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The Emotional Pull of Daycare
Becoming a new mum can leave us blissfully cocooned in our baby bubble for those early months, as we focus all of our love and attention of our new little bundle of joy.
So when the time comes...
05 Feb 2019
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Should Baby share a room with siblings?
In Western society, there’s a tendency for babies to be popped into their own room as early as possible.
According to Registered Nurse and Midwife Georgina Dowden, the idea that children...
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6 Baby Behaviours that are Perfectly Normal
These days, new mums are bombarded with information, via the internet, books, friends, forums - the list goes on.
While an abundance of resources can be helpful, it also means mixed messages,...
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What Role do Dads play during labour
When we talk about birth stories, most experiences are told from the point of view of mum - and with good reason, mums are the ones doing all the hard work.
But that’s not to say it’s a...
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Summer Sleep Safety
We all know the weather in Australia can be up and down in summer, with 40 degree heat waves and hot sticky nights one week to beautiful summer days and cooler evenings the next. It's up to us to...
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5 Top Tips to Starting your Baby on Solids
When it comes to starting your baby on solids for the first time, it can feel like one big mess - both literally and figuratively.
You’re trying to figure out when to start, how to start...
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How to survive baby’s first Christmas
How to survive baby’s first Christmas and the holiday season.
The predictable daily pattern of life can go missing at this time of the year. Those gentle mid morning cuddles before sleep,...
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Baby’s first Christmas Food Ideas
Christmas is a festive time of year and food is a central part to this. If your little one is over 6 months, they will want in on the tasty food, as they will have started solids.
Still bare...
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Rice Cereal – why is it the default?
Any mum would agree, those first few months of your baby’s life is filled with a combination of excitement and trepidation, as you tread the turbulent waters of baby-firsts.
There are the...
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Miracle Babies Foundation and Tommee Tippee help raise well needed funds
Each year, almost 50,000 newborn babies start their lives in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit or Special Care Nursery, with almost 30,000 of these babies born premature.
Sadly, up to 1000...
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Top Sleep Tips for Baby – First 6 months
Make sure you get some sleep while you can!
There’s not a pregnant women on Earth who hasn’t had this well-meaning piece of advice sent their way, as those who have come before us share...
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Baby Crawling – What’s Normal?
Many new mums look forward to the day their little bub crawls for the first time. It’s one of the most exciting milestones during those first few months.
That said, it’s also the day life...
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When your baby’s gender is not what you were expecting
Whether it’s our first baby or our fourth, we long for a healthy and happy baby to welcome into our families.
And although we know that bub’s health and wellbeing is paramount, for some of...
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How to plan a fabulous Baby Shower!
The moment you’re asked to arrange the baby shower for your bestie, sister or cousin, you’ll no doubt be rubbing your hands together with glee, full of excitement for the task ahead.
You...
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Affordable ways to keep active during pregnancy
In this day and age, most women know that keeping active during pregnancy is a positive thing. There are a multitude of benefits of maintaining gentle exercise and keeping your body moving as...
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Top 5 Spring activities to do with Baby
Spring is in the air, and with the arrival of the warmer weather and a little more colour splashed about, many of us mums are longing to step outside the four walls and venture outside.
With...
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Five Things You Can Do If Your Baby Has Colic
Without a doubt, having a baby with colic is a massive challenge so early in your parenting journey. Colic is a bit of mystery to the medical profession and parents alike - and there is no...
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Australian Red Cross announced Donor Milk Bank
Australian Red Cross announced Donor Milk Bank for premmie babies.
Following two years of extensive research and planning, the Australian Red Cross Blood Service has announced the...
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Numbness, Tingling? You May Have Carpel Tunnel Syndrome
Pregnancy, whilst awe-inspiring, can be uncomfortable - morning sickness, heart burn, constipation. Add Carpel Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) to the list and it’s certainly no picnic. If you have pain,...
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Target Recall $10 Onesies Sold Between February and June
Target has issued a voluntary recall of its onesie, the two-way zip baby coveralls.
The recall notice, which appeared on Target’s Facebook page, states that the "zip puller may break due to...
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Product Recall Reminder: Medela AC power adapter
In 2016 Medela issued a Voluntary Product Recall of the detachable wall plug AC power adapter for Medela Swing, Swing Maxi, Swing Essentials, Swing Premium and Freestyle Breast pumps.
Medela...
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Finding Work-Life Balance as a Stay at Home Parent
Anyone who has been a full time stay at home parent knows that it’s not all unicorns, lattes and play dates, life at home full time can be intense and exhausting. You're on shift from the...
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Sydney Swan’s Gary Rohan’s Reflections on New Fatherhood
In April, Gary Rohan and his wife became parents for the first time. Gary’s wife Amie gave birth to twins Bella and Willow. Sadly, Willow passed away from anencephaly five hours after she was...
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Dads, What Surprised You Most About Becoming a Father?
To celebrate Father’s Day this year, rather than post the standard (boring) gift-guide, we asked our community what surprised them most about becoming a father. Their responses might surprise...
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Sticking to the 12-week Rule? How to Hide Your Pregnancy
Pregnancy has an inconvenient way of presenting itself, via symptoms that can sometimes be hard to hide. There is much chatter about the “12-week rule” but if you're opting to stick with the...
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How To Handle a Teething Baby
Teething can be a drawn out process that feels like it never ends. Once the tooth finally sprouts there’s little down time before the next one starts cutting. It can last up the three years,...
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Our Top 5 Tips to Balance Family and Working from Home
In our digital age it’s no surprise that more and more parents are opting to work from home. We're seeking quality time with our children without sacrificing our careers - and working from home...
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Five Remedies to Treat Your Baby’s Constipation
Most babies will experience constipation at some stage in the first year. This is because their diet changes so drastically in such a short time frame and there’s always a chance that...
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5 Most Common Birth Fears and How to Conquer Them
There’s so much talk around labour and birth. The unfortunate result of this chatter is a whole lot of worried pregnant women. While fear of the unknown is completely natural, if left unchecked...
