Two Parents & A Podcast

Welcome back to another episode of Two Parents & A Podcast — or rather, this week is 1 parent + 1 childfree (childless??) person lol as Harrison is out of town for a work trip (but DON'T worry, we get a full rundown of his day mid episode). On today's ep, we took some "girlypop" (as Jules calls it) questions from the audience about friendship, relationship, career, and motherhood.

Here's a quick rundown of the Qs you can look forward to: how have friendships with your childfree friends changed since having kids? How do you connect with friends outside of kids? (pro tip: BYO pod topics to dinner!). How do you find the courage to leave the house with littles?! (shots on net!!). How do you track your cycle postpartum? What do you & Harrison argue about most postpartum? (AirPods???). And how do you approach career planning as a working mom?

Before all that, we quickly get into a bit about the DC trip (did anyone else NOT go on an 8th grade DC trip??), how to deal with other people's kids (are we supposed to be "teaching" them if they do something wrong?), Bieber's World Cup halftime show, and Tuesday weddings: rude or chic?!

We wrap things up with a follow up on: is it ever OK to lie to your kids?, a good reminder ("you don't learn to swim by reading about water"!), and a big debate online: how old is "too old" to have a wedding registry?!

Alright, hopefully you enjoyed! But if you didn't, Harrison will be back on Wednesday hahaha.

LOVE YOU GUYS!

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Welcome back to Two Parents & A Podcast!

00:04:18 Did anyone else NOT do the 8th grade DC trip?!

00:07:16 How to deal with other people’s kids

00:10:56 Is it normal for toddlers to grind their teeth?!

00:13:13 Justin Bieber's halftime show at World Cup Finals

00:16:12 If you could be BFFs with any TV character, who would it be?!

00:17:34 Paige Lorenze’s Tuesday wedding: rude or chic?!

00:20:45 LISTENER Q: how have friendships with your childfree friends changed?

00:31:23 LISTENER Q: how do you connect with friends outside of kids?

00:35:22 LISTENER Q: balancing your bestie with new motherhood

00:39:00 LISTENER Q: how do you find the courage to leave the house with littles?!

00:43:31 LISTENER Q: tracking your cycle postpartum

00:44:12 LISTENER Q: what do you & Harrison argue about most postpartum?

00:59:52 LISTENER Q: how do you approach career planning as a working mom?

01:18:40 Follow up: is it ever OK to lie to your kids?

01:20:37 You don't learn to swim by reading about water"

01:21:17 The great WEDDING REGISTRY debate (how old is too old?!)

01:25:46 LOVE YOU GUYS!

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This week on Two Parents & A Podcast, happy Friday!!! We recorded this episode the night before heading out to DC and instead of our usual, we decided to do a little game: we picked a bunch of parenting hot takes & "would you rather" questions to answer rapid-fire, and yes we were all a little slap happy LOL.

PSA UPFRONT: we talk about Santa in this episode around 20 minutes in… please do not listen in front of your kids!!! OK let's get into it:

A few we cannot stop thinking about: is it ever OK to lie to your kids?! (Santa, tooth fairy, "the iPad only exists on the airplane" lies…), are iPads the modern day cigarette?! (YES), should schools ban birthday treats?! (no), should toddlers actually be expected to share?! (yes!!!), and the great household debate: shoes on or shoes off in the house?! (Harrison is CANADIAN and yet still on Team Shoes On somehow??).

Plus, we get into some wild parenting advice from the 1930s-1960s (mothers were told don't breastfeed if you're angry?! Doctors recommended cigarettes during pregnancy?! Don't hug your baby too much or you'll create a tyrant??) that made us wonder what advice we're getting today that we'll think is crazy in 100 years. Plus, pacifiers after age 2 (yes or no?), and the true or false round: is the second kid actually rules-free? Was parenting easier before Instagram? Do parents secretly love when plans get canceled?

And of course, Harrison walks us through 100 years of stock market data to kick things off (cliffhanger from last ep!! lol)… 30,000 stocks analyzed over 100 years, and only 27.6% outperformed the market. His case for index funds continues!! 📈

LOVE YOU GUYS!

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Welcome back to Two Parents & A Podcast!

00:03:20 100 years of the stock market

00:13:23 Would you rather have a toddler who never naps or one who wakes up at 4:30 AM every day?

00:14:27 Meat and potatoes household vs. recipe household

00:17:53 Would you rather clean one massive blowout every day or step on Legos every day?

00:20:57 Is it ever OK to lie to your kids?

00:25:00 Are iPads helping kids or hurting them?

00:25:22 Should schools ban birthday treats?

00:32:23 Should toddlers be expected to share?

00:35:39 Parenting advice from the 1930s-1960s

00:46:25 Pacifiers after age 2: yes or no?

00:48:17 Shoes in the house with babies crawling?

00:51:45 Are baby-led weaning parents a little too intense?

00:53:00 Do babies actually need all the toys we buy them?

00:55:05 TRUE or FALSE: the second kid has fewer rules

00:56:18 TRUE or FALSE: parenting was easier before Instagram

00:57:26 TRUE or FALSE: parents love when plans get canceled

00:58:48 LOVE YOU GUYS!

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This week on Two Parents & A Podcast, happy Wednesday!!! TBH we started with a 10 minute spiral about CYCLOSPORIASIS (are you guys spiraling too???). We are officially swearing off produce for the time being (but if you don't want to, Dr. Brown taught us to stick to things with peels and still wash them!!). ok ANYWAYS - guess we are saving on berries for the time being…

We get into Tate's 3AM wake up: how we handled it, how YOU GUYS said you would handle it, and why we're chill with letting this happen (like once a year). But here's what we know now: we always need to have a game plan because we don't need any 3AM fights.

