Outnumbered the Podcast

Parenting is difficult enough but it's extra hard when people question your decisions! Today's episode talks about how to confront those decisions with confidence and courage, even when we're getting backlash, and be the best parents we can for our unique children.

Below are links to some of Bonnie and Audrey's favorite resources for researching some of these difficult decisions:

Audrey's Recommendations: 

Superimmunity for Kids 
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth  
A Midwife’s Story 
The Essential Homebirth Guide 
Dumbing us Down 
The Well-Trained Mind 
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding 
The Attachment Parenting Book 

Bonnie's recommendations:

 The Business of Being Born documentary
Gift of Giving Life 
Dr. Sears Vaccine Book (fairly neutral viewpoint)
Pushed: The Painful Truth about Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care
Hypnobirthing

In this episode, Audrey & Bonnie share all their best tips to help with the laundry!  From pre-laundry decisions to getting the kids involved, by the time you're finished with this episode, you'll be motivated to attack that laundry pile again!  

Show notes:

Calvin & Hobbes on laundry

Bonnie recommends:

Oxyclean

Costco brand laundry soap

Audrey recommends:

All Free & Clear laundry soap

Grandma's Secret Stain Remover

Affresh washing machine cleaner

Today's episode is our very first guest interview! We are thrilled to introduce you to Kimberly Coffin, the amazingly talented blogger and YouTuber behind Sweet Red Poppy.

Kim reveals  how she manages to run a successful blog, including creating gorgeous crafting videos, with 3 small children at home and a traveling husband. We also talk about her heartbreaking struggle with prenatal and postpartum depression and anxiety. Be prepared for a good laugh AND cry as Kim opens up about her struggles, successes and finding the help she needed to enjoy motherhood again.

Are you one of the millions of moms who experiences Mom Guilt?  If so, Bonnie and Audrey have packed this episode full of advice, tips, reassurances, and how to combat those internal and external voices that cause Mom Guilt. 

Bonnie recommends: Girl Wash Your Face, Confronting the Myth of Self Esteem

Audrey recommends: Yoga with Adriene, Yoga for Self Doubt, Yoga for Insecurity, Yoga for Mood Swings, Head and Heart Reset, Let it Go Yoga Flow, Yoga for Depression, Yoga for Loneliness

Is there anything all moms need more than a good night's sleep? Bonnie and Audrey tackle the frustrating (and often polarizing) subject of how, where and when to get your kids to sleep! 
We're sharing what the experts say about how much sleep each kid needs, as well as sleeping arrangements, tools for dealing with kids who need less sleep and more.
Join us in helping more moms get the rest they desperately need!

Show notes: 

Amount of sleep needed for infants
Amount of sleep needed for kids

Bonnie's post on getting a baby to sleep through the night
Bonnie's post on calming a cranky baby

Audrey's tutorial for making a swaddle blanket

Bonnie's recommendation for Velcro sleep swaddles

Bonnie's recommendation for sleep sacks

Audrey's recommended book The Family Bed

Audrey's recommended book Good Nights

We're back for part 2 of our pregnancy series! In this episode Bonnie and Audrey are talking about the 3rd trimester, preparing for birth and how to survive the postpartum days and weeks ahead. We'll talk about the good, the bad and the ugly, including Bonnie's hilarious post-partum story about bodily fluids.

Audrey's Maternity Sewing Guest episode (discussing prenatal anxiety)

Audrey's newborn capsule wardrobe

Bonnie's Book Recommendation: Gift of Giving Life

Audrey's Book Recommendation: The Vital Touch

Bonnie's birth posts

The Outnumbered moms, Bonnie and Audrey have so much to say about pregnancy that this is part 1 of 2 episodes on the topic!  In part 1 we cover pre-pregnancy days, and the first trimester  and second trimester.   You can be sure that with all the kids we have, we know quite a few things to help you get through these pregnancy days.  From nausea to miscarriage, anxiety to cravings, exhaustion to weird things people say, we laugh our way through these topics in depth!

Show notes:

Audrey's recommended liquid prenatal vitamin

Bonnie's recommended gummy vitamins and liquid iron supplement 

Bonnie's blog post about dealing with nausea

Bonnie's maternity clothing recommendations from H&M.

Audrey's recommended maternity patterns

Maternity Sewing website

New baby on the way?  In this episode we discuss so many ways to get your other child or children ready for the new baby.  We cover preparing the former baby for the new baby, preparing older children for the new baby, preparing kids for when you are away giving birth, and preparing kids to attend a birth.    This is a topic we're excited to share our knowledge and tips with you!

Show notes:

Audrey recommends the Welcome with Love book

Audrey recommends the Birth Into Being waterbirth video and the Gentle Birth Choices documentary

Today's episode is just the encouragement you need to let go of mom guilt, others' expectations of you and all your preconceived notions of what motherhood should look like. Join us as we explore the idea that both our strengths and our weaknesses are what make up the perfect mother for each of our kids. We're learning to embrace both the bad and the good in this mothering journey and accept ourselves along the way!

Audrey's Instagram Recommendation: @Sarahtyau

Bonnie's Instagram Recommendation @simplyonpurpose