25 Best Parenting Articles

From what to pack for school lunch, to how to cope with social media, school bullying, traveling with kids and tackling career goals - we're revisiting 25 of your favourite parenting articles. ...

27 October, 2022

How new paid parental leave is treating parenting as an equal partnership

Paid parental leave extended to 26 weeks by 2026, with pressure on dads to share more early caring, reports Michelle Grattan Government-funded paid parental leave will be extended, and more pressure placed on fathers to share caring for babies, under an initiative to be unveiled by...

22 October, 2022

New Australian website to support those affected by miscarriage

On 15 October 2022– International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day – a new website from Monash University and Miscarriage Australia was launched. It fills a gap in Australia by providing evidence-based information and research for those affected by miscarriage. In Australia, around 285 miscarriages occur every...

20 October, 2022

Tips for parents of very young children to prepare for potential disasters

Floods, fires and other natural disasters can come when we least expect and the Red Cross is working to prepare parents to safeguard their children in advance. The plight of a mother struggling to sanitise baby bottles in a bushfire evacuation centre toilet is contributing to...

13 October, 2022

Baby sling safety is under the spotlight – a 5-point checklist can keep infants safe

 Suffocation is the likely cause in most deaths associated with slings and baby carriers.  Jeanine Young reports on way to keep infants safe Carrying babies in a soft fabric sling or carrier close to their parent or caregiver has been practised throughout the world for centuries....

12 October, 2022

Thinking about freezing your eggs to have a baby later?

Here are 3 numbers to help you decide, writes researcher Karin Hammarberg Egg freezing is promoted as an empowering option for women who want to stop the biological clock and improve their chance of having a baby later in life. But they need to know it’s...

01 September, 2022

A new workplace portal for all things pregnancy and baby-related

The development of an online portal for workplaces on health promotion around pregnancy became a real labour of love for all involved who pushed through pandemic related delays. This can also be a major source of worry in the increasingly difficult economic climate faced by young...

11 August, 2022

A Food Fixation

Can her baby have too much of a good thing, asks Michelle Dickson-Garay It seems that some things are naturally associated with becoming a mum. Growing larger during pregnancy is natural, getting less sleep after your bub is born is natural, losing your memory while breastfeeding...

21 July, 2022

Adjusting to being an older mother

Vicki Englund finds herself on the outer in a community of much younger mothers. It’s funny when you look back on the things about motherhood you hadn’t anticipated. When my husband and I decided to try to have a baby, at rather advanced ages on both...

16 June, 2022

Caesarean births not linked to increased risk of food allergy during infancy

Caesarean births are not linked to an increased risk of food allergy during the first year of life, according to a new Murdoch Children’s Research Institute study. Research at a Glance: • A Melbourne-led study has found caesarean births are not linked to an increased risk of...

02 June, 2022