Under The Motherhood

Welcome to Episode 15!Its a rainy Sunday evening in September and we've decided to meet up at our favourite little spot at Killashee Hotel for a catch up and a chat over a nice warm pot of tea!This week we felt inspired by the protests that took place last week for environmental change and chatted about ways we can do our bit at home and with the kids. As usual the time flew.. always a good sign, right??Do you have any tips you'd like to share with us? Get in touch via Instagram at instagram.com/underthemotherhoodWe'd love to hear from you!Do you like what you hear? Please subscribe wherever you're listening to us!Until next week! Jen & JoanneMusic is New Day by Ikson

...you never know what you're going to get.Also, nothing to see here, just our little podcast being included in a list of Top Irish Parenting Podcasts! How proud are we? VERY!We're back this week after an unscheduled break to catch up and have chats about everything from the things you don't hear about labour, to a lost kid, to our live draw for our first competition winner of our favourite book and an amazing chocolate hamper, honestly we considered cancelling this competition and just keeping the stuff for ourselves! (We didn't and will of course give the full intact prize to the winner!)Huge thank you for listening, hope you enjoy our chats this week!Jen & JoanneFind us on Instagraminstagram.com/underthemotherhoodMusic is New Day by Ikson

Who doesn't love a good pun eh?? This week we have a little chat around how our own little Junior Infants got on starting school, which leads us nicely into a chat about nutrition from what we give them for school lunches, to how we approach food as a whole, how we try and encourage healthy attitudes rather than focusing on healthy eating in itself...... all while we enjoy a particularly lovely kid-free lunch and of course a particularly nice slice of cake! Well, it would be rude not to.Until next week!Online shop mentioned this week is instagram.com/earthmother.ieJen & JoMusic is 'New Day' by Ikson

This episode we had a very relaxing hour kid-free where we dispensed some fantastic information and tips about kids starting school for the first time! Armed with excellent advice from an experienced primary school teacher we both learned new things, one from a total newbie perspective with her eldest starting school, and the other on her third new-schooler - with this episode we have everything covered!Some of the things we mentioned in this episode are:From the NCCA site - Helping Your Child In Junior & Senior Infants:https://www.ncca.ie/media/1406/helping_your_child_in_junior_and_senior_infants.pdfThe book we adore:https://myhighershelf.com/products/in-my-heart-a-book-of-feelingsWe hope you find this episode useful and wish everyone starting big school the best of luck! It's the start of new adventures for us all.Until next week!Jen & JoEpisode music is 'New Day' by Ikson

11. Oh The Places You'll Go! Pre-School Prep by Jen & Joanne

Fournados ... have you met one yet? Maybe you have one of your own, or maybe you've had lots of them in your life! Fournados are the forces of nature otherwise known as four year old children..!Join us as we discuss the very bad days at the office we both had within the last week, and Joanne - who is on her third fournado - dispenses some very wise advice over how best to tackle them!The name of our episode this week is an actual Fournado quote that amused us no end!Stick the kettle on and join us, and if you like what you hear, please tell a friend!Music is by Ikon - New DayFind us on Instagram instagram.com/underthemotherhoodOr on UnderTheMotherhood.comThanks for listening!

We're back with episode 9 where we discuss the question of how you know when you know that you're finished having any more babies?? It's not as clear cut as we thought - join us for our weekly cuppa and sneaky slice of cake as we try and figure it out!Catch us on Instagram here:Instagram.com/underthemotherhoodAnd listen to all our episodes at UnderTheMotherhood.comMusic by Ikson - New Day

Hi and welcome to Episode 8!The weeks are flying by and this week we're back with a fairly quick episode (thanks to six kids, a home-made water slide in the garden and sticky melting ice pops) discussing our experience with getting our kids to sleep, figuring out why they sometimes don't sleep, and the best tips we picked up along the way!Join us for the coffee, chats and a sneaky slice of cake!Get in touch and let us know what you think! We would love to hear from you - instagram.com/underthemotherhoodOr check out our website where you can find all our episodes and listen from there - underthemotherhood.comThank you to everyone who listens - see you next week!

Did you miss us?!We are back with episode 7 after an unexpected break, where we started off talking about how we try and entertain the kids now that school and Montessori is finished, then we ventured into tantrums and the glory that is four year old tantrums!Spoiler - they're not glorious at all. But stay strong fellow parents and join us to commiserate!Get in touch and tell us what you think - have you experienced the tornado that is a four year old tantrum?Do you have good tips on how to keep kids entertained over the holidays? Are you a super-sentimental Jen or a way more practical Jo??We'd love to hear from you!instagram.com/[email protected] Jen at @thescenicroutebyjen or thescenicroutebyjen.com and catch Jo at @jojo_kildare on InstagramThanks for listening! Jen & Jo

The One Without The Kids!Welcome to episode 6, where this week we record with no kids, but with an extra Mam in the form of our friend Siobhan who joined us on our overnight break of absolute bliss!Join us as we settle into some comfy chairs with some lovely coffees, our lovely friend, and some lovely chats, chatting all things Mammyhood!Huge thank you this week to Jo's other half, Andy, who put together a gorgeous new site for our podcast - UnderTheMotherhood.com - check it out!You can catch us on Instagram @UnderTheMotherhood - get in touch, we'd love to hear from you.** Got a minute? **If you listen via Apple Podcasts, please leave us a rating, or even better a review! It would mean a lot.See you next week!