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      <title><![CDATA[Baby memory keeping ideas: why a 30-second voice note beats 800 photos]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Founder, brand builder, and mum to 16-month-old Sevi. Sian shares what she's learned from closing a six-year business and opening her heart to motherhood.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Melbourne-based beauty content creator Maddie on body confidence after baby, seeing the world differently, and the parenting motto she and her partner have quietly adopted.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Breastfeeding didn't work for me - and that's the whole story]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[How to survive the 6-week growth spurt with your sanity intact]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why you can't actually 'sleep when the baby sleeps' (and what to do instead)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA['Sleep when the baby sleeps' is the most given piece of advice to new parents - delivered with kindness, almost completely useless in practice. Here's why, and what actually helps with exhaustion instead.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Safe sleep guidelines for babies: SIDS prevention, simplified]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Losing yourself after having a baby: what matrescence actually is]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Postnatal anxiety symptoms: what it actually feels like from the inside]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The version of postpartum recovery that gets talked about publicly is heavily edited. Here's the unedited version - from the first week to the stuff nobody tells you.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Maternal Child Health checks can feel like a pop quiz you didn't study for. Here's what they're really checking, and why the weigh-in is the least interesting part.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Moro reflex: why your baby flings their arms out like they're falling]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[That dramatic full-body startle - arms thrown wide, then a cry - has a name, a purpose, and an expiry date. Here's what's actually happening.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Newborn jaundice: what's normal, what's not, and what the heel prick actually checks]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[That golden tinge to their skin has a cause, a common timeline, and a clear line for when it needs more than watching. Here's how to tell where you sit on it.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Not every 4-month-old reaching for your dinner is ready for it. The real readiness signs, and why the calendar date matters less than you'd think.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[A sore red patch, a fever that comes out of nowhere, and a feeling like the flu hit in the space of an hour. Here's how to recognise it early and what genuinely helps.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[One week they're sleeping in decent stretches. The next, they're up every 45 minutes. It's not a phase you wait out - it's a permanent shift in how sleep works.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[A baby who won't settle could be exhausted, or barely tired at all - and the fixes for each are opposites. Here's how to tell which one you're looking at.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The six-week check: what to expect (and what to actually ask about)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It's ten minutes, mostly about the baby, and easy to walk out of having said 'fine' when you weren't. Here's how to use it properly.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mum guilt: where it actually comes from, and why it's lying to you]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The gorgeous linen-bound baby book gets three entries before it stalls in a drawer. Here's why the low-effort version is the one that survives the first year.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The smell of their head, the exact sound of their newborn cry, the weight of them asleep on your chest. You will forget more of it than you think - unless you catch it now.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Blotchy cheeks, tiny white bumps, skin that peels like they've been sunbathing. Newborn skin looks alarming and almost none of it is. Here's the field guide.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[A baby who chokes, splutters, and pulls off crying at every feed might not have a latch problem at all - they might be dealing with a flood, not a drought.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Contested at every playgroup, backed by genuine research, and eventually something you'll need an exit plan for. Here's the honest rundown.]]></description>
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