Laura Aubusson

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | Laura Aubusson

Steph Hilton always knew she wanted to be a mother. Entering her thirties as a single woman, she planned on having her fertility checked as a proactive step towards a future family. But before she could make the appointment, she began to feel unwell. As well as suffering bouts of anxiety and depression, Steph started to have hot flushes. 'I had one in front of mum, and she said, "Wow, that's just like the ones I get,"' Steph tells Daily Mail Australia.

2 months ago | cairnspost.com.au | Laura Aubusson

When Alita Blanchard’s son teared up at school drop-off, and made his way back to the car saying he couldn’t walk in, she felt sad but mostly… inconvenienced. “The voice in my head was saying ‘he is being defiant; he’s ruining my day… I would end up screaming ‘you have to go to school’,” she shares with Kidspot. When he came home saying he got in trouble at school, or had an aggressive meltdown, the NSW holistic counsellor would “flip her lid”.  “It triggered shame in me.

Nov 27, 2024 | cairnspost.com.au | Laura Aubusson

We’ve all made mistakes online. But there’s one huge lesson we need to take from the QLD mumfluencer story that blew up last week, according to another Aussie mum who's speaking from experience. Dr Kristyn Sommer has a PhD in child development and is a fierce advocate for keeping children’s faces off social media. She also once filmed herself breastfeeding her toddler and put it online where it was viewed by 18 million strangers.

Nov 27, 2024 | townsvillebulletin.com.au | Laura Aubusson

We’ve all made mistakes online. But there’s one huge lesson we need to take from the QLD mumfluencer story that blew up last week, according to another Aussie mum who's speaking from experience. Dr Kristyn Sommer has a PhD in child development and is a fierce advocate for keeping children’s faces off social media. She also once filmed herself breastfeeding her toddler and put it online where it was viewed by 18 million strangers.

Nov 26, 2024 | townsvillebulletin.com.au | Laura Aubusson

Sarah Falls wanted to be savvy this Christmas. The mum-of-three set a budget of $150 to spend on presents for her kids. Instead of visiting department stores, the Northern Territory mum has been trawling Op Shops for gifts for her kids, aged four, two and seven months. When she shared her bargain hauls on TikTok, she was stunned by the criticism over what she knows to be a smart and environmentally conscious deed.