Elspeth Ives explains to her five-year-old employer why she chooses to stay home with him and his siblings. “When did you decide you didn’t want to be anything, Mum?” my five-year-old son asked me on the way home from school. My very purpose and many everyday tasks...

Even self-professed exercise junkie MJ Ong struggles to keep up her regimen with a baby in tow. I’m not your average postgraduate student. On the first day of my doctorate course I was eight weeks pregnant. Ironically, my research is on pregnancy and exercise. I was...

Kate King waxes lyrical about bygone times, before realising she is a different person now she is a mother. One night recently our children gave my husband and me a rare and unexpected treat: they were asleep by 7 pm. As we gently pulled their bedroom...

With both her kids now at school, Jean Flynn contemplates a ‘career change’. I’m looking for a job. I already have one, but I’m interested in doing something a bit different – branching out. I’ve been in my current position for nearly eight years. It’s full-time...

More and more employers are aware of their obligations to assist mothers returning to work. This  advice from the Australian Breastfeeding Association provides the latest updated information to help parents to make their best choices. Many mothers successfully combine work and breastfeeding. Our work environment continues...

Bron Bates considers the dos and don'ts of dinner time with kids.  When I was growing up, there was an unspoken rule in our house that every meal must include something green. Thus, spaghetti with a side of peas. Now that I'm the parent, I think I'm pretty...

Have you downloaded our latest free CHILD Mini Mag? It’s all about Motherhood + Creativity. Be inspired by these Aussie women's stories....

Tess Guinery, Visual Communicator and Designer, is one of our 2016 CHILD mags + Bugaboo bloggers, sharing her thoughts on Motherhood + Identity and losing perfection....