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The One Piece of Advice I Keep Going Back To
A week or so after my first child was born, the home-visiting midwife gave me a piece of advice I’ve never forgotten. It wasn’t about feeding or settling, or the ubiquitous ‘sleep when the...
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Five Tips for Looking After Your Baby’s Teeth
There’s nothing like that big gummy smile to melt a heart, and when that gummy smile starts getting filled with little teeth - well, it’s a cuteness overload! But all that cuteness requires...
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Five Mum Milestones Worth Celebrating
It’s perfectly natural to become completely absorbed with your baby’s development and there’s plenty of information out there on milestones to feed that interest (read: addiction). But it...
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Four Ovulation Myths That Need to be Debunked
There are plenty of myths surrounding ovulation, but if you're trying to get pregnant it’s important that you're armed with the facts. Here we clear up the confusion and debunk some of the more...
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10 Things to Tick Off Your Pre-pregnancy Bucket List
Life changes in a big way once you become a Mum. One of the biggest changes is that no decision you ever make, after becoming a parent, will ever be just about you. You will always default to how...
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Why World Breastfeeding Week is So Important
Today marks the start of World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), with this year’s theme being “the Foundation of Life”. World Breast Feeding week is celebrated every year in 170 countries, on...
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Six Things You Need to Know About Epidurals
Depending on which camp you sit in, an epidural can be a gift sent from God himself, or just another way to medicalise your birth experience. And because of these polar positions there’s a lot...
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Happy Birthday to All the IVF Babies
This week marks the 40th birthday of the first ever IVF baby. On July 25th 1978 Louise Joy Brown came screaming into the world and changed history forever by being the first live birth of a ...
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How to Include Your Partner In Your Pregnancy
It’s not uncommon for Dads to report that they feel a bit like the spare wheel when it comes to their unborn child. Without a doubt the focus is on Mum and bub (as it should be). While he might...
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Tips for Managing Stress in Pregnancy
Pregnancy is an exciting time, but it can also be a stressful time for many people. Many changes, both physical and emotional, take place in pregnancy and with change often comes stress. It is...
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Finding Your Tribe: Building Support Networks
Having a baby is a life-changing experience. Once you bring your baby home, life will never be the same again. With major change comes challenges and it’s ok to need help. The sort of support...
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Five Skills To Add To Your CV Once You’re a Mum
Chances are you've nailed it in your career and you're looking forward to some down time caring for your baby. The good news is that baby wrangling has a different kind of intensity to it, that...
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Study Finds No Long-term Harm from Colic
Colic can make the first three months of life really tough for both the baby and its parents. Adding insult to injury is the worry that all that crying may have long-term negative affects on a...
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The Magic of Skin on Skin Contact
The biggest prize at the end of a pregnancy is being handed a healthy baby. It’s no wonder we don't want to let that baby go, the benefits of skin to skin contact for mother and baby are...
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Frozen Food Recall: Listeria Warning for Pregnant Women
Fears that the deadly listeria bacteria which killed six people in NSW and Victoria earlier this year is present in a range of frozen vegetables in supermarkets across Australia has triggered a...
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Should We Keep Social Media Out of the Delivery Suite?
A new study is being conducted in New Zealand that is looking into the impact that social media in the delivery suite is having on mothers and babies. The study is the first of its kind and aims...
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No Jab, No Pay Commences Monday July 2nd
As part of the changes to the childcare benefit program, the Federal Government have introduced a new 'no jab, no pay' penalty. Anti-vaxers will be penalised $14 a week as of Monday July 2nd as...
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Four Bonuses that Come With Your Second Birth
Giving birth is always an amazing, humbling, awe-inspiring experience - no matter how many times you’ve done it, but no two births are the same. Your second birth can be a completely different...
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Five Ways to Prepare for Pregnancy
It’s pretty exciting when you know you're ready to start a family; and even more so when you start trying to conceive. A lot of thought and planning goes in to starting a family so it’s...
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A Red Nose Day Reminder of What Safe Sleeping Looks Like
Every year in Australia more than 3200 babies or children die suddenly from stillbirth, SIDS and fatal sleep accidents. Red Nose chief executive officer Theron Vassiliou says Red Nose Day is...
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The Ins and Outs of Iron in Pregnancy
Iron is one of the most important minerals you need to maintain in pregnancy. Your pregnancy supplement will have iron included in it, but for some women it’s not enough. At some stage in their...
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Five Ways to Prepare Your Toddler for a New Baby
Awaiting the birth of a new baby is a such a beautiful and exciting time. When you’ve got a toddler at home with you it’s not unusual to feel worried about how your first-born will cope with...
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Top Tips for Traveling With a Baby
Now that winter has well and truly arrived in Australia, we’re leaving in droves. More and more people seem to be heading for warmer climes and are opting to spend their leisure time pool-side...
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New Zealand’s Prime Minister Gives Birth to Baby Girl
Jacinda Adern, New Zealand’s youngest Prime Minister has given birth to a baby girl. The Prime Minister shared a photo of herself with her daughter and her husband, Clarke Gayford on Thursday...
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Making Your Phone Work for You in Motherhood
Our phones are our nemesis and our best friend. They keep us connected when we can’t get out of the house, they keep us entertained when we’re stuck on the couch feeding for hours on end, our...
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Women Can Now Access Free Miscarriage Counselling
Around one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage. Arguably, that rate is much higher as these statistics only include the pregnancies that have been confirmed by a doctor. Regardless of how...
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Morning Sickness? These Breakfasts Might Help
Morning sickness is the pits; there’s no point sugar coating it. Waking up every single day feeling like you're on a boat, or worse like you've been out all night on “the sauce” (when you...
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What’s With All the Doctor’s Appointments in Pregnancy?
Congratulations! You’re pregnancy test is positive. Great news! You book in to see your GP to have your pregnancy confirmed, and find out what to do next. Your doctor then presents you with a...
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The Emotional Conflict When Maternity Leave Ends
Few women experience a change in life circumstances more drastic than when we have a family. Generally speaking, most women have carved out a life for themselves, have a job and probably a career...
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Coffee Anyone? Just How Much Is Safe When Breastfeeding?
