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Mum attacked over whooping cough video
A Brisbane mother who posted a video that went viral of her baby boy battling whooping cough has been attacked online by anti-vaxxers.
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Adele has a released a new song to sing along in the car to: 'When We Were Young'
Singer follows up success of Hello with new belting ballad When We Were Young.
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Three-year-old breaks his family's big news
If you are three-years-old and an only child, then news doesn't get much bigger than this.
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How life is different when you have three kids
I knew having a third child would alter our lives, but it's had so many impacts - both tiny and enormous - that I wouldn't have known to even consider
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Conception
The contest that takes advantage of desperate couples
KERRI SACKVILLE who would use the pain of infertility as an advertising tool? Who would take the personal tragedies of infertile couples to promote their own business?
Australians get green light to adopt from two more countries
![The Turnbull government has moved to allow Australians to adopt children from Poland and Latvia.](http://web.archive.org./web/20151119143752im_/http://images.essentialbaby.com.au/2015/11/09/6996453/Thumbnail1002473391gkdi59image.related.thumbnail.320x214.gkuhf3.png1447047235989.jpg-90x60.jpg)
JUDITH IRELAND Australians will be able to adopt children from Poland and Latvia under changes to overseas adoption announced by the Turnbull government.
'We need sperm!': Couple's unusual Facebook plea
The little girl who needs a home by Christmas
The baby whose father is his unborn uncle
New IVF test to choose best quality embryos
Pregnancy
Why are due dates important?
CATHERINE RODIE From the moment you discover you are pregnant you look forward to your baby's arrival.
What are pregnant women Googling?
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CATHERINE RODIE 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
Baby's first painting - while still in the womb
The most popular baby name in the world right now
Hot baby name predictions for 2016
Birth
How unborn Tia-Jane saved her own life by putting her foot in it
Deidre Mussen Tiny Tia-Jane's super-human fight for life started when she put her foot in it.
'I wanted to know what was going on during my daughter's birth'
![Anthony Hinton and his baby daughter Abigail.](http://web.archive.org./web/20151119143752im_/http://images.essentialbaby.com.au/2015/11/12/7003823/Thumbnail1002581792gkwa85image.related.thumbnail.320x214.gkwt28.png1447282346176.jpg-90x60.jpg)
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
Is this the cutest ever wedding crasher?
Nurses invent skin to skin c-section drape
Half-time baby tops off All Blacks win
Photo Galleries
Baby
Summer essentials for babies and toddlers
Suzi Catchpole 10:55am A safe and happy summer in Australia means a few essential products for babies and toddlers, who we need to take very special care of in the sunshine and heat.
Essential Baby Christmas book guide 2015
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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
Major retailers further restrict formula sales
Mum's desperate plea as whooping cough alert issued
5 words you need to know as a parent
Toddler
The joy and dread of playdates
Megan Nicol Reed To live vicariously through your child is to rediscover anxieties you thought dead and buried.
Adorable toddler's strop foiled by squeaky shoes
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Staff writers We're probably all familiar with the pouty bottom lip and tightly crossed arms of a tot mid-strop.
Best bands to get families dancing (and ones to avoid)
Win one of two ABC Shop prize packs in time for Christmas
Toddler's brain 'happy and healthy' after skull rebuilt
The force is strong with this toddler
Lifestyle
Michael Clarke says new baby girl has him 'wrapped around her finger'
Mary Ward 4:33pm The cricketer took to Instagram after reports wife Kyly had given birth earlier this week.
Grieving father's letter to Bataclan terrorists: "...this little boy will threaten you by being happy and free"
![Antoine Leiris' wife Hélène was killed last Friday in the attack on the Bataclan Theatre during the Eagles Of Death Metal gig.](http://web.archive.org./web/20151119143752im_/http://images.essentialbaby.com.au/2015/11/19/7023152/Thumbnail1002856279gl2priimage.related.thumbnail.320x214.gl2ouv.png1447903096513.jpg-90x60.jpg)
Suzi Catchpole 2:18pm A grieving father whose wife was killed in the attacks on the Bataclan Theatre last weekend has written an open letter to her killers.
Adele has a released a new song to sing along in the car to: 'When We Were Young'
Mum attacked over whooping cough video
Children swapped at birth will not be returned to biological parents
The mum who gets paid by Aldi for being the supermarket's biggest fan
Wellbeing
Working mums need more mental health support
ALANA SCHETZER Working mothers should have better access to support services earlier in their child's life as the pressure to juggle work and family life takes a toll on their mental health, a groundbreaking report says.
How I survived antenatal and postnatal depression
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Annette Mayne I was five months pregnant when I realised I needed help.