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Dear Readers...
Valentine’s Day is special for me, not because I celebrate it with ‘Mr Right’, but because my son Cristian was born on Valentine’s Day. I suspect I will be second in line to any girlfriends in the future to celebrate his birthday with him, so I make the most of his birthdays now. He is turning 15 on Sunday, we are having a pool party with a Hawaiian flavour. I can remember the day he was born as if it were yesterday, and if I close my eyes and breathe in, I can smell his baby smell. He is my first love, Emily my second. I thought I loved my husband until my children were born and I discovered maternal love - nothing surpasses it
Pregnancy is an emotional, physical and spiritual journey for couples, filled with joy, expectation, hormonal tears and labour fears... a 9 month rollercoaster ride delivering a bundle of joy in a life changing moment. Savour it, love every kick, cry, gurgle and smile, every little thing your baby does shapes who he/she will become and it’s such a joy to be a part of!
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Jane King
Mother to Emily 8, Cristian 14
Founder of Parenting Australia
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Life with a new baby is exciting and fun, but it can also be exhausting. Sleep deprivation makes it hard to remember everything you need to know.
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Which breast? What’s in the nappy? Did baby sleep?
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BubbaLog can help you manage all this and more: medications, bottle and other feeding, play times, milestones, questions for medical professionals, to do and shopping lists, even appointments.
The 24 hour format is easy to fill in and review to see patterns for your baby and helps plan your day.
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Cath has been pregnant twice, overdue twice and completely OVER IT – twice! The days (and nights) are long once your due date has come and gone... Read more.
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Valentine’s Day. What do those two words conjure up for you? As a 35-year-old wife and mother of two it means something very different to Joh now... Read more.
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For years parents to be have tried to makes sense of the traditional grainy, black and white images of 2D machines that needed the operator to explain what they were seeing, well not any more! Thanks to recent advancements in ultrasound technology, a scanner has now been produced that totally captures your baby-to-be in 4D!
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Are you curious to see what your baby looks like before it is born?
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Win a night away valued at $800!
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Milton understands how busy mums are and how little time and money they spend on themselves. So we’ve decided to treat you! This great prize includes accommodation for two...
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Congratulations from all the Parenting Australia team to James Randle, our financial editor, and his wife Anna on the birth of their second daughter, Lucia Rose, last Friday!
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Some love to daydream about it. Others wish it would simply by–pass them. Love it or hate it, Valentine's Day is fast approaching. Ghania blogs on her first Valentines Day as a single mum... Read more.
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| Sensitive baby skin? Worried about stretchmarks? Try Emu oil! |
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Emu Spirit Emu Oil is all Australian and 100% natural using only the finest and purest ingredients.
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Pregnant mums love our Oil of Emu to rub into their expanding tums. As your pregnant belly grows to accommodate baby you can rub the oil into your skin to keep it supple. Emu oil has proven excellent in healing scars so if you’re worried about stretchmarks or have noticed them appearing you might like to introduce Emu oil into your pregnancy skincare regime. Whilst only genetics will stop stretch marks, Emu oil can help in reducing the appearance. Continued use of Emu oil after pregnancy is recommended to further reduce scarring.
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Emu Spirit Emu oil, the perfect oil for use in pregnancy.
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| Support for Dads - Financially Stressed Dads by James Randle |
Fathers often still feel responsible for providing for their family and want to be the breadwinner. With job insecurity becoming more prevalent, many fathers are increasingly feeling stressed about not being able to meet their family’s needs.
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