In those first 'new born' weeks of hazy days, constant night feeds and nappy changes, it can feel like coffee is the only life-giving source. You wouldn’t be the first new Mum to reinvigorate...
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Should I Give My Baby the Flu Shot?
After a horror flu season in 2017, many parents are talking about ways to protect their children from the flu. The ‘flu shot’ is one of the options coming up in conversation. But there is a...
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Here’s How to Get Your Pregnancy Glow On
While some women are lucky enough to experience that pregnancy glow from the get-go, there are many who aren't so lucky. Raging hormones, cravings for food you may have never been interested in...
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What To Expect at Your 12 Week Scan
In Australia, women are offered two ultrasounds throughout their pregnancy. One is offered between 11 and 13 weeks and is known as the 12 week scan. The second is known as the 20 week scan. The...
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A Brief Word on Growth Charts
I’m sure you’ve seen the growth charts for tracking the weight, length and head circumference of your baby in their Maternal & Child Health book.
Simply put, if your baby is on the...
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Baby Communication: Tuning in to Your Baby
As parents, we are taught by the midwives in the hospital and our MCH nurses how to look after our babies, but not necessarily how to communicate with them, or tune in to their communication.
...
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Photography project captures how breast feeding really looks
Suzie Blake is a photographer and Mum to two boys. While breast feeding her sons she found that images of women breast feeding in the mainstream media didn't look like her own experience of...
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New Study Finds ‘Eating for Two’ is Outdated Advice
Most of us believe that once we have kids we give up our pre-pregnancy body shape and resign ourselves to being heavier than before we had kids. But a new study out of the University of Canberra...
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Is my Breastmilk causing my baby to have Colic?
NBB question from Amy: Hi there, FTM here and 7 week old baby girl seems to have colic (reflux) She screams out for hours in pain every night and throws up a lot. I am exclusively breastfeeding...
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Coles Locks Up Baby Formula
Coles supermarkets across NSW have made the decision to reduce access to baby formula; taking it off the shelves and storing it in locked cupboards. The formula will be stored and sourced much...
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How to achieve post-pregnancy vitality
Let’s face it, the idea of having vitality with a new born seems like an oxymoron, but it is possible. It is important to be gentle with yourself - turn away from unrealistic images of...
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Ways To Improve Your Baby’s Wellbeing
As parents, first and foremost we want to keep our babies safe, but after that we want to be the best parents we can. Wellbeing is a concept that can be overlooked when it comes to looking after...
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Four Unique Ways To Celebrate Your First Mother’s Day
Here at New Born Baby, many of our readers are new first time Mums, which also means this Sunday is your first ever Mothers’ Day. Congratulations! You deserve a break, a gift, breakfast in bed...
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All Mothers To Be Offered Free Whooping Cough Vaccine
With the 2018 federal budget announcements comes the good news that all pregnant women will be able to access free immunisation against whooping cough, a condition that can be fatal in very young...
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New Prediction Test for Pre-eclampsia
Pre-eclampsia is a relatively, common but very dangerous condition that occurs in some pregnancies. It occurs in around one percent of all pregnancies and if undetected and untreated it can...
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Midwives: We Salute You on International Day of the Midwife
“Midwives Lead the Way With Quality Care” is the theme for International Day of the Midwife, which is today, May 5th. International Day of the Midwife is celebrated every year on May 5th to...
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Three Reasons for Grandparents to be Immunised
Immunisation is an emotive topic and can cause an absolute firestorm amongst friends and family. And add to that a generational difference amongst parents and grandparents over parenting...
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Essential Oils That Are Safe for Baby
Essential oils have amazing health benefits and most people will have used them in some form or another. They can be used topically, through an oil burner, a diffuser or even through just burning...
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Human Parechovirus in Babies is on the Rise
Human Parechovirus (HPeV), a serious virus seen more and more amongst young babies is on the rise in Australia. What makes this virus particularly concerning is the potential for complications...
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The Importance of Fine Motor Skills in the First Year
Every eager parent watches their child with excitement, as they grow and reach their milestones. Reaching those milestones is an important part of a child’s development but there is a strong...
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Herbal Teas in Pregnancy: What to Drink, What to Avoid
We all know how important it is to keep up our daily fluid intake, and while you're pregnant this doesn't change. But sometimes water can get a bit boring, and if you're pregnant you need to be...
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Prenatal Vitamins: Five Reason It’s Worth Taking Them
Prenatal vitamins are a special formulation of supplement designed specifically for women who are pregnant, trying to conceive or breastfeeding. Some women question whether they really need to...
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Preparing for Parenthood When You Have a Disability
Becoming a parent for the first time can be an exciting and overwhelming process, especially if you have a disability. Being a disabled parent brings its own set of challenges. However, with a...
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Five Things in Pregnancy That Are Completely Normal
There are so many things happening in your body from the moment conception takes place - your hormones are having a party and your body is the venue, so it’s no surprise that you will feel some...
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Victorian IVF Laws To Be Reviewed
Victorian IVF laws are to be reviewed to help prevent couples from exploitation during the emotional rollercoaster that is IVF. Undergoing as many as ten cycles and still not having a baby is...
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Top Tips for a DIY Maternity Photo Shoot
Capturing your changing pregnant body through a DIY maternity photo shoot will make for a lovely record of your pregnancy. With such high quality cameras available on our phones, anyone can take...
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What to Look for When Choosing a Pram
Your pram is one of your major purchases when having a baby so it’s worth considering exactly what you need so you’ll be able to use it from birth through to preschool. Different parents want...
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Channel Ten Gives Outdated and Unsafe Sleep Advice
Channel Ten’s lifestyle program, The Living Room, is under fire for providing baby sleep advice which is considered to be outdated and unsafe.
The segment focused on the ‘cry it out’...
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How To Manage Baby’s Sleep Through Daylight Savings
This weekend marks the changing of clocks in Australia, and managing your baby’s sleep through Daylight Savings can be a challenge. If you’ve got a new born (or live in WA, Queensland or NT)...
