Baby Resources

If you are needing advice, reassurance or just want to browse to see what help there is out there, this is the place to look.

Ask Preggie Peggy

www.preggiepeggy.com
Free baby shower planning advice and resources. baby shower games, recipes, themes, e-cards and more! Need some help? Ask Preggie Peggy!

Australian Breastfeeding Association

www.breastfeeding.asn.au
The Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) is a large community-based self-help group, recognised as a leading authority on breastfeeding management. The Association provides innovative counseling and support services to the community and health sector throughout Australia. You will find a wealth of information for both breastfeeding women and for health professionals and others who are involved in supporting and promoting breastfeeding on their web site.

Australian Consumer's Association

www.choice.com.au/articles/a102647p1.htm
Baby's in the house - now what do you do? From nursery furniture and accessories, to toys and general home safety, we give you the right advice to make this exciting and challenging time in your life less stressful.

BottleBubs

www.angelfire.com/folk/bottlebubs
This site is especially for Mothers who are bottle feeding their babies and are experiencing a feeling of guilt, failure or even disappointment. If you are a bottle-feeding Mum and need some support, visit this great site!

Baby Crib Safety Net

www.babycribsafetynet.com
Essential crib bedding for crib safety, with the Baby Crib Safety Net you create a safe sleep zone for your baby, keeping out any nasty creepy crawlies and preventing baby from climbing out and possibly falling causing serious injury.

Babyloveclub.com.au

www.babyloveclub.com.au
BabyLove nappies were launched in Australian supermarkets in 1990 to provide a good quality, value-for-money alternative for Australian parents. Since then, weve grown to become one of the countrys three best-selling disposable nappy brands

Baby Names

www.mybaby-name.com
Choosing your baby's name if a tremendous responsibility, and with so many options, it's no easy task. We've got over 75,000 names list on mybaby-name.com, sorted alphabetically, by country, meaning, popularity, even a list of celebrity names to make your task easier. Happy name hunting!

Baby Voice

www.babyvoice.com.au
A unique system allowing you to send a personalized voice message about your baby's arrival, in your own voice, to all of your friends and family anywhere in the world, with you only having to make one simple, quick call. Their phones will ring simultaneously, and when they answer, they hear your voice.

Business Mums Network

www.businessmums.com
Business Mums Network is a site for Mums wanting to start a business and running their own business. We provide information and networking opportunities for Mums in business.

Coles Baby

www.babyclub.coles.com.au
The Coles Baby Club offers special members only benefits such as offers and savings and free magazines. The membership is free and when you join you will receive a voucher to redeem a free sample pack full of goodies from any Coles store.

Crisis Numbers

www.women.nsw.gov.au/referral/crisisnumbers/crisis2.html
The Crisis Numbers site provides out of hours crisis numbers for Women.

Health & Happiness For You

www.healthhappiness.com.au
Health & Happiness for You is a health information site as well as a forum for public opinion. Contributions are published from health professionals, students and members of the public.

Kids'n'More

www.kidsnmore.com.au
Kids n More Community is a free online community for parents and parents-to-be, including public discussions forums, live web chat, lots of competitions with great prizes, online journals, members photo gallery and much more. It's free to join and participate, so visit today!

Kid's Health

www.kidshealth.org/parent/
This is a US based site dedicated to all aspects of childrens' health and explores the latest studies to keep you up to date.

Kidslife

www.kidslife.com.au
Kidslife.com.au is a great parenting resource.  From pre-conception through pregnancy, your child's health and well being, development, early learning, schooling and entertainment, their team of experts will guide you through your kid's life!

Kidsafe

www.kidsafe.com.au
Kidsafe's mission is to make a safe world for kids by leading the promotion of action to highlight and to minimise the unacceptable level of risk and consequences of injury to children in our adult- focused world.

Kidz Plan

www.kidzplannews.org
Help your kids dreams come true.  Kidz Plan newsletter is an inspirational and educational publication that will show you how. 

Multiple Birth Association

www.span.com.au/multibirth
The Multiple Birth Association off a full range of support and social activities for multiple birth families. They offer after hours telephone contact, handy hints, extensive library of books, literature, twin and triplet pram hire, breast pump hire and hospital talks and video presentation for expectant parents.

Online Pharmacy

www.onlinepharmacy.com.au
This is a very comprehensive site which supplies information in all areas of health and has a section dedicated to pregnancy, birth, feeding your infant and common baby problems.

Organise Your Life!

www.organiseyourlife.com.au
A great site to help you de-clutter and re-claim your life, with their home-based filing system, housing all the ready-made lists you will ever need. All you have to do is fill in the blanks. They also have a helpful free monthly newsletter, and a convenient downloadable version of their Organiser, to be able to re-print any lists when you run out.

Party Plan

www.partyplan.com.au
Australia's professional organisation for party plan consultants and direct sellers.
Get the support you need to get your business off the ground and into the sky! Messageboard, Chat, Articles, Tips, Consultant Directory, and more!

Public Toilet Map

www.toiletmap.gov.au
When you are pregnant the first thing most women do when they arrive somewhere is to check out where the closest public toilet is.  The government have created a map listing 13,000 public toilets around Australia, opening hours, disabled access and other useful information.  The map is available through local councils, tourist information centres and motor vehicle associations as well as a website.  So if you are travelling, pregnant and want to plan your journey well, just log onto the website and plan your trip around the most convenient toilets.

Safety Centre

www.childsafety.com.au
The Royal Children's Hospital Safety Centre offers a wide range of injury prevention services to diverse groups throughout the community.  A must for every parent to bookmark.

SIDS Australia

www.sidsaustralia.org.au
The aim of this site is to help educate parents on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. How to reduce the risks and keep them informed of new developments.
They are also there to support and comfort families in all stages of grief.

Single Parent Australia

www.singleparentaustralia.org.au
Single Parent Australia (SPA) is a fun, friendly and supportive community, dedicated to connecting Australia’s Single Parents. Whether you are or were a single parent, or are soon-to-be a single parent, we can all benefit from each other's life experience.

So a Baby is on the Way

www.geocities.com/huntingpenny/So_a_Baby_is_on_the_way_.html
When preparing your nursery for the first time it can be a bit daunting knowing what to purchase.  We have been sent a link from a new mother who has set up her own website featuring products she has found useful and in her opinion what is not really needed.  It is worth having a look at and may help you in your decision making.

Stuff 4 Bub

www.stuff4bub.com
Information on pregnancy, parenting and multiples. Includes a forum, classifieds and e-cards.

The Bonnie Babes Foundation

www.bbf.org.au
The Bonnie Babes Foundation is a counselling service for families that have experienced the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or prematurity and related issues such as infertility.

The Square Meal

www.thesquaremeal.com
The Square Meal website provides cooking recipes and health tips for people who are sensitive or intolerant to some food ingredients (ie yeast, gluten, wheat, dairy, soy, eggs etc). The site also explores food related themes (ie the principles of organic farming practices, or how to avoid pesticides, additives and genetically modified ingredients etc), together with health related issues.

Tresillian Centre

www.cs.nsw.gov.au/tresillian/main.htm
The Tresillian Centre provides practical help and support for families and young children particularly when they are experiencing unsatisfactory sleeping patterns.  They provide a variety of services including a 24-Hour Parents' Help Line, Day Stay Visits, A Residential Program where parents and Baby Live-In and Parent Education Courses.