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The cookbook for bizarre pregnancy cravings

Recipes from the book include mashed potato with caramel sauce, Mars Bar burgers, steak with ice cream and chocolate olive cake.

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Australia's most popular wedding dates revealed

Australians aren't known to be superstitious, but a survey of the most popular wedding dates from 2007 to 2014 reveals a remarkable pattern.

Anti-vaxxer's baby hospitalised with whooping cough

The 11-week old baby of an anti-vaccination activist has been hospitalised with whooping cough, a week after a maternal health nurse told child protection authorities of her concerns about the unvaccinated baby

The popular SPF 50+ sunscreens that fail tests

The weather is hot, the beach is beckoning, and thoughts are turning to sun protection. But tests have found popular sunscreens are failing to live up to their SPF claims.

Why I'll be missing Mum even more this Christmas

Perhaps it takes becoming a mum yourself to realise that there's nobody quite like your own mother.

'Hello from the Mother Side' a huge hit

There's no doubt Adele's Hello is a smash hit, but one US woman thought mums around the world might relate better to a slightly different version of the song.

Stranger's random act of kindness makes family's Christmas merry

A mother on the verge of homelessness was overwhelmed when a stranger paid her $80 grocery bill.

Don't stress about the shortage: here's why toddlers don't need formula

The greater question of why so many Australian parents are buying toddler formula at all has been largely ignored.

Vaccine donations for Christmas in memory of baby Riley

Baby Riley Hughes should be about to celebrate his first Christmas surrounded by loving family.

Psychiatric drugs prescribed to infants

Many doctors worry that these drugs are used despite no published research into their effectiveness and potential health risks for children so young.

Why price means little when choosing a carseat

Parents have been warned to not assume their child's carseat is as safe as possible simply because it was expensive.

Dear Santa: Here's what toddlers REALLY want for Christmas

I'm not going out of my way to be naughty. It's called being "spirited" which is exactly what Christmas is about, is it not?

Meet the toddler on the paleo diet

Most babies celebrate their first birthday with fistfuls - and facefuls - of a chocolate or jam-and-icing-filled cake.

Still works like a charm

Great vintage household tricks from the 1900s

There are thousands of websites featuring modern day "hacks" to help you with daily life, but check out these home hints from more than a century ago that are still relevant today.

Name-O-Matic: the good and bad news about that baby name

It's all fun and games until your favourite baby name comes up on the FBI Most Wanted list.

Couple's home run of a gender reveal announcement

When Monique Tello and Steven Statter decided to announce the gender of their baby, they knew they wanted to do something unique.

Is your name on the way out?

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?

Toddler critically injured in furniture fall

A "lovable" toddler was critically injured when a television accidentally fell on him, his half brother says.

Victorian same-sex couples now allowed to adopt

Same-sex couples will be able adopt children but religious adoption agencies have retained the right to refuse to deal with them.

Kelly Clarkson shares family's Game of Thrones Christmas card

Kelly Clarkson may have won this year's celebrity Christmas card competition.