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Five Ways to Celebrate Your Baby’s First Easter
Easter is a great opportunity to spend some quality time together as a family. Your baby’s first Easter can be a good excuse for a family celebration, some down time for you, or an opportunity...
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Six Things That Are Great About Bottle Feeding
As new Mums, we all know that breast feeding is the best option, but it doesn't always work out. For some Mums, it can be a difficult decision to introduce bottle feeding. So here are a few...
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Seven Things You Never Knew About Twins
It’s Multiple Birth Awareness Week this week so to help celebrate that we thought we’d share seven things you never knew about twins. Twin births are a pretty fascinating phenomena, so here...
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Ways to Thrive as a Stay at Home Mum
Being a stay at home Mum is wonderful, exciting, exhausting but ultimately rewarding experience. Some days are really tough so it's important that your wellbeing remains a priority. Here are...
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International Women’s Day for New Mums
Today is International Women’s Day (IWD) and as a new Mum, this day is as important as it’s ever been. In previous years you may have raised a glass to all the fabulous women who have gone...
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Stylish Pregnancy Dresses: How to Find & Wear Them
Maintaining your personal style can be tough when your body is changing so quickly. In the past women have sacrificed comfort in order to remain stylish and on trend, or they've...
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The Role of Your Maternal & Child Health Nurse
There is much to take in when you are having a baby, and an army of professionals that are available to help you look after your baby, but the the role of the Maternal & Child Health nurse ...
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Authorities Warn Pregnant Women To Avoid Rock Melon
Authorities are warning pregnant women to avoid eating rock melon, in light of the recent listeria outbreak. A batch of contaminated rock melon has resulted in 12 people people being infected...
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Lactation Consultants: What They Do and How They Help?
You may have heard the term ‘Lactation Consultant’ but be wondering what they do and how they can help you. A Lactation Consultant (LC) is a person that is an expert in all this. ...
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Victoria’s Biggest Baby Arrives in Melbourne’s West
Last week Melbourne woman, Teuaililo Ala, gave birth to Victoria’s biggest baby, and quite possibly Australia’s biggest baby. Moama Ala was welcomed into the world, tipping the scales at a...
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Adjusting to Your New Identity as ‘Mum’
There are so many ways you can prepare for becoming a Mum, but adjusting to your new identity as 'mum' may take time. Your body will know what to do - you can teach your hands to change a nappy,...
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How To Keep the Spark Alive When Two Becomes Three
The birth of your baby can take your relationship with your partner to whole new level. Often new fathers report being astounded by the incredible strength their partner displayed throughout...
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Top Tips When Buying a Double/Tandem Pram
Whether you’re planning your family now, have one on the way or you're expecting your second baby, buying a pram is a major purchase and one that should be considered from all angles. You want...
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Announcing Your Pregnancy: How Important is the 12 week Rule?
There is nothing quite like the excitement of a positive pregnancy test when you are trying for a baby. It is a mix between disbelief, a little bit of anxiety but predominantly joy and. ...
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When can I Move my Baby from Rear-facing to Forward-facing?
According to Australian Law, you can move your baby from rear-facing to forward-facing when they are 6 months old. Many parents are keen to make the change as soon as possible if their child...
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Aware Parenting: Is just another name for Attachment Parenting?
One thing our generation does differently that previous generation is our liberal use of parenting is labels. There’s ‘attachment parenting’, ‘good-enough parenting’, ‘helicopter...
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What to Wear Christmas Day!
Sorting out what to wear Christmas Day? Whether you have just had bubs or about to...we have you covered.
Editor's pick: Hush Hush Essensual Firm Control Underbra Slip! Keeps all the lovely new...
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Trying to Conceive Baby Number Two?
Trying to Conceive Baby Number Two? Five Tips to Improve Your Chances
Trying to conceive baby number two can be an entirely different experience from baby number one. For most couples, the...
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Back Sleeping in Pregnancy Can Increase Risk of Still Birth
Research has found that sleeping on your back in the third trimester of pregnancy can increase your risk of still birth. Research published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and...
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What it’s like to have a Premmie Baby – Monique’s Story
I am a Plain Clothes Police Officer with the Queensland Police Service and at 25 weeks pregnant in November last year, there wasn’t a lot of operational police work that I could do. Besides...
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Can I wear Nail Polish during labour?
There are many discussions about the do’s and don’ts of what to wear in labour – including the wearing of nail polish during labour.
Towards the end of your pregnancy a pedicure can be a...
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Mothers Group – Why It’s Worth It
It’s the day of your weekly Mothers’ Group get together and last night you were looking forward to it. This morning you're not so sure. The doubts aren't about the Mothers’ Group per se,...
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Top 10 Activities To Do with Baby 3-12 Months
Check out our top ten ways to spend time with your baby. Not only will your baby love them, you’ll also give yourself some much-needed nurturing at the same time!
Top 10 Activities to do with...
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Sensitive Skin? Avoid Nasty Laundry Chemicals
There’s nothing quite like the velvety feel of a new born baby’s skin. It is one of the many amazingly beautiful things about babies. You're right in thinking it’s like that because they...
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Top 5 Sunsmart Tips for Summer
Summer is so close you can almost taste the barbies and smell the salty, sun-filled sessions at the beach. For parents summer is also the season of the great sunscreen chase and hat-wrangling as...
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Paid Parental Leave – A Guide for New Parents
Paid parental leave in Australia was introduced by the Labor government in 2011 to allow working parents to spend time at home with their babies in the first months of their life.
Here’s our...
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Flying When Pregnant: Everything You Need to Know
If you're planning a baby moon, or are planning air travel while pregnant, it is best to be prepared. If you are visibly pregnant chances are you will be stopped by airline staff requesting...
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Why Green Cleaning is the Safer Option for Your Home
I don’t think there is a single parent that hasn't wondered or worried about the possible risks to their family from using chemical-based cleaning products in the home. The worry is justified...
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Newborn Grunting While Sleeping at Night
NBB Question from Aimee:
I have a 5 week old boy who is big…nearly 6 kgs! He is formula fed now as we had issues with breast feeding, He feeds at 2am and more often than not will grunt and...
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Why has My Baby Stopped Sleeping through the Night?
