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The top 4 myths about baby teeth, busted
From when to take your tot to the dentist for the first time, through to the importance of baby teeth, let's separate fact from fiction and bust some baby teeth myths once and for all.
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Baby temperature: what's normal, how to treat a fever, and when to see a doctor
What's a normal temperature? How can you make your baby more comfortable? When should you see a doctor?
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Sandwich bag saves baby born three months early
After three and a half months in neonatal care, baby Emily has been allowed to go home one day before her due date.
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Baby Dolton finally comes home after four months in the Canberra Hospital
Dolton the baby born extremely premature leading his parents to marry in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Canberra Hospital is finally going home.
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'My baby's extra thumb saved her life'
A mum whose daughter was born with an extra thumb says that the extra digit saved her life.
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Baby taken out of womb for life saving surgery, then put back until birth
Not many people can lay claim to two birthdays that are months apart, but baby Lynlee Boemer can.
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Baby bottles fail world standard, study finds
Parents could be accidentally overfeeding their babies because more than half of all baby bottles sold in Australia have inaccurate measurements, a study shows.
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Loud shirts the call to help deaf children
A range of tests in baby Oliver's first month proved he could effectively hear nothing. But today he can hear – and talk – as well as any two-year-old, and his parents want everyone to don "loud" shirts next week to help others with the same problem.
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Baby born with adult-size tongue can finally smile
A baby born with an adult-sized tongue can now show off her smile after undergoing life-changing surgery.
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How the way you’re born and fed can affect your immune system
Vaginal or caesarean, bottle- or breastfed: it all influences our gut microbes and future health.
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Meningococcal vaccine shortage prompts concerns during peak season
The recent death of a child in Western Australia from meningococcal disease and a worldwide shortage of a vaccine for one strain of the bacteria is spreading fear among parents as health authorities warn to be on the lookout for symptoms.
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Why I didn't realise my children were allergic to milk
I don't know how I could have missed it, but it took almost eight months before I realised that my twin girls are allergic to cow's milk.
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Doctors on alert for deadly brain disease in lakes, rivers
Doctors are urged to be on alert this summer for a very rare but deadly brain disease in children that is contracted by swimming in lakes and rivers.
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