What’s New In Baby Gear & Baby Shower Registries: Voices 77 with Kia Hammond and Katherine DeVries

The Mom Hour

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Parenting, Kids & Family

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🗓️ 8 July 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Meagan’s first baby shower was – wait for it – twenty-five years ago this summer. To bring her up to speed on how things are done nowadays and what’s new in baby gear, gifting, and registries, Meagan is joined by Kia and Katherine from our contributor team. Both are seasoned moms who have seen trends evolve, and both have had babies much (much) more recently. Join us as we talk about the pros and cons to today’s baby product landscape, what’s changed and what hasn’t, and what we’d do differently when registering for our very first baby shower. Kia and Katherine also share their must-have product recommendations and registry favorites while Meagan puts it all into context for us. Enjoy!

LINKS MENTIONED:

Read How To Make The Most Out Of Your Baby Registry by contributor Sarah Limberg
Kia and Katherine both mentioned Babylist as a go-to registry site
Kia also loves Spearmint Love Boutique
The Snoo was discussed (as was the age-old conversation around automated baby-soothing)
Meagan was blown away hearing about the Haakaa pump
There was much talk about the utility of various slings and babywearing carriers; while the choices are overwhelming the choice is personal, Kia is currently loving the Ergo 360

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi I'm Sarah and I'm Megan. We're two moms with eight kids between us from
0:05.2	little to grown. We're in different areas of the country and in different stages
0:09.0	of life but we both know that motherhood's a lot easier when real moms share
0:12.7	tips and encouragement and remind you that it's really all gonna be okay. We're
0:16.6	not experts, we're parents who've been there. We're not perfect, we're real.
0:19.9	Welcome to the Mom Hour. Hi everyone and welcome to the Mom Hour of
0:25.5	Voices, a special series on the Mom Hour showcasing diverse voices from across
0:29.6	the motherhood community. I'm Megan Francis and today I'm excited to be
0:33.3	chatting with two members of our contributor team, Kia Hammond and Catherine
0:37.7	DeVries. Both Catherine and Kia had babies in the not so distant past and I
0:42.8	had my first baby in what feels like the very distant past 25 years ago this
0:48.3	fall. So that means that at this moment a quarter century ago I was in full
0:54.3	on baby planning and shopping mode and actually getting ready to have my very
0:58.5	first baby shower. It's kind of unreal to think that it's been so long and I
1:02.3	know a lot of things about having a baby shower have changed along the way
1:05.6	from who actually gets to attend to how and where expecting parents register
1:09.8	and also what gifts are on every mom's wish list. Kia and Catherine are here to
1:14.4	get me up to speed on what's changed and what's still the same all these years
1:18.1	later. Hey Kia and Catherine so glad to have you on the show. Hi. Hi. I'm so
1:25.7	excited about this because I just looked at the date as Sarah and I were
1:30.9	planning this episode and realized that my first baby shower would have taken
1:36.4	place almost exactly 25 years ago. It was definitely July of 1997. I know that
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