The Mother F**king Truth Podcast

*Deeeeeeep breath*. Four year olds are a special kind of hell.  They are cute and CRAZY.  Give them the exact snack they requested?  Obviously you are stupid because that was NOT what they truly wanted.  Tell them one more short show before bedtime?  You must be out of your fucking mind to have boundaries.  LOL... It's exhausting to keep things cool and calm amongst their emotional downward spiral.

In this week's episode, Whitney shares her journey with breastfeeding, nursing and formula feeding.  It all wasn't a linear journey, but what was learned is that a fed baby is a happy baby.  And!  That mama's mental health matters.  After a very difficult nursing journey with her first child, and a semi ok journey nursing her second, she decided to formula feed her third child.  This turned out to be one of the best decisions she could have made for her own sanity and that overall happiness of her family.

Remember life before kids when you would just walk out the door with zero coordination or consideration for anyone or anything?  That shit has sailed after having kids, especially during the week if you are the primary caregiver.  Even if you working partner is at home doing their 8-5 job, the primary caregiver can't just walk out the door... yet the "working" partner seems to have the freedom.  In this episode, Whitney gives a little rant about how her husband, who works from home, can easily just walk out the door to do as he pleases during the week and for Whitney to do that, it's like completing a plot graph to make it happen.  Welcome to the rant!

Do you ever go down the drain of life being pulled by anxiety, depression, or OCD?  Whitney has struggled with this for much of her life.  After years and years of avoiding medication, she finally takes the plunge.  And as it turns out: MEDS ARE AMAZING.  Tune in to listen to how Whitney got to the place of trying meds and why this mental health journey has been a bit of a challenge given she was raised by Boomer parents, who rarely to never spoke about mental health.  It wasn't until Whitney's adulthood did she begin seeking talk therapy, tuning into her mental well-being, and finally giving Lexapro a try.  Enjoy!

Summer is more work for us parents!  Not only are parents left with more work and typically needing to sign up for summer camps for their kiddos so they can work, but many of us at home parents are exhausted being cruise directors.  More dishes, more messes, lots of "I'm bored"... it's just exhausting.  And while we all know our summers are short with our sweet babes, we can't let this guilt rob us of our sanity and truth... summer is not a break for parents.

After a long ass time, Whitney's parents have arrived to finally meet Whitney's pandemic baby!  And to get the mountain of laundry caught up, wash the sink full of dishes, play with their grandkids and give these tired parents a much needed break.  Which reminds us all that self care is often times is CHILDCARE.  Forget taking a bath... we need fucking childcare.

Music via Music Bed

All About It by Jamie Lono

Do Your Thing by Red Parker

If Mother's Day was really a day to celebrate moms, we'd be sipping mimosas while on a floaty raft at an all inclusive resort with our best friends.  It seems that there are still brunches happening where moms have to participate in the caring for their precious children, whom they do love very much, but also deserve an actual break from.  So!  Moms, we need to take the day back and get a real break.

Thanks for coming to my rant.

Giving birth during this pandemic... was not in my plan!  Mentally surviving this last year adding a third child into our family all while during the pandemic and distant learning and all of the things was intense.  

On this episode, Whitney gives a quick recount of what a crazy year it was and celebrates the first birthday of her youngest child.  Did you have a baby during the pandemic??  How did it go?...

Interruptions!  Barfing baby!  Covid exposure quarantine!!  Ugh.  What a week, man.  Today's episode with Whitney is a shitshow of chaos.  Welcome to the party.

She also gives you a brief rundown about how fun it is being barfed on and offers up some preparedness tips on how to be ready for when the barfs enter your home. 

Due to lots of family interruptions, she didn't get to complete all her thoughts on this, but don't worry... there's always time for another episode about dealing with the barfs.  Enjoy! 

TW: Infertility and Loss

In honor of Infertility Awareness Week, Whitney welcomes friend Laura Hoover onto the show.  Laura and her husband spent a difficult and emotional journey to expand their family of 2 to a family of 4.  She shares details of how they navigated their fertility ups and downs in this episode.  Experiences of infertility are very common and the grief that a family experiences shouldn't need to be carried alone.  Thank you, Laura, for your vulnerability in sharing this week!

Music:

All About It by: Jamie Lono

Do Your Thing by: Red Parker