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Aden + Anais - Raegan Jones

Raegan Jones, founder of aden + anais, tells us about her muslin wrap and swaddling business, which is now represented in over 3,000 stores worldwide.

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Working Mums

In search of the best working model for children

It's an issue that has long been debated - does a mother's return to work in the first year of her baby's life have any adverse consequences? There has been some concern about what impact, if any, mothers' return to work is having on their babies' cognitive development and social and emotional welfare.

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Dad and baby at the beach

Blurring the role of Mum and Dad

Stay-at-home dads, working mums: modern parents are slowly, sometimes uncomfortably, blurring the traditional lines between breadwinner and caregiver.

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Hurphy Durphy belt buckle for car seats

There is nothing greater than having a baby come into your life. They turn your life upside down, permanently, and we wouldn't have it any other way. So it's natural that parents will do anything to ensure the safety of these precious little people.

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Some older women in the study were not using the more effective methods of contraception.

Older women turn to abortion

An increasing number of older women are having abortions, and most are working mothers who choose to focus on their career, current children and financial stability than have another baby, a study has found.

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Looking for inspiration to start your own business?

Start your own business

What do Apple, Hershey Chocolate, and the Ford Motor Company have in common? They all started out as home-based businesses.

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Working mum

What works best on the homefront?

Many people, women especially, whose work-life balance needs are unmet by their employer, tend to consider two key options when weighing up job choices - working from home and self employment.

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Noni Hazlehurst, mum of 2

Noni Hazlehurst chats with Essential Baby about the daily juggle of being a working mother and what her sons have taught her about herself.

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Mums returning to work

From baby to boardroom

Help is at hand for mothers who want to get back to the office, writes Kim Kind.

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Women stretched to snapping point

The government's family policies left a legacy of stressed, overworked parents and set gender equity back a decade, a new study shows.

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Ex-Otto chef, Wendy Thomson now makes wedding cakes with her daughter Holly Thomson 10 months.

Mother's choice

Four women find new culinary ventures to make a crust after motherhood.

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