Was your child an amazing sleeper then all of a sudden BAM you're up all hours of the night? Did you finally have a good routine in place then it all turned to shit?? We feel you! This week we're getting to the bottom of these dreaded "regressions"!!

We have the incredible Steph Gouin from Sleep by Steph on with us to discuss what a "regression" really is, what causes these sleep disturbances, how you can best navigate these periods and setting yourself up with the best foundations and environments for everyone in the house to have a good night's sleep!

If you want to learn more about Steph and the amazing work she does, head to her website www.sleepbysteph.com.au or follow her on instagram @sleepbysteph

Steph is also very generously giving our listeners 20% off the Foundations First™ Sleep and Routine Video Program. By entering the code - BABYBRAIN20 - at the checkout it will take 20% off the price. This code is valid till the 7th of March, 2023.

Mum life Moments:

Hannah's update this week is all about the podcast, and did you hear? We got our first negative review!!! Because we're so tech illiterate it took us about 6 weeks to even read it, but hold up, does this mean we're famous??

Emma's getting a hit of karma this week after ranting about other parents with kids that misbehave, when Blake started throwing wrestling moves on a girl at swimming. Despite a swift move from Em and an apology, the other Mum wasn't too impressed! Eeeeekkkk!

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**Trigger Warning** In this episode we discuss topics including sexual abuse, eating disorders and miscarriage

In our second episode of Motherhood Confessions we're anonymously interviewing a beautiful Mother and listener who has shared her personal and honest experience of parenting with us.

This week's Mum tells us she experienced a challenging pregnancy which included being diagnosed with HG. After the birth of her daughter she was diagnosed with postpartum Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, with compulsions centering around sexual abuse.

The HG diagnosis was so severe that she was required to go to hospital each morning for a scan to check that bub was ok due to lack of nutrients being delivered to the baby. After what was a slightly traumatic birth this Mum took her baby daughter home and started having intrusive thoughts around sexual abuse that quickly became obsessive.

She was eventually able to seek help and was put on mental health watch for postpartum OCD. Four years on she is now a career woman, an amazing Mother to her daughter, and has paid some of her friends to remind her to never fall pregnant again!

If you have a story you'd like to tell anonymously, we'd love to hear from you. Send us a message on instagram @babybrain.podcast or via email [email protected] we will keep all of your details completely anonymous and confidential.

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What happens when you shove three drunk Mum's into a wardrobe on new years???

THIS! This is what happens. This week we're chatting to Emma's bestie (who is now Baby Brain Bestie) Laura Barron about all things Mum life and her experience of parenting. We don't need to tell you this episode is a huge lol, just listen to the first few minutes when we stitch up Laura by making her do vocal exercises before we start the interview 🤣🤣

We have some drinks, we bitch about our husbands, we bitch about our kids, we set some very loose new years resolutions and talk about the many ups and downs of parenting, all while swigging on our hair-of-the-dog aperols from Emma's wardrobe.

Despite the fact (or maybe because of the fact) we're very drunk, this is such a fun and relatable episode. One not to miss!!

Mum life moments:

Hannah has a wild night out for Miles's birthday AND gets hit on at the bar!! Once he found out she's married with kids he swiftly apologised and ran the other way. Even though she almost lost her hearing from the loud music and came home to babies awake at 3am, it was worth the hangover.

Emma has nothing to say this week because she's in a season, a season of no sleep and bed sharing and mum life and work life and podcast life and cleaning life and cooking life and trying to self care life and am I a good parent life and I just want to go to bed life. We've all been there, am I right?

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This week we're chatting all things butt stuff! Let's be honest, our little old behinds go through a bit during pregnancy and postpartum, but it's not often spoken about.

In this episode we interview Dr Jason Kong from Downthere Healthcare to discuss common perianal conditions including haemorrhoids, anal fissures, prolapse, anal itching, anal sex and so much more!

Jason shares his own personal experiences with us and gives us some great tips on dealing with these common issues. There seems to be a lot of shame associated with these medical conditions, so we want to open up the chat to bring light to some very normal occurrences and normalise a bit of butt stuff!

If you want to check out Downthere Healthcare, or purchase your itchy butt cream, head to www.downthere.healthcare or follow them on instagram @downtherehealth

In our intro this week we also chat about an amazing podcast for all the Dad's- The Shit Dad Podcast! Nick, Cam and Dave are sharing fatherhood experiences of average Aussie Dads, uncovering Dad Hacks, and interviewing fathers and experts from across the country.

Tell those special men in your life to search The Shit Dad Podcast on Apple Podcasts or on Spotify, and follow them on Instagram at @shitdadpod.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/sh-t-dad-podcast-fatherhood-experiences-of-average/id1581897633

Mum Life Moments:

Emma needs to work on her potty mouth because Blake has started to drop the F bomb and call Matt an ass hole (is she wrong though? I mean he doesn't even listen to the podcast). Is it time for a baby swear jar?

Hazel's finally outgrown her demon crawl and started walking! Hannah's sad about the baby years flying by but doesn't have too much time to think about it now that she has to chase after two little running maniacs.

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In our first episode of Motherhood Confessions we're anonymously interviewing a beautiful Mother and listener who has shared her personal and honest experience of parenting with us.

This week's Mum tells us she's experienced the death of identity during her ongoing period of matresence. She's been navigating these feelings only to discover she doesn't have postnatal depression, she just genuinely hates being a mother and wishes she could go back in time and choose differently knowing what she does now.

