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In between ‘What’s that?’ and ‘Where are we going?’ comes a line of inquiry designed to cause an existential crisis.

The one question my son asks me that I simply cannot answer

In between ‘What’s that?’ and ‘Where are we going?’ comes a line of inquiry designed to cause an existential crisis.

  • Thomas Mitchell

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Matrescence: a time of transformation.

Lucy expected many things to change when she had her baby. Her brain wasn’t one of them

The transition to becoming a mother is a brain-altering experience that experts suggest can dwarf puberty. It’s no wonder women are left reeling.

  • Sarah Berry
Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz.

Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz welcome first child

The former Liberal staffer announced the news in a social media post on Sunday night.

  • Riley Walter
Breastfeeding is often promoted as a pathway to losing weight for new mothers.

I didn’t lose weight when I was breastfeeding. I gained it

If breastfeeding isn’t actually a consistent method of postpartum weight loss, why is it so frequently promoted as such by health professionals?

  • Jenna Guillaume
Krystena Murray with the baby boy she delivered, whom she says she had to relinquish when he was five months old because of an IVF mix-up.

Woman sues fertility clinic, saying she gave birth to another couple’s baby

When IVF patient Krystena Murray gave birth to a healthy baby boy two years ago, she knew immediately the fertility clinic had made a mistake, she says.

  • Russ Bynum
Ivana Crcic and her now two-year-old daughter Romana

Colic treatment containing deadly nightshade under investigation

Parents can access the formula over the internet without a doctor’s visit or prescription.

  • Henrietta Cook and Liam Mannix
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Rima and Sean Stoddart with their 10-month-old, Charlotte.

NSW’s top baby names for 2024 revealed

Oliver has been the most popular boys name in NSW for almost a decade, but not anymore.

  • Mary Ward
The Triple Zero call from Soli Adams’ birth on the side of the Princes Highway in 2021.

Anja gave birth on the side of the road. Listen to the triple-zero call

Maternity hospital closures are forcing labouring women to travel hundreds of kilometres across “maternity deserts” to give birth.

  • Kate Aubusson
Common, normal baby behaviours like fussiness, crying and reduced sleep have been medicalised and repackaged to parents as problems.

Tried and tested baby names prove most popular in 2024

New parents are sticking with classic names, although a few movers and shakers made the top 10 list last year.

  • Melissa Meehan
WA’s baby name list has been revealed.

WA’s most popular baby names for 2024 revealed

Oliver and Isla have been the most popular baby names in the state for years but this year is the first since 2018 that the top name was tied.

  • Hamish Hastie

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/babies-jai