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  1. Pinned:Your Moderator (0 replies)
  2. Toddler activities (1 reply)
  3. On child families (30 replies)
  4. Was your Eurasian baby born looking Asian? (19 replies)
  5. Grandparents (39 replies)
  6. Living Near Family or Away from Family (9 replies)
  7. second child or NOT ? (43 replies)
  8. Dilemma re trying for number 2 (8 replies)
  9. Need to hear what you're doing right for a change? (0 replies)
  10. For those with planned small age gaps (10 replies)
  11. Large age gaps (3 replies)
  12. Did you plan your family around the first child being in preschool? (34 replies)
  13. "I just don't understand" thread removed (0 replies)
  14. boy/girl 16 months apart (26 replies)
  15. I want baby #3 (15 replies)
  16. Paid Parental Leave (11 replies)
  17. Family Car (25 replies)
  18. Big age gap? (10 replies)
  19. Do you get paranoid? (20 replies)
  20. Kids not settling into the care/kinder/school/work routine (1 reply)
  21. Your bi-lingual baby (16 replies)
  22. Vasectomy cost - sydney (3 replies)
  23. Do you consider this wasteful? (27 replies)
  24. Custody while waiting for mediation (1 reply)
  25. Babies before Marriage (if at all) (44 replies)
  26. Godparents (4 replies)
  27. How do you do it? (14 replies)
  28. Birthday Months Ahead (2 replies)
  29. how did you know your family was complete? (50 replies)
  30. Living Apart from Each Other - How to Make it Work (12 replies)
  31. Age gaps between children (11 replies)
  32. How long before you marry? (164 replies)
  33. Who here on EB follows NP or AP approaches? (24 replies)
  34. How to get elderly father to consider hearing aid? (6 replies)
  35. Change to court ordered parenting plan (4 replies)
  36. Stay at home mum- 2 under 2 (23 replies)
  37. Parenting.... mummy vs daddy (1 reply)
  38. Which surname on birth cert? (2 replies)
  39. Mummy friend needing a little hope (0 replies)
  40. Tubal ligation (6 replies)
  41. Don't know how to deal (12 replies)
  42. newborn, 5.5yo, 8.5yo (5 replies)
  43. please advice needed (3 replies)
  44. 1st kid out of childcare for 2nd (12 replies)
  45. 3 under 4 - how do people do this? (28 replies)
  46. 3 years into motherhood and I'm starting to struggle (13 replies)
  47. WDYT is a better age gap? (19 replies)
  48. Your Family Rules (18 replies)
  49. Menu Planning - Its the only option (3 replies)
  50. How do you afford a family (20 replies)
  51. Going from 2 to 3 (13 replies)
  52. Pls tell me this will get easier! First day alone with 3 kids (14 replies)
  53. If you were your parents/grandparents... (40 replies)
  54. DH's away for work (6 replies)
  55. Managing a 19 month age gap between babies (7 replies)
  56. Did your childhood family structure influence the gender and/or number of children you wanted? (54 replies)
  57. Guardianship of child- making it official (2 replies)
  58. Grandparents favouritism (17 replies)
  59. DH is going to be a SAHD (18 replies)
  60. One child families through choice. (40 replies)
  61. Tell me about your sister? (86 replies)
  62. Tell me about your baby #3 (13 replies)
  63. I want my son called by his name. (180 replies)
  64. When hubby returns from travelling for work? (1 reply)
  65. DD's birthday present (9 replies)
  66. worried about Jealousy when new baby is born (4 replies)
  67. Working Mums, do you have time for a hobby? (28 replies)
  68. Howw many mummies out there work weekends. (12 replies)
  69. Would you go ? (12 replies)
  70. my favorite poem/prayer (3 replies)
  71. How do you handle birthday parties in your family when siblings & cousins are born in the same week? (17 replies)
  72. Fearless children (4 replies)
  73. What's the best age gap? (21 replies)
  74. EB Outage Thursday 3-5AM AEST (0 replies)
  75. introduction (0 replies)
  76. We're going for number 3! (6 replies)
  77. 4 year age gap? (12 replies)
  78. Anyone LOVE being a mum but is planning only 1 child? (55 replies)
  79. Last Names (23 replies)
