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'A onesie saved my son's life'

A woman has found a different use for her onesie when she gave birth in it, catching the baby in her pants leg in a hospital car park.
Passenger jailed for slapping toddler

A federal judge has sentenced a man who pleaded guilty to slapping a crying toddler on a flight to serve eight months in federal prison.
'Won't an only be lonely?' and other comments a mum of one doesn’t need to hear

I can quite confidently say that I’m happy to continue my journey on the path to Destination Single Child. So why is it that other people find that idea so hard to accept?
Parenting after breast cancer

Though it was a suitably grim time, cancer had gifted me with an insight into the fragility of life, and every minute with my children would now count. But my new philosophy wasn't without its challenges.
Is it okay to send your kids to daycare while you're on holidays?

It's the time of year when workers everywhere take a few days break from the daily grind, but is it okay to still send your kids to childcare and enjoy the serenity? It seems parents are divided on the topic.

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'Little Miss Sunshine' strips down

Do they really live happily ever after?

Assisted conceptions have more risk of serious complications

JULIA MEDEW Babies conceived through assisted reproductive therapies have a greater risk of stillbirth, premature birth and death in their first days of life, a study has found.

The myth of the 12-month referral wait

Greer Berry It's now 2014. I thought I would have had a baby or at least be pregnant by now. But at least I'm now rounding the first corner, rather than still waiting to line-up at the start line.

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Why IVF parents are choosing girls over boys

Baby born four months after mum loses cancer battle

Abbott pledges to ease the way for Australians to adopt overseas children

Brain dead pregnant woman kept on life support against family's wishes

Manny Fernandez and Erik Eckholm At 33, Marlise Munoz was diagnosed as brain dead. Her husband and family prepared to have her life support turned off - but then the law stepped in.

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Nuts fine for pregnant women: new study

So long as they don't have nut allergies themselves, pregnant women shouldn't be afraid that eating nuts might trigger allergies in their child, according to a large new study.

New Zealand's top baby names of 2013

How to share pregnancy news with infertile friends

How your baby is learning skills for life in the womb

Woman shares home birth story on Twitter, Facebook

Melanie Mahoney A woman has shared her labour and home birth via social media – tweeted TMI details, gritty Facebook photos and all.

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'A onesie saved my son's life'

Melanie Mahoney A woman has found a different use for her onesie when she gave birth in it, catching the baby in her pants leg in a hospital car park.

Family overcomes roadblocks to welcome one of Australia's first babies for 2014

Caesarean sections on the rise in ACT

Australia today: more babies, with fewer teen mums

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Mums come together to help sick baby Isabelle

LETITIA ROWLANDS Kristy Holloway's world was shattered when her four-week-old baby was diagnosed with leukemia. As she keeps a vigil by her sick daughter's bedside, fellow mums from her online 'due in group' have organised an auction to help the devastated family.

'Don't forget HeartKids like Alice'

Emily Andrew My daughter was born with the left side of her heart severely underdeveloped. The first diagnosis of "fatal" and "there's nothing we can do" was devastating.

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Life with quads and a toddler

Finn's inspiring fight against meningococcal

My pregnant shopping spree: the post-baby verdict

Female genital mutilation a problem in Australia

Bargain buys for baby

Toddler

Why it’s great having a toddler

Sharon Paterson Smith Through the tantrums, the injuries and the defiant shows of independence, I’d much rather be here than where I was two years ago, in the land of the newborn. Toddlers are actually pretty good.

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Is it okay to send your kids to daycare while you're on holidays?

LETITIA ROWLANDS It's the time of year when workers everywhere take a few days break from the daily grind, but is it okay to still send your kids to childcare and enjoy the serenity? It seems parents are divided on the topic.

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Unvaccinated children to be excluded from childcare

5 tips for parents of children with port-wine stains and other physical differences

Pool shade sails 'may only provide partial protection' for children

Review: Wet'n'Wild Sydney with babies and toddlers

Being Dad

Couvade syndrome: when dads have pregnancy pains too

Libby Hakim Insomnia, nausea, tiredness and indigestion. While they’re not the most wonderful part of pregnancy, they usually don’t come as a surprise – unless it’s the dad-to-be who’s the one suffering.

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Dad and daughter's loving tribute in mum's memory

To pay tribute to his late wife, who died of cancer a few years after marrying and having a child, a father and his young daughter posed for a series of photos that reflect on their lives with and without her.

Dad dies hours after holding son for first time

Family's plea to help find missing dad Nick Eade

Male pill a step closer to reality

Dads want it all, too

Lifestyle

Haunting road safety ad goes viral

"The road is no place for people to learn from mistakes". That's the grim message from a haunting and emotional new road safety ad from the NZ road authority.