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THEY BY BABIES

One of the many things expectant parents gush over is how to decorate their new arrival’s room. While for some, this discussion still revolves around whether to paint the room blue or pink—or picking even more gender-stereotyped decor like princess for a girl and sports for a boy—a growing number of parents are embracing gender neutrality instead.

A new movement is rising, inspiring expectant and new parents to replace gendered terminology like “boy” and “girl” (along with normative pronouns for the baby) with a new term: “theyby.” (and gender neutral pronouns they/their/them) The new term

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