babies

Having a baby in NJ? Avoid these names!

A baby industry website has revealed the most popular baby names so far in 2023 and those it says are at risk of becoming "extinct."

A "significant" equity issue remains in the Garden State, according to Advocates for Children of New Jersey, with about a third (32%) of Black and Hispanic babies being raised in poverty, compared to only 6% of whites.

The boom took a while to get going because many families lost income at the outset of the pandemic, and there was significant uncertainty about how the virus behaved and how it might affect childbirth.

Well now we know what you were doing during COVID! We have more BABIES than ever! Babies are my weakness by the way...fun fact: I will volunteer to watch anyone's baby that needs it just to get my baby fix! The photo above is when I brought my daughter Bella home from the hospital and I don't think her little feet touched the ground until she was 5. With all these babies being born, I was curious what the most popular names are for these bundles of joy in New Jersey...do you like these?

It's a Boy! It's a Girl! It's Jersey Shore University Medical Center being named among Newsweek's 2020 list of the Best Maternity Care Hospitals in the United States.

The Garden State consistently beats national averages for each early learning metric, but New Jersey babies' health, while good compared to the rest of the United States, could improve.

In the final part of our series on pregnancy and baby life, we find out what you need to do before delivery and what the moments that will take your breath away are really like.

When you find out that you're expecting a child, how much do you have to alter your diet and exercise routine and how does it benefit the pregnancy?

It's a life-changing event, a blessing, and joy growing inside...expecting and then delivering a baby into the world.