How do we handle parenting when our kids need something we can't give them. When we are over-stimulated as a parent, how do we handle a kid that needs more than we can give.

Today's Guest is Julie Vick. She is the author of Babies Don't Make Small Talk (So Why Should I?), a humorous advice book for introverted parents navigating the early years of parenthood. She has written for New Yorker Daily Shouts, Parents magazine, Real Simple, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency; and most importantly, one of her tweets once appeared in In Touch Weekly. Learn more about her at julievick.com.

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Defining what an introvert is.

How to set boundaries

What to do when your kids need/want things that you can't emotionally give them

How to be aware of your kids being over-stimulated

Best headphones for teens

Why my kids hate me and that's OK

Mom Shaming

Producer: Drew Erickson

Today I am giving you six facts about using IV pain medication in labor.

Big thanks to our sponsor The Online Prenatal Class for Couples -- if you're looking to get informed on things like this in labor and delivery -- IT Is the class for you!

The benefits to using IV pain medication

Some of the medicine DOES get to the baby

Works well 1-2 times

We don't tend to give it after 9 cm.

Try to get some rest in (and relax into it!)

What a contraction feels like

Hospital delivery without an epidural

Episode on pain management options in labor

Producer: Drew Erickson

How should we be saving for retirement when there are so many other needs around us.

Today's guest is a financial advisor at Savant Wealth.

Big thanks to our sponsor The Organized Home Family Routines The Online Prenatal Class for Couples

Prioritize retirement savings over college savings

Best time to save for retirement

How the financial media makes money

How Dave Ramsey might not be helping us

Prioritizing experiences

Our saving for college episode

My dad's episode on the economy of the home

Producer: Drew Erickson

It's easy to think of your partner as just a cheerleader for you during your pregnancy & delivery. How can you make them part of the team?

This episode was inspired my post on what to do if your partner is selfish during pregnancy.

Big thanks to our sponsor The Online Prenatal Class for Couples -- it is created to help BOTH parts of the couple get prepared for birth.

1. Lower your expectations
2. Be specific
3. You're not mad at THEM, it's the situation

It seems like on social media people are constantly battling which age is the hardest to parent. Today I want to chat about what age is the hardest to parent.

Big thanks to our sponsor Family Routines -- if you're looking to get your family on a routine that makes life easier, it is the course for you!

What the hardest parts of newborns, toddlers, preschoolers, school-age kids, teenagers or adult children.

Mom shaming episode

Kids & cell phones

What to do when you're SO MAD

Producer: Drew Erickson

Let's talk about why you may WANT an induction, especially as you get towards the end of your pregnancy.

Today's guest is Juli Pyle (she/her) a certified nurse midwife who practices at a community hospital in rural Pennsylvania. Juli was a stay at mom for many years to five children before deciding to return to school to pursue a degree in nursing. She graduated from Colorado Mesa University with a bachelors of science in nursing degree in 2016 and then began her nursing career as a labor and delivery nurse. She quickly discovered that this was her true passion (as she had suspected since having her own children) and quickly gained a reputation for professionalism, compassion and expertise among colleagues and patients. She then returned to Frontier Nursing University to complete a Master's degree in Nursing with an emphasis in midwifery. In 2020, she graduated and began as a certified nurse-midwife at a small community hospital in central Pennsylvania where she has been since that time.

Her focus as a CNM is to provide evidence-based education to all birthing families, give true autonomy and informed consent throughout their time with her and to share love, understanding, empathy and true shared-decision making. When not immersed in the birthing world, she enjoys spending time refinishing furniture, gardening, raising and breeding different types of chickens, hiking and vacationing with her family.

This episode was inspired by my induction mini class.

Big thanks to our sponsor The Online Prenatal Class for Couples - if you want to create your confident hospital birth it is the class for you. It has a whole chapter on induction that I think you'll love!

Different types of midwives

Why people want inductions

Why someone can and can not get an induction

Why you might NOT be able to be induced

My Induction Mini Class

Induction at 37 weeks

What to do the night before an induction

Producer: Drew Erickson

Why do I second guess myself at every move and today I'm exploring why and how I can listen to myself.

My other episode on how I make money

The things in my background that make me second guess myself.

The questions I now ask myself when I'm making decisions.

Producer: Drew Erickson

Zoning your kitchen is one of the most important things you can do to make things easier to do in that room. Today we're talking about some of the stigmas and "rules" you might be following that aren't helping you in your kitchen.

This episode was inspired by my post on kitchen organization

Big thanks to our sponsor The Organized Home -- stop following "rules" that aren't helping you! Get ideas on how to zone your room, ideas of things that might work and then GET GOING!

My episode on decluttering your kitchen.

The best dish rag

Answering your organization questions

Producer: Drew Erickson

Let's chat about birth fears, including my study that I did on what makes people afraid about labor & delivery.

Today's guest is Christina Bernard from Labor Nurse Christina (formerly tatatopics). Christina is a Mom of four, labor and delivery nurse, better birth advocate, IBCLC, military vet and navy wife. Working on a better birth advocacy course to be released soon!

This episode was inspired by my labor fears study.

Big thanks to our sponsor The Online Prenatal Class for Couples -- if you're looking to conquer your fears, it's the class for you!

Where labor fears come from

What you can do about your birth fears

How social media can help and hurt birth fears

Switching providers

Kidney stones vs birth

Common Fears in Pregnancy

Breaking up with your OB

Your glucose test

Producer: Drew Erickson

Is spanking a good option for kids? What can we do to not spank, but still get kids who we can help raise to be successful people.

Today's guest is Deborah Farmer Kris, founder of Parenthood365. Deborah is a parenting columnist for PBS KIDS, she writes about education for NPR's MindShift, and she is the author of two new children's books, "I Love You All the Time" and "You Have Feelings All the Time." Deborah has taught almost every grade K–12, served as a school administrator, and presented to thousands of parents and educators around the country. Deborah and her husband live in Massachusetts with their two kids—who love to test every theory she's ever had about child development. For more information, visit her website: https://www.parenthood365.com/

This episode was inspired by my post on spanking.

Big thanks to our sponsor Family Routines -- it is the course for you if you're looking to be able to handle those crazy moments better, this is the course for you. Getting your family in a routine is one of the best ways to be able to handle the crazy times.

Why we spank (or consider spanking)

Best types of discipline or consequences

Becoming an "emotion scientist"

The other options

Why is my child in charge?

Saying you're sorry as a parent

The parenting M&M -- what are we going to do

What to do if you're struggling

Logical consequences for teens.

My mom shaming episode.

Producer: Drew Erickson