This week Shosh and Bug talk with sleep consultant, Hannah Leftwick of Joy In The Morning Sleep Consulting. In this episode, they get to pick her brain a bit about some common mistakes that parents make when getting their children to fall asleep and gives some tips on how to achieve a full night’s rest.

Hannah’s website: https://www.joyinthemorningsc.com/

As your baby continues to grow, so does your ever changing body! Today Shosh and Bug talk about possible pregnancy symptoms this week and discuss maternity bras, prenatal tests and exercising in pregnancy. Mentioned in this episode:

Maternity bra Shosh was talking about and meant to say was from Amazon: https://amzn.to/2FRb6E3

Episode 15: Noninvasive Prenatal Tests

https://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week-10.aspx

https://www.thebump.com/pregnancy-week-by-week/10-weeks-pregnant

https://www.parents.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/10/

Licensed psychologist, Dr. Sarah Griess joins us to discuss the four different parenting styles; Authoritarian, Authoritative, Permissive and Neglectful. In this episode, Dr. Griess answers some listener questions about parenting in the early years. Listen in to hear what she has to say about the following:

-How does the way I was parented affect the way I am parenting my child (directly or indirectly)?

-How does the way I parent my child affect how they grow up? (Will spanking my kid now damage them emotionally at all in their future?)

-When and where do I set behavior boundaries? My default setting is to be really laid back, but I wonder if I should be creating more structure/rules? For example, I don’t make my son sit at the table to eat. I feel like it is an unnecessary rule, but am I just setting a pattern of being too loosey-goosey? Will this backfire on me later when it’s time for him to learn to sit at the table?

Her website: http://risinghopene.com/

Conversation Starter Napkins can be found at Walmart or on Amazon.

Your baby has little fingers! Today on the podcast, the sisters share some great teas- both for during pregnancy and after. Bug talks about some remedies for morning sickness and nausea. Shosh gives helpful tips on how to hide your pregnancy in the meantime (seeing that she’s a boss at this). They end today’s show with their highs and lows in pregnancy during week 8. 

Bug’s first pregnancy announcement #castrocalendar https://www.instagram.com/p/BRtQD2JjxKqRXJ0BnU2Op7JRMITEt50urbfUaY0/

Bug’s second pregnancy announcement

View this post on Instagram Our darling Illilouette turns ONE next month, so we thought we’d give her an early birthday gift! #heybabybutter #meetbabywonton #familyoffour #dueinmarch #3monthspregnant A post shared by Buggy Castro (@buggycastro) on Aug 29, 2018 at 9:31pm PDT

Shosh’s first pregnancy announcement

View this post on Instagram My sister is PREGNANT!! No, my OTHER sister!!! Shannon and Steve are expecting their Baby Grayson in May!!!! A post shared by Buggy Castro (@buggycastro) on Nov 13, 2016 at 1:42pm PST

By now your baby has already doubled in size! Bug and Shosh talk about what to expect at your first prenatal appointment and how and why you should switch to using more natural products in your home as well as on your skin. They end today’s episode talking about their own highs and lows in pregnancy this week.

She’s here finally! Today we have our 3rd (well really she’s the first) sister, Abby Johnson to talk with us on the podcast! In this episode, Abby shares a some of her unplanned at-home birth stories and the craziness of how fast her labors seem to go. She also gives us a look into how she is able to deal with the pain of childbirth and the seasoned mom gives us all some advice on how we can emotionally deal with the sometimes scary thought of labor.

Abby’s personal family blog:

http://6littlejohnsons.blogspot.com/

One of her many FAST water births (very G rated – no showing parts)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=144&v=X8Jv8GY74CU

Her latest EXTREMELY fast at-home water birth (also very G rated). It’s obvious she’s had 9 kids because you can’t even tell when she’s having contractions half the time! The whole video only lasts like 9 minutes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=72&v=vjWjV4d-9HQ

6 weeks into pregnancy and you may be feeling some symptoms now if you haven’t already! Bug and Shosh talk about what’s going on developmentally with your baby this week as well as what is happening with your own body. They give helpful reminders and suggestions of what to do while waiting for baby and talk about their highs and lows in their own pregnancies this week.

https://www.babycenter.com/6_your-pregnancy-6-weeks_1095.bc

https://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week-6.aspx

https://www.thebump.com/pregnancy-week-by-week/6-weeks-pregnant

We’re kicking off our new series, and since we are both pregnant, we will be documenting our journeys in real time! (Bug’s real time, Shosh is three weeks ahead) We will post what’s going on developmentally with both baby and mama, along with what we are finding helps make our pregnancies a little easier. We’ve got some helpful to-do list items and we share our weekly highs and lows.

Mentioned in this episode:

Bug’s favorite prenatal (Simply One Nutrition)

Shosh’s favorite prenatal (Vitamin Code)

Prenatal Omegas

Blue Bonnet (Most delicious vitamin D pill ever!)

Probiotics -One that Bug takes

Another strain of probiotics that Bug takes

Vitamin B complex

Shosh’s Favorite Iron

Bug’s alternative to iron pills: Iron Fish

Here are some websites that we found useful in tracking baby’s and mama’s development throughout pregnancy:

https://www.babycenter.com/6_your-pregnancy-5-weeks_1094.bc

https://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week-5.aspx

https://www.thebump.com/pregnancy-week-by-week/5-weeks-pregnant

Your baby is on the move! In this episode, Bug talks about the quandary of baby proofing  your home, or home-proofing your baby. Shosh talks about how being lazy and cheap led her to make her own baby food and how easy it can be. The moms also discuss their annoyance with noisy toys!

Shosh’s Amazing Baby Food breakfast Recipe (from her friend Jessica)

In your blender or “Magic Bullet”add:

-Half a banana

-some Greek yogurt

-Spinach

Blend and Boom! Instant baby food breakfast! You can also add in oats or rice or leftover cooked pasta from dinner or any veggies or fruit. Really, just add anything you want your baby to get nutrition from that they can’t eat in its original state.