not-so-fun side effects of pregnancy, too. The good news is there are ways to help ease the nausea.

Common (and not so common) pregnancy symptoms, brought to you by Libra

So you think you might be pregnant… or just suffering from a random ailment you’ve never noticed before. Here are some ways your body can be trying to tell you you’re creating a new life.

Hope for victims of killer pregnancy condition

Jessica Simpson's last minute pregnancy news

The top baby names in Australia right now

Spotting and cramping in pregnancy

Birth

One mum's five-hour pregnancy

Amanda Prentice and her husband Bill had been trying to conceive for four years when they learnt that Amanda was pregnant - and just five hours later, they were parents.

Maggie Gyllenhaal gives birth to a baby girl

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard have welcomed a second daughter, a little sister for Ramona.

Bruce Willis welcomes fourth daughter

Hilary Duff welcomes son

Philosophers' claim over moral right to kill newborns sparks outrage

Home Birth: What mums-to-be need to know

Photo Galleries

Baby

The latest advice on starting solids

Introducing food to a baby’s diet is one of the biggest milestone of the first six months. But when should you start, and what can you give your child to eat? We look at the latest advice on starting solids.

My secret witching hour weapon

Amity Dry 5pm: witching hour. Not quite time for dinner and a bath, but everyone’s tired so activities are a challenge. Amity Dry reveals what gets her family through this tricky time of day: music.

Adverse reactions: Why some parents fear vaccines

What 'The Voice' can teach us about motherhood and creativity

Should anti-vaccination organisations be listed as charities?

BABYOLOGY RECOMMENDS: Babyology looks at the Bugaboo Neon

Toddler

iPhones set cracking pace for warranty claims

Are you really there for your kids, or are you on your iPhone?

Amity Dry I just read something that made me feel guilty. And not just a little guilty - this is heavy-grade, industrial strength mother guilt.

MIDA: boys clothing OFFER

MIDA is a boys’ fashion brand catering for 1-6 year old boys, and is offering EB members a FREE hat when you spend $50 or more!

Have you turned into your mother?

No more fussy eaters

English for beginners

EB Mums' Morning Tea, March 2012

Being Dad

Top 10 myths about baby making

Being Dad Given the average couple can take over 10 months to fall pregnant, we thought it fitting to present 10 myths about conceiving.

Sick of the bloody kids? You're doing it wrong

Sam de Brito You have to wonder if the ''bloody kids'' have replaced ''the missus'' as the perceived ball and chain of the modern man.

Dad's parenting statements a hit

Dads left out of parenting classes

TV's most dysfunctional dads

McVeigh tells: I'm so proud of baby Luella

Lifestyle

Time's breastfeeding cover: behind the scenes

It was the cover that sparked debate as soon as it was released into the world: an attractive young mum breastfeeding her preschool-aged son next to the headline "Are you mom enough?" We reveal what happened behind the scenes of Time's controversial attachment parenting article.