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Most expensive baby photos
Jessica Simpson has been paid $800,000 for the debut photos of her baby, but which celeb got paid the most for their family's first snaps?
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How safe is your change table?
Here’s a scary statistic: of the 19 change tables recently tested by CHOICE, half didn’t pass the key safety criteria. Here's what to look for in a safe and secure change table.
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It’s motherhood, not a sisterhood
It doesn’t matter what the topic is – breastfeeding, sleep, how to extract baby from the body – our parenting views are our own political manifestos. So yes, we should feel passionate about them, and debate them (loudly, if necessary), writes Victoria Birch.
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New research: breastfeeding lowers SIDS risk
A review of breastfeeding research has found babies breastfed up to one-year-old and exclusively to six months had their risk of sudden and unexpected infant death more than halved.
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Are you really there for your kids, or are you on your iPhone?
I just read something that made me feel guilty. And not just a little guilty - this is heavy-grade, industrial strength mother guilt.
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Pregnancy
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Spotting and cramping in pregnancy
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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, ...
Maggie Gyllenhaal gives birth to a baby girl
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Tracey Spicer's son spent the first three weeks of his life in neonatal intensive care - but then had a lucky escape even when he got home. The CHOICE ...
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Toddler
Moving from cot to bed
Elizabeth Pantley Your child's move from cot to bed is a major milestone in his life, as well as yours. The key to success is to be patient and to give your child time to ...
Have you ever visited the land of empty threats?
Kylie Orr Empty threats are often blurted out by parents in the heat of the moment, when frustration with our children trumps all else. Kylie Orr revisits some of the pearlers she's come out with, and a few classics from years gone by.
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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.
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Dads left out of parenting classes
TV's most dysfunctional dads
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In two weeks, celebrity trainer Jillian Michaels has welcomed a two-year-old and a newborn into her family, with the ex-Biggest Loser trainer adopting a girl from Haiti two weeks after her partner delivered a son.
