This week on Two Parents & A Podcast, it’s one of those episodes where nothing is technically related… and yet somehow it all is. Very Friday energy (but HAPPY MONDAY!!!).

We kick things off with Tate entering her unzipping era (a big-girl milestone no one prepares you for!!!) and come to terms with the fact that we’ve officially become the parents we SWORE we’d never be (hahahaha). We have another SHOW REC (is this our new thing???) - His & Hers.. Then react to Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s take on Netflix and filmmaking (I think we agree?? I mean we are to the point that Harrison bought a phone lock box sooooo).

Then it’s toddler parent life as usual: discovering that “tractor wheels” are apparently a food, relying on DoorDash as a legitimate parenting strategy, and settling a cohabitating Bicker of the Week we didn’t know we felt so strongly about (do you dry off IN the shower or ON the bath mat??).

Mid-episode chaos includes gym drama involving a smoothie bar heist (and learning about Harrison’s fascination with bank robberies?!), home updates (haunted light, breakfast nook plans, and our couch ordered on vibes alone), and a very real debate about whether Dad gets any say in nursery design. We also talk through our night nurse plan for baby #2 — why we’re doing it again and what we learned the first time around.

We close with Tate discovering SHOPPPING (hello sparkly cowboy boots), why buying kids clothes for their “future age” is a scam, a viral moment where a mom throws an iPad out the car window (we have thoughts), an alarm clock that charges you to snooze, and the comment section absolutely lighting us up over the word “de-thaw” (WOOPS). 

LOVE YOU GUYS! 

Timestamps: 

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

00:05:18 Tate’s latest “big girl” milestone: the “unzipping” phase 

00:07:22 We’ve officially become the parents we SWORE we’d never be

00:10:21 Show rec: His & Hers

00:11:16 Matt Damon + Ben Affleck on Netflix “ruining” movies (kinda true?)

00:13:22 Our continued war against Apple products (phone box, middle of he night Apple Watch) 

00:17:45 PSA: “tractor wheels” are apparently actually a top-tier toddler food

00:19:00 Our Friday night parenting hack: DoorDash

00:21:40 Bicker of the Week: dry off IN the shower or ON the bath mat?

00:23:34 Gym chaos: the smoothie bar heist

00:30:46 Home updates: haunted light, breakfast nook plans & the new couch

00:41:13 Hot take: does Dad get a vote on nursery design?!

00:46:11 Our night nurse plan (and why we’re doing it again)

00:51:35 Why you should stop buying “future size” kids clothes 

00:53:07 Toddler shopping: Tate picked her own sparkly cowboy boots

00:56:31 Things We DMed Each Other: Mom throws iPad out the car window

00:59:36 Things We DMed Each Other: Alarm clock that charges $10 to snooze

01:01:50 From the comments: “de-thaw” is not a word (apparently)

01:03:04 LOVE YOU GUYS!

#twoparentsandapod

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