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Adorable toddler's strop foiled by squeaky shoes
We're probably all familiar with the pouty bottom lip and tightly crossed arms of a tot mid-strop.
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More sex during World Cup created more baby boys
More sex during South Africa's World Cup meant a disproportionately high number of boys were born nine months later, a new study has found.
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What are pregnant women Googling?
Pregnancy is a huge change for any woman, so it's natural we'll have questions - and turn to Google to ask them.
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'All I want him to do is to forgive me for giving him life'
As the mother of a baby born in detention, this asylum seeker feels guilt for bringing a new life into an uncertain world of incarceration.
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Chocolate and beetroot loaf with cashew icing
Enjoy some guilt-free holiday recipes from Carolyn Hartz's new cookbook, Sugar Free Baking.
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Conception
Australians get green light to adopt from two more countries
JUDITH IRELAND Australians will be able to adopt children from Poland and Latvia under changes to overseas adoption announced by the Turnbull government.
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![Ashleigh Habgood and Alley Williams say they are in the best place to have a baby of their own.](http://web.archive.org./web/20151113062704im_/http://images.essentialbaby.com.au/2015/10/29/6967393/Thumbnail1002045887gklbkaimage.related.thumbnail.320x214.gklbjz.png1446080180257.jpg-90x60.jpg)
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Pregnancy
What are pregnant women Googling?
CATHERINE RODIE 11:56am Pregnancy is a huge change for any woman, so it's natural we'll have questions - and turn to Google to ask them.
How more mums are passing on their maiden names
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Alison Bowen Giving a baby a mother's maiden name can be a way of balancing out parents' last names.
The most popular baby name in the world right now
Hot baby name predictions for 2016
Pregnant woman refused seat on train
Baby showers the second time around: okay or not?
Birth
'I wanted to know what was going on during my daughter's birth'
RACHEL BROWNE Preparing for the arrival of their first child should have been an exciting time for Kate and Anthony Hinton but things did not go as planned. Now the couple are preparing to take legal action against Westmead Private Hospital.
Woman, 47, finds out she's pregnant an hour before giving birth
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LETITIA ROWLANDS At 47 years of age, pregnancy was the last thing on Judy Brown's mind.
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Essential Baby Christmas book guide 2015
Suzi Catchpole 11:45pm Babies love books and they will love this selection of Christmas books written especially for little ones.
Splurge gift picks for babies and toddlers
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Suzi Catchpole 3:50pm For the well-heeled and dreamers among us, may we present the very most luxe gifts for babies and toddlers.
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Toddler
Adorable toddler's strop foiled by squeaky shoes
Staff writers 1:17pm We're probably all familiar with the pouty bottom lip and tightly crossed arms of a tot mid-strop.
Toddler's brain 'happy and healthy' after skull rebuilt
![Bec Gorman with Cruz who has had a major skull reconstruction for a rare condition called craniosynostosis.](http://web.archive.org./web/20151113062704im_/http://images.essentialbaby.com.au/2015/11/12/7004606/Thumbnail1002591683gkwtttimage.related.thumbnail.320x214.gkx0oz.png1447289467441.jpg-90x60.jpg)
Lisa Wachsmuth Bec and John Gorman knew the shape of their baby boy's head was abnormal, but doctors kept brushing their concerns aside.
The force is strong with this toddler
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Lifestyle
Women sue over mislabelled birth control pills
AAP 2:53pm More than 100 women who became pregnant after taking birth control pills have filed suit in the US.
More sex during World Cup created more baby boys
![<i></i>](http://web.archive.org./web/20151113062704im_/http://images.essentialbaby.com.au/2015/11/13/7007789/Thumbnail1002640492gky2ngimage.related.thumbnail.320x214.gky2cs.png1447374088003.jpg-90x60.jpg)
INGA TING 11:21am More sex during South Africa's World Cup meant a disproportionately high number of boys were born nine months later, a new study has found.
'All I want him to do is to forgive me for giving him life'
The unethical claims helping drive demand for formula in China
What a chimpanzee mum caring for her baby with Down syndrome can teach us
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Wellbeing
'Their footprints are never too small to leave an imprint on this world'
Alex Cottier 2:26pm When she took the pregnancy test and two lines showed up, we were both ecstatic. We couldn't wait to meet our baby.
Guilt-free Christmas Pudding
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9:00am With Christmas around the corner, get started on guilt-free holiday recipes from Carolyn's Hartz new cookbook, Sugar Free Baking. Carolyn's Christmas Pudding are sweetened naturally with Perfect Sweet xylitol and don't contain any everyday sugar or hidden sugars such as honey, maple syrup, rice malt syrup and agave.