It might be tempting, but feeding your baby butter is not the answer. Here’s what to try instead.
- Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
Breastfeeding mothers and their babies have largely been neglected in Ebola research. This needs to change.
This link might be explained by a woman’s immune response when carrying a baby that’s not genetically hers.
If you feel burping is helpful to your baby, then keep doing what you’re doing. If trying to burp your baby after every feed is stressing you or your baby out, then you don’t have to keep doing it.
Formula-fed babies can switch to cow’s milk from six months, so long as they’re getting enough iron in their diet.
Toddler milk is high in sugar and can leave toddlers reluctant to try new foods. It’s also heavily marketed to time-poor parents. We’re worried.
Looking after a baby during extreme heat events takes a little planning and a lot of patience. Here are some practical steps you can take.
The report of the Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce mentions birth only twice, and breastfeeding not at all. Yet, properly valued, breastmilk contributes $154 per litre to the Australian economy.
Being caught up in an emergency like a bushfire can make breastfeeding more challenging – but there are ways to continue.
Parents and emergency responders repeatedly said evacuation centres should have a separate space for families with very young children. Here’s what else we could do.
As a result of long remote learning periods due to COVID, many families have found they prefer this method over traditional school.
During the lockdowns last year, many experts and parents were concerned children’s education would suffer. But on average, students did OK. A lot of learning is incidental.
One of the best things you can do to encourage your kids to mask up is to model wearing one. There are other things you can try too.
Being separated is shown to have a negative impact on wellbeing, and can interrupt bonding with the baby.
In New South Wales and Victoria the number of students being home educated increased by 20% in 2020 (1,224 extra children) compared with 2019. But the rise has been evidenced for a decade.
The Pfizer vaccine rolls out to high-risk people in Australia from next week. And many of these front-line workers will be women. Here’s what we know so far.
Women want to start breastfeeding again for a range of reasons, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what’s involved.
WHO has said that countries must act to stop donations of infant formula in emergencies.
Organisasi Kesehatan Dunia (WHO) telah menyatakan bahwa menyusui merupakan pemberian makan bayi yang aman dan terjamin, serta pemberian formula harus dilakukan dengan hati-hati.
Some schools are starting to open up after the coronavirus lockdown. But what if you’re worried about sending you kids back too soon. Unschooling might be one solution, so how does it work?
Around 20,000 students are homeschooling in Australia. It’s a different form of schooling to learning from home while schools are shut due to COVID-19. But homeschooling does provide some tips.
Preparing now can help keep you and your loved ones safe.
Babies and toddlers might not be able to communicate well or at all with words, but they show their distress during disasters through behaviour. Here’s how parents can help them cope.
‘Simple adoption’ can preserve the identity of an adopted child by giving them a legal connection to both their birth family and their new family.
Babies are particularly vulnerable in emergencies, especially in hot weather. Here’s what your emergency kit needs to ensure they stay hydrated if you have to evacuate or you lose power or water.
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