Moms Got This

Airbrushed makeup for fast exits, the magic of Alexa, Dr. Sears, feeling understood, being seduced by advertising, and a buckle whale toy. Grace Choi, PhD, host of Cooking with Grace on The Cooking Channel, CEO/Founder of Cookable Inc., and Adjunct Professor at The New School, shares her mom products and solutions with hosts Stacy Igel and Michelle Park.

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In this episode:

Trying to get out door fast, LuminessAir airbrush cosmetic

The magic of Alexa, setting reminders, timers, birthdays, singing songs

Dr. Sears, "The Discipline Book"

Feeling understood by one's mom, one of the best things you can do

Teaching empathy and understanding, how it affects other people

The SNOO (Dr Sears) helps rock baby tp sleep

Things Grace bought that were useless as a mom

Being easily seduced by advertising, especially as a sleep-deprived mom

The "mamaRoo" infant seat

A buckle toy whale ("Blu" Whale)

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The sex life when pregnant, every day is by the seat of your pants with a child, 5am writing exercises, the rewards and risks of co-sleeping, starting a company with a young child, falling into conventional gender roles, being tired, and how being a chef trains you for having kids. Grace Choi, PhD, host of Cooking with Grace on The Cooking Channel, CEO/Founder of Cookable Inc., and Adjunct Professor at The New School, shares her mom routines and relationships with hosts Stacy Igel and Michelle Park.

In this episode:

How sex life changes  when pregnant

Pregnancy massages

Men can’t multi task

Living every day by the seat of your pants with kids

How Grace used to wake up at 5am, writing exercise, would love to do it again

Still nursing

Co-sleeping

Grace starting a company with a new child, keeps you focused, organized

How doing so is risky, but have to work harder, better, faster, time is money, stakes are high

When a child pretends she is on a business call

Falling into conventional stereotypical gender roles

Having to share more, men must feel more tired

Why co-sleeping can be important for a baby’s health

Sleeping on a floor matress

Co-sleeping as a controversial issue

With co-sleeping you become comfort object for a child, traveling away from them becomes difficult

Ecological breastfeeding

Being a chef preparing for having a kid

If I wasn’t crazy nothing would get done

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Banana pancakes, when your child needs a lot of attention, a babysitter you can trust to do their own thing, running a a new food tech startup with an 18 month old child, and when a child learns to not hit. Grace Choi, PhD,  host of Cooking with Grace on The Cooking Channel, CEO/Founder of Cookable Inc., and Adjunct Professor at The New School, shares her mom journey with hosts Stacy Igel and Michelle Park.

In this episode:

Banana pancakes

Grace's daughter 18 months is Kasper, a wild kid, super cute and funny

Grace's PhD  in food studies, teaches at The New School in food psychology, and has a food and tech company called Cookable

Running a startup business, and coping with the demands while raising a young child

Her daughter needs real attention from Grace

Having a babysitter you trust to do her thing

Moving obstacles out of the way of a cook

Cookable as a voice and video assisted interactive recipe instructiuon platform, a virtual recipe box for the future

The moment when a child realizes they aren’t supposed to hit

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When kids become self aware about humor, teaching a child about meditation, battling for kisses, teaching girls they are in control of their bodies, teaching values by living as examples, the selective listening of kids, and the wonder of watching a baby turn into a person. Designer Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs, co-founder of Tabii Just (a zero waste line of womenswear clothing made in NYC), co-founder of Livari, and Youth Director of The Women's March, shares her special moments and aspirations as a mom with hosts Stacy Igel and Michelle Park.

(Tabitha's Instagram: @tabithastb)

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In this episode:

When a kid becomes self aware about humor

How every day is a new moment, things click, watching a baby turn into a human and learn stuff, and  how it happens early

Tabitha on the possibility of having one more child

Finding balance, Tabitha on caring for herself

Teaching a 3 year old to meditate, using Headspace (in a kids section)

For Tabitha, success is teaching her son skills to be a functioning human being

Why Tabitha is not focused on career goals anymore, expansion

Tabitha's son is "anti-kisses"

Lately her has started kissing her, then laughing – the sweetest thing

Michelle on her daughter wanting only kisses in bed, not allowed outside of morning time

