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AUSTRALIAN BABY GUIDE
The Australian Baby Guide (formerly known as The Nappy Bag Book) is a comprehensive resource guide for parents in Australia with children aged 0 to 3 years. Available direct or from book retailers and National Pharmacies nationally.

Direct: rrp$29.95 (free p&h).
Allow 7 days for delivery.

The next edition will be published February 2011.

$1.00 from every book sold is donated to the Australian Childhood Foundation to support their work in stopping child abuse in Australia. 

Australian Baby Guide is a trademark of Goose Books
© Goose Books 2009


March Comp: Win 1 of 3 Cocoon Couture packs, rrp$189.85

cocoon1.jpgTell us the best thing you bought, borrowed or received during pregnancy or during the first year or so with a newborn for your chance to win 1 of 3 gorgeous packs from Cocoon Couture.

Inspire imagination with Cocoon Couture's beautiful kids bean bags and delightful kids room accessories.

Cocoon Couture offer a delightful range of boutique children's bean bag covers, bags and room accessories specially designed with everyday use in mind. 

For more information on the March competition visit Be In It To Win It and for full product details visit Cocoon Couture.

 

Interviews with our readers' kids

jaxon_thumb.jpgThese weekly 'interviews' are fun and light-hearted and hopefully reassuring for new parents to see how other kids do things.

We would love to feature your child too so if you are an ABG member with a minimum of 20 forum posts please send us an This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . If your interview is published you can
then choose an absolutely fabulous prezzie from the
Under $20 range at Rudy and the Dodo for your effort.

Jaxon, 17 months, is our 43rd child to be featured.

Read Jaxon's interview

ABG readers share their thoughts on parenting

tracey_thompson_thumb.jpg Vox Pop is an abbreviation of Vox Populi, a latin term for "voice of the people". So the ABG Vox Pop is a whole lot of new mums and dads sharing their advice and experiences on parenting. We hope you find the information interesting and reassuring.

Tracey Thompson, Queensland

I have one child, Joshua, and we live in sunny Brisbane, QLD. I am a nurse and have recently started working again two days a week to keep my skills up. I absolutely love being a mum and can’t wait until we start trying for baby number two!

Read Tracey's interview

A reputable & comprehensive directory of 12,000 products & services

For over ten years we have been researching and collecting details on businesses offering reputable products and services within the baby industry Australia-wide.

Our primary aim is to provide you with the most comprehensive and trusted overview of what's out there and available to you as a parent of a young child.

So whether you're looking for advisory & support services, baby skincare products, leading nursery & toy brands, ideas for a day outing, nappy retailers or online children's stores, you will find detailed information plus handy links in our Resources directory plus of course many other categories.

If you would like to include your business then please visit Advertise with ABG for more information and we look forward to working with you.

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PRESS RELEASES

Keep up to date on industry news

Let us keep you up to date with all the news, latest developments and industry events relevant to raising a young child in Australia.

We will publish press releases from peak authorities on a range of topics including health issues, product recalls, safety information, conferences and events, government payments and more.

If you have a press release you would like us to publish free of charge please email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Please note that we do not publish product launches or other advertising material.

Latest press release:
ACCC: December 8th 2009
Campaign on dangerous blind & curtain cords

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FEATURE ARTICLE

Immunisation

Every time your child has an infection, the immune system in their body makes special proteins called antibodies to fight that infection. Immunisation makes the body produce antibodies. The antibodies can survive for a long time; some survive even a lifetime. So your child builds up resistance to the virus or bacteria without having to have the infection with its resulting distress and complication risk. If the vaccinated person comes into contact with the disease in the future, the body is able to make antibodies fast enough to prevent the person getting sick.

These days, children are recommended many more vaccines than in the past. Some parents may be concerned that their baby or small child might not be able to cope with so many vaccines at a time. Many vaccines can safely and effectively be given ...

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What's the latest chat on the ABG forums ...

Re:Random Chat #5 - louie 18-03-10 09:04
Re:Child Care - Seperation Anxiety?? - A_Dincer 18-03-10 08:06
Re:Random Chat #5 - A_Dincer 18-03-10 07:27
Re:Random Chat #5 - lisajc2810 17-03-10 23:11
Help with some research for ABC's Catalyst program - marblegravy 17-03-10 22:56
Re:Random Chat #5 - Joey 17-03-10 22:15
Re:Announcing the birth of my daughter - LisaAbe 17-03-10 22:00
Re:Random Chat #5 - LisaAbe 17-03-10 21:56
Re:A catch up - sannia 17-03-10 21:45
Re:Announcing the birth of my daughter - sannia 17-03-10 21:40
Re: Hi everyone!! - sannia 17-03-10 21:13
Re: Hi everyone!! - louie 17-03-10 21:07
Re:Random Chat #5 - louie 17-03-10 20:59
Re:Introducing Ryan Archer Jensen - lovingbeingmum 17-03-10 18:21
Hi everyone!! - Amy 17-03-10 17:49
Re:Introducing Ryan Archer Jensen - LisaAbe 17-03-10 16:37
Re:Introducing Ryan Archer Jensen - sezza1 17-03-10 16:29
Re:Introducing Ryan Archer Jensen - sezza1 17-03-10 16:28
Re:Introducing Ryan Archer Jensen - LisaAbe 17-03-10 16:27
Re:Introducing Ryan Archer Jensen - sezza1 17-03-10 16:22
Re:Introducing Ryan Archer Jensen - sannia 17-03-10 16:13
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