This week on Two Parents & A Podcast, we’re sharing the relationship habits that have actually helped us (and YOU GUYS) stay connected as new parents — from daily 15-minute check-ins to remembering not to “talk through” your baby. We also talk about what it really means to support your partner through postpartum depression, and how we need to try going to bed at the same time (apparently this is a thing a lot of you guys do??).

Before that, we dive into kindergarten cutoff dates (is it better to be old or young for your grade??), the great Diet Coke vs. Diet Pepsi debate, and our first ever MOVIE NIGHT REVIEW of Happy Gilmore 2. Plus, the new “fridge cigarettes” meme and a little closet clean-out convo (Harrison might need to watch the Marie Kondo show??).

In Things We DMed Each Other, we’re taking on the hotel industry (check-in at 4pm, check-out at 11am? Really??) and decoding Gen Z’s newest phone greeting trend.

WE LOVE YOU GUYS!

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Welcome back to Two Parents & A Podcast!

00:00:45 Closet cleanout: How do you decide what you keep and what goes?

00:05:13 Movie night: Happy Gilmore 2

00:10:43 Have you heard of a ‘fridge cigarette’?

00:15:18 Bicker of the Week: Diet Coke vs. Diet Pepsi

00:18:38 Kindergarten cutoff dates

00:24:28 Keeping your relationship healthy as new parents

00:25:02 Healthy relationships habit: 15 minutes per day to connect

00:28:08 Healthy relationships habit: Greeting your partner first

00:31:58 Healthy relationships habit: Meeting checklist

00:37:46 Healthy relationships habit: Ask for help & know it will be heard

00:39:43 Healthy relationships habit: Going to bed at the same time

00:46:19 Healthy relationships habit: Don’t keep score

00:47:30 Healthy relationships habit: Don’t talk through your baby

00:49:25 Healthy relationships habit: Supporting your partner with postpartum depression

00:58:45 Things We DMed eachother: Hotel check-in vs. check-out times are a scam

01:01:10 Things We DMed eachother: Why is Gen Z answering the phone like THIS?

01:04:00 LOVE YOU GUYS!

#twoparentsandapod

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