The test that could have saved baby Hunter’s life, but wasn’t offered
When Johanna Kelly fell pregnant in 2017, she and her husband Cameron were living in New York - so they flew home to Australia to have their child here because they thought he…
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Aussie paramedic on why parents must never put kids wearing puffer jackets in a car seat
A former paramedic has warned parents to never strap young kids into a car seat with a puffer jacket.Nikki Jurcutz, who worked as a paramedic for eight years with Ambulance…
Sarah’s husband wanted to marry a second woman. She feels she couldn’t stop him
Sarah* was two-months postpartum with depression and severe anxiety when her husband said he was marrying another woman to be in a polygamous marriage.Sarah said she didn’t really…
‘Monster’ couple jailed for murdering 10-month-old baby who suffered 130 injuries
Warning: Distressing contentA mother and father have been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of their infant son in what a judge described as a case of “unimaginable…
Children’s toy recalled nationally over risk of ‘severe burns’ or ‘death’
A nationally sold children’s toy has been recalled over button battery fears.My First Music Book Guitar, sold at QBD Books in all Australian states, is a novelty board book with an…
Little boy with special needs dies after eating nectarine at primary school
The parents of a special needs primary school student have slammed the South Australian Department for Education over the way it handled the investigation and aftermath of their…
The boy who never knew he had cancer: How tragedy led one mum to keep the truth from her dying son
Gheuwan Arja, 41, watched on as her little boy Omar marked the end of his cancer treatment by ringing a bell in hospital.The mum-of-five had told her son, who was also celebrating…
Divorce lawyer on the one reason working parents are likely to end their marriage: ‘Major theme’
In sickness and in health - until the marriages of working parents end in divorce.At least that is a common pattern US divorce lawyer Dennis R Vetrano Jr has increasingly noticed…
Aunt’s scary find on baby’s gum sparks warning over popular toy
An aunty has warned parents after discovering part of a popular toy stuck to her baby nephew’s gum.What looked like a massive abscess was, on closer inspection, part of a pop-it…
Major Centrelink change for 98,000 Australian parents
The government will scrap a controversial parenting welfare program and immediately suspend compulsory obligations it says are punitive, counterproductive and cause harm.The…