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Are you a good parent?
How do you know if you're doing a good job as a parent? A certain level of uncertainty is normal...and healthy.
Vaccine supply runs out
Stocks of a chickenpox vaccine have run dry after a unexpected rush by parents to get their children immunised.
What makes a good mum?
Are you concerned about being seen to do the right thing, or do you define parenting in simpler terms?
Dealing with threenagers
I think three-year-olds could give teenagers a run for their money in the attitude stakes.
Vanishing acts
You can be an incredibly attentive parent and still experience the stress of a child disappearing.
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Toddler milestones
It is important to realise that a child’s developmental progress does vary greatly, and is not a race.
Toddlers: 13 to 15 months
It's all happening now... your little baby is becoming a toddler. Read on for some helpful advice on some of the changes you can expect in the next three months. What an exciting year you have ahead.
It's hard to walk in nappies
Learning to walk would be so much easier if toddlers didn't have a big heavy bag of warm pee between their legs.
In praise of daycare staff
Even though we haven’t started daycare yet, all around me are friends and acquaintances whose children love it.
Vaccines 'saving children'
Thousands of Kiwi children have been saved from deadly diseases by national immunisation programmes.
Remember your first anchovy?
Do you remember the first time you tasted an olive? Or an anchovy? A new video captures those moments.
Decoding baby babble
I clearly remember the joy of watching my children learn to speak, and sharing conversations that to an outsider would have been ridiculous.
Free play vs lessons
My bewildered toddler couldn't work out the point of his music class last week, and frankly neither could I.
Faulty toys a hazard
The recall of 25 faulty toys and leisure goods last year shows why New Zealand needs stricter controls around consumer products, watchdogs say.
Little shoes
A guide to buying your baby and toddler's first shoes and what the experts recommend.
Imaginary friends
The height of the imaginary friend stage was when my Miss K was about 2 and a half and we had them over for dinner.
Same genes, different strokes
Behaviour, personality, and temperament ensure no two kids are alike, and you don’t need to look further than your own family as proof.
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