If you want to have your hands free for any small moment in time, a baby bouncer or rocker can be really helpful. These are the simple diagonal bouncers that you pop a baby into, and they happily bounce or rock on their feet. However the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission have issued a warning about the safety of this piece of equipment. Red Nose Australia Chief Midwife Jane Wiggill explains the recommendations and advises how they can be used safely.

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There's nothing like getting home from a long day at school or work, and realising you still need to sit down and do a reader. There aren't too many kids who actually like homework, and therein lies the problem. Dr Justin Coulson from Happy Families argues that children are inherently curious creatures, who can learn in more productive ways. He explains why he has a problem with homework, and how he has handled the topic with his children's teachers.

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Mothercraft nurse Chris Minogue joins Shevonne Hunt to answer all your baby and toddler questions. In this episode Chris tackles: How much milk does a nine-month-old need? Setting up good sleep practices for a ten-week-old, helping a reluctant three-year-old to use the toilet, when a sick 12-month-old throws the sleep book out the window, is it possible to get a two-year-old to sleep until seven am and ditch the dummy? Getting an early rising 17-month-old (5am) to sleep longer, when a seven-year-old feels jealous about a new baby in the family, how to resettle a six-month-old without waking their sibling, managing long newborn feeds with an active toddler and toilet training a 27-month-old with a newborn baby

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Professor Hannah Dahlen is a midwife, lecturer, international researcher and speaker. She believes that "the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world". From her early life in Yemen, witnessing and aiding women in labour, to training in London (where her mum was one of the midwives later depicted in the BBC series Call the Midwife), Hannah explains how her passion for midwifery and women's rights in birthing came to be.

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Anzac Day is a national public holiday where many families stop to commemorate fallen soldiers. So how do you explain what it all means to a young child? Emma Cox is a teacher-librarian. She tells us the best books she's come across to help little minds get across some complex ideas. Here are Emma's top ideas for picture books for ages three to six: The ANZAC Tree by Catherine Booth, ANZAC Biscuits by Phil Cummings and Owen Swan, My Grandfather's War by Glyn Harper and Jenny Cooper, Alfred's War by Rachel Bin Sellah and Samantha Fry and ANZAC Ted by Belinda Landsberry. For older children: Lone Pine by Susie Brown, Margaret Warner and Sebastian Ciaffaglione, In Flanders Field by Norman Jorgensen and Brian Harrison-Lever.

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