Name Pronunciation
Hi Jennifer!
Sometimes when I’m looking at names on this site I’m not 100% certain of their pronunciation. Is there a way for you to add a sound bite or a pronunciation key to the names? → full article
Bates Motel’s Max Thieriot Chooses Rhyming Baby Name
Actor Max Thieriot and his wife Lexi Murphy quietly welcomed their first child, a son named Beaux Thieriot, this month. The Bates Hotel actor had not publicly acknowledged the pregnancy, but took to Instagram with a sweet photo of the baby boy, writing: “Christmas came early this year! → full article
Ethan for a girl?
Hi Jennifer,
A little question from a fan of your site from the Netherlands!
I’m a single mom with a beautiful little boy Caleb and having another little bundle of joy in 2016. → full article
Baby Tech’s 2015 Gift Guide
Looking for that perfect gift for your favorite baby, pregnant woman, or older child? Here’s a year-end review of our favorite Baby Tech items from 2015.
For pregnant women:
Leachco’s Snoogle Total Body Pillow. → full article
Go Westry, Young Man!
Hello Jennifer,
I was reading book called The Bungalow by Sarah Jio and I really liked the hero’s first name: Westry. I was wondering if you could tell me more about it just for fun. → full article
How to Shave Your Legs While Pregnant with the Giraffe Razor Extension
It’s obvious that a lot of aspects of your daily routine change from the moment you realize you’re pregnant. Although, there are a lot of little things that you may just never think of until later down the line… like shaving your legs, for one. → full article
An Easy Way to Get Your Prenatal Vitamins In
You’ve been told a million times that your nutrition is pivotal in the development of your baby, and even its lifelong health. There are a ton of foods that are on the “do-not-eat” list, and a new list of things you need to get in your system, namely vitamins, is never ending. → full article
Boy Named Summer
Hi Jennifer,
My son was born on June 23 which is the date of summer arrival in lunar calendar. I would like to give him a meaningful name “Summer” but my hubby think it’s a girl name. → full article
Baby in a Longboard? Check it out!
Strollers manufacturers are constantly trying to outdo one another, and this one is no exception.
The Quinny Longboard Stroller allows adults to skateboard with their baby riding sidecar in an attached stroller seat. → full article
“Rebranding” an Adopted Child
Dear Jennifer,
We will be adopting a beautiful, spunky, outgoing, very popular blonde female very soon. To give you a little detail to further assist us, we will be moving after the adoption. → full article
Merrily down the streaming videos
Amazon.com has just added a slew of educational videos for babies to its video streaming service.
Geared toward ages 6 months to 2 years, the videos cover everything from vocabulary to shapes to numbers to movement to sounds. → full article
Kelly: Boy’s or Girl’s Name?
Dear Jennifer,
I have been looking at the name Kelly quite often lately because of my interest in genealogy – and I have found that in my genealogy most, if not all, of the Kellys are male, something I find interesting. → full article
Message from the Name Angel: Don’t do this!
Dear Jennifer,
My husband loves the name Heaven Leigh. But our last name is Messenger, so her name would be Heaven Leigh Messenger. I don’t know if that just sounds ridiculous. I have read many things about the name Heaven, from “it’s beautiful,” to “it sounds like a strippers name.”
I don’t know if I like it it or not. → full article
Pregnant? Here’s an app for that.
Winkpass Creation’s iPregnant app for iOS (iPhone and iPad) is a pregancy tracker chock-full of features.
Its Journal feature provides room for tracking weight, doctors appointments, and notes as your pregancy progresses. You can customize reminders (a lifesaver if you have the all-too-common “pregnancy brain”) as well as questions for your doctor. → full article
Two First Names?
Hi Jennifer,
I’m just over 3 months along with my second child and my husband and I are slightly disagreeing about a girl’s name. We’ve decided on Abraham for a boy but for a girl we like Lottie Ann. → full article
