The terminology around infant clothing can be confusing.

If you don’t know the difference between a onesie and a romper, you’re not alone!

To further confuse matters, these types of baby clothes may also be referred to as body suits, creepers, jumpsuits, vest, playsuits, or pajamas. And the words used may be different depending on where you live.

Knowing the difference between a onesie vs romper is useful, even if it’s just so you can tell family members who want to help out what you might need (or when you go to load up your baby registry).

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Babies are messy little things, especially when it comes to mealtimes.

With a newborn baby that needs to eat up to 12 times per day, you’re going to need quite a few burp cloths and bibs to keep them (and you) clean.

If you have relatives who are asking what gifts they can buy for the baby, then bibs and burp cloths are a great idea because you’ll use them every day and you can never have too many.

Now you might be wondering, what’s the difference between bibs vs burp cloths anyway?

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The bedrock of successful parenting is, very often, a successful marriage.

That’s not to say that divorce isn’t sometimes the right choice, or that single parents can’t do an amazing job.

But when a child’s parents love each other deeply and, more importantly, work on their relationship — everyone wins.

There’s no doubt: Being a parent and husband or wife is hard work. The relationship tends to want to take a backseat to raising the kids, and paying the bills, and getting chores done, and on and on.

It’s a wonder anyone makes it work!

But they do. And to prove it, I’ve compiled some of the best true marriage stories from Reddit to give you hope and make you believe in the power of love!

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Baby bottles can be confusing, with lots of different bits and pieces to think about.

The most basic baby bottles have just three parts, but some can have as many as five or six.

It can be overwhelming for new parents!

Are complicated baby bottles with more parts better for our babies? Or do they just mean more things for parents to clean and assemble?

With so many types of baby bottles on the market to choose from, it can be hard to know where to start.

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Playing games in the kitchen with your children is a great way to get them involved in cooking, while also making it fun.

When preparing a meal, it can be tempting to send the kids off to another room to watch TV.

But having them join in with the preparation of food can be fun for everyone. Plus, if you train them well, having your very own sous chef can actually be pretty handy!

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With the big day about to arrive, it’s natural for you and your partner to have all sorts of questions about what you can expect when you step foot inside the hospital

Flipping through baby books might have given you an idea about what you can expect through pregnancy and new parenthood, but still leave you with questions about what will happen on your due date.

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We all do it.

The moment you pick up a baby — especially yours, but maybe even someone else’s — you start to sway.

You gently bounce your body and rock back and forth. If baby starts to cry, you shush them. If baby makes a noise, you babble happily back to them.

You don’t even realize that you’re doing it! No one ever taught you, and babies don’t come with instructions.

Is this your parenting instincts in action? Are these behaviors hard-wired into our evolutionary biology, just waiting for the right time to emerge? Do moms have stronger instincts than dads? Do all woman have a powerful urge to become moms?

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