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This episode is one of our favourites from 2021. Feed Play Love will be back with new and interesting interviews on January 10, 2022.

It's been said that when you bring home your second baby it's akin to your husband bringing home a second wife. At least, that's how the first child might feel. So how can you make the transition to baby number two easier for baby number one? Genevieve Muir is an obstetrics social worker and parenting educator, and she has some really great tips on how to make this happen.

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This episode is one of our favourites from 2021. Feed Play Love will be back with new and interesting interviews on January 10, 2022.

Parents can sometimes feel like boundaries don't apply to them. Particularly when you're a new mum and your babies need you for all the things. But psychologist and author Rebecca Ray believes that boundaries are vitally important. Her book Setting Boundaries, Care for yourself and stop being controlled by others is all about helping you to discover and set your own boundaries. Rebecca talks about what boundaries mean in her life and how to make sure they stick.

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This episode is one of our favourites from 2021. Feed Play Love will be back with new and interesting interviews on January 10, 2022.

Sarah Dingle is a journalist who discovered she was a donor-conceived baby when she was a teenager, after her father had died. It led her on a wild and challenging investigation of the fertility industry, and a passion to fight for the rights of all donor-conceived people. Sarah talks about her book Brave New Humans, The dirty reality of donor conception and what she has learnt along the way.

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This episode is one of our favourites from 2021. Feed Play Love will be back with new and interesting interviews on January 10, 2022.

As we head into a new year we've called on finance expert Effie Zahos to give us some tips on managing the family budget. Effie gives practical tips to how we can make sure we have money for daycare, sports and birthday presents. Effie's latest book is called Ditch the Debt and Get Rich, Take control of your money 

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This episode is one of our favourites from 2021. Feed Play Love will be back with new and interesting interviews on January 10, 2022.

As a new parent it's easy to worry about all the little signs that your baby is not well, but what happens when you switch that around, and look for signs that your baby is thriving? Diane Zalitis is from Pregnancy Birth and Baby and is the calming voice we all need to hear.

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This episode is one of our favourites from 2021. Feed Play Love will be back with new and interesting interviews on January 10, 2022.

Dr Susie O Brien wants you to lose your parenting guilt. In her book The Secret of Half-Arsed Parenting, Raising kids with half the guilt and twice the joy she explains just how to do it.

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This episode is one of our favourites from 2021. Feed Play Love will be back with new and interesting interviews on January 10, 2022.

Parenting educator, author and podcaster Maggie Dent explains what happens when boys gravitate towards guns, and why we don't need to worry.

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This episode is one of our favourites from 2021. Feed Play Love will be back with new and interesting interviews on January 10, 2022.

Postnatal depression and anxiety is better understood today than in the past. We are now more open and watchful for parents who go through these experiences. But you don't hear about postnatal rage, even though it is something many new parents experience. Nicole Highet is the CEO of the Centre of Perinatal Excellence (or COPE). She explains what postnatal rage is and what we can do about it.

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Clare McFadden spends her days piecing together stories from bits of bones and relics from a time in deep history. Clare is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University (ANU). 'Deep history' refers to a time before documented history- where there were no written records of what life was like. Clare's work in this research at the ANU has led her to discoveries that shed light on how families lived and breathed hundreds of thousands of years ago. Clare explains why she believes we have made the wrong assumptions about our ancient ancestors.

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When it comes to raising babies and small children some things can be a mystery. Like why they suddenly stop sleeping through the night, or why they decide that from now on only white food will do. Mothercraft nurse Chris Minogue is here to help guide you through these mysteries.

On this episode she helps with the following challenges:

• How to help a six-month-old sleep without rocking or feeding
• When it’s best to start a four-month-old on four feeds a day
• When to settle and when to feed a four-month-old at night
• How to help a toddler move to a new home
• A three-and-a-half-year old waking for long periods at night
• Two-and-a-half-year-old obsessed with their bottle
• Two-year-old transitions with a baby on the way

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