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IGNORED CHILD BETTER OFF IN CHILDCARE

Remember when Mem Fox made headlines when she likened putting babies into childcare as child abuse? Well you can imagine the public outcry at the unfairness and inflammatory nature of her comment. Is she right? Well that’s for others to decide. Now my youngest is no longer a baby. He’s about to turn 2 in [...]

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IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK…

Here are some news stories this week that were an interesting read. The first Multiple Births to Cash Strapped IVF Mums on Rise discusses Medicare cuts to IVF patients has seen couples implant multiple embryos to increase the chance of pregnancy.  Even though carrying multiple babies is more dangerous couples feel they have no choice. [...]

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CHILDCARE; HEARTBREAKING

Today I dropped my 15 month old for his second day at daycare. He is enrolled one day a week. He attends the same daycare as his 3 year old brother. The daycare staff are fantastic. I trust them implicitly. But it is so hard to drop him off and hear him crying after me. [...]

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