There's also one called the Baby Bonus...thats the one you claim through your tax return...I think its up to $500 or was when I had Jordan anyway

Its not to be confused with the $600 per child or FTA or FTB...thats a different thing altogether

I'll try and explain how it worked for me

I was working full time the financial years before Jordi and after I had him I didnt work fo 6 months so my income was not the same over the 2 years so I got the Baby Bonus of $493 at the time as my income had dropped??? Not sure if I am explaining it correctly but its all there on the ATO site...will see what I can find...but its all different things


Shannon - hiya \/ she loves sleeping with me, we have had a much better day...even got a 3 hour sleep then she woke up and over 2 hours had 2 feeds off each boob, then play and bath and is back in bed, so maybe she is just working it all out...I hope so anyway