She is also a single mother after being convinced by her ex Husband to have kids, only for him to provide no help once her daughter arrived. During the marriage he showed narcissistic behaviours so she took the step two years ago to end the toxic relationship.

She does love her daughter, but feels that not everyone was built to be a mother. She's felt so alone going through this and wants to share her story so other women out there who may feel the same way know that they are not alone.

If you have a story you'd like to tell anonymously, we'd love to hear from you. Send us a message on instagram @babybrain.podcast or via email [email protected] we will keep all of your details completely anonymous and confidential.

Resources Mentioned in this episode:

Brene Brown: https://brenebrown.com/

Jordan Peterson: www.jordanbpeterson.com/

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Does the idea of birth make you anxious? Did you feel nervous going into your birth, or are you currently pregnant wanting to meet your baby but scared about how your birth might be?

In this week's episode we discuss how to birth without fear! We know birth can be a scary concept (let's be honest, we thought it was too!) but how can we change our perception to enter into this transformational rite of passage in an open and excited way?

We chat with Anna the Spiritual Midwife who shares her incredible wisdom on how we can enter birth informed and empowered, ready to meet our beautiful babies. Anna is a Midwife, Woman's Work Facilitator, Yoga Teacher and Coach. Anna has an amazing range of resources including e-books, programs and her own podcast. You can access them all here:

https://www.thenaturalbirthcourse.com/links

To learn more about Anna, you can follow her on instagram @the_spiritual_midwife or head to her website www.thenaturalbirthcourse.com

Mum Life Moments:

Matt pulls off a HUGE surprise and organises Emma's new car to be delivered early with all the bells and whistles! Think country chic meets MILF with chilled snacks and drinks. She's even considering installing a nappy bin in the centre console 🤣

Hannah's bought her 4th pram in 3 years and Miles isn't happy about it. As karma the Facebook marketplace scammers are out to get her and her PAYID. She shares some of the messages she's been having with these bots. Also, can someone tell us wtf a PAYID is??

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In this week's episode we have the honour of chatting with the beautiful Kellie Moses, better known as Soul Healing with Kellie.

We have an incredible chat about reconnecting to our sense of purpose, our feminine and ourselves after having babies. We discuss some common blockages or limiting beliefs that we may carry around with us preventing us from reaching our goals and desires.

Kellie talks us through the process of womb spiral, womb clearing and reiki. We also do an amazing guided breath-work session towards the end of the episode - don't mind us breathing into the microphones!!

If you want to learn more about Kellie and her amazing services, head to www.soulhealingwithkellie.com and check her out on instagram @soulhealingwithkellie

Mum Life Moments:

Emma's had a few violent encounters at the park with Blake. We're wondering when it's appropriate to intervene with kids?? How much spitting, kicking and hitting do you need to put up with before you tell them to piss off?? (Whoops, did I just say that out loud? Lol.)

Hannah's had her first day with Eli in daycare and to say it was an emotional time would be an understatement. All the feelings and all the mum guilt, who is this transition harder on, the kids or the mums? Tune into this week's ep for all the details!

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This week we have the fabulous Brittany Noonan joining us on the podcast to share her parenting journey and her best advice and tips on managing the crazy mum life juggle!

We talk all about the transition from 1 to 2, then 2 to 3, and how Britt loves having a large family. We also discuss postpartum body image and how to be more accepting of the beautiful bodies that created our children. We get Britt's tips and insights from having three pregnancies with HG and how she redefined her sense of self after having children. 

If you want to learn more about Britt and follow her parenting journey, head to her instagram page @bybrittanynoonan or her website www.bybrittanynoonan.com

There are so many relatable and hilarious moments in this episode, we think you'll all love this one! 

 
Mum life Moments:

Hannah wants to work on her skin care routine and on the dodgy advice from a friend buys a dusty old cleaner sitting on the back of a shelf at her local chemist. Does it turn out to be genital oil that she rubbed all over her face? Was this cleanser intended for ball sacks not eye bags?? Tune in to find out.

Emma battles some snide comments from a beautician on how she manages her work and childcare and she is NOT HAPPY JAN. Has lockdown with kids at home and working at home not taught us anything?? Let the #mumrant begin.

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We're baaaaaaaccckkkk!! Did you miss us? We're SO excited to be here in 2023 with all of our amazing listeners!

We're kicking off the year with a bang, with an episode we recorded whilst quite drunk on new years, interviewing (and fighting with) our Husbands Miles and Matt.

We ask the boys all of your juicy juicy spicy spicy questions that you sent through last year and have a huge lol along the way.

Outside of the hilarious content about what our most recent arguments were (which sparked new arguments while recording), what annoys us most about each other, sex lives and all the rest, Miles and Matt also share some personal and honest reflections on how Fatherhood has been for them.

This is a great chat for Mum's and Dad's alike, and we hope you all enjoy this one! It feels good to be back!!

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Welcome to Baby Brain Mini's!

We're serving you some of the best clips from our favourite episodes.

Check out these bite sized conversations, and if you like what you're hearing, click through to the full episode here:

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Most parents will remember (or not remember) the first week with a newborn being a total blur, especially when it's your first baby and you have no idea what you're doing.

In this episode we interview the amazing Lauren who works on the maternity ward at a busy private hospital in Sydney. Lauren looks after newborns as well as new Mums and Dads in their first week of parenting and has a wealth of knowledge on what to expect during this crazy time.

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