The Juggling Act

Sarah asks whether you should worry about a slight lisp when your child is still learning to talk. We’re joined by Natalie Angel who is absolutely slaying it at the moment, after launching her platform Let Me Try Before You Buy, 12 months ago.She opens up about struggling with body dysmorphia after the birth of her son and the extreme way she turned her negative self-talk around… And our new regular contributor Laura Mazza joins us with a new 'advice needed' question about managing family fallouts.

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Sarah and Mel open up about the stress of toilet training. We're joined by the fabulous Laura Csortan – writer, presenter, former Miss Universe and mum to four-year-old daughter Layla Rose. She opens up about juggling work as a single mum and how she wants her daughter to have a relationship with his dad. And our new regular contributor Lauren Patterson joins us every Monday with a health and wellbeing tip to get our week off to a fab start!

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This week, Sarah and Mel get honest about the emotional toll of constantly being touched as a mum. We’re joined by workplace expert Samantha Sutherland to talk about why so many mums are on the brink of overwhelm. SAHM Jody Allen shares her tips for making money without leaving your home. Social researcher Mark McCrindle joins us to chat about how we should raise Generation Alpha. And Sarah admits she’s been making up stories about her babysitters, plus the hilarious reason why!

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Finding a good babysitter is like finding a unicorn who cooks, cleans and enjoys a wine at the end of the day. So when you find one, you hold onto them. Tight. Sarah has been lucky enough to find a couple of them, and she's admitted that she's gone to extreme lengths to keep them all to herself - including making up stories about them to her friends

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Generation Alpha is any child born between 2010 and 2024. They will be the most tech-literate generation ever. So how do we go about raising them and helping guide them through a world that will look very different from how it did when we grew up? Mark McCrindle is a social researcher and luckily for us, he’s written a book called Generation Alpha to help us out.

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Kids are expensive. It sometimes feels like the bills never end. Music classes, sporting teams, school fees, rent, mortgages. The list goes on. Covid has got more and more parents thinking about starting their own business and having the freedom to set their own schedule and work from home. Or, you might be looking for ways to bring in extra cash that works with the family. Today’s guest is known as the Stay at Home Mum, and she’s been there and done that. Jody Allen has a new book out called Earn at Home Mum, and she joins us with her advice and top tips.

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Imagine you’re hanging out with three of your girlfriends (okay, sure you’ve probably been interrupted a thousand times by kids asking for things, but you’re together). Well, according to new research, at least one of you is on the brink of total overwhelm. What’s going on? We’re joined by Workplace Diversity & Inclusion Specialist, and busy mum, Samantha Sutherland, who says Aussie women (particularly mum’s) are more stressed out, overwhelmed and unsupported than ever before.

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Right from the moment you get pregnant, people want to touch you. Touch your belly, check your vagina, take your blood. Then you have the baby and you're settling, feeding, picking them up. You're constantly being touched. Sarah and Mel open up about the emotional toll it can take when you have small people (and a partner) constantly touching you.

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This week, Mel has found a word that perfectly describes this blah feeling so many of us are feeling right now. We have a fascinating chat with radio host Christian O’Connell about the panic attacks that made him quit his top-rating show in the UK and move his family to Australia. Chezzi Denyer joins us to talk about the mouse plague ravaging country NSW and how she plans to survive the school holidays (while living with her parents). Erin McNaught on how she gets some alone time with three 'boys' in the house! And Sarah and Mel talk baby names – how do you decide what to name your baby.

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Choosing a name for your baby can be a complicated process! Who gets the final say? How do you decide? Do you tell other people what you're thinking? Does it work with their surname? Sarah and Mel share how they decided on their children's names and talk about the various processes to get there.

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