And Michelle on the need to teach her daughter and reinforce she is control of her body

Tabitha on teaching her son by being a example to him, by the way they live their lives, showing the kind of human being they want him to be

Sometimes her son has selective listening like many young kids

Teaching by talking, he’s listening but not giving eye contact

Living by example of values that prioritize love, togetherness, better community, people first

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Creating a toy storage system, a kiddie pool for hours, sleep training, the problem with baby gates, and setting sleeping boundaries. Designer Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs, co-founder of Tabii Just (a zero waste line of womenswear clothing made in NYC), co-founder of Livari, and Youth Director of The Women's March, shares her mom products and solutions  with hosts Stacy Igel and Michelle Park.

(Tabitha's Instagram: @tabithastb)

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In this episode:

St. Bernard-Jacobs on being stuck inside in bad weather

Michelles' daughter's tiny kiddie pool, filled with water and toys

A handwritten calendar

Tabitha's cabinet with different drawers with different categories of toys

How the system of the cabinet keeps you from searching

She bought toy chest from Ikea

Tabitha's son associates that it is where he gets stuff from, it’s a sytem he's used to, helps with cleaning up a little

Loving clear shoeboxes for storing toys, etc.

Trouble with sleep training

Baby gates at front of room, can see out, you see in, but there is a barrier

Baby gate too much like a dog gate?

Tabitha got a tall baby gate, but her baby climbed, worked 3 nights, and shook it so much ripped out of wall, then started throwing toys over the gate to get attention

Tabitha and her husband set boundaries, and now her son sleeps in his bed with parents in room till like 2 in am, and he gets up and comes in bed with them

Why it is the best they can do now, trying to enjoy it

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Being present with your child, juggling work and school schedules, being 100% with work or child, postpartum and therapy, a supportive husband, date night, self care, and how a kid's routine also helps mom. Designer Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs, co-founder of Tabii Just (a zero waste line of womenswear clothing made in NYC), co-founder of Livari, and Youth Director of The Women's March, shares her mom routines and relationships with hosts Stacy Igel and Michelle Park.

(Tabitha's Instagram: @tabithastb)

In this episode:

A walking to school routine with Stacy and her son Dylan

The importance of routines

Tabitha on trying to juggle being home with him twice a week with school 3 days/week

Finding relief with a nanny-share 2 days a week

Play dates are rough---need to do work in between

Cut off when he gets home and really be present with him

Way more efficient 100% working or 100% with him

When you’re working vs. fun on phone

Making an impression

Leap Frog- typing while mom is typing

Married in August, pregnant in April, dating for 3 years, but not enough time just them married together

Not easiest mom to be with, super paranoid, postpardum depression

All the pressures, many in her head

When she’d leave him, she’d be miserable and difficult with anyone when she was away from him

Husband is supportive, and pushes back t0 bring her to reality

How working with a therapist helped

Tried having a date night, the need to

Michelle on her Sunday movie dates, and a sense of freedom

Setting up routines, general schedule

Really be present with him

How Tabitha's son’s routine helps her as a mom

Take turns picking her son up

Try to say prayers together every night

Dedicating 4pm-8:30pm every day just for her son

Postpartum, been in therapy for over a decade so always had that help

Started centering happiness as action, instead of waiting to be happy again

How self care and working out centers her

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The challenges of being pregnant with a toddler, taking on The Women's March, not loving the baby stage, how a child can make you more empathetic, when your career grows after a baby, quitting grad school after two weeks to be a better mother, including your child in social justice, what mixed race parents mean for a child's identity, and prioritizing self-care to be better at work and a better mom. Designer Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs, co-founder of Tabii Just (a zero waste line of womenswear clothing made in NYC), co-founder of Livari, and Youth Director of The Women's March, shares her mom journey with hosts Stacy Igel and Michelle Park.

