Moms Got This

Comedian, actor, dad, big fan of his wife...

Leaving baby home for a trip, a brand new third daughter, dad guilt, how having babies creates focus in careers, transitioning children for the new baby, when kids can finally play together, the miracle of a bouncy castle, predicting your kids’ careers, and when dad admires mompreneuring during labor. Actor and comedian Ike Barinholtz (Blockers, The Mindy Project, MADtv, and many more) shares his dad journey, and salutes his wife (mompreneur with three daughters) on her mom journey -- just in time for Father's Day -- with hosts Stacy Igel and Michelle Park. (Instagram: ikebarinholtz)

Stacy's trip to Paris and Finland – 9 days with husband and staff – without 2 ½ yo baby!

How Stacy's mother watches Dylan, and the process of preparing for that

Ike talks about the movie "Blockers"

Ike on being friends with Stacy since preschool

Being a new dad to baby Eleanor, his third daughter (other two are five and two )

Don’t say a woman looks pregnant

Missing the baby a lot

How Ike's wife is not a complainer, and very clear in what she needs to do

Ike's luck with a great nanny because his wife works in a high level job, and it really helps

Dad guilt, and how face-timing is often better for you than the spouse

Things change in career since having a baby, nothing matters except the kid, and how you start prioritizing that instead of other things, it changes attitude, whittles down other unnnecesary things, and you become more focused on work

Ike and his wife had no idea what they were doing as parents, but his  wife is so amazing, and her mom is incredible with five kids

The difference between one and two kids, and how, with two, once the little one is 1 ½ they can play with one another

Taking a trip with three young kids

Living in California,  with more room than Manhattan (small hotel rooms)

How a bouncy castle is the greatest thing ever, exercises the kids so they are tired

Michelle on starting kids late in school so they are bigger and good at sports

What Ike's kids are starting to look like they will become when grown

The transition for siblings with a new kid

Ike's #MOMSGOTTHIS Moment, with his wife's delivery five weeks early, being amazed at seeing her being in labor while she's rolling calls on her phone as a business partner -- all while creating life

To share your #MOMSGOTTHIS MOMENT just call 833-844-THIS-MOM (833-844-7666) and leave a voicemail with your first name and city along with your moment.

Playing the most important role (mommy), when kids say loving things, a charity to inspire inclusion and photography, how taking photos of imperfect moments capture the real story of growing up, finding satisfaction in a creative job, how having a baby humbles you, when your own baby is the first one you’ve ever held, sick kids, and when the husband is the baby whisperer. Fashion and portrait photographer Sophie Elgort reveals special moments and aspirations to hosts Stacy Igel and Michelle Park. (Instagram: @sophieelgort)

In this episode:

Special times when kids say things, when they say “I Love You” or “Mommy”, not realizing how special being a mom is, and how it is the most important role

Sophie’s charity - Through Our Lens, access and mentorship to high school girls passionate about photography and fashion, with an inclusive spirit, underserved communities, how fashion is historically an exclusive career, finding and nurturing this talent, and sharing their creative passions

How Sophie’s father, as a photographer, learned through his eyes but took a different path

Spending time with kids via taking pictures, how kids always look great and are an amazing new subject

Sophie’s hope to do own version like her father’s book

Photo shooting her daughter Stella reminds her of times when she was a child

Advice to just have your phone out, capture moments, how you can get close-in, take pictures of hands, or move far away and see how small kids are in comparison to something

Capture the whole story, when things aren’t perfect, when they’re not smiling - so much of Instagram isn’t “real”, so doing this captures actual parenthood and a child’s life

Doing the jobs that are an artistic fit for you and that you enjoy doing

The humbling experience having a young baby

Sophie’s 2018 career goal, wanting to get more into contributing on-air and explore that more

When kids get sick, never holding a baby before Sophie had her own, as she didn’t want to break them

When holding her own baby, Sophie was nervous, and didn’t know how to do that

Finding that she can now hold a baby expertly

How Sophie’s husband is a “baby whisperer”

How scary it is to be holding the head of a baby right

To share your #MOMSGOTTHIS MOMENT just call 833-844-THIS-MOM (833-844-7666) and leave a voicemail with your first name and city along with your moment.

