The whole point of this page is that you don't have to take our word for it.
A note on AI-assisted research: We used AI-assisted research to gather and organize public sources at speed. That's a starting point, not a stamp of truth: every factual claim is source-labeled so you can trace it, and all safety content is reviewed by a licensed clinician before publication.
When we write "Real parents say…" it's an anonymized pattern from public communities — never a customer testimonial, and it does not establish a fact. When we make a factual claim (a safety rule, a statistic, a benefit), it's source-labeled so you can check the original.
We list our sources so you can verify them yourself. Every safety rule traces to a named public-health or medical body; every statistic to a dated source.
Informed by approximately 30 credible, authoritative sources (government, medical, peer-reviewed), kept separate from approximately 10–12 public parent-community patterns. Roughly 45 distinct sources total. We'd rather give you a real, modest number you can verify than a big one you can't.
| Claim type | Source examples | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| Safe sleep / baby safety | AAP, CDC, NHTSA, CPSC, Safe Kids | Baby Safety Basics |
| Money / benefits | IRS, DOL, KFF, insurer & HR questions | Money, Gear & Benefits |
| Partner / relationship | Gottman, peer-reviewed mental-load & perinatal research | Partner Track |
| Parent-voice patterns | Public parent communities (anonymized) | Real-world friction points |
Parent-voice patterns are kept separate from factual claims. They show where couples get stuck; they don't prove a medical or safety fact.
In a large prenatal-care study, 33% of fathers were never asked a single direct question by obstetric staff during the visit.
Source: "Voices of Fathers During Pregnancy: The MGH Prenatal Care Obstetrics Fatherhood Study," Maternal and Child Health Journal (2022); 959 fathers (86% of attending fathers) at a large urban hospital. Evidence type: peer-reviewed observational survey. Caveat: single-site study, not nationally representative.
68% of those fathers wanted, or were open to, more parenting information across reproductive-health topics.
Source: same MGH Fatherhood Study (Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2022). Evidence type: peer-reviewed observational survey.
Report a significant drop in relationship satisfaction in the first three years after their first baby.
Source: Gottman Institute research (Shapiro, Gottman & Carrère, longitudinal study of newlywed couples, 2000); pattern replicated in later transition-to-parenthood research. Evidence type: peer-reviewed longitudinal research.
Mothers carry roughly 73% of the household's cognitive labor (the planning, anticipating, and remembering), vs. ~27% for partners.
Source: "Cognitive household labor: gender disparities and consequences for maternal mental health and wellbeing," Archives of Women's Mental Health (2024), survey of 322 mothers, using the Fair Play task framework. Evidence type: peer-reviewed survey research. Caveat: self-reported by mothers.
Roughly 1 in 10 new fathers and partners experience perinatal (prenatal/postpartum) depression.
Source: Paulson & Bazemore, meta-analysis of 43 studies, JAMA (2010), pooled estimate 10.4%; consistent with later meta-analyses (~8–9%). Evidence type: peer-reviewed meta-analysis. Note: presented as support information, not a marketing claim.
This is not medical, legal, financial, or mental-health advice — confirm with your provider, a qualified professional, your insurer/HR.
Support (not care)
Baby-safety materials are drafted from AAP / NHTSA / CDC / CPSC / Safe Kids and held for a licensed clinician's sign-off before publication; until then, labeled "pending clinician review." A real gate, not a marketing line.
Educational content only. Not medical, legal, or financial advice. Confirm specifics with your provider, a qualified professional, and your insurer/HR.