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Cotton Wool and a 6 Year Old's Temper Tantrums

By: Louise F/ Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2012

Is throwing cotton wool balls across across the room the perfect remedy for a 6 year old’s temper tantrums? Louise shares her story and her insights.

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Through a child's eyes

By: Lillian P/ Posted on Tuesday, April 17, 2012

In this post Lillian marvels at how kids’ minds work and their innocent logic… Surely ‘fast food’ is so named because it makes you go faster?

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Where Would I Be Without My Wife?

By: tork/ Posted on Wednesday, March 28, 2012

One dad's story about how he relies on his wife as a primary care-giver for his baby son. Tork tells us where he would stuff up if she wasn't around, and explains why dad's sometimes seem so useless...

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Meeting Milestones

By: bianca/ Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Development milestones are a great guide for knowing when your baby may start to walk and talk. Here, Bianca shares with us how she learned that guides are just that - guides. Every baby is different.

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Jealous Siblings

By: bianca/ Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012

For as long as there have been siblings, there has been sibling rivalry. Arguably, it is all a part of growing up. That doesn't make it any less stressful for us parents, though! Bianca shares some of her experiences with us.

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Being a parent(05:04)

By:melissa/ Posted on Friday, March 30, 2012

Sounds like a simple question doesn’t it? But the more you think about it, the harder it is to choose what is actually *The Greatest Thing* about being a mum or a dad. Have a look at what some parents had to say.

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Five ways to handle unwanted parenting advice(04:04)

By:jodie/ Posted on Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Do you find yourself being peppered with unwanted parenting advice? It can get pretty annoying. Especially if some of that advice comes from people who are influential in your extended family, and their advice is at odds with how you want to do things as a parent.

Jodie from Mummy Mayhem shares five useful tips to sort the good advice from bad, and all without offending any unwelcome advice-givers along the way…

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Top toilet training tips from real mums(01:57)

By:melissa

Ever wanted to ask other mums who have been there and done it what their top tip is for toilet training kids? In this video we did just that, and got some rather interesting answers...

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When should you start toilet training your kids?(02:08)

By:melissa

Thinking about toilet training one of your kids? With the warmer weather here, lots of parents are. There are a few things to think about if you want to make toilet training as quick and easy as possible. In this video post, some real mums share their pearls of toilet training wisdom to help you pass (and celebrate!) this important parenting milestone.

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Five tips to keep your kids cyber-safe when they’re doing homework(04:06)

By:jodie

Even really young children are now asking to research information on the internet in order to do their homework.

The problem is, whenever kids of any age go online there’s a risk they’ll see something you don’t want them to.

In this mini-series of Kleenex Mums vlogs, Jodie shares some advice and offers five tips on how to keep your cyber-safe kids when they’re using the internet.

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Being a parent is an amazing experience – but it can certainly be quite daunting. There’s no instruction manual, and even if there were, there’s definitely no one-size-fits all solution. In this section, you’ll soon find a whole range of content to help you plan and look after your growing family – from tots to tweens. This will include pregnancy advice, diverse parenting info, family stories, hints for dads, and plenty of handy tips on caring for all the little (and not so little) people in your life.

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