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Mum asked to leave Victoria's Secret store to breastfeed son in alley
For a company that makes billions of dollars a year selling bras, whose ads feature women dressed in nothing but sexy lingerie, you’d think that Victoria’s Secret stores would be breastfeeding-friendly. But one mum learnt that it isn't the case.
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The makings of a toddler tantrum
Let me share with you, just from this week only, the apparently completely unreasonable behaviours I have expected of my child that have resulted in full on tantrums. Warning: low amounts of logic ahead.
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Nun's surprise baby 'a gift from God'
A nun who gave birth to a baby boy has described him as "a gift of god" and pledged to take care of him as she faces expulsion from the convent.
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Can Google Glass help women breastfeed?
New mothers struggling with breastfeeding may soon have the latest technology at their disposal to get expert help at any time of day.
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Why 'outsourcing' parenting is the new village
It may take a village to raise a child, but it wasn’t until I searched the Huggies box for instructions on how to put on a nappy that a horrifying realistion dawned on me: the village had packed up its motor home and left long ago.
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