Those famous last words "my baby sleeps, I don't know what all the fuss is about"....before you have finished the sentence, your baby has stopped sleeping and is now waking often, crying out and...
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Grassroots Community Campaign Against Skin Cancer
We might all feel like the warmer weather is an eternity away as we shiver through one of our coldest winters, but it will be time to Slip Slop Slap before we know it. As such, a local business...
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Mental Health Assessments Available to Pregnant Women
The Federal Government have announced that pregnant women will have access to mental health assessments during pregnancy and after giving birth funded by Medicare.
The Australian Medical...
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Dads Key to Helping Establish Breastfeeding
Research Finds New Dads Are the Key to Helping Establish Breastfeeding
One of the things that new Dad’s often talk about is how helpless they felt in the delivery suite - not being able to...
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How to make Friends when you’re a New Mum
Becoming a mum and developing that special relationship with your new baby is an amazing time, but it can also be a time when loneliness develops, especially if family aren’t nearby. But...
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Vegemite May Hold the Key to Miscarriage & Birth Defects
One in four women experience miscarriage and 7.9 million babies a year are born with birth defects. Until recently the cause of these high rates of birth defects and pregnancy loss remained...
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World Breast Feeding Week 1 – 7 August
August 1st marks the beginning of World Breastfeeding Week. Running until Monday August 7th, World Breastfeeding Week “aims to bring breast-feeding to the forefront of community agendas so...
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Vaporisers, Humidifiers, Diffusers – What’s the difference?
Vaporisers, humidifiers, diffusers…oh my!
Do you know the difference between these three? How about the difference between warm steam and cool mist? Many of us talk about these devices...
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How to travel screen-free with kids
No one wants to be “that” family…You’ve got babe-in-arms screaming with ear pain whilst the rest of the clan are kicking the backs of the seats of the passengers in front of them because...
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Newborn Frequently Feeding Breast and Bottle
NBB Question from Breeana: Hi, FTM to a 1 week old little boy. I've been breastfeeding him however, given him a bottle of breast milk a couple of times.
When I breast feed him he will feed for...
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Out and About with Baby
1. Pretty Brave Moccasins Natural $49.95 2. Pure Baby Hooded Cardigan $74.95 3. Seed Heritage Outfit 4. Swell Eucalyptus Insulated Steel Water Bottle, 500ml $59.95 5. Kate and Kate The...
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Baby still waking to Feed every 3-4 Hours through the Night
NBB Question from Erin: My 7 month old is breastfeeding and still wakes up every 3-4 hrs over night. She only feeds for max 2-3 mins for all feeds, even during the day. I think this is why she...
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Top 5 Old School Remedies to Soothe a Cold
Babies get colds all year round but especially in winter, so now is the time to make sure your cold and flu remedies are ready to go. There are plenty of old school remedies to soothe a cold that...
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Feeling Tired and Overwhelmed? Time for a Reboot
The sun’s out, you’ve managed to get dressed and leave the house for a walk. Your baby seems warm enough and calm. So why aren’t you beaming from ear to ear giving yourself a mental high...
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Postpartum Hair Loss – What’s the Deal?
As if new mums didn’t have enough to deal with, as many as 50% of us suffer from hair loss post childbirth.
Postpartum hair loss typically starts around three months after you’ve given...
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Low-dose Aspirin Used to Treat Pre-Eclampsia
Researchers at Melbourne’s royal Women’s Hospital have found that early intervention with the use of low-dose aspirin can help prevent pre-eclampsia for women who may be high-risk for the...
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Tips to Keep Your Relationship On Track After Bub Arrives
Once the romance of your baby’s arrival wears off, every couple is left with the same challenges. Life changes in ways that we could never have predicted, and with that comes changes in your...
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Two Mums Making Tracks from Alice to Sea for Tiny Tots
Imagine walking and riding for 35 days across some of the most harsh and isolated territories in Australia... That is exactly what friends of 13 years George and Hollie are attempting in order...
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Cry It Out Method Replaced with Response-based Care
New Research Around the Cry It Out Method of Sleep Training Shows There Are Better Ways
Just published, Australian research into baby sleep settling techniques. Researchers from La Trobe...
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Coping with Mummy Guilt: 5 Top Tips
“I’m not a good mum”: It’s something that the best of us sometimes tell ourselves. It’s a horrible feeling but there are many ways to deal with a bout of mummy guilt.
If any of the...
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Celebrating International Midwife Day – 5th May
In Australia, there are over 300,000 mums giving birth every year and Midwives support 70 per cent of them. Now with International Midwives' Day taking place on 5th May 2017, Medela Australia...
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Difficulty getting Baby to Sleep
NBB Question from Lia: "I have a 7 week old baby boy. Since birth he hated sleeping on his back or swaddle. I know it's bad but he sleeps on his belly or at least he used to. He now rarely sleeps...
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The Rise of the Mumpreneur
More and more woman are creatively approaching their career success and carving out opportunities which allow them to chase their career goals, earn their own money and maintain their,...
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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Lactation Cookies
Cookies are a great excuse to eat cookies – well sort of, in a good way! This recipe is a delicious option for mothers who are breastfeeding. It helps keep your milk supply up and can aid in...
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Daylight Savings and Feeding Routines
Daylight Savings is just around the corner, and the very thought of its arrival can send mums into a near panic as they prepare to manage the change in their children’s sleeping routines.
...
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My Baby will Not Sleep in her Bassinet
NBB Question from Jessica: My 10 week old daughter won't sleep in her bassinet in the day time. She sleeps in a swing, pram, arms, car (sometimes) but won't sleep in the bassinet. She does sleep...
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Pregnancy Baby Brain: Myth or Reality?
Ask any pregnant woman if she believes ‘baby brain’ is really a thing and chances are she’ll tell you unreservedly that ‘baby brain’ is real. It can manifest as something as small as...
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Great Things About Being Pregnant
Morning sickness, heart burn, haemorrhoids and fatigue are just some of the uncomfortable symptoms pregnant women experience. There are many more, and often women will look back on their...
