babymoon

American  

[bay-bee-moon] / ˈbeɪ biˌmun /

noun

babymoons plural

1. a vacation taken by expectant parents shortly before their baby is to be born.

2. a period of time right after a baby's birth that new parents spend alone with their baby.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• babymoons
  plural

Example Sentences

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babymoon babymoons

Compound words are on the rise in the book with deadname, pageview, fintech, allyship, babymoon and subtweet.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2022

Even their babymoon, last October, begat work when they ran into Kim Kardashian and Kanye West at a Utah resort.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 24, 2018

She was on a babymoon with her husband, Erik.

From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2018

New Yorker Mark LoCastro and his pregnant wife canceled a babymoon - the term for a couple’s getaway before a baby is born - to St. Lucia.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 3, 2016

Honeymoons and babymoons are both culturally anointed trips timed to big life events.

From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2018

I’ve had to have discussions about canceling babymoons, canceling trips before starting in vitro fertilization and even having husbands provide a frozen semen sample because they plan on traveling to a Zika-affected region for work.”

From Washington Times ● Feb. 3, 2016

Some travelers are trading in Caribbean and Latin American vacations for ski trips and Hawaii as they rethink destination weddings, babymoons and other getaways in light of the Zika virus.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 3, 2016

For our honeymoons, or babymoons, or bucket-list trips.

From Time ● Nov. 20, 2015

For honeymoons and babymoons, set a budget and a goal.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2015