(Tabitha's Instagram: @tabithastb)

In this episode:

How hard it is to be pregnant and have a toddler at the same time

How Tabitha got started in the Women’s March, and how it ended up being a bigger part of her life than she anticipated

Being part of organizing school walkouts nationally

The big role played by Tabitha's very supportive husband

Tabitha's three year-old son

Why Tabitha didn’t enjoy the baby stage as much, worried about her baby being very fragile

How her son helps her be more nurturing, empathetic

How Tabitha's career and activities have actually grown since becoming a mom

Motherhood was very tough in beginning, and so she applied to grad school right away

When Tabitha realized she had to prioritize family, and left grad school after two weeks

Working from the hospital while son was still under care after birth

Incorporating her son into her work life

Living lives as a family centered around social justice, but not just talking about it at home

Tabitha on taking her son with her on some marches

The implictions of a mixed race parents and what it means for her child’s identity

How Tabitha realized that when she is taking good care of herself, she is able to be a better mom

Prioitizing self care, scheduling gym time as a meeting

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When your kid asks how your day was, seeing your son play in a band on an iconic stage for the first time, sharing your art with you, adding a string section to the Lez Zeppelin music, and how the band is gearing back up -- to pay for  college. Steph Paynes, lead guitarist and founder of tribute band Lez Zeppelin, shares her special moments and aspirations with hosts Stacy Igel and Michelle Park.

(Steph's Instagram:  @lezzeppelin and @stephpaynes)

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In this episode:

Stacy at the dinner table with family and her son Dylan asked how her day was, moments that surprise you, try to do Friday night dinner as much as possible, don’t do dinner every day together

Stacy told him pieces of her day

Steph shares special moments from the last week

Seeing her son Max play in a band at The Bitter End, where Steph used to play

Son Harrison enjoying an Elton John album with her

When Harrison stopped the record and listened to Steph play guitar, and saying he was liking hearing her play

Seeing mom as a whole person with accomplishments and interests

If you’re not happy it translates to the kids, tough balance to make it all work

When Steph's son was trying to figure out guitar parts, and Steph being able to show him how to do it better, so lucky an experience

As son goes onto college, trying to figure out

Band gearing up again, finishing another album, but how does one pay for college

Very touring physically and mentally demanding to be in a touring band

Not winding up, getting busier to pay for college

Adding a string section to newest music and concerts

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Getting baby bottles through the TSA, the magical baby wipe, taking a five year old on a concert tour, the many uses of burp rags, and when your kids are "roadies". Steph Paynes, lead guitarist and founder of tribute band Lez Zeppelin, shares her products and solutions as a mom with hosts Stacy Igel and Michelle Park.

(Steph's Instagram:  @lezzeppelin and @stephpaynes)

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In this episode:

Getting a bottle or liquids through TSA at airports, what you’re allowed to do

A whore’s bath, the magical baby wipe

Her 5 year old son shared a bus for a tour

Burp rag, double duty for guitar case

Keeping the hospital swaddling towels?

Her son helps with road crew, having him along for the trips and gigs

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When your job titles are "rock star" and "mom", the joys of when your kids come see you perform, support systems when you have to travel as a working mom, when your kids have talent, surviving a lack of supportive relationships on the road,  surprising places you'll find support, and balancing two worlds as a mother. Steph Paynes, lead guitarist and founder of tribute band Lez Zeppelin, shares her routines and relationships as a mom with hosts Stacy Igel and Michelle Park.

(Steph's Instagram:  @lezzeppelin and @stephpaynes)

In this episode:

Michelle on an impending change of routines with second baby expected

How you just figure it out new routines, like solving a puzzle

Steph Paynes on having a job title "rock star"

When Steph started the band, and then got pregnant shortly after

Her son Harrison is not as much a musician, her son Max is a gifted musician, went to a special gifted music school

How he attended school for 6 years, studied violin, but then changed paths into computers an engineering

That special time when Max picked up a guitar and tried to figure out Led Zeppelin

When Steph's kids come and see her play in the band, some of the great moments

Steph on the joy of seeing her kids in the audience or wings, knowing they were there, and she didn’t have to leave them

Harrison coming on Australia tour with Steph

Support systems, friends who understand what you’re doing

Parents nearby were able to help

How when touring there weren’t people who could help or give advice

Why Steph never thought she should stop doing it, but maybe she is crazy anywhere

Showing up in preschool with leather pants and long velvet coat is weird, and perhaps often late

How Steph got support in surprising places, such as the office of the preschool

Steph on being able to live sincerely in a a lot of different worlds, different parts of her, unlike many rock musicians

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