Danielle Cadet’s Product Recommendations for New Moms

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The Expert Edit features interviews with specialists about the products they swear by in their chosen field. For the latest installment, we spoke to “Pregnant Pause” podcast host Danielle Cadet about her top product recommendations for new moms.

Danielle Cadet is a first‑generation Haitian American media powerhouse: a Northwestern grad turned editorial mastermind, who served as Editorial Director at Netflix’s Strong Black Lead before becoming Executive Editor and Vice President of Content at “Essence,” and now founder of the “Pregnant Pause” podcast. But amid those high-profile titles, one role shines brightest in her own life: that of mom.

“Motherhood has made me an all‑around better person,” she tells Popsugar. “I love more fully now that I’m a mom. I feel more deeply. I see more clearly.” It wasn’t always a foregone conclusion: at one point, her accelerating career made family feel out of reach. “I wanted to be a mom in theory — in the way we’re told one day you’ll grow up and become a mom,” she explains. “Dating was a challenge, and I couldn’t control motherhood the way I could control my professional trajectory.”

Then came a shift. She met her husband. “I knew he would truly be my partner, not just in bringing that life to fruition, but in maintaining it.” Her first child arrived during the pandemic, at a juncture when she was simultaneously stepping into a demanding role at a major tech company. The resulting solitude led her to search for podcasts by and for Black moms, and when she couldn’t find them, she launched her own.

“I don’t ever want any Black woman to feel alone in her motherhood journey,” she shares. “I hope any woman searching for a community finds ours and joins it.” And when it comes to navigating that journey (diaper blowouts, airport meltdowns, late-night feeding sessions), Cadet has a few go-to tools that make life just a little easier. Below, she shares the 10 products that help her stay grounded — and sane — as a mom of two young girls.