Mother's Corner7 min read
Your Hospital Bag: What to Actually Pack and What You Won't Touch
Every hospital bag list online is twice as long as it needs to be. Here's what genuinely earns its place, from parents on the other side of it.
Naming Trends
The Rising Baby Name Trends of 2026
20 January 2026|7 min read
Editorial
Mother's Corner
Honest, practical writing for newly expectant and new parents: resources, recovery, and the things nobody warns you about.
Mother's Corner7 min read
The Village You Actually Need in the First Six Weeks
"It takes a village" is true and also uselessly vague. Here's what a real one looks like in the first six weeks, and how to build one before you need it.
Mother's Corner8 min read
Mother's Corner: A Newly Expectant Mum's Honest Resource List
Books, apps, podcasts, classes and the things no one tells you. From one set of new parents to another, the resources that genuinely helped.
Culture6 min read
The Baby Names With a Twin in Every Language
Some names shape-shift across languages: Sofia, Sophie, Sofía. Others hold the same form everywhere. Both patterns produce beautiful cross-cultural names.
6 September 2026
Tips6 min read
How to Say No to a Family Name Someone Expects You to Use
The name has been in the family for four generations. A grandparent has been waiting for it. You don't want to use it. Here's the honest, warm playbook.
4 September 2026
Tips6 min read
Choosing a Baby Name Without Being Overwhelmed by Choice
Thirty thousand names, a dozen naming sites, endless forums. The paradox of choice hits baby naming hard. Here's how to actually narrow it.
31 August 2026
Culture6 min read
Baby Names From Books That Age Well
Naming a child after a beloved character is one of the oldest naming instincts. Here's how to do it well, and which literary names actually last.
28 August 2026
Seasonal6 min read
September Baby Names: The Quiet Case for Autumn Naming
A September birth invites a specific naming register: warm, textured, unfussy. Here are the names that carry autumn well without overdoing it.
24 August 2026
Tips6 min read
The Nickname-First Approach to Picking a Baby Name
Most parents pick the formal name and hope the nickname follows. Reversing the order produces stronger everyday names and cleaner formal ones.
21 August 2026
Naming Trends6 min read
The Baby Names Quietly Becoming Unisex
Ten years ago they read as clearly one gender. Now they land ambiguously, and that's producing some of the strongest modern names.
19 August 2026
Naming Trends6 min read
Why Two or Three Middle Names Is Becoming Normal
For decades a single middle name was the default. Now a growing number of parents give their child two or three. Here's what's driving it, and when it works.
13 August 2026
Tips7 min read
Choosing Baby Names for Twins: The Real Rules vs the Cute Ones
Matching, rhyming, alliterative, coordinated. Most twin-name advice is aesthetic pressure dressed as rules. Here's what actually matters.
11 August 2026
Tips6 min read
Choosing a Baby Name Under Time Pressure
Early arrival, undecided at 39 weeks, or naming after the birth. Here's the honest short-form playbook when the leisurely approach is off the table.
3 August 2026
Psychology6 min read
Why Some Baby Names Feel Warm and Others Feel Cool
Parents describe names as warm or cool without being able to say why. There's a real mechanic underneath, and it changes how a shortlist reads.
3 August 2026
Culture6 min read
Why American and British Baby Names Are Drifting Apart
For decades the two lists moved together. Since 2015 they've been drifting, and the split says something interesting about both cultures.
3 August 2026
Tips6 min read
When Your Partner's Name Idea Grows on You
The name you politely hated in month three sometimes becomes the name you can't imagine your child without. Here's what's actually happening, and how to use it.
27 July 2026
Naming Trends6 min read
The Quiet Power of Plain Names
After a decade of elaborate, curated baby names, the plain ones are starting to feel like the bold move. Here's why Anna, James and John keep working.
27 July 2026
Psychology6 min read
Why Some Baby Names Feel Heavy and Others Light
Two names with the same number of syllables can land in completely different weight registers. Here's what's actually doing the work, and how to use it.
27 July 2026
Tips6 min read
How a Long Surname Should Shape Your Baby Name Shortlist
If your surname is already a mouthful, your first-name shortlist needs different rules. Here's what actually works and what quietly doesn't.
27 July 2026
Culture7 min read
What Modern Baby Names Are Borrowing From Mythology, and Why
Persephone, Atlas, Freya, Cassius. Mythological names are quietly replacing the vintage revival as the dominant naming move. Here's what's actually driving it.
27 July 2026
Meaning6 min read
What 'Meaning' Actually Means in a Baby Name
Every name has a meaning in the dictionary sense, but most of what a name actually means lives somewhere else entirely. Here's how to read meaning honestly.
27 July 2026
Mother's Corner7 min read
Your Hospital Bag: What to Actually Pack and What You Won't Touch
Every hospital bag list online is twice as long as it needs to be. Here's what genuinely earns its place, from parents on the other side of it.
27 July 2026
Psychology6 min read
Sibling Name Rules: The Real Ones vs the Fake Ones
Everyone has opinions on how sibling names should sound together. Most of the rules are invented. Two of them actually matter.
27 July 2026
Tips6 min read
Picking a Baby Name When You Don't Love Your Own
Parents who quietly dislike their own name often agonise more over the baby's. Here is how to use that as useful information rather than baggage.
27 July 2026
Tips7 min read
When Grandparents Don't Like the Baby Name: A Kind, Firm Playbook
Nobody warns you that the wobble often comes from the family, not the shortlist. Here's how to hold your ground warmly and keep the relationship intact.
27 July 2026
Psychology6 min read
Why Some Baby Names Sound Older Than They Are
Two names can be exactly the same age and feel decades apart. Here's what actually shapes the perceived age of a name, and how to read it in your own shortlist.
27 July 2026
Meaning6 min read
Virtue Names: Why the Old Ones Are Coming Back Differently
Hope, Grace, Verity, Justice. The virtue name is quietly back, but the modern version is doing something different from the Puritan original.
27 July 2026