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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).
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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. 

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All about children's feet


The foot is a complex structure of 26 bones and 35 joints, held together and supported by scores of ligaments. A baby's foot is padded with fat and is highly flexible. Children begin to walk anywhere between eight and 18 months of age. Most toddlers are flat-footed when they first start walking, or tend to turn their feet inwards, because of poor muscle tone and weak ligaments in their feet. This will improve as the feet strengthen. Always see your podiatrist or doctor if you are concerned about your child’s feet or gait.

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