While You Were Napping

Fatima and Brian discuss their favorite Halloween costumes, activities for the whole family, and an update to the fall foliage report.

In this episode, we’re talking about our son’s food strikes, being a picky eater, and slides. Here’s the cook book we referenced: Real Baby Food.

We’re celebrating our wedding anniversary this week! Reflecting on our time together, we discussed the moments surrounding that positive pregnancy test almost three years ago. And we throw out some advice for new parents.

This week we’re discussing sharenting: the overuse of social media to document the lives of our families. We start off with a definition (02:00), the bad (09:08), the good (18:14), and the suggestions (23:46).

The most studied generation is just starting or are already a few years into parenthood. We’re talking about parennials, aka millennial parents. We take a mini deep-dive into this generation (05:36). But it’s not all doom and gloom because the parennials are here to save us all (12:16). Additional reading: Very Well Family Dr. Rachel Glik NY Times

We’re talking about being in an interracial marriage and how we’re blending our experiences to form our parenting strategy. Fatima throws it back to college (01:10), we talk about our experience with racism (03:49), The Lovings (05:27), the micro-aggression that irks us (15:09), racist comments on our wedding day (19:47), and our son’s future (28:45). We left in a blooper at the very end.

In this episode, we’re talking about parents’ and caregivers’ mental health and the importance for taking breaks amidst this global pandemic. We’re covering all the stress that affects you and your kids (01:50), the one appointment Brian will not skip (02:48), and specific stress as it relates to parents and caregivers (05:34). PTO (15:54). Everyone loves a tip (24:57) and Brian’s favorite meme (35:38). Links to resources in this episode: CDC Guide for Parents, (WSJ) Take a Vacation, (CNBC) Bye Bye PTO, (Johns Hopkins) Strategies for Parents.

As black breastfeeding week winds down, Fatima talks about the significance of the movement and her experience with breastfeeding.