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Restoring Sleep Routine after Baby’s been unwell
NBB Question from Simone: "My 10 month old slept with me for a few nights when she was sick. Now she doesn't sleep in her cot as well. She just keeps waking and crying and standing up and won't...
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Practical Gifts for New Parents
It’s lovely when you have a baby and people come to meet the baby, see how you are and bring gifts. But sometimes the gifts, while coming from a place of kindness, are not very practical.
...
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Helping your Baby Achieve Healthy Sleep Patterns
Before putting your baby to sleep, ensure they are comforted and calm as they will always settle better.
If your baby is distressed, help to calm them with close cuddles and gentle rocking,...
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Why will My Baby Only Sleep in My Arms?
Babies have spent the last 9 months being close to you, hearing you breathe, feeling you move and being bundled up warm and snug in your womb. When they are born we buy them a beautiful bassinet...
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Keeping Baby Cool This Summer
No matter the season, babies still want to be held close, but babywearing in the heat can be challenging.
Here are some tips to help parents and babies stay cool, comfortable and sun protected...
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Christmas Colic – Is it a Thing?
With Christmas time upon us, take a moment to think about what that means for your new born. There might be cute Christmas rompers, and baby Santa hats, but those festivities also mean noise,...
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Pram Safety for Summer
The Summer skin cancer message is always slip slop slap, and covering our babies while they're sleeping in their prams seems like the most sensible (and sun...
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Summer Sun and Bug Protection for Baby
With Summer now upon us it is worth thinking about how you’ll tackle summer sunshine (harmful UV rays) and bugs such as mosquitos and midges.
Mosquitos and midges are drawn to babies and...
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The Witching Hour – What Is It?
Every single person who has had a baby will probably have experienced the ‘witching hour’ also known as ‘arsenic hour’. It’s when the wheels fall off, right about the same time each. ...
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Stepping Out With a Newborn For the First Time
Stepping out with your newborn for the fist time is a big deal. Those first few weeks with a new born can be overwhelming for new mothers. The thought of leaving the house, even to go out for a...
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Balancing work and family
In recent years the important role of dads in the first months of a baby’s life has been increasingly recognised, for bonding with the new baby, supporting mum, and learning about being a...
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Top Tips to Buying Maternity Wear
Pregnancy can be a confusing time. You’re flooded with lots of different experiences and opinions to go with them. Choosing maternity wear is no different. The decision to buy maternity...
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Babies and Dummies
Babies suck dummies because sucking is one of the very few things a baby can actively do to calm themselves.
In the first few weeks there is often a word of caution about offering dummies to...
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How do I know if my baby has separation anxiety?
How do I know if my baby has separation anxiety? According to Registered Nurse, Midwife and Maternal and Child Health Nurse, Helen Stevens, there will be many parents who have a similar story;...
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Breastfeeding doesn’t look the same for everyone!
To celebrate World Breastfeeding Week, 1-7 August, 2016, leading breastfeeding experts, Medela Australia, surveyed over 4000 Australian women to discover attitudes towards breast feeding...
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Unusual Symptoms of Depression
When talking about depression the most common theme is around feeling sad. But for many people depression manifests in different, less obvious ways. Recently, Redit posted a forum discussion...
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How To Budget on One Wage
Starting a family is a joyful and exciting period, but it can be expensive. Women who know they want to return to work after having children will often plan to do so after a year, which was until...
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Couvade Syndrome: The Sympathetic Pregnancy
While you might feel like your husband or partner just doesn't understand how bad your morning sickness makes you feel, or how tired you really are, perhaps that’s not the case. Maybe he’s...
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Fevers and Babies – What You Need to Know
It’s important to remember that a fever is not an illness, but rather a sign of an illness. Normal body temperature for a baby is anywhere between 36°C and 38°C. Anything above 38°C is...
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The True Costs of Working Full Time
Recent research, commissioned by Goodstart Learning and completed by Australian National University (ANU) has found that full-time working mothers are working for as little as $5 an hour, once...
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Five Things About Birth That No One Talks About
Most women are under no illusion that child birth is not glamorous - in any way, shape or form. But there are things that happen in child birth that take first-time Mums by surprise, simply...
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Five Things About Pregnancy That No One Talks About
Pregnancy would have to be one of the most fascinating physical journeys for a woman - the changes that happen in our bodies that facilitate this new human being are quite remarkable. But, if we...
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Peanut Ball used in Labour
Everyone’s talking about the Peanut Ball!
In your preparation for labour, it’s likely you’ve been introduced to the use of a fit ball (also known as a birthing ball or Swiss ball). The...
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Working From Home – Professional Life After Kids
For many women the thought of squeezing back in to your corporate gear, and commuting in to the city all while trying to wrangle a baby into day care can be too much to bear. The rise of the ...
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When Should I wake my sleeping baby?
How many times have you heard "never wake a sleeping baby"?
We know baby sleep is the holy grail and the thought of waking a baby from their blissful slumber seems criminal but there are times...
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Choosing Childcare – What Are the Options in Australia?
For some women, the prospect of getting out of the house and resuming your ‘BC Identity’ (Before Kids Identity) is both exciting and daunting. Leaving your baby to be looked after by someone...
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Returning to Work After Maternity Leave – Your Rights
Returning to work after maternity leave can be a hugely stressful undertaking. Your life has changed in ways that you never imagined, and even if you are genuinely excited about heading back to...
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What We Aren’t Told About Breastfeeding
We all know that ‘breast is best’, but often it’s hard, and no one really tells you that it might be.
We are led to believe that breastfeeding is the most natural thing in the world, but...
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A Happy Mumma means a Happy Baby
Continuing on from Part One of our Reclaiming Your Mojo series, Fiona Cosgrove, Health Coach and Founder of Wellness Coaching Australia, offers some great suggestions around how to reclaim your...
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Motherhood, Losing your Mojo and How to Get it Back
Without a doubt, one of the biggest surprises for new parents, particularly new Mums is not the tiredness, as that’s a given, new Mums expect to be sleep deprived in the early weeks. But the...
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Music Therapy in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
Music has been used for therapeutic purposes for hundreds of years. Research has found that music can reduce physical pain, improve sleep quality, reduce stress, create a calmer atmosphere,...