Hiding veggies in kids’ food, food charts, when kids start choosing their own food, moving in with parents, how little you actually need for a baby, multi-purpose bassinet, mixing sleep with play, and renting maternity clothing. Fashion and portrait photographer Sophie Elgort reveals the products and services she finds helpful to Stacy Igel and Michelle Park. (Instagram: @sophieelgort)

Support for today’s episode comes from luxury footwear brand Tamara Mellon. Visit tamaramellon.com today to receive a $100 gift toward your first order using code MOMS100!

In this episode:

When kids start to choose their own food and are getting excited about easting

Getting them to eat veggies by their hiding them in foods they love

Food charts

When Sophie and her husband moved in with parents a month before having the baby, having no space, so they lived as minimally as possible

Realizing how little you need for baby

Using the stroller bassinet for regular sleeping

The usefulness of the Dockatot ( a "multi-functional portable crib and bassinet ...for life on the go")

Loving the Rock and Play (sleeper mixed with playtime)

Rent-the-Runway (again) but this time -- the maternity section, and renting so your clothes can grow with you when pregnant

To share your #MOMSGOTTHIS MOMENT just call 833-844-THIS-MOM (833-844-7666) and leave a voicemail with your first name and city along with your moment.

Sophie's bio:

Sophie Elgort's work has been featured internationally in magazines including VOGUE Thailand, Elle, Glamour, Paper Magazine, Teen Vogue and The Financial Times. Sophie has also created images for brands like ADIDAS, Alice + Olivia, Bloomingdales, Buccellati, Clinique, Cushnie et Ochs, IBM, J.Crew, Mercedes Benz, Olay, Ralph Lauren and Topshop. Her portraits include Cuba Gooding Jr., Kylie and Kendall Jenner, Ansel Elgort, Tavi Gevinson, Ron Perlman, Becky G., Rachel Zoe, Sara Foster, Azzedine Alaia, Jenna Lyons and many others.

Sophie was named Forbes 30 under 30 in the Art and Style category in 2016. Alongside her photography, she also contributes to a variety of media outlets as a photography and fashion expert both on-air and online. She has been a guest speaker at the Rubin Museum of Art, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Pratt Institute among others and a judge at The All American High School Film Festival, The Collective x Designow Fashion Show and the 2017 Restaurant & Bar Design Awards. She has contributed to outlets including AOL Style, etalk, and The Financial Times, whose style column, Suits and the City, she co-created in 2011.

Sophie is also the co-founder of Through Our Lens, a non-profit that provides life-changing access and significant mentorship to teen girls through photography with the goal of more inclusion and diversity in the fashion industry - behind the lens and in front of the camera.

Finding date time in commuting, the time demands of breastfeeding, regimenting routines, how work relationships and expectations change with pregnancy, and when clients and employers disappoint based on motherhood. Fashion and portrait photographer Sophie Elgort reveals how routines and relationships have changed in motherhood to Stacy Igel and Michelle Park. (Instagram: @sophieelgort)

In this episode:

Michelle on commuting with her husband as their only consistent date time

Michelle on breastfeeding, weaning as freedom, breastfeeding only for 16 months

Pumping in-between takes on a TV shoot

Having to become regimented with routines with a baby

The workout has been slipping, discipline is needed, maybe moving it to the beginning of day

How relationships have changed since having a baby

When you bring up you’re pregnant in work situations, do employers and clients need to know?

Why people might be nervous about hiring for some jobs, such as a photography job

Trusting in the pregnant professional to have things covered

To share your #MOMSGOTTHIS MOMENT just call 833-844-THIS-MOM (833-844-7666) and leave a voicemail with your first name and city along with your moment.