  80. The dark side of one 'modern' family (54 replies)
  81. uncaring parents (5 replies)
  82. Close calls... (6 replies)
  83. having 3 kids, (9 replies)
  84. Attachment Parenting (56 replies)
  85. Full Time house dad and Full-time mum at work (12 replies)
  86. For those with a 20 month age gap (56 replies)
  87. Want #3 soon - tell me about a 7 year and 4.5 year age gap (20 replies)
  88. Mothers Day when your mum is a narcissist... (6 replies)
  89. Terrified of No. 2 (11 replies)
  90. Update on Help Needed Mother Issues (3 replies)
  91. Spin off - Positive stories of small age gaps (16 replies)
  92. Why can't I decide when to TTC #2? (3 replies)
  93. Age gaps for no.2 & 3, work/life balance, what to do? (0 replies)
  94. Help Needed - Mother Issues! (15 replies)
  95. One Child Families (10 replies)
  96. Dads helping out (21 replies)
  97. Your favorite educational iPad app for 8yo (0 replies)
  98. Moved: Surrogacy in Australia (-- replies)
  99. I want #3 DH says definitely NO (0 replies)
  100. Going out, one night, at bedtime (26 replies)
  101. feeling very guilty (6 replies)
  102. How did having children affect your social life? (25 replies)
  103. Has having a baby changed the relationship you have with your own mother? (12 replies)
  104. How did you know your family was complete? (20 replies)
  105. For SAHM, what time does your DH get home? (89 replies)
  106. Is there anyone with all kids the same sex and totally happy about it? (48 replies)
  107. Does anybody else 'grieve' their pregnancies? (28 replies)
  108. I can't stand my SIL and dont want her around my kids (12 replies)
  109. Who's coming to the birth? (32 replies)
  110. diff between 2yr old and 2 1/2 yr (7 replies)
  111. Anniversary present (5 replies)
  112. Help with in laws who tried to ruin honeymoon (0 replies)
  113. help! i think i want another baby (11 replies)
  114. Would you leave your partner because of the in laws? (39 replies)
  115. If Your Parents Lived Just Around The Corner, How Often Would You See Them? (74 replies)
  116. Having number 3 (8 replies)
  117. what does her behaviour mean (0 replies)
  118. BIL and his wife constantly comparing their kids to ours (8 replies)
  119. I am going to be a great aunt- at 35 EEEK! (13 replies)
  120. big families (4 replies)
  121. in laws offering to help (10 replies)
  122. The Christmas Conundrum (5 replies)
  123. How do i get around this in my own head? (3 replies)
  124. Fun times make all the tears and hard stuff worth it. (3 replies)
  125. how hard is it really? (16 replies)
  126. anyone is Marion, Brighton or Warradale in SA? (2 replies)
  127. tips for helping DP overcome issues (3 replies)
  128. Sharing Rooms (4 replies)
  129. How do you cope without extended family support? (54 replies)
  130. Looking for some opinions on MIL (19 replies)
  131. the mother in law (17 replies)
  132. Help! I think I want another baby! (12 replies)
  133. Male fertility (0 replies)
  134. Advice/book recommendations re confident/pushy DD (10 replies)
  135. Anyone else the only one with kids in the family? (5 replies)
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  137. SAHM - is it like Groundhog day? (28 replies)
  138. When & how did you make the decision to start/expand your family? (7 replies)
  139. Tips for putting my 2 DD in same room (1 reply)
  140. Don't like Stepfather but he might be coming to visit (6 replies)
  141. when your ideals and reality don't match (10 replies)
  142. do your kids spend equal amounts of time at each grandparents house (35 replies)
  143. How much do you spend on groceries per week? (50 replies)
  144. Come over - I want to see your baby? (30 replies)
  145. Logistics of sharing a room - 5 yr old & 5 mth old (1 reply)
  146. DH always late (4 replies)
  147. Mothers in Law (22 replies)
  148. Should we try for #3 ? (19 replies)
  149. Feeling 'ready' again (4 replies)
  150. 3-4 year age gap between children (22 replies)
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