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  1. Pinned:Your Moderator (0 replies)
  2. I am the unpopular parent (22 replies)
  3. Great things can happen when your in-laws move in (17 replies)
  4. Is it harder going from 0-1 or 1-2 kids? (30 replies)
  5. Tips for 15 month age gap (6 replies)
  6. I feel so guilty (23 replies)
  7. When is the right time to add to your family? (2 replies)
  8. Managing difficult parents (11 replies)
  9. Please tell me about your normal and well adjusted only child (24 replies)
  10. 3 kids under school age (28 replies)
  11. Mazda CX-5 Maxx Sport or a Dualis Ti-L (9 replies)
  12. When you can't afford to have time off for a baby (21 replies)
  13. What made you go for number 3 child and if you didnt why? (25 replies)
  14. The same argument - over and over (14 replies)
  15. Dealing with a jealous dog (6 replies)
  16. Younger brothers (14 replies)
  17. How Long for a toddler to get over jealousy (5 replies)
  18. Problem with parent and obligation. (21 replies)
  19. Accepting that one may be it (29 replies)
  20. I cut off my mother (11 replies)
  21. Practical tips before number 2 arrives (9 replies)
  22. More about number 3 (1 reply)
  23. Are you glad you had your 2nd? (38 replies)
  24. The third child question & age gaps (18 replies)
  25. I am so ashamed of myself (68 replies)
  26. Quandry; I don't want another (12 replies)
  27. Are your family your friends? (41 replies)
  28. Sharing a room (11 replies)
  29. Did you talk your DH into another baby, and how did it turn out? (19 replies)
  30. DP wants another baby straight away (24 replies)
  31. Completing your family (4 replies)
  32. Mothers of boys - do you ever feel sad about not having a daughter? (128 replies)
  33. Age gaps and family dynamic - 3 kids under 4 years (7 replies)
  34. The never ending messyness! (51 replies)
  35. How much "right" does a teenager have? (4 replies)
  36. dad just got admitted to hospital. (3 replies)
  37. Pocket Money (1 reply)
  38. Family/self & work/life balance (16 replies)
  39. *Deleted post - thanks for youre replies (2 replies)
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  41. Larger Age Gaps (22 replies)
  42. Deleted. Thanks for replies :) (9 replies)
  43. Only child not by choice - how did you accept it? (19 replies)
  44. Only ever wanted 2 kids but now want 3 (19 replies)
  45. Grandparents (or my in laws don't want to be involved much) (50 replies)
  46. Stepping back from a relationship with your parents (5 replies)
  47. Q for SAHMs with 3 Kids under 4 (6 replies)
  48. Grandparents (53 replies)
  49. 3 Kids - What's it like? (30 replies)
  50. Husband wants another baby - I am not sure (5 replies)
  51. Motherhood/your parenting style (10 replies)
  52. maybe baby...... (0 replies)
  53. How do you manage with a newborn and another child at home? (25 replies)
  54. Was your Eurasian baby born looking Asian? (28 replies)
  55. What Family Vehicle Do You Own (13 replies)
  56. Choices (2 replies)
  57. Issues with Grandparents (59 replies)
  58. Living apart for a month (1 reply)
  59. Mirena (9 replies)
  60. Large age gaps (5 replies)
  61. Only child (16 replies)
  62. Toddler activities (1 reply)
  63. On child families (29 replies)
  64. Living Near Family or Away from Family (8 replies)
  65. second child or NOT ? (41 replies)
  66. Dilemma re trying for number 2 (8 replies)
  67. Need to hear what you're doing right for a change? (0 replies)
  68. For those with planned small age gaps (10 replies)
  69. Did you plan your family around the first child being in preschool? (31 replies)
  70. "I just don't understand" thread removed (0 replies)
  71. boy/girl 16 months apart (26 replies)
  72. I want baby #3 (15 replies)
  73. Paid Parental Leave (11 replies)
  74. Family Car (25 replies)
  75. Big age gap? (10 replies)
  76. Do you get paranoid? (20 replies)
