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Robin Barker


Born
Australia
Genre
Parenting & Families


Robin Barker, retired registered nurse, midwife and child and family health nurse, is the author of Australia’s baby care classics, Baby Love and The Mighty Toddler. Close to Home is her first book of fiction.

Robin lives surrounded by her family in Sydney, near a famous beach where she swims out beyond the break several times a week.

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Average rating: 4.03 · 457 ratings · 67 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors
Baby Love: Everything You N...
4.10 avg rating — 354 ratings — published 1999 — 16 editions
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The Mighty Toddler: The Ess...
3.89 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2001 — 12 editions
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Close To Home
3.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions
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Baby and Toddler Meals
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“It does appear that in some other cultures the work of motherhood is not left entirely up to one person the way it is here, so a baby can be handed around to many relatives, which gives the mother some blessed relief. Our society tends to elevate pregnancy and childbirth to unrealistic romantic heights then leave women on their own to struggle with the task, making them wonder what they are doing wrong when at times it all seems too much.”
― Robin Barker, Baby Love
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“Can you arrange help with the housework? Can you pay someone for a while? What about asking one of your relatives who keeps burbling on about ‘wind’ to do the shopping or the dishes or something practical instead? Can you put in some earphones and let your baby cry while you clean up? You will feel much better, and chances are your baby is going to cry anyway whether you walk the floor with her or clean the house. If you can restore order you will feel better, more in control and she may go to sleep.”
― Robin Barker, Baby Love
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