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8 things to get you through the looong days of parenting

8 things to get you through the looong days of parenting

"The days are long but the years are short" has got to be one of the truest parenting clichés ever spoken. But sometimes, those days -- especially for parents of young children -- are truly too long, and it can be all too easy to forget how fleeting the years are. The frequent night...
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What it feels like to birth a whopper thumb

What it feels like to birth a whopper

Who were you when you gave birth? I can sum me up in one word: horrified. Give me a...
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Watch this: The most desperate (and cute) attempt to get a baby to sleep thumb

Watch this: The most desperate (and cute) attempt to get a baby to sleep

The sound of your baby crying for the millionth (or so it seems) time in a night while...
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The video guaranteed to make you clucky thumb

The video guaranteed to make you clucky

Clinique de la Muette is an 84 bed hospital which specialises in a obstetrics and...
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Bizarre new breastfeeding trend thumb

Bizarre new breastfeeding trend

We're constantly being reminded that "breast is best" but how would you...
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9 gifts you can make from your breastmilk (yes, really!) thumb

9 gifts you can make from your breastmilk (yes, really!)

A recent episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians featured Kourtney using her breast...
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The real reason parents talk to themselves thumb

The real reason parents talk to themselves

There was a new mother at swimming lesson this morning. Her son was probably around six...
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Sunrise Nurse-In: storm in a maternity-bra cup? thumb

Sunrise Nurse-In: storm in a maternity-bra cup?

I'm all for public debate but the breastfeeding-in-public/Kochie kicking debate has...
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Kochie makes a boob of himself in breastfeeding debate thumb

Kochie makes a boob of himself in breastfeeding debate

Every now and again a news story comes along that makes you question if we are indeed...
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Elizabeth Banks: you're not a 'real mom' until you have two kids thumb

Elizabeth Banks: you're not a 'real mom' until you have two kids

Whoa, Elizabeth Banks has angered mothers of only children by saying she only felt like a...
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What these new parents asked their friends to do made our jaws drop thumb

What these new parents asked their friends to do made our jaws drop

Adjusting to life with a newborn can be overwhelming. Yes, friends and family say they...
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Just look at this heart warming birth photo thumb

Just look at this heart warming birth photo

Nevaeh Atkins didn't come into the world kicking and screaming, but with a gentle...
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The advice you would want to hear if you were pregnant thumb

The advice you would want to hear if you were pregnant

What advice would you give to a woman pregnant with her first child? I mean, I don't...
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The New Era of Resolutions : The Treasure-loution thumb

The New Era of Resolutions : The Treasure-loution

It dawned on me on Boxing Day that my little girl is growing up way too quickly. There...
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Stop What You Are Doing And Watch This Motherhood Rap : It Is Brilliant thumb

Stop What You Are Doing And Watch This Motherhood Rap : It Is Brilliant

Word to all the mothers out there. This one goes out to you... Car manufacturer Fiat have...
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You Don't Look Like a Mum: Compliment or Insult? thumb

You Don't Look Like a Mum: Compliment or Insult?

Running up the road (ok, let’s be honest here, walking, I reserve running for...
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