Alternative Baby is a comprehensive Australian website offering "instinctive, conscious and informed parenting information and support" through articles, chat rooms, forums, discussion boards, resources, online members' journals, and a monthly newsletter. Registration is free, and registered users can post to forums, create journals, and submit articles. An expandable map shows locations of site visitors around the world.

The extensive forums offer "a community for parents to gain information and support regarding attachment parenting and other alternative, gentle and instinctive parenting styles". Forums include such topics as Attachment Parenting Ideals, Pregnancy and Birth, Natural Weaning, Single Parents, Raising Spirited and High Needs Kids, Natural Healing, Home Schooling, Vaccination, Frugal Living, and many more, including a forum for Australian families seeking like-minded friends and organizing local meetings. There are currently almost 60,000 messages posted by registered users.

Alternative Baby is an exceptional resource for all attachment parenting families, with an added bonus for those based in Australia.