Sophie's bio:

Sophie Elgort's work has been featured internationally in magazines including VOGUE Thailand, Elle, Glamour, Paper Magazine, Teen Vogue and The Financial Times. Sophie has also created images for brands like ADIDAS, Alice + Olivia, Bloomingdales, Buccellati, Clinique, Cushnie et Ochs, IBM, J.Crew, Mercedes Benz, Olay, Ralph Lauren and Topshop. Her portraits include Cuba Gooding Jr., Kylie and Kendall Jenner, Ansel Elgort, Tavi Gevinson, Ron Perlman, Becky G., Rachel Zoe, Sara Foster, Azzedine Alaia, Jenna Lyons and many others.

Sophie was named Forbes 30 under 30 in the Art and Style category in 2016. Alongside her photography, she also contributes to a variety of media outlets as a photography and fashion expert both on-air and online. She has been a guest speaker at the Rubin Museum of Art, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Pratt Institute among others and a judge at The All American High School Film Festival, The Collective x Designow Fashion Show and the 2017 Restaurant & Bar Design Awards. She has contributed to outlets including AOL Style, etalk, and The Financial Times, whose style column, Suits and the City, she co-created in 2011.

Sophie is also the co-founder of Through Our Lens, a non-profit that provides life-changing access and significant mentorship to teen girls through photography with the goal of more inclusion and diversity in the fashion industry - behind the lens and in front of the camera.

Kids learning to dress themselves, when pregnancy impacts work opportunities, going back to work and going out for the first time after giving birth, the isolation and guilt of loving your job as a new mom, and when your own mom breaks and enters. Fashion and portrait photographer Sophie Elgort reveals her mom journey to Stacy Igel and Michelle Park. (Instagram: @sophieelgort)

In this episode:

Having patience with kids learning to dress themselves

Almost 10 weeks old daughter Stella, being so small

How having limited time allows you to pick and choose clients more carefully

Great clients giving Sophie jobs late in pregnancy to shoot jobs

A disappointing instance with a client, despite having the job  covered she doesn’t have client any more

When is the right time to be going back to work, and working jobs between feedings

Going out after baby is only 10 days old, leaving the baby with parents, and freaking out

Keeping some semblence of your pre-baby life, feeling like you need to get back to it

Feeling the guilt of being a working mom and loving your job

The isolation of being a new mom, the need for visitors

A memorable @MOMSGOTTHIS Moment -- Ski racing in Vermont, Sophie's mother driving 5 hours with 2 year old at night so they can east and sleep, locked out of grandparents house, and breaks into the window

To share your #MOMSGOTTHIS MOMENT just call 833-844-THIS-MOM (833-844-7666) and leave a voicemail with your first name and city along with your moment.

When toddlers become kids, the dream of taking a year off to travel and home-school, creating friendships with your kids, postpartum depression the lowest moment, overcoming depression, the challenge of weaning at 15 months, when moms put themselves last, and a boost for a mommy-oriented web-series. "Real Mommy Confessions" creator, actress, producer, and owner of Brooklyn, NY restaurants Cup and Brooklyn Mac, Bianca Jamotte Leroux shares thoughts on special moments and aspirations with hosts Stacy Igel and Michelle Park. (Instagram: @biancajamotte)

In this episode:

Michelle looking at her two-year old and how different she is, looking forward to doing real grown-up-style things with her

When toddlers turn into kids, being able to just go places and have fun with one another

How a kid is a little person to talk to, with their own interests

Bianca’s daughter likes tea at Alice’s Teacup, and her son likes dinosaurs

With her firefighter husband retiring in seven years the dream of taking a year off and home schooling kids as they travel for a year

Creating a friendship with children

Solidifying their bond, the world is your classroom, the power of the Internet to teach on the go

A lowest moment having to overcome, postpartum depression after weaning her son after 15 months, hadn’t slept, hormones were crazy, hit bottom

Delayed postpartum depression, her lowest moment when she just put son to bed, her daughter woke him up on purpose for fun, grabbing daughter and really was so tired and sick and chemically off and depressed, triggered her so hard, never wanted to scare kids

