This week on Two Parents & A Podcast — HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! 🎉

We kick off the episode by talking about where our heads are at going into the new year (I call it the new year vibe lol) and what it looks like for us to mentally (and logistically) prepare for TWO UNDER TWO. Energy is finally coming back, priorities are shifting, and we’re very much in “get our lives dialed” mode before baby #2 arrives.

We recap our Montana trip (snow, dog sledding, cozy winter magic) and talk about traveling with a toddler, including a screen-free airplane hack that surprised us (for $19.99!!!!). We also get into a screen time “in the wild” discussion and the debate ongoing question of whether vacation is for meeting new friends… or fully opting out.

Then we get into Harrison’s (and Jules’) ChatGPT Wrapped (it knows us a little too well), rank international airlines, learn there’s now an airline for dogs (??), and share our top internet moment, show, and movie of 2025.

In Things We DMed Each Other, we talk about: (1) A study showing Friday family rituals can cut teen anxiety by 40% (adults too!). (2) A dad who goes viral for “crying back” to get his kid to stop crying (it works!). And (3) The most happiest corner of the internet: kids reacting to surprise gifts (link below, you’ve been warned).

We wrap with a classic Bicker of the Week about bar seating etiquette, our Whistler food recommendations, and a proper New Year’s send-off!! 

LOVE YOU GUYS and cheers to 2026 :) 

Things We DMed video (kids reacting to surprise gifts): https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrTBA5v7/

Timestamps:

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

00:00:55 iPhone vs. “real” camera: why does the iPhone win?!

00:02:44 Our vibe going into 2026 

00:07:40 We’re planning a babymoon!

00:11:26 Should we redo our studio?!

00:12:48 Our Montana trip recap (dog sledding + other the activities)

00:13:52 Genius toddler travel hack + screen time convo

00:19:58 Meeting friends while you travel

00:24:48 ChatGPT Wrapped

00:27:54 Best international airlines (+ an airline for dogs?!)

00:36:25 ChatGPT Wrapped cont. 

00:39:07 Top internet moment of 2025

00:40:12 Top show of 2025

00:40:47 Top movie of 2025

00:42:26 Things We DMed Each Other: Friday rituals cut anxiety by 40%

00:46:16 Things We DMed Each Other: Dad “cries back” to stop kid crying

00:47:29 Things We DMed Each Other: Surprise gift reactions that made us cry

00:49:17 Things I Learned This Week: Choline in pregnancy = smarter babies?

00:50:37 Bicker of the Week: Two “singles” vs “party of two” at the bar

00:53:10 Whistler recommendations 

00:55:40 Happy New Year!!!!!

#twoparentsandapod

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