Babble Wrap: Wide Support For Legislation

When tiny Tully took his first breath last Tuesday morning there wasn’t a doctor in sight. Instead, a midwife helped him enter the world at Canberra Hospital’s Birth Centre, a cosy and comfortable facility, conceptually light years from a hi-tech delivery room.The Australian

First Three Years Key To School Success: Study
How children are faring before they turn four is a strong guide to early school success, according to a major study. It is more important than what happens to them in the year immediately before they start school. SMH

Child Abuse Staff In Short Supply In Aboriginal Outposts
The taskforce established by the Northern Territory government to tackle child abuse in indigenous communities has not increased its staffing levels in central Australia despite a rapidly escalating number of reports of children at risk. The Australian

Fortune Shines On Gen Y While Baby Boomers Suffer
Young suburban families with mortgages and secure jobs are likely to be better off than they were a year ago, while sharemarket and superannuation losses have destroyed their baby boomer parents’ wealth. SMH

Manly Wins On Swings
For the most fun per kid, go north. A secret heaven of slides, rockers and swings awaits in the seaside suburb of Manly. The Daily Telegraph

Freezing Eggs Is Risky Business
Women who freeze their eggs to delay motherhood are being given false hope by some fertility clinics, an IVF expert has claimed, saying there is no guarantee. Courier Mail

Childcare Centres Bursting But Some Still Struggle
If you were to map the Queensland childcare industry, it would look like something that Jackson Pollock produced on an off day. Courier Mail

Two Mothers In Three ‘Fear Stares As They Breastfeed’
It is as near to the elixir of life as a liquid can get, especially for a newborn baby. But children are still being denied breastmilk by new mums who are too self-conscious to nurse on the go for fear of attracting the opprobrium of a “bottle-fed” nation, according to a new survey that deals a fresh blow to Britain’s attempts to improve its pitiful track record on breastfeeding. The Independent

Life With A Baby Daughter: ‘What Do We Do With A Girl?’
When a baby daughter arrived in her house full of boys, Sinéad Moriarty was first elated – and then terrified. Telegraph