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Mum Zone Baby Names Survey:
What's in your child's name?
 One of the greatest gifts you will ever give your baby is a name. Some parents choose a name simply because they like it, some have cultural reasons for the name they choose, some pass on family names. Whatever your reason for the names you have chosen for your children, we'd like to know about it! Mum Zone is conducting a survey about readers' baby name choices.
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Hurry - closes 30th November 2009!
Also - we are compiling an ongoing list of Mum Zone readers' baby names. Register your baby's name and year of birth in our
Baby Name Register! It doesn't matter when your child was born as our list will be broken into years of birth.
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New Parenting Articles
  Santa's Helpers
There is only one Santa, and he lives at the North Pole watching children's behaviour and creating toys. Or so the story goes! At some point in November, Santas start appearing in shopping centres, parties and even kinders/childcare centres. Sometimes, there are multiple Santas in the same shopping centre or department store... read more
 Worms in Children: Maybe they're not being naughty! How to treat and avoid worms today
Thread worms are thriving every day in the bottoms of little children and affecting their daily activities and causing sleepless nights for many families. It's not a nice experience but easily identified and treated. I am frequently finding worms a problem for our little pre-school aged non-sleepers... read more
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If You Exercise You can Eat What You Want - Right??
 The Rancan Sisters of 'Good Morning Australia' fame are back with a fresh approach to keeping fit! Australia's most famous fitness family from the 1980s and 1990s have re-emerged from stints in LA and are now offering the most up-to-date knowledge on the new holistic direction in fitness.
Adele and Lisa Rancan have shared some great tips, information and ideas on fitness, exercise, weight management, healthy eating and more with Mum Zone readers. Especially useful leading up to the festive season!
Here's another example:
If You Exercise You can Eat What You Want - Right??
One of the most common misconceptions is that just an exercise program will burn calories and lead to weight loss - not true! In order to maintain or lose weight you need to look at your exercise to food intake ratio. Losing weight always involves decreasing the amount of calories you're eating in addition to an exercise program... read more
Read more articles from the Rancan Sisters Latest Media Releases
 The Essence of Breastfeeding presents -
The Essence of Parenting Interview Series
Whether you are currently pregnant, have a newborn, a toddler, or 6 year old, this interview series will help you deal with the day to day ins and outs of parenting!!
Lorraine Cuadro, mum and breastfeeding counsellor from the-essence-of-breastfeeding.com has put together a fantastic team of experts in this series of 8 amazing interviews
packed with tips and strategies about parenting. Register before 1st December 2009 to access them free... read more
Prebiotics key in reducing allergies, supporting the infant immune system
A global expert in infant nutrition has visited Australia for the first time to share insights into why breastmilk and its naturally occurring prebiotics are so important to the immune system of babies. Prebiotics are non-digestible food ingredients that encourage the good bacteria in the digestive system to flourish, reducing the amount of harmful bacteria in the gut/intestines... read more
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Bring back Hip Hop! Support a campaign to keep an additive free healthy snack bar available for Australian mums!
1000 Mums Making a Difference have joined forces with Katy Reed, mum and founder of Hopper, to "BRING BACK HIP HOP". Our mission is to save the Hip Hop Fruit & Cereal Bars which were recently taken off supermarket shelves and keep them available to mums across Australia and we need YOUR help and support to do this! Order by 20th November to receive in time for Christmas!... read more
Fisher-Price® introduces TRIO™ -
the new range of easy-click bricks, sticks
and panels that makes building a snap!
Building can now be a "snap" for children as young as 3 years of age as
Fisher-Price, the leading expert in child development and play for over 75 years,
launches the new TRIO building system of bricks, sticks and panels that will
grow with a child's imagination... read more
Health Conscious Aussies Should Keep Chewing Gum in Time for Summer
New research finds chewing gum can help reduce kilojoule intake and increase energy expenditure
Australians looking to manage their weight before they hit the beach this summer might want to consider chewing sugar-free gum between meals. The findings of a study by the University of Rhode Island (URI) shows chewing sugar-free gum between meals may help reduce kilojoule intake at meal times and increase energy expenditure... read more
Epidurals - the Real Risk
 Epidurals: real risk for mother and baby
Epidural pain relief is an increasingly popular choice for Australian women in the labour ward. Up to one-third of all birthing women have an epidural, and it is especially common amongst women having their first babies. For women giving birth by caesarean section, epidurals are certainly a great alternative to general anaesthetic, allowing women to see their baby being born, and to hold and breastfeed at an early stage: however their use as a part of a normal vaginal birth is more questionable... read more
Are you pregnant? Track your pregnancy with our fortnightly Pregnancy Newsletters. Read more Pregnancy Articles plus receive new baby names daily with our Baby Names Alert service! New Parenting Tips
Help your kids find you if they get lost at an event
If you're going to an event or shopping where there are lots of people and your child is old enough to walk independently, write their name and your mobile number on their hand and make sure it stays there the whole time. You can also purchase personalised temporary "tattoos" with the same details. Clearly explain to your child what they should do if they lose you and don't forget to keep your mobile on and handy.
Keep track of how well growsuits fit
Babies grow so quickly that it is not unusual to realise that a growsuit has become too small. Monitor this because it is not good for babies' legs to be wearing a growsuit that they have outgrown as it restricts their movement and forces them to bend their legs for long periods.
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Discussion Issue
Do you use a baby monitor?
Some parents are lost without their baby monitors, others are happy to trust their own instincts and keep a watchful eye on their babies, just as parents have done for generations before baby monitors came about. Which are you?
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New Product Review
 Ego Resolve Nappy Rash Cream
The first thing I noticed about this cream is it's consistency, it's not thick and difficult to spread like a zinc based cream can be. A little goes a long way and it gives a good protective barrier against nappy rash - it healed my child's broken skin quite quickly... read more
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