Baby Care: Information & Articles

Lailah and Davin Flynn were unharmed in a car accident thanks to their mother's diligent car seat safety.

Mother's plea to keep kids out of jackets in car safety seats

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Baby Eric Matthews with his mother and father.

Parents reminded of sling safety after baby's death

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4 important cues that will make everything easier for you and your baby

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Baby teeth eruption chart

Although baby teeth - also known as primary teeth - can arrive in any order, many children follow a loose pattern. Our chart shows which teeth you might expect to see next, and at what age.

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Dutch doctors Frans Plooj & Dr Hetty van de Rijt came up with the term ‘wonder weeks’ to describe the developmental leaps babies experience in their first 20 months of life. Each wonder week leads to your baby learning new skills they'll use for the rest of their life.

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Guide to baby bowel movements

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Constipation in babies when starting solids

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Mums reveal their nappy bag essentials

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Weaning a toddler off a dummy: a 15-day plan

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Genevieve Lennon with her two-year-old son Matthew who suffers from hip dysplasia.

'Something's not right here': Why Matthew was walking with a limp

Doctors are warning parents not to swaddle their babies as an increasing number of infants in Australia are suffering hip dysplasia, which, left untreated, may lead to early osteoarthritis.

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Which country's babies cry the most?

Average news for Australian parents: it seems our babies aren't the biggest criers in the world … nor do they cry the least.

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Did these parents make a huge mistake with their baby?

A woman wrote anonymously recently to ask the internet whether she had made a terrible error of judgement.

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Would you do this to your baby in a carseat?

One mum looked that fear in the face and shared how important it is to think about adjusting the straps on our kids' car seats.

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Dad's simple baby soothing hack - and his son's adorable response

When this dad's baby wouldn't stop crying he took matters into his own hands. He also recorded what he did to let other people in on the simple hack and now it's going viral.

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You can never hold your baby too much, says study

From the world of super obvious science comes the news that you can never hold your baby too much.

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Investigation launched into 'slimy' Tommee Tippee machine

Tommee Tippee in the has launched an investigation into its popular Perfect Preps milk machine after a group of concerned parents claimed their machines were experiencing a build-up of a "mould-like" slime substance.