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Whether you're a new mom or have a baby on the way, we're guessing you've landed on this article because you're searching for the best of the best baby gear to add to your baby shower registry or swiftly add to your virtual shopping cart to use stat. Whatever the case, it's no secret that there's an overwhelming number of options to choose from, and it can be challenging to know where to begin. T…

I have now been a mom for a little over a year - and looking back at my journey, the best decision I made for my mental health was going to a postpartum care center. Heading into my third trimester, I was scared. I didn't know what to expect in the delivery room, so I spent hours researching the labor process - what did contractions feel like and how would I get through them? While poring over ba…

On any given day in 2022, there were more than 100,000 children who were eligible for adoption in the US foster care system, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services . But even though the need is high, the adoption process can be lengthy and hard to follow. "The general wait time for hopeful adoptive parents can range from two months to two years or more," says adoption expert …

Adoption is a beautiful way to grow a family. With more than 100,000 children for adoption in the United States, according to US Department of Health and Human Services , it's an avenue many hopeful parents investigate. There are five typical ways to begin the journey to adopting , and each one includes different adoption costs that hopeful parents need to be aware of. So, how much does adoption …

Becoming a parent is a big decision, and making the decision to not parent is even larger. Rarely are adoptive parents aware that their efforts to become parents end up colluding with systems whose processes may perpetuate harm on the birth parents and the children they love. And there are few people, if any, to hold and care for those who realize they are unable to parent. I would come to learn …

There's a lot no one warns you about when it comes to having a baby, like pregnancy nose , carpal tunnel, and an agonizing sharp pain that randomly shoots through your vagina . But perhaps the most surprising part of pregnancy isn't physical at all: it's the clarity that comes immediately after giving birth. Known as "post-baby clarity," this phenomenon is what happens when new parents experience…

Loved by everyone from Chrissy Teigen to Hilary Duff , plus more than half a million parents, Little Sleepies has earned a cult following for pajamas that are truly worth obsessing over. Now, the celebrity-approved brand is taking that same buttery-soft comfort and playful design beyond bedtime with its first-ever Back to School Collection to make mornings easier (and a lot comfier). The drop ble…

Teens get a bad rap for being moody and hard to please, but shopping for the 16-year-old in your life doesn't need to be agonizing; all you really need to do to put a smile on their face is to lean into their personal passions and sense of style. That being said, if your birth year begins with a 19, there's a chance that the teen you know will think your taste is cheugy. So, when it came time to …

There are plenty of reasons to want a shortlist of gender neutral baby names. Maybe you choose to wait to find out the gender of your baby until after they're born, but you still want to have a name decided on ahead of time. In that case, a name that works for any gender is the perfect solve. Or maybe you just prefer gender neutral names to baby names that are more traditionally masculine or femi…

Mexican and Chilean actor Karla Souza - best known for her roles in "How to Get Away With Murder," "Day Shift," "Dive," and ABC's "Home Economics" - is crystal clear about her priorities these days. While her acting career remains a major focus, nothing tops being a mom to the three children she shares with husband Marshall Trenkmann: 5-year-old Gianna, 3-year-old Luka, and 1-year-old Giula. One …

While there are many joys that come with having a baby, for some new parents , having a pet at home is not one of them. "If you disliked your pets after having a baby, when did you start to like them again?" wrote one Reddit user in a thread . In a different thread , another user asked, "Hate my dog after birth?? Is this normal??" Otherwise referred to as "postpartum pet aversion," this is what h…

The question first came to me while watching the most recent season of "The White Lotus." Of all the twisted, tortured sibling dynamics that Mike White dangled for viewers, what stuck in my head from the start was not so much the incest (though flashbacks to those scenes still give me hives), but what it must feel like to have a sibling who's categorized by the outside world as a sex symbol - or,…

If there's one thing Chrissy Teigen, Hilary Duff , and half a million parents can agree on, it's that Little Sleepies makes pajamas worth obsessing over. The celebrity-loved brand has built a cult following thanks to its extra-soft, hypoallergenic bamboo fabric, playful seasonal prints, and sizes that stretch from newborn to grown-ups. But while the brand's viral pieces are usually hard to snag, …

Life is generally expensive, but the cost of being a parent is on another level. According to BabyCenter , the first-year cost of raising a baby is roughly $15,755, though expenses fluctuate depending on the state, and kids tend to get more expensive as they grow up. As for specific, higher-end items, which increase baseline cost, the fan-favorite Uppababy Vista V3 stroller is nearly $1,200 (not …

Getty / Oleg Breslavtsev By seven months postpartum, I felt like I was running on fumes. I'd skipped maternity leave - except for one blurry, anxiety-filled week on painkillers, recovering from my C-section - and jumped right back into freelance work while caring for newborn twins. I was on Slack less than two hours after delivery (yes, really). Looking back, that should've been a warning. Still,…