Dad and mom 2024 Greatest for Child Awards

Meet Our Professional Panel of Judges

To make sure this 12 months’s Greatest for Child Award winners represented a big breadth of parenting experiences, we introduced collectively a formidable panel of parenting professionals to appoint, assessment, and—in some circumstances—approve of the must-have child merchandise of the 12 months.

How We Selected Our Winners

• Vetted by Our Editors: We obtain lots of of product submissions every year and all are thoughtfully thought-about by our workforce. Our editors will assessment every product primarily based on security {qualifications}, longevity, innovation, value, and extra. We then slender down the sector to verify our actual dad or mum testers are solely testing top-tier merchandise.
• Examined by Precise Dad and mom: We enlist actual dad and mom with infants underneath 18 months to check the newest and biggest child gear out “within the wild.” We ask them to assessment every primarily based on ease of use, sturdiness, likeability, and extra, and—on a scale from one to 5—none of our winners rating under a 4.5.
• Accredited by Our Panel of Professional Judges: To make sure that the 2024 Greatest for Child Award winners characterize a big breadth of parenting experiences, we convey collectively a formidable panel of parenting professionals to appoint, assessment, and—in some circumstances—approve of the must-have child merchandise.
• Validated With Authentic Insights: Our information and analysis workforce surveys readers throughout the Dotdash Meredith manufacturers with youngsters 18 months and youthful to seek out out what their favourite child merchandise had been throughout the final 12 months to convey you the tried-and-true favorites nonetheless topping folks’s lists.
• Supported by Our Testing Lab: To ensure we put collectively essentially the most complete checklist, we additionally faucet into the experience of the commerce workforce in our testing lab and the work they do every day. Every product they characteristic in product roundups and evaluations is chosen primarily based on a deep evaluation of client evaluations and most are completely examined by means of real-world hands-on expertise by actual dad and mom or in our New York Metropolis testing lab.

About Our Judges

Yamel Belen, R.N., IBCLC, is a registered nurse, skilled doula, and worldwide board-certified lactation advisor. She has over a decade of expertise in pediatrics. She’s additionally a licensed childbirth educator primarily based in Tampa, Florida.

Michelle Pratt with Protected within the Seat is shortly turning into each overwhelmed and anxious dad or mum’s go-to useful resource for automobile seat security. As a mother and nationally licensed little one passenger security technician, her judgement-free method helps flip automobile seat confusion into straight-up confidence. Via Protected within the Seat’s free automobile seat finder instrument, on-line programs, useful movies, personalised consults, and every day doses of security ideas and tips, Michelle is empowering caregivers to maintain their most valuable cargo secure within the seat.

Rebekah Kimminau is the proprietor of The Child Gear Marketing consultant, a web site which goals to assist dad and mom make knowledgeable selections on the on a regular basis gear they use for his or her youngsters. She is a former midwife and labored as a nanny, new child care specialist, and postpartum doula for greater than 10 years. She is a licensed lactation advisor and a babywearing skilled, and she or he is a licensed little one passenger security technician.

Kaity Velez is the editorial director of particular initiatives and innovation at Dad and mom and Verywell Thoughts. A Brooklyn-born mother of two children, she is a content material skilled, model steward, and neighborhood builder. She’s captivated with range and fairness and cares deeply concerning the social emotional wellness of the generations we’re elevating. And their Dad and mom.

Celeste Little is the senior editor of Kindred and particular initiatives and improvements and Dad and mom. She has been a journalist since 2011, working in each side of media, from tv to newspapers and digital media. She has expertly reported, written, edited, and commissioned tales about various topics for retailers like Man Repeller, HelloGiggles, Intelligent, and InStyle. Celeste prizes storytelling that highlights untold views and promotes equality, as each a author and an editor. 

Kimberly Zapata is the editor of particular initiatives and improvements at Dad and mom. Her parenting, well being, and wellness work has been revealed on quite a few web sites, together with Well being, Healthline, Parade, Washington Publish, Huffington Publish, Oprah, The Mighty, Mic, and Vice, to call a number of. She can also be the founder and creator of Better Than: Sickness, a corporation devoted to empowering teenagers and younger adults scuffling with psychological sickness.