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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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The only parenting advice you need thumb

The only parenting advice you need

You may have heard about the amount of nappies you go through, the "joys" of...
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If this is your partner's first Father's Day we have a few ideas for you thumb

If this is your partner's first Father's Day we have a few ideas for you

There comes a moment when a new dad suddenly realises that Father's Dad is about more...
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Doctors say 'The benefits of circumcision outweigh the risks' thumb

Doctors say 'The benefits of circumcision outweigh the risks'

A leading US organisation of paediatricians says the medical benefits of male...
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'Baby Formula is a little bit like AIDS' thumb

'Baby Formula is a little bit like AIDS'

The last time I wrote about breast and formula feeding I had a ten-week old baby who, at...
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The three types of mum I'll never be thumb

The three types of mum I'll never be

Becoming a mother for the first time brings a whole new world of experiences, emotions...
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The most beautiful post you will read today thumb

The most beautiful post you will read today

It really used to annoy me how parents would pull out the “you can’t...
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10 things you should think about while you are pregnant thumb

10 things you should think about while you are pregnant

Pregnancy should be a time to be savoured but all too often stress and anxiety creeps in...
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Smacking. Where do you stand? thumb

Smacking. Where do you stand?

Always a contentious subject for frazzled mothers, smacking was again brought into the...
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May we present : The Parenting Olympics thumb

May we present : The Parenting Olympics

So the Olympics are over and I for one will probably not really miss them.
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Is formula making your baby sick? thumb

Is formula making your baby sick?

Nestle has been feeling the full sting of a social media backlash as Australian mothers...
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The risk of forward facing baby carriers thumb

The risk of forward facing baby carriers

There is nothing cuter than seeing a happy, smiling baby strapped to their parents chest...
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Parenting: You have to do what's right for YOU thumb

Parenting: You have to do what's right for YOU

Dear Miranda I'm feeling a little enraged this morning after reading about yet more...
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There is nothing that compares to the pain of giving birth. And I'm a man thumb

There is nothing that compares to the pain of giving birth. And I'm a man

I've heard it said that a woman forgets about the pain of labour after it's over...
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I'm wearing my baby thumb

I'm wearing my baby

As I type this I am channelling my inner marsupial. Baby Madeleine is snuggled into my...
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You wont believe the amount that mothers spend on clothes for their kids. thumb

You wont believe the amount that mothers spend on clothes for their kids.

I was never going to be one of those mums who spent a lot of money on her kids clothing....
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