  77. Kids not settling into the care/kinder/school/work routine (1 reply)
  78. Your bi-lingual baby (16 replies)
  79. Vasectomy cost - sydney (3 replies)
  80. Do you consider this wasteful? (27 replies)
  81. Custody while waiting for mediation (1 reply)
  82. Babies before Marriage (if at all) (42 replies)
  83. Godparents (4 replies)
  84. How do you do it? (14 replies)
  85. Birthday Months Ahead (2 replies)
  86. how did you know your family was complete? (50 replies)
  87. Living Apart from Each Other - How to Make it Work (12 replies)
  88. Age gaps between children (11 replies)
  89. How long before you marry? (163 replies)
  90. Who here on EB follows NP or AP approaches? (24 replies)
  91. How to get elderly father to consider hearing aid? (6 replies)
  92. Change to court ordered parenting plan (4 replies)
  93. Stay at home mum- 2 under 2 (21 replies)
  94. Parenting.... mummy vs daddy (1 reply)
  95. Which surname on birth cert? (2 replies)
  96. Mummy friend needing a little hope (0 replies)
  97. Tubal ligation (5 replies)
  98. Don't know how to deal (12 replies)
  99. newborn, 5.5yo, 8.5yo (5 replies)
  100. please advice needed (3 replies)
  101. 1st kid out of childcare for 2nd (12 replies)
  102. 3 under 4 - how do people do this? (28 replies)
  103. 3 years into motherhood and I'm starting to struggle (13 replies)
  104. WDYT is a better age gap? (18 replies)
  105. Your Family Rules (18 replies)
  106. Menu Planning - Its the only option (3 replies)
  107. How do you afford a family (18 replies)
  108. Going from 2 to 3 (12 replies)
  109. Pls tell me this will get easier! First day alone with 3 kids (13 replies)
  110. If you were your parents/grandparents... (40 replies)
  111. DH's away for work (6 replies)
  112. Managing a 19 month age gap between babies (7 replies)
  113. Did your childhood family structure influence the gender and/or number of children you wanted? (52 replies)
  114. Guardianship of child- making it official (2 replies)
  115. Grandparents favouritism (16 replies)
  116. DH is going to be a SAHD (18 replies)
  117. One child families through choice. (39 replies)
  118. Tell me about your sister? (85 replies)
  119. Tell me about your baby #3 (13 replies)
  120. I want my son called by his name. (179 replies)
  121. When hubby returns from travelling for work? (1 reply)
  122. DD's birthday present (9 replies)
  123. worried about Jealousy when new baby is born (4 replies)
  124. Working Mums, do you have time for a hobby? (28 replies)
  125. Howw many mummies out there work weekends. (12 replies)
  126. Would you go ? (12 replies)
  127. my favorite poem/prayer (3 replies)
  128. How do you handle birthday parties in your family when siblings & cousins are born in the same week? (17 replies)
  129. Fearless children (4 replies)
  130. What's the best age gap? (21 replies)
  131. EB Outage Thursday 3-5AM AEST (0 replies)
  132. introduction (0 replies)
  133. We're going for number 3! (6 replies)
  134. 4 year age gap? (12 replies)
  135. Anyone LOVE being a mum but is planning only 1 child? (55 replies)
  136. Last Names (23 replies)
  137. The dark side of one 'modern' family (54 replies)
  138. uncaring parents (5 replies)
  139. Close calls... (6 replies)
  140. having 3 kids, (9 replies)
  141. Attachment Parenting (56 replies)
  142. Full Time house dad and Full-time mum at work (12 replies)
  143. For those with a 20 month age gap (56 replies)
  144. Want #3 soon - tell me about a 7 year and 4.5 year age gap (20 replies)
  145. Mothers Day when your mum is a narcissist... (6 replies)
  146. Terrified of No. 2 (11 replies)
  147. Update on Help Needed Mother Issues (3 replies)
  148. Spin off - Positive stories of small age gaps (16 replies)
  149. Why can't I decide when to TTC #2? (3 replies)
  150. Age gaps for no.2 & 3, work/life balance, what to do? (0 replies)
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