From the creators of The Knot, The Bump gives first-time parents the inside scoop on fertility, pregnancy, birth, and babies with stage-by-stage advice, stylish ideas, local resources, interactive tools, and a savvy online community.
TheBump.com brings modern advice, an active community, and detailed local content together on a single website.
• Stage-by-stage advice, from trying to conceive to toddlerhood
• Expert Q&As with OB/GYNs, pediatricians, sleep experts, nutritionists, stylists, and more
• Interactive tools and checklists
• Local events listings
• Baby service and product reviews, powered by LilaGuide.com, the web’s largest searchable database of real-parent feedback
• Hundreds of personalized baby gifts, nursery essentials, and an array of products for parents and their bundles of joy, from sentimental presents to unique favors for a stylish baby shower
• Harnesses the power of social networking, connecting parents to their peers and offering personalized advice using an unparalleled combination of user-generated content and up-to-date community features, including baby blogs, local reviews, lists, profiles, photo galleries, and topic-based message boards (the equivalent of thousands of phone calls to friends, many of whom have already been connected through online communities on TheKnot.com and TheNest.com)
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Excited about your pregnancy, but overwhelmed by all the choices? The Bump local guides are the ultimate resource for pregnant moms in your nabe. Our panel of nationally recognized experts provides the latest tips on pregnancy planning, nutrition, nursery design -- you name it. And to bring it all home, our local guides give you the tools and resources you need to make the best possible choices in your area -- all at your fingertips. |
Carley Roney
Cofounder and Editor in Chief, The Knot Inc.
Since cofounding The Knot Inc., Carley has built one of the web’s largest network of lifestyle websites -- all while enduring three pregnancies, countless late-night breastfeeding sessions, toddler milestones, and temper tantrums. She’s poured years of hard-won mommy wisdom into The Bump and is excited to fill first-time parents in on all the things she wishes she’d known. Roney resides in Brooklyn, where she enjoys her daughter Havana’s dance recitals, park hopping with her 3-year-old, Cairo, and life with new baby, Dublin.
Kate Ward
Online Director, TheBump.com
Kate Ward is the Online Director of The Bump. An experienced journalist who’s got her finger on the pulse of all things pregnancy and parenting, Ward is responsible for all of the editorial content and tools on TheBump.com. When she’s not busy thinking of new topics and tools, posting answers to mommy questions, or coming up with the coolest new baby products, Ward is busy running about town with her baby girl. She has been featured on FOX and regularly contributes to parenting stories in the press. Previously, Ward directed online editorial at Self.com.
Dr. Ashley Roman
Fertility & Pregnancy Expert, TheBump.com
Dr. Ashley Roman, a board-certified OB/GYN, is on the faculty at the New York University School of Medicine and specializes in high-risk obstetrics. She's a graduate of Tulane University School of Medicine. Each week on TheBump.com, Roman answers soon-to-be moms' questions about the many unknowns of pregnancy and labor. Outside of work, Roman's primary interest is her daughter, who has energy and attitude to spare and is already showing an obsession with shoes (like mother, like daughter).
Tammy Gold
Parent Coach, TheBump.com
Tammy Gold is a psychotherapist, parent coach, and founder of Gold Parent Coaching. She works to provide parents with the proper tools and support to approach both pragmatic and emotional issues with confidence. Gold also has personal parenting experience -- she has a little girl of her own. Her advice for new parents covers all concerns from how to calm a screaming infant and divvying up parenting tasks to micromanaging your nanny and working-mom guilt.
Nicole Meadow, MPN, RD
Nutrition Expert, TheBump.com
Nicole Meadow, MPN, RD, is a well-regarded professional in the field of pediatric nutrition. Her private practice, NutritionWise, is unique in that she specializes in providing counseling services to children, families, and pre/postnatal clients. Her clients are referred for a variety of nutritional concerns, including obesity, food allergies, diabetes, Celiac Disease, feeding disorders, failure to thrive, eating disorders, and others. Meadow works with both typically developing children and those with developmental disabilities.
For more info, log on to NicoleMeadow.com.
Conner Herman & Kira Ryan
Sleeping Experts, TheBump.com
Conner Herman and Kira Ryan are the cofounders of Dream Team Baby, an infant and toddler sleep consultancy based in Manhattan. They help families all over the country get some much-deserved rest. Their holistic approach to solving children’s sleep problems is supported by a diverse board of experts from the medical and mental health community, including a pediatrician, lactation consultant, and psychotherapist. When Herman and Ryan aren’t teaching babies to sleep, they enjoy planning the 2035 wedding of their toddlers, Wyatt and Emilia.
Learn more about their services at DreamTeamBaby.com.
