With their loud noises and hard plastic flanges, breast pumps are the bane of many a new mother’s existence. Founded in 2013, Naya Health is one of the most notable tech startups working on a better
While pregnant, I imagined I’d spend maternity leave making elegant baby albums with detailed captions each month. That didn’t happen and now I have thousands of baby photos on my phone a
Traveling with a baby for the holidays? First you've got your own gear to worry about, then a stroller, something for the baby to sleep in, a baby carrier, toys, snacks, a diaper bag, possibly a car s
For a basic baby item, picking the right pacifier is surprisingly daunting. Many new parents have no idea how many different pacifiers are on the market until they are staring bleary-eyed at store she
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Becoming a parent brings drastic change in the household budget. As such, new and expectant parents are a favored demographic among marketers. Startup founders and their backers have also taken an int
New parents are faced with many conundrums and one of the most nerve-wracking is how to check a diaper without waking a sleeping baby. Korean startup Monit’s new Bluetooth sensor wants to make sniff
Yves Behar, designer of many round-edged objects, has at last turned his attention to the piece of furniture rated "most restful" by babies: the crib. His robotic, Wi-Fi-enabled creation, called Snoo,
Owlet, the teenie tiny bootie that goes on babies and informs you if they've stopped breathing, has raised a $7 million A round, adding some solid numbers to their already impressive $1.85 million see
As a parent I understand that gadgets like the Milk Nanny will be forgotten – like the Diaper Genie and the no-pacifier rule – five months into the severe sleep-deprivation experiment that
Busy parents who don’t have the time to shop for the best developmentally-appropriate and educationally-focused toys for their little ones now have a new option. A company called Please and Car
Tiggly, an educational app designed for iPad's youngest users - babies! (oh, and toddlers, too) - has raised a Series A round of funding led by Habermaass GmbH, a Germany-based early play and learning
New, first-time parents are terrified that they're going to somehow accidentally hurt their baby - they will drop the child, or hit that weird soft spot on the baby's head. Or maybe they'll forget to
Babies, sweet bairns or waukrife rogues alike drink from bottles. But how is a poor parent to know how much the wee ones drank, how fresh the formula was, and how much more they should imbibe before g
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon and Disney Research have created a 3D printer that can output a real, cuddly teddy bear in a few hours, thereby putting Santa's elves out of business. The machine uses s
As Amazon's online business continues to cut into traditional retailers' revenues, Target today makes a move to fight back. The Minneapolis-headquartered retailer has just launched a pilot program fo
As evidenced by sonogram photos posted to Facebook and the apparent popularity of “ultrasound parties,” pregnancy is a time ripe for sharing. A new startup called BabyWatch is taking those
Among the crowd showing at TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Alley was Embrace Her Health, a two-year-old company at work on a suite of maternity apps that aim to enable women to manage their pre- an
<a target="_blank" href="http://babyli.st/">BabyList</a>, the online universal baby registry which lets couples request unconventional items - like diaper service subscriptions, for example - in addit
Disruption comes in all shapes and sizes, and benefits people of all shapes and sizes. When you think about global entrepreneurs solving hard problems, you might not think about creating hardware prod
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