Taking anti-depressants, and going to gym to fight depression

Weaning her son, how she went to California, sleeping on other side of the house so son wouldn’t come looking for her, how it was horrible but she had to become a human again, her body was not her own for 3 years and it failed her

Being angry with her body and brain

Mothers put themselves last by nature, and how moms pay for it

Depression is not to be ashamed of, just take care of yourself to be the best version of yourself and the best version of a mother you can be

A big and exciting change for Bianca’s web-series

To share your #MOMSGOTTHIS MOMENT just call 833-844-THIS-MOM (833-844-7666) and leave a voicemail with your first name and city along with your moment.

Renting your wardrobe, why feeling fulfilled as a mom is crucial, when gift cards are not for the kids, cash back on groceries, keeping kids entertained, Sunshine Mom, The Land of Yes,  bathtub painting, and more. “Real Mommy Confessions” web series creator, actress, producer, and owner of Brooklyn, NY restaurants Cup and Brooklyn Mac, Bianca Jamotte Leroux shares thoughts on products and services with hosts Stacy Igel and Michelle Park. (Instagram: @biancajamotte)

Support for today’s episode comes from luxury footwear brand Tamara Mellon. Visit tamaramellon.com today to receive a $100 gift toward your first order using code MOMS100!

In this episode:

Stacy on the loving the solution of being able to rent clothing with Rent the Runway, and the unlimited possibilities

Bianca on going to circus school

Putting yourself last may not always be ideal

Making sure you feel fulfilled too

Gift cards as gifts, and not for kids

Amazon Fresh, getting cash back on groceries

Keeping kids entertained

Being Sunshine Mom (and wife), winter is tough,

Having to bulldoze the entire house, but getting a finished basement out of it

Creating “The Land of Yes” – where kids are allowed to do almost anything

Some great tops for keeping kids entertained

Giving space for kids to be the people they need to be, and as a result you understand there are places you don’t

Painting with the kids in the bathtub

Dealing with going 24 hours without seeing another adult due to husband being a firefighter

To share your #MOMSGOTTHIS MOMENT just call 833-844-THIS-MOM (833-844-7666) and leave a voicemail with your first name and city along with your moment.

Bedtime routines and nighttime songs, sharing a bed, great babysitters, day sex, when your spouse can’t take sick time, the importance of flexible systems, kids come first, being a mom trains you for almost anything, being a successful mom is a team sport just like business and entertainment, and expecting your kids to use their smarts. “Real Mommy Confessions” web series creator, actress, producer, and owner of Brooklyn, NY restaurants Cup and Brooklyn Mac, Bianca Jamotte Leroux shares her routines and relationships with hosts Stacy Igel and Michelle Park. (Instagram: @biancajamotte)

In this episode:

Stacy’s routine with her son Dylan son, singing Forever Young every night, and when a routine can be remembered

Bianca’s 6 year old girl and 5 year old boy

Routines important for kids, and somewhat, and for adults to not their lose minds

Every night -- bedtime together, Bianca’s husband often works overnights with fire department

Bianca on how she says she loves them every night, with nighttime songs

Bedtime in same bed

The nighttime “concert”

Bianca’s great sitter luck and nanny-karma

Being day sex people to make kids comfortable coming into the parents’ bed

Making sure kids feel like there is never a time they are not welcome home

Husband being a very supportive, wonderful father

How Bianca’s husband cannot call out sick as firefighter, no flexibility to be there and relieve husband on time

Must have systems, but must be flexible

When husband got injured on job, and whole system went out window

Once you become a mother there is no job you’re not qualified for

Kids come first always

Expecting kids to be smart about things and smart enough to listen

Learning from productions and businesses as a team sport, choosing the right teammates

Being surrounded by good and smart people instead of trying to be someone who can run the world

No WiFi in Bianca’s coffee shop Cup to make sure people talk, and real trust in managers

To share your #MOMSGOTTHIS MOMENT just call 833-844-THIS-MOM (833-844-7666) and leave a voicemail with your first name and city along with your moment.

