the early years, gently
The right idea, right on time.
Each day, Wattle shows you the one thing worth knowing for your child right now — timed to their age, and only ever an invitation. No tracking, no checklists, no child ever “behind”.
Free to begin · No credit card · Made in Australia
No child is ever “behind” here
Every child grows in their own time. Wattle works in gentle windows, not deadlines — you’ll find ideas to enjoy, never a checklist to fail. There’s no perfect parent, and no scoreboard.
How Wattle works
Set it up in a couple of minutes, then it quietly does the thinking.
Add your child
Just a first name, date of birth and a couple of basics — that’s all Wattle needs.
Choose your topics and style
Pick the areas you’d like ideas on, and tell us the kind of advice that suits your family.
Enjoy ideas, at the right time
Warm, age-matched suggestions appear when they’re useful — note the moments you love.
Little ideas, the kind you’d never think to look up
A taste of what’s inside — all of these are free to explore.
Make a "yes space"
One safe corner where you never have to say "no".
Notice more than you praise
Why "you stacked three blocks" beats "good job".
Ten minutes of "special time"
Ten daily minutes that can soften the whole day.
A few baby signs before words
Let your baby tell you "more" before they can say it.
Learn a little Auslan together
Australia has its own sign language — and a few signs can be a family thing.
Let them be a little bored
Boredom is where imagination begins.
More than a list of tips
Wattle grows with your child, and shows its working.
A journey, not a checklist
Your child’s early years as one gentle path — look back over the chapters you’ve shared, and glimpse the one coming next.
Things to do, all year round
A library of 116 play, learning and fun activities — sorted by age, season and kind, and refreshed as the weeks turn.
Grounded in good evidence
Every idea shows where it comes from — Australian health and child-development guidance — so you can trust what you read.
Start free, unlock everything
Begin with a generous free set of ideas and activities. When you’re ready, Full access opens the whole library, the developmental journey, and every season’s things to do — with room for every child in your family.
- A hand-picked set of ideas to enjoy
- A taste of the things-to-do library
- One child’s profile, advice matched to your family
- Every idea — with the research behind each one
- Your child’s whole developmental journey
- The full library of things to do, by age and season
- Every child in your family, on the one account
- Invite the other parent — you both share the one journey
A kinder way to walk through the early years
Join Wattle today — it’s free to begin, and it’s built to make you feel capable, not anxious.
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