Conception

Is your name on the way out?

MELANIE MAHONEY 12:43pm We often hear about baby names that are rocketing up the charts, but what about the names at the opposite end of the trends list?

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Victorian same-sex couples now allowed to adopt

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Benjamin Preiss, State Politics Reporter 8:44am Same-sex couples will be able adopt children but religious adoption agencies have retained the right to refuse to deal with them.

Women learning they're going to be grandmas is the happiest thing you'll see all day

Listen up, dads: Obesity makes your sperm weird.

Parents seek biological child after embryo mix-up

Dad orders surrogate mother to abort baby

Pregnancy

Couple's home run of a gender reveal announcement

Staff writers 3:06pm When Monique Tello and Steven Statter decided to announce the gender of their baby, they knew they wanted to do something unique.

Birth

Baby's short life gives Hope to transplant patients

Staff writers She died 74 minutes after she was born but baby Hope has given others a chance to live a full life.

Baby

The cutest Christmas baby onesies

Suzi Catchpole 4:07pm Parents, baby and toddlerhood is the only time in their lives when you can truly dress them how you wish.

Summer essentials for babies and toddlers

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

Is my baby's vision developing properly?

Grieving mum pumps almost 350 litres of breast milk to save sick babies

'My breast is no different to a spoon': mum hits back

Toddler

World's littlest - and cutest - barista

Staff writers Countless parents can't get through the day without a cup of coffee to keep them awake (and sane).

Lifestyle

Toddler critically injured in furniture fall

Staff writers 11:25am A "lovable" toddler was critically injured when a television accidentally fell on him, his half brother says.

Wellbeing

Single mum asks to be 'adopted' for Christmas

Staff writers When single mum Aviva-Keshet Mazzitelli realised she and her toddler son were going to be alone for Christmas, she decided to take things into her own hands.

Finding your own mummy village

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PINKY MCKAY If you don't squash yourself neatly into the right box, there is a risk that you could feel as though you don't really belong. That's a lonely place to be.

Can a man ever be too old to be a father?

How to make initiating sex easier

Emojis for parents

'I'll miss you till the day I die': a goodbye to a beautiful friend