Real Mommy Confessions, owning restaurants and handling multiple careers with babies, a firefighter husband, getting married after two months, balancing acting and babies, the entertainment industry’s negative attitude on babies, walking out of audition to be a VIP to your baby, temper tantrums on social media, mom confessions from moms of all types worldwide, and how acknowledging your own mom can give you strength. “Real Mommy Confessions” web series creator, actress, producer, and owner of Brooklyn, NY restaurants Cup and Brooklyn Mac, Bianca Jamotte Leroux on her Mom Journey with Stacy Igel and Michelle Park. (Instagram: @biancajamotte)

In this episode:

Michelle’s sandbox discovery, and simple toys

How Bianca has three lives

Cats and dogs

Owning restaurants, Brooklyn Mac (mac and cheese for everyone) and Cup coffee shop

Hitting 29 and that “get me pregnant” feeling, needing a baby yesterday

Having a baby with two restaurants and two careers and getting a dog – all at the same time

Working as an actress and appearing on “As the World Turns” and “One Life to Live”

Bianca’s six-year old girl, five-year old boy

How she and her husband met and got married within 2 months

FDNY firefighter

People in the entertainment industry being negative about pregnancy and babies

How having a baby puts life in perspective and opportunities come to you

Walking out of an audition because they made her wait, how it was the best decision ever, and never auditioning since

Being VIP to your baby

Moved to the suburbs, posting her son’s temper tantrums on social media, and showing the real side of being a mom when she created a web series “Real Mommy Confessions”

Wanting to portray real moms of all types

Getting many confessions from around the world via social media

Bianca’s #MOMSGOTTHISMOMENT when she thought she was never going to be able to do it, and realizing her mom had it harder, putting it in perspective, and how acknowledging her mom, and Bianca realizing she’s from that stock as well, gave her confidence

To share your #MOMSGOTTHIS MOMENT just call 833-844-THIS-MOM (833-844-7666) and leave a voicemail with your first name and city along with your moment.

Doing enough as a mom, what a working mom gives her child, being on American Idol, why it's O.K. to not be with your kids every moment, making life better for others, mantras, mom-shaming, and why just being you is perfect. Cassandra Jones, Senior Vice President of Fashion & Digital Strategy for Macy's, on moments and aspirations, with Stacy Igel and Michelle Park. (Instagram: @cassandrajones).

In this episode:

Wondering if one is doing enough as a mother

A work ethic at -- three years old!

What are you giving children as a working mom?

When your son says "cheese "more than "mom"

Being on American Idol for Macy’s

Growing kids into a person because of what a mom is able to showcase, and not about being there every moment

The need for a mantra

A focus on making life better for others

Feeling shamed by other moms by not knowing about protocol, such as how to prepare for play dates

Just being you and rocking it, and how it isn't about perfect or pretty

To share your #MOMSGOTTHIS MOMENT just call 833-844-THIS-MOM (833-844-7666) and leave a voicemail with your first name and city along with your moment.

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Every Monday-Thursday weekly, starting Monday, May 15th, you'll enjoy lively interviews with accomplished, inspiring entrepreneurs,  influencers, leaders, and entertainers who are each also a mom.

Each day covers a different parts of a guest's life including career and adventures, their “mom journey”, the high and lows, the products they like (and don’t like), recipes that save the day, how they love and nurture their kids, the work-life balance, and more!

Listeners will discover tips and tricks, be inspired, find the confidence to know that they’ve "got this" -- and even get a chance to share their own #MOMSGOTTHIS moment with hosts (and moms) TV host and fashion brand founder and lifestyle blogger Michelle Park (@growingupbabym) and fashion brand founder and blogger Stacy Igel (@stacyigel)! Inspired by their struggles of building successful careers and becoming moms, this fun and energetic duo sit down with accomplished entrepreneurs and entertainers to share their “mom journey,” in a brand new podcast produced by MouthMedia Network.