You've seen it hundreds of times without really seeing it. It's prominently featured in almost every photo of a newborn, across Instagram, Facebook and photo albums across the country. It's that ...

For our series Beginnings, we're working on a story about a blanket many of you will be familiar with. It's a white flannel blanket, with pink and blue stripes. It's the standard receiving blanket in ...

Receiving blankets sound formal, like something a Victorian-era mother might see her baby wrapped in for the first time before being whisked away by wet nurses and nannies. In reality, they’re the ...