A US firefighter at a car accident lay on the ground with an injured child to calm him with animated movie Happy Feet.

First-time dad, Dean McQuade couldn’t wait to tell his parents about his baby joy, but they live on the other side of the world in Scotland so he had to get creative.

Facebook lights up in solidarity for mother who left her baby in the shopping trolley and drove home.

And there's not a vegemite sandwich in sight.

“I don’t know what the odds are of a woman born with Down syndrome marrying the love of her life. I only know you’ve beaten them.”

The notoriously private Lucy Liu has surprised the world by announcing she has become a mum for the first time.

“She was blue and not breathing."

“It’s heartbreaking, you put so much trust in these places to look after your child.”

And it's absolutely awesome.

“In nearly every case, compared to having the female partner doing all the child care, we found that couples who split it equally had better outcomes across the board.”