Essential Baby: Parenting Information For Mothers, Fathers, Parents & Parents to be

Can rewards encourage pregnant women to quit smoking?

Pregnant women offered gift vouchers to quit smoking

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"It's time we stopped rigidly defining what boys are allowed to be" writes Jane Caro.

Why we need to give boys space to be themselves

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Baby and toddler dinnerware roundup for stylish mini-foodies

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It's important for mums to be included in photos with their kids.

Dads urged to 'just take the photo' of their partners

While I sometimes wince when I see these shots of myself, I understand why my husband takes them - because he wants to capture the same essence of love I see when he's with the kids.

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Little Parks gets ready to ride on his specially adapted wakeboard.

Wakeboarding baby claims world record on the water

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So what can help women to go into the delivery room feeling confident?

Why fear is childbirth's worst enemy

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Leonardo Sanchez suffocated underneath a beanbag.

Toddler dies after being accidentally suffocated underneath beanbag

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A toddler who suffocated after a daycare worker sat on a beanbag he was hiding beneath, will be farewelled at his funeral on Saturday.

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Safety recall of two strollers sold nationally

BABY PRODUCTS

A safety recall notice has been issued for two nationally available Mamas & Papas strollers following concerns that, under certain conditions, a latch may slip, causing the seatbacks to tip over and an infant to fall from the pram.

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It's important to celebrate our parenting successes.

The importance of celebrating our parenting successes

LIFE WITH A TODDLER

Here we were…another play date and another set of ears to listen to my parenting failures. "I can't get her to sleep. I replace one bad habit with another, which is OK for a while…" I was even bored with my own conversation. At the same time, my 20-month-old paused her zoo activity, wandered to the potty and did her business.

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Swapping roles can be a learning experience for mum and dad.

The best thing about swapping roles with my husband

LIFE WITH A BABY

It was hard to know how this change was going to go, but when my husband admitted he wanted to spend more time with our kids, and I put aside the mum guilt and confessed I wished I could work more, our future was sealed.