Cynthia Rowley
Cynthia Rowley was just seven years old when she constructed her first dress and was a senior at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago when she sold her first collection to a number of New York’s most prominent stores. Her collection is now sold in Cynthia Rowley shops in New York, Chicago, East Hampton, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, as well as in the Cynthia Rowley online boutique. Shops in Beijing and Shanghai are opening soon. The collection is also represented in better department and specialty stores both domestically and internationally. In addition to being a fashion designer, Cynthia is also an author and mother of two young daughters -- and even designed a chic stroller for Graco!
For The Bump, Cynthia seeks out the hottest styles for nine months of feeling, well, not so pretty -- from the chicest maternity jeans to must-have accessories. Writing a story on maternity style? Here are some of her hottest style how-tos: take a maternity wardrobe from drab to fab; hide an early bump (in case you haven’t spilled the beans yet); make the most of style staples; and how to dress during those postpartum months.
THE NEST BABY ANNOUNCES THE ARRIVAL OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST BABY REGISTRY SEARCH TOOL
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the most-coveted baby carriage. That’s right. For new parents, registering for super-stylish and extra-safe baby products is just as exciting as choosing their baby’s name. In response to the nation’s baby boom and increasing use of online shopping sites, The Nest Baby (www.thenestbaby.com), now The Bump (www.thebump.com), a website for hip, first-time parents from The Knot Inc., announced the launch of The Nest Baby Registry Service (www.thenestbaby.com/registry/home.aspx), the world’s largest baby registry search tool.
The Nest Baby Registry Service enables future parents to create and monitor their baby registry from the hottest baby retailers at once. Through this patented multiregistry search system, gift-givers can easily locate and purchase a baby gift off a registry from a variety of retailers, including Pottery Barn Kids, Right Start, Land of Nod, giggle, and BabyUniverse.com, all on The Nest Baby.
In honor of the engine’s launch, The Nest Baby editors asked their registry partners what’s hot -- and what’s absolutely essential -- for baby registries in 2008:
MOST-COVETED BABY PRODUCTS
Quinny Buzz Stroller (BabyUniverse.com, $550)
Superb form meets superior function in the stylish Quinny Buzz stroller, which offers a unique, automatic fold-out system, ergonomic seat, and futuristic design. Thanks to a revolutionary gas spring technique, the stroller automatically unfolds itself fully (no more wrestling to open it).
Fresco High Chair by bloom (The Land of Nod, $400)
In this modern high chair, fashionable babies can eat without sacrificing style for substance and safety. It features an adjustable, removable, dishwasher-safe feeding tray and second play tray, 360-degree swivel seat, and a five-point safety harness with height-adjustment shoulder straps. Plus, new parents will love its versatility: It can be used as a cradle seat for your newborn, a feeding chair for baby, or toddler play seat.
Coco Stylewood Baby Lounger (giggle, $200)
Finally, a bouncer that’s as beautiful as it is functional. The Coco Stylewood baby lounger from bloom is a modern take on the classic bouncer with a sleek design that looks right at home in any contemporary decor. Its beautiful bentwood construction gives the lounger a gentle rock -- while its soft seat and five-point harness nestle little ones safely and comfortably. Except for its small size, you’d never guess this was baby furniture!
BABY REGISTRY ESSENTIALS
Thinkbaby BPA-Free Bottle Set (giggle, $18)
With bisphenol-A (BPA) making news and raising so many concerns, parents can feel really confident about choosing Thinkbaby. These bottles are completely free of BPA, PVC, phthalates, nitrosamines, and lead, helping to minimize the health considerations of plastic. Not only that, parents will appreciate how Thinkbaby bottles also sport no-spill travel caps and an innovative nipple ventilation system that helps minimize colic.
Boppy Feeding and Infant Support Pillow (BabyUniverse.com, $25)
The Boppy feeding and infant support pillow has been voted America's favorite baby product by moms for five years in a row, according to BabyUniverse.com. The beloved product is even better this year with the addition of a Miracle Middle stretch panel to fit every waist size. Mom and Dad can feed their baby in an ergonomically correct position, with support for tired arms and necks. Use the Boppy beyond feedings for babies to lay, play, and learn to sit.
Penelope Nursery Bedding (Pottery Barn Kids, $144)
This cheerful crib bedding set is ideal for a preppy nursery. Artfully sewn with jacquard-woven fabrics, this set (which includes a bumper, crib sheet, and bed skirt) provides a fresh design featuring rows of appliqued birds and polka dots and a bumper that reverses to solid chamois. Made out of 100 percent cotton percale, this super-soft bedding option is machine-washable (an absolute baby must).
Maxi Cosi Mico Infant Car Seat (Right Start, $170)
The right infant car seat is a priority -- you can’t leave the hospital without one! The Maxi Cosi Mico infant car seat offers European style while providing the ultimate in comfortable transportation. Compatible with the Quinny Buzz and the Quinny Zapp strollers, the car seat comes with EPP foam for energy absorption, a plush infant insert, and a stay-in car base that’s weighted and installs in a rear-facing configuration with LATCH connectors.
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