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Advice that letting your baby fall asleep on the breast will create ‘bad habits’ or that he will never learn to ‘self-settle’ is unrealistic and impractical. There are some magical chemicals in breast milk that induce sleep, but if you want to make changes, try this gentle approach.

Women have been feeding their babies at the breast since time began and yet there is still a plethora of misinformation that can mess up a mother’s experience and feeding her baby can become a huge struggle. How many of these big fat lies have you heard – and what is the actual truth?

The 4 month sleep regression, the 12 month sleep regression, the 18 month sleep regression – what is happening?

“Is he a good baby?” If you are a new parent, you can bet your boots this will be the first question almost everyone will ask you. Get that puzzled look off your face and come up with an answer quick, smart. Tell them, “no he’s a little brat, he’s already robbing old lady's handbags and betting on horses!" Maybe even, “we’re ready to list him on…

Around the middle of your baby’s first year, that is at about six months, your baby will start showing signs that he is ready for family foods: he will be able to sit up in a high chair or on your lap; he will have lost the tongue thrust reflex (that protects him against choking in the early months, but also means food gets thrust out of his mouth,…

Dr Gill Rapley is the pioneer of “baby-led weaning”, a practice of allowing your baby to self-feed as you introduce family foods.

Developing a love and respect for nature as a child makes us more likely to value its conservation in future. All aspects of our society – finance, politics, insurance, education, medicine, engineering and science, the arts and even defence – need leaders who value and care for our environment.

Jessica Donovan, mama of 2 and naturopath dishes the dirt (literally) on hidden symptoms of gut imbalance - from immune symptoms to allergies and atopic conditions such as eczema and asthma, plus mood behaviour and sleep disturbances.

This Tits Up episode has come about after I shared some recent research about trans kids on Facebook. The research validated what any parent of a transgender or non-binary child can tell you: “social contagion” doesn’t influence gender identity. Despite a raft of ignorant comments, Lara bravely came on and mentioned that she had a trans kid. This…

What triggers ‘Mum Guilt’ for Jordy Lucas and how does she ditch it? Ex-Neighbours star Jordy Lucas, host of the podcast IT’S ALL HER, business woman and mum to daughter Evie is on a mission to make life simpler for women.