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Top Tips to Relieve Morning Sickness
Lets not pretend, morning sickness is a hideous part of pregnancy. Most women get it, those that don’t are in the minority. And it comes in varying extremes. Some just suffer with a bit of...
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What to do when people want to touch your Pregnant Belly
It is fair to say that most people light up at the prospect of a new baby. We are naturally drawn to it - the excitement and the joy. But something weird happens to reasonable, well-mannered...
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How to Break the News to Your Boss You are Pregnant
When to Tell
Most people wait until the end of the first trimester before they break the news of a pregnancy to work. This doesn't mean you need to also, but you may want to consider telling...
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Pregnancy Beauty Routine – What’s Safe and What’s Not?
There are so many do's and don'ts in pregnancy. Here, we clarify some of those associated with your pregnancy beauty routine.
Day-to-day Hair & Make Up
You should be able to continue with...
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Public Hospital vs Private Hospital Birth
Once you find out you are pregnant, you will need to decide if you will have your baby in a public hospital, or a private hospital. It is a very personal decision, which is often influenced by...
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Will giving formula or solids at night help baby to sleep better?
Have you been told that a breast fed baby will sleep better if offered formula at night? Or have you been told that adding cereal to the bottle of a formula fed baby, will help them sleep for...
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Best Tips to bring on Labour Naturally
Here are our "Top 5" natural methods of inducing labour when you are past your due date that you can do at home. You must know that none of these remedies will start labour unless your cervix has...
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Parents urged not to leave infants in parked cars!
Parents urged not to leave infants in parked cars as the weather heats up to record highs this summer!
In the past few years, there has been a disturbing number of tragic cases involving the...
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What to wear on Christmas Day!
Sashay into the festive celebrations this summer in style.
Here is our pick of the Holiday season’s dresses and accessories to keep you dressed to impress for both Christmas Day and evening...
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Healthy Baby Spinal Care
The growth of your baby's body and brain is far greater than any other time throughout their lifespan. It is almost inconceivably rapid. For this reason we need to be aware of what is good for...
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When to Give Water to Baby
To give or not to give water to baby
It is important to keep hydration in mind especially as the weather is warming up for both mother and baby.
Breastfeeding babies don't need extra water in...
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Morning sickness medication – is it safe?
We live in a very litigious society in Australia, now approaching a level not far beneath the USA.
It won’t surprise many to hear that Obstetricians are sued almost more than ANY other...
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Breast is Best…Except When it’s Not!
A beautiful post from one of our amazing readers Kallyn Da Costa
I am a first time mum to an amazingly beautiful 8 week old boy!
I have been wanting to write something for a while, maybe...
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It’s not just lack of sleep causing parents to argue
Noticed those lovers' tiffs have become more frequent since your little ones entered your life?
Well the blame can't all be placed lack of sleep - new research suggests one of the main...
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Top Tips to Spring Clean your pram or stroller
Spring is here and the perfect time to clean off the mud, mould, food and who knows what build up on your child’s pram and get it back to looking as good as new!
Before you begin to Spring...
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Photographer Captures Incredible Images of Newborns
After Marry Fermont, 35 studied midwifery she created a name for herself capturing incredible images of newborns, seconds after they’re born.
Marry is a specialist in this type of...
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Newborn Baby Advice – Learn to Say Yes!
A new baby brings the potential for debilitating joy...and debilitating exhaustion. The best advice I ever heard from a mother of many - ‘if you want to thrive then learn to say yes!”.
,...
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Storing your baby’s cord blood
When Jamie Triantis became pregnant for the first time she was advised by her doctor to consider storing her baby's cord blood.
While she hadn't heard...
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Top Tips to fend off Cold and Flu Symptoms
Parents are being warned to be vigilant this winter in monitoring their families' cold and flu symptoms as serious cases of Influenza skyrocket. It's also vital to rule out pneumonia as the...
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Poll shows 1 in 5 parents are disappointed with their baby’s looks
A survey has shown that around a fifth of new parents are less than impressed with their baby's looks.
The bizarre poll, conducted by PromotionalCodes.org.uk, showed that 18 per cent of new...
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Survey: first time mums most likely to choose packaged baby food
A recent survey showed that first time mums are the most likely group to feed their baby packaged food.
Roy Morgan Research spoke to almost 2000 parents with children aged below 2 years.
...
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The dangers of second-hand smoke
Following the recent Family Court judgement that banned the parents of a six-year-old from smoking in the presence of their son, we decided to look into the issue of passive smoking a little...
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Fourth Trimester Essentials
What is the fourth trimester? Have you heard of it?
Basically, it’s the idea that the first 3 months after birth are very much an extension of life in the womb for your baby.
The concept...
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Baby wearing safety precautions
Baby wearing - that is carrying your baby using a carrier or sling - has become increasingly popular as the benefits of holding your baby close are more widely known.
Carrying your baby has...
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Four good reasons to exercise during pregnancy
We’ve all heard that it’s safe to exercise during pregnancy providing you take the necessary precautions and keep to a program suitable to your personal situation.
But is there any reason...
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Soon-to-be Granddad’s hilarious secret happy dance
Imagine being able to capture the true reaction of your mum and dad after finding out they were going to be grandparents.
Well that's exactly what Justin Hall did to his in-laws, setting up...
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Newborn sleep expectations
One of the most commonly asked questions by new mothers is “How much sleep should my baby be getting?”
Many mothers are misguidedly focused on the perceived Holy Grail of getting their...
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Pregnant mum busts a move with 6-year-old daughter
A video of pregnant mum Nikki Taylor dancing with her gorgeous daughter, 6-year-old Jaylyn has gone viral for obvious reasons.
The video shows Jaylyn proudly introducing her mum before the...
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Top tips to beat new-mum exhaustion
When you first come home with your little bundle of joy, endorphins are flowing and adrenalin is running high.
You might spend days, even weeks living off that baby buzz, filled with happiness...
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Babymoon Planning
Ask any parent and they’ll tell you that taking a holiday after you’ve had children, is an entirely different experience to holidays of days gone by.
