2026 Best of The Bump Awards

The Bump has been recognizing best-in-class pregnancy and baby products for more than 13 years. For our Best of The Bump program, we’ve tested nearly 900 products with more than 300 parents-to-be, parents and their families in real-world settings.

Our starting point is extensive market research, community survey insight and advice from professional experts to identify the needs and pain points experienced by parents across the country. From there, we carry out rigorous real-life testing of the products that meet those real-life needs, keeping in mind ease of use, quality and durability, value, comfort, style and the recommendations of medical and safety experts. Based on this robust testing protocol, as well as the input from more than 1,000 surveyed parents and professional experts, our editors identified the products that really make a difference and awarded products that are truly deserving of The Best of The Bump stamp of approval.