Parenting by age

• Before pregnancy

  Planning a baby

  Before pregnancy

  Getting ready together, before a baby is on the way.

  • Getting ready
  • When to try
  • Pregnancy test

  4 guides

• Weeks 1–40

  Pregnancy

  Weeks 1–40

  Your due date, checkups, warning signs and a plan for the birth.

  • Warning signs
  • Checkups
  • What to eat

  10 guides

Choose your child’s age

• 0–12 months

  Babies

  0–12 months

  Sleep, first foods and getting to know each other.

  • Night waking
  • First foods
  • Tired parents

  17 guides

• 1–3 years

  Toddlers

  1–3 years

  Big feelings, first words and the word “no”.

  • Tantrums
  • Sleep
  • Picky eating

  60 guides

• 3–5 years

  Preschoolers

  3–5 years

  Questions, fears and getting ready for school.

  • Not listening
  • Fears
  • Starting school

  97 guides

• 6–9 years

  School-age

  6–9 years

  Homework, friends, screens and steady routines.

  • Homework
  • Screens
  • Focus

  111 guides

• 10–12 years

  Preteens

  10–12 years

  Puberty, a first phone and wanting more privacy.

  • First phone
  • Puberty
  • Answering back

  104 guides

• 13–18 years

  Teenagers

  13–18 years

  Closed doors, phones, friends and the SSC–HSC years.

  • Won’t talk
  • Phones
  • Exams

  82 guides