And the more kids you have, the more...
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Introducing your newborn to the family pet
For many pet owners, their animals are a part of the family, often loved and cherished as much as any other member.
But when a new baby come along, things can change.
And as much as you...
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United We Feed – Ending the Mummy Wars, one photo at a time
As someone who desperately wanted to breastfeed, but was only able to do so for a couple of months per child (for various reasons), this photo series made my heart sing.
The latest project...
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Organising your home to create a safe and supportive nest
By Beverley Scheepers
“Nesting” is one of the most exciting periods of pregnancy.
Women may experience it at different stages and to different extents, but usually there will be a...
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Creating a modern nursery on a budget
Take a scroll through your Instagram feed and chances are you’ll be bombarded with images posted by other new mums keen to share snaps of their little one’s nursery.
And if you’re...
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Time lapse video shows how life changes during pregnancy
Time lapse videos are a growing trend, but this 90 second video, comprised of a series of photos taken every single day for the duration of a woman's pregnancy, is pretty remarkable.
Not only...
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New mums offered incentives to leave hospital early
New mothers are being offered incentives to leave hospital early following the birth of their babies, in an attempt to free up beds more quickly.
Available from a growing number of hospitals,...
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New Research: babies waking throughout the night is normal!
Getting your baby to sleep through the night is considered by many to be the holy grail of parenting, thanks to numerous books, websites and 'expert' advice offering tips to achieve just that –...
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Beating Isolation
When you first have a baby life becomes a whirlwind of activity.
You’re recovering from the birth, relishing in the love of your newborn baby, family and friends are visiting, perhaps some...
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Tips for new Dads
When it comes to parenting advice, there’s plenty of information out there offering tips on how to prepare for new motherhood.
It may well be conflicting at times, and confusing to others,...
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Prams – things to consider before you buy
When it comes to making your first baby purchases, it can be a mind boggling experience when there are simply so many options to choose from.
Of the myriad of baby products you’ve no doubt...
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When grief takes over
My second pregnancy coincided with a difficult period of my life.
There was a serious family health crisis, an abundance of personal issues and a ten month old baby to look after.
Having...
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Squeeze Pouches are ok for my baby, right?
Squeeze pouches of baby food are everywhere. They are sold in supermarkets, pharmacy’s, airports and baby stores.
They are all natural, all organic and brimming with cute messages from...
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Help Families in Crisis by Donating Nappies
Statistics show that one Australian woman is killed every week by their partner – a figure which appears, shockingly, to have doubled this year.
With...
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Best Foods to Eat During Pregnancy
Eating as many natural foods is important during pregnancy to ensure you obtain all of the nutrients found in whole foods.
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Parents who Object to Vaccinations may lose benefits!
Parents who “conscientiously object” to vaccinating their children may lose their ability to claim benefits
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Double pumping more efficient and effective than single pumping
According to a recent study, simultaneous breast pumping is more effective than sequential pumping, producing more milk and draining breasts completely.
The study, performed by the University...
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Morning Sickness and Oral Health
Morning sickness exposes your teeth to strong stomach acids and increases the acidity levels in your mouth
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Buying a car seat for your newborn baby for the first time!
Buying tips for your first car seat:
A car seat is one piece of equipment you really need to do your homework on before your baby is born.
If you are having your baby in hospital and are...
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VBAC – What is it?
Up to one in four Australian women have their baby delivered by caesarian section, be it emergency or elective.
For decades, it was thought that once a woman had experienced a c-section, all...
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Paleo Babies
It remains a contentious issue, with debate raging online and confusion over what’s actually involved.
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Benefits and advantages of Co-Sleeping with your Baby
Co-sleeping is an essential practice for the positive development and well being of your baby.
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Cluster Feeding – What’s it all about?
Cluster feeding can be stressful, tiring and sometimes painful but your body should adjust in sync with your baby’s changing needs if you follow and respond to their feeding cues.
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Wonder Weeks – What are they?
Wonder Weeks has grown in popularity in recent times... a reasonable explanation for fussy periods.
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Baby lead Weaning
Wouldn’t it be great if we could get away from the 'versus' mentality – breast versus bottle, working versus stay-at-home, home cooked versus store bought, strict parenting versus free range,...
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Christmas Day Maternity Wardrobe Must Haves!
Getting ready for Christmas Day and wanting to look a little bit spesh? These outfits are certainly not boring and have the right mix of naughty and nice.
Pregnant mummas will look fabulous in...
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Christmas gift idea with a difference
Make a conscious impact during this gift-giving season by supporting UNICEF Photo Shop.
In the lead up to the busiest gift-giving time of the year, UNICEF Australia’s online photo print...
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Research shows there’s no such thing as ‘normal’ breastfeeding
Infants control their milk intake to match their appetite and growth rate, taking what they need when they need it, and can show a wide variety of feeding patterns.
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Travelling with a baby – it can be done!
The thought of taking a newborn baby on holidays is enough to send sheer terror through most new mums, let alone the idea of the plane trip required to get there however, it is possible to take a...
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Attachment Parenting – what is it really?
These days, everything has a label – and parenting choices are no exception.
Attachment parenting is one such label that’s experienced a revival in recent times, despite the...
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Baby Teething – 6 Solutions From The Kitchen
Your baby is constantly sticking his or your fingers into his mouth and starts gnawing. This is not unusual because babies do that all the time, but you feel something firm and hard popping out...
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Mums Health – Create A New Food Attitude!
When life gets busy during motherhood, we push ourselves the hardest and expect the most from our minds and bodies. In the midst of our craziness, good nutrition quickly falls to the bottom of...
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Could Baby Foods Cause Constipation?
So your baby's irritable and crying, and lifts his legs up when he passes stools, that looks firm, solid, and sometimes large. Probably you are wondering what causes it to happen and made you ask...
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Prenatal Yoga – 5 Ways To Prepare Your Body For Childbirth
Prenatal Yoga is becoming more popular nowadays because it holds benefits for expecting mothers. This might encourage you to give it a try. You might be wondering though, what's the difference...
