Welcome to This Glorious Mess. A twice-weekly look at parenting as it really is. Confusing, exhausting, inspiring, funny, and full of surprises. So many surprises.

How can we better understand children who view the world through a different lens?  

This week Holly and Andrew are joined by Fiona Higgin's the author of An Unusual Boy. Although fictional, Fiona's book reveals the very real experience of a boy who lives with neurodiversity and the mother trying to care for him. But why has it got people talking? 

Plus, Holly and Andrew introduce a new segment...Parenting Mentors! First up, is classroom competition ever a good thing? 

LINKS 

Fiona's book An Unusual Boy is out now!

CREDITS

Hosts: Holly Wainwright & Andrew Daddo

Guests: Fiona Higgins

Producer: Elissa Ratliff & Mikayla Floriano

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Welcome to This Glorious Mess Little Kids. A twice-weekly look at parenting as it really is. Confusing, exhausting, inspiring, funny, and full of surprises. So many surprises. 

Kids create a lot of waste.

From nappies to plastic toys, there seems to be an endless accumulation of stuff. 

This week Leigh is all by herself. But joining her is Anita Vandyke, a qualified rocket scientist, turned minimalist who has converted her family to a zero-waste lifestyle. Anita fills us in on all her secrets for zero waste living. 

Plus, Leigh needs your help with Christmas gifts for apartment living, Can you give her any ideas?  

LINKS 

Anita's book A Zero Waste Family will be out on the 1st of December 2020.

CREDITS

Host: Leigh Campbell

Guest: Anita Vandyke 

Producer: Elissa Ratliff & Mikayla Floriano

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Welcome to This Glorious Mess. A twice-weekly look at parenting as it really is. Confusing, exhausting, inspiring, funny, and full of surprises. So many surprises.

How do you help a child with a stutter? That's what Holly and Andrew are trying to find out on this episode of Big Kids...

We speak to Kathryn, a mum of four who lives in the Northern Territory and whose son, Zeke, struggles with a stutter. So how do you go about finding help when you live hours away from a speech pathologist? 

Plus, we're joined by Speech Pathologist Emilia Sedgewick who offers her tips on what not to do if your child is stuttering... 

CREDITS

Hosts: Holly Wainwright & Andrew Daddo

Guests: Emilia Sedgewick

With thanks to: Kathryn, from Katherine

Producer: Elissa Ratliff & Mikayla Floriano

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Welcome to This Glorious Mess Little Kids. A twice-weekly look at parenting as it really is. Confusing, exhausting, inspiring, funny, and full of surprises. So many surprises.

This week Leigh and Tegan chat with Olympic Gold Medalist and Life-Space Ambassador Giaan Rooney, OAM about the similarities between parenting and being a competitive swimmer (surprisingly there might be more than you think!). Giaan shares her top tips on how she finds balance amongst the chaos. 

Plus, our WTF moments of the week. Overdue swimming lessons and when you know you're turning into your parents! 

CREDITS

Hosts: Leigh Campbell & Tegan Natoli

Guest: Giaan Rooney

Producer: Elissa Ratliff & Leah Porges

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Jessie and Clare Stephens are twin sisters and Editors at Mamamia. And it's fair to say, they're very competitive. But is their competitive nature a problem? Or can sibling rivalry be a positive thing?

In the latest episode of This Glorious Mess, Holly and Andrew delve into the lives of Jessie and Clare and find out how they really feel about one another.

Plus, Holly has started thinking about Christmas celebrations and wants to turn it on this year. But does Andrew agree?

CREDITS

Hosts: Holly Wainwright & Andrew Daddo

With thanks to: Jessie & Clare Stephens

Producer: Pariya Taherzadeh & Leah Porges

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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Welcome to This Glorious Mess Little Kids. A twice-weekly look at parenting as it really is. Confusing, exhausting, inspiring, funny, and full of surprises. So many surprises. 

On this week's episode of Little Kids, Tegan and Leigh chat with Wiradjuri woman Jessica Staines from Koori Curriculum about how we can best educate our kids about Indigenous culture. 

Plus are iPads for kids a good idea? 

And, what is exploding head syndrome? And do you have it? 

CREDITS

Hosts: Leigh Campbell & Tegan Natoli

Guest: Jessica Staines from Koori Curriculum https://kooricurriculum.com/

Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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In 1987, Sue and John Brierly adopted a little boy from India named Saroo. Years later, Saroo would go on to discover his birth family via Google Earth and his story would be made into a Hollywood film named Lion.

But it’s the story behind that story that Holly and Andrew are focusing on today. Sue, Saroo’s mum, has written a book called Lionness, and it’s all about the years she waited for her sons to arrive, and why her family trauma helped her decide to adopt.

On the latest episode of This Glorious Mess, Sue tells Holly and Andrew what happened before Lion, and before Nicole Kidman played her…

CREDITS

Hosts: Holly Wainwright & Andrew Daddo

With thanks to: Sue Brierley, you can find her book Lioness at any good bookstore.

Producer: Pariya Taherzadeh

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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We were so excited about 2020. A new decade brimming with optimism and fresh opportunities. But then of course COVID happened and everything changed, especially for new parents. 

Tegan and Leigh chat to antenatal and midwifery educator Michelle Daniels about the impact COVID has had on families and hospitals. 

Plus, Tegan mastered the language of baby chat. She had a nice long talk with her son Bango in something we’ll call… gibberish. 

 

CREDITS

Hosts: Leigh Campbell & Tegan Natoli

Guest: Michelle Daniels - www.northshoreprivate.com.au/maternity/maternity-home 

Producer: Pariya Taherzadeh 

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At the peak of her career in October 2019, Shonel Bryant was diagnosed with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.

Holly and Andrew hear her story of battling breast cancer through COVID and how she kept her kids informed without scaring them.

Plus, Holly and Daddo both experienced Book Week a little differently this year. Can you guess who nailed it and who failed it?

LINKS 

Shonel Bryant’s docu-series ‘Life On Standby’ 

https://supportyourgirls.com/pages/docu-series 

CREDITS

Hosts: Holly Wainwright & Andrew Daddo

Guest: Shonel Bryant - www.supportyourgirls.com 

Producer: Pariya Taherzadeh

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Is your toddler throwing tantrums, and they aren’t even two yet? Do they scream at the top of their lungs, for what seems like no reason at all? 

Parenting coach Karina Lane chats to Leigh and Tegan about how you can turn the terrible twos into tolerable and sometimes terrific twos! 

Plus, Tegan’s WTF of the week was when she tried to make her home look child-free… not because she’s ashamed of course, but because she’s trying to sell the house. Fingers crossed no one opens up the cupboards! 

 

CREDITS

Hosts: Leigh Campbell & Tegan Natoli

Guest: Karina Lane - www.facebook.com/karinalanecoach 

Producer: Pariya Taherzadeh 

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