Parenthood

We have parenting guru Midwife Cath on the podcast. Liv & I ask all of our burning questions including:

✔️Why are induction rates in Aus so high?

✔️Hot tips to make breast feeding easier?

✔️How to navigate baby sleep?

✔️Why we put so much pressure on ourselves as parents?

and so-much-more...

Resources:

Midwife Cath - The first six weeks

Midwife Cath - After the first six weeks

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In this week's Real Talk ep, Liv and I chat all things life after lockdown. From:

✔️2 weeks quarantine and no childcare

✔️Sleep regressions

✔️Missing out on an auction

✔️Toilet training mishaps and tips...

Resources:

Book: 'Oh Crap Potty Training’ - Jamie Glowacki

Raising children network: https://raisingchildren.net.au/preschoolers/health-daily-care/toileting/toilet-training-guide

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In this episode I chat with Di about her experience being a single mother to a toddler. We discuss:

✔️Greatest fears felt by many single parents

✔️The challenges of single parenting

✔️How to navigate difficult times, to minimise the impact on your child

✔️Self discovery that comes with hardship

✔️Sex Life marathons and so much more...

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In this week's Real Talk ep Liv and I chat about all things birth. From:

🐣 Our own gory birth stories

🐣 What really happens during birth

🐣 Emergency c-sections, planned c-sections

🐣 Inductions

🐣 Pre-birth resources

🐣 Happy gas

🐣 To our biggest lessons and advice from our audience...

This is episode is a good laugh and a helpful resource to parents out there, re birth in all it's glory.

Resources:

Birth Skills Book by Juju Sundins

The First 6 Weeks by Midwife Cath

Core Floor and Restore

https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/

https://raisingchildren.net.au/

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In this episode I chat with Matt & Phoebe about their experience conceiving their first child. This is a very open, raw conversation touching on

✔️ Miscarriage and the significant impact that this has on parents

✔️ IVF; how it works and what to expect

✔️ Post-natal anxiety and insomnia; the signs to look for and how to navigate this

✔️ What to truely expect when giving birth

and so much more!

Resources:

What to expect when you're expecting by Heidi Murkoff

What to expect before you're expecting by Heidi Murkoff

Monash IVF

Trigger Warning - We discuss miscarriage in great detail during this episode.

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In this week’s Real Talk ep Liv and I chat about whether; your toddler does this too? We talk all things:

👉🏽 OCD behaviour and cleanliness obsessions

👉🏽 Pocket fetishes

👉🏽 Toddler meltdowns

👉🏽 Supermarket fiascos

👉🏽 Poo intrigue

👉🏽 Lambs v roosters – a Maggie Dent philosophy

👉🏽 How we’re all going about discipline

👉🏽 Fussy eaters…

…and so much more. The crux of it? You’re not alone in witnessing the quirky habits of your toddlers.

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In this episode, I chat with the incredible Jo Betz; the founder of Ivory Tribe and Grief (a guided journal to explore your grief), a wedding celebrant, brand ambassador and a mother who tragically lost her husband 4 years ago. Her daughter was 4 years old.

We discuss Jo’s parenting journey and in particular talk through:

✨ How to best parent when you’re in the depths of despair

✨ How to navigate tough times and channel your energy into something positive

✨ Challenges experienced by single parents

✨ How through great adversity, you can learn what you’re made of

Have you been feeling the struggle lately? This conversation is a great one for perspective, inspiration and nuggets of wisdom on how to turn things around.

References:

Wombat's Wish - https://wombatswish.org.au/

https://www.jobetz.com.au/

@jo.betz

Single parenting payment through Centrelink

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*BONUS EP*

With childcare now closed to Victorians, we are bringing you this extra Real Talk ep. Recorded minutes after it was announced that daycare would be shut. In this ep we’re sharing life hacks and a few chuckles to help take the edge off this challenging time. We hash out:

✔️ All our ‘feels’ when it comes to current lockdown restrictions

✔️ Feeling on the edge of burnout

✔️ What burnout looks like

✔️ How to stay sane during these chaotic times

✔️ Liv’s one liners – not to be missed

✔️ Audience advice on how you’re handling life and

SO MUCH MORE..

Book recommendations:

Days Like These by Pip Lincolne

The Postnatal Depletion Cure by Dr Oscar Serrallach

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This week is our Real Talk segment with my bestie Liv. We’re talking all things ‘the unexpected’ when it parenthood. We delve into:

✔️ Our identity crisis once becoming mums

✔️ Judgement, guilt, overwhelm, burnout and all the motherhood feels

✔️ Our cheeky childhood pasts

✔️ Unrealistic expectations we place on ourselves as mothers

✔️ Handling supermarket meltdowns and so much more

Some lockdown entertainment for us all.

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This week’s episode is one of pure strength, resilience and the importance of having a rad attitude. I bring on friends of the podcast, Nat & Nate, and we discuss:

·     Life in San Francisco during the Coronavirus pandemic

·     Giving birth and raising twins, with no support

·     Juggling work commitments

·     Trying to relocate back to Australia

This beautiful couple bare it all, the crazy journey that was their first year of parenthood. Through insomnia, overwhelm and uncertainty, they found they were tougher cookies than they ever could have imagined. Living by the mantra ‘it’s all about attitude’.

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