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Motherhood

APRIL 2015

6 food swaps that your kids won't even realise are healthy.
TV star changes her mind about her surrogate child. Is set straight by a judge.
'Why I shared a picture of me breastfeeding on the toilet.'
These mothers are in desperate need of your leftover nappies. Can you help?
A teenager's mum tells us how to raise innovative kids.
5 things you should never say to an overdue Mum.
Powerful photo series shows why it's time to ditch the 'girly' stereotype.
Julie Andrews on why her children always came before her career.
As your kids grow, motherhood is a continual process of letting go.
"I hosted my daughter's birthday party at home....and almost lost my mind."
Finally. Wicked Campervans have been shunned by Lonely Planet Australia.
It is the mothers of the Bali 9 duo who will suffer the most.
Sonia Kruger's baby dominates morning TV. Needs to get an agent.
We need to find a better way to protect the children of murderers.
Welcome to the world of baby lead weaning, the new way to introduce solids.
"After I’d given birth I felt like I’d been in a car accident."
Everything you need to know about exercising after a C-section.
"Forget celebrities and sports stars. This is who I want my kids' role model to be."
Sandra Bullock has made history in the most depressing way.
Finally. You can now turn off Facebook Messenger read receipts.
A new study has proved, AGAIN, that there is absolutely no link between the MMR vaccine and autism.
Baby on the move: What the f*ck just happened?
Sorry Kate but the Queen won't be woken for news of baby #2.
A huge win for breastfeeding women thanks to 'that' photo of Alyssa Milano.
The biggest trend to hit breastfeeding.
"Bad mouthing my ex-partner almost destroyed our daughter."
"After hitting 30 and having two kids, I lost my motivation. But now? That’s changed."
WATCH: A deaf baby's joyful reaction as he hears for the first time.
Mackenzie Moretter just turned 10. But nobody wants to come to her party.
Elmo has taken on the anti-vaxxers. And it's gold.
'I am a mum of 3 girls with autism. And I dread Autism Awareness Month.'
'My mother was forced to give me up. But it was the best thing that ever happened to me.'
"We need to stop shaming mums who breastfeed past a 'certain age'."
This can only be good news for parents wanting to go back to work.
There are a lot of things you shouldn’t say to a woman who just gave birth.
Aussie actress Isla Fisher named her baby something very unique.
Celebrity mums experience mummy-shaming on a level we could never imagine.
New parents, brace yourselves. Because kids can be pretty damn disgusting.
8 practical, straightforward ways to ease your child's back-to-school anxiety.
"I caught my son wanking for the first time..."
"Why I'm happy to take my kids out of school next week."
Oh, dear. Not Michael Leunig, too.
The children were playing alone in the park. And so someone called the police.
Jill Duggar opens about the difficulties she had during birth.
A Sydney hospital used 4 security guards to forcefully remove a 9yo boy with autism.
The reality of home birth.
"I have a sore throat from yelling at my son. Am I a terrible person?"
Deep down, we're all asshole parents.
Pink shuts down "concerned" body haters in an excellent way.
The beautiful thing Kate Middleton is (possibly) doing to honour Princess Diana.
Tara was an anti-vaxxer... Until her 7 children came down with whooping cough.
Kim Kardashian says North West is obsessed with makeup. And now the trolls are out.
The Vincenti sisters shed light on one of Australia's most notorious custody disputes.
7 things no one told you about having kids.
"Advice I would give to my younger self if I could."
"I panicked when I found out I was pregnant with baby number 2."
An open letter to every working mum-to-be.
The extraordinary challenge and joy of raising a child with autism.
Dear Mum, I’ve had an epiphany. And I'm sorry for a few things...
This little boy has very specific taste in music. And if you change the station he will LOSE IT.
Fun (and cheap) things to do with the kids these school holidays.
"10 things I wish I could go back and tell myself about having a baby."
A buff footballer comforting a cute crying child...shameless swoon.
Get your baby to sleep in less than 45 seconds. This is not a drill.
"What our mums never tell us about what it takes to be a mum."
Are we raising caring kids?
Open Post: Mia Freedman is now a "napkin ring person".
"7 things I love about school holidays."
The Duggars just had another baby.
Breastfeeding selfies are old news. Now celebrities are busy making something else look glamorous.
Parents, it doesn't matter whether you spend all day with your kids or not.
'I do not want children. And no, I am not sad. And no, I am not ashamed.'
Emergency surgery for Kim Kardashian, could mean no more kids.
"20 things I have learnt since becoming a mum."
So intense it was almost frightening: The spirituality of children.
The tragic truth behind forced adoption in Australia.
Weather presenter dares to appear on TV while pregnant. Receives vicious hate mail.
How does a fashion blogger dress her kids?
The Australian model who won't let her daughter wear pink.
For these children there will be no egg hunt, no chocolate-filled bellies, no joy.
How to raise brave girls.
Kourtney Kardashian can't wait any longer to show us her new baby.
A question worth asking the Easter bunny: How fair is that chocolate?
Author Melina Marchetta writes a beautiful letter to her foster daughter, one year on.
"How I became the worst critic of stay-at-home mums."
PASS IT ON: Whooping cough boosters recommended in the 3rd trimester of EVERY pregnancy.
A mum creates a colouring book to show her son that superheroes CAN cry.
"I don't expect to pay nothing for childcare. But I also don't expect for women to make a loss when they work."
It feels like you're alone, struggling through a feed at 2am. You're not.
"Why being a young mum was one of the best decisions I ever made."
The doctor who asks: "Do you have the guts to sleep train an eight-week-old?"
Forget Tupperware parties, egg freezing parties are all the rage.
Three generations of one family among Germanwings crash victims.
Olivia Wilde: "My belly is a lot like a partially deflated pool toy.”
Olivia Wilde is perfectly frank about her post-baby body.

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