Plus, Tate has a new food obsession, Rocky is officially SOCIAL SMILING 🥹, and Alex gives an update on combo feeding vs. EPing at 3 months postpartum (mental load is a 2/10 vs. a 9/10 with Tate!).

And a bunch of quick ones: are West & Amanda pregnant (& poking fun at the rumors on TikTok??), Harrison almost getting in a fight in the World Cup bathroom, David Beckham lives in AMERICA?!, Harrison’s TWEET OF THE WEEK, cable providers officially laughing at us ($247/month?!), the lost art of writing a check, kids grow 50% FASTER in summer, and BICKER OF THE WEEK: Monday's egg bicker is officially solved.

LOVE YOU GUYS!

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Welcome back to Two Parents & A Podcast!

00:00:07 Harrison's World Cup day trip to Dallas

00:08:54 What is CYCLOSPORIASIS?! (& why we're officially anti-produce right now 😭)

00:16:45 Tate's 3AM wake up: how we handled a nighttime wake-up as a couple

00:25:21 TATE UPDATE: Tate's food obsession update (sushi + Little Spoon)

00:28:28 ROCKY UPDATE: he's officially SMILING?! 🥹

00:32:00 Combo feeding vs. EPing: an honest update at 3 months postpartum

00:39:48 West & Amanda poking fun at pregnancy rumors (smh)

00:46:48 The story of Harrison almost getting in a FIGHT at the World Cup bathroom lol

00:53:06 David Beckham / Posh Spice + other 1:1 couples

01:05:52 HARRISON'S TWEET OF THE WEEK: "an idiot in motion still goes further than a genius at rest"

01:09:16 Are cable providers officially LAUGHING at us?!

01:14:14 The lost art of writing a check

01:15:44 Kids grow 50% FASTER in late spring/early summer?!

01:19:00 BICKER OF THE WEEK: Monday’s egg bicker solved

01:21:00 LOVE YOU GUYS!

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This week on Two Parents & A Podcast, happy Monday!!! Harrison is officially DONE with the World Cup (despite going to the game tomorrow AND talking about it for like 20 minutes on this ep lol). BUT this leads to a fun discussion: is watching sports with someone you're dating the new "turbulence test"?! We run through the RED FLAGS of watching sports with a guy — is his day being made or ruined by other men playing a game he's not in?! 🚩

But first: we broke our own rule and started the pod talking about the weather lol, that one guy who wishes you happy birthday every single year (s/o Kevin Williams!!!), funny date stories (Harrison ends up beside a friend ON A DATE at the bar, getting catfished, and the girl who met her Hinge date's parents on the first date??), the way the Kardashians stay close with their exes despite the drama, and Bubber in Paris?! (an August pipe dream).

We also give updates on how everything is going with 2 under 2 (spoiler alert: Tate is still obsessed with Rocky). Then we hop on the TikTok trend everyone's been doing: 5 things worth the money — no explanation given. Parenting edition!! Night nurse, Doona, SNOO, extra airline seat after 18 months & Solely fruit gummies :)

To wrap it up with some internet things: Meta is officially being investigated by the EU for their "addictive design" (they want autoplay disabled, screen time breaks & less engagement-based algorithms — could this come to the US?!), Netflix is officially bringing back cable, and a bicker on whether you have to announce it if you use the last egg.

LOVE YOU GUYS!

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Welcome back to Two Parents & A Podcast!

00:00:12 We broke our own rule and started the pod by talking about the WEATHER lol

00:03:00 Does everyone have that one guy who wishes you happy birthday EVERY year?!

00:05:52 FUNNY DATE STORIES: eavesdropping at the bar, catfishing & meeting the parents on the FIRST DATE?!

00:15:42 Is THIS why the US is so bad at soccer?! (Flop culture)

00:23:19 The RED FLAGS of watching sports with a man

00:34:00 Why the Kardashians remain close with their exes despite the drama

00:39:05 Bubber in Paris?!

00:48:15 Tate & Rocky updates 🥹

00:53:37 Quick pause to brag about my friends doing cool things!!

00:55:56 HARRISON'S MORNING BREW: The EU investigating Meta for being too addictive

00:59:01 Netflix is officially bringing back CABLE?!

01:00:21 FIVE THINGS WORTH THE MONEY (parenting edition!!)

01:03:07 BICKER OF THE WEEK: if you use the last egg, do you announce it to your partner?!

01:04:10 LOVE YOU GUYS!

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This week on Two Parents & A Podcast, happy Friday!!! Rocky is officially out of the 4th trimester 🥹 (it truly is like a light switch flips at 3 months). Speaking of new milestones, Alex tried co-sleeping with him for the first time now that he's past the safe age - the review: loved every second of it but didn't get a whole lot of sleep lol.

We start with a trending topic: what is the "back in my day we walked uphill both ways" of our generation?! (i.e. we made it through 4 years of college without ChatGPT!!). Which lead us to an insane discovery… did you know kids at camp are now getting their letters SCANNED and texted to their parents instantly?! Whatever happened to snail mail?

Some fun things: spam mail is getting out of hand, Harrison put a Mexican 3-cheese blend on our pizza (thoughts?), and he pulls a text prank on our neighbors (and Jules) live on the pod 💀

Then the announcement that was MADE for this pod: Summer House Canada is officially happening (10 episodes in Muskoka!!) 🇨🇦. Which leads to Alex asking Harrison if he believes in reincarnation… and whether he would ever go on reality TV himself.

Then the big topic: the pay-to-play sports crisis in America. Apparently, it costs between $1,500 and $25,000+ a YEAR for kids to play club sports?! We get into the Let Kids Play Act, why the US is falling behind in soccer, and why kids are dropping out of sports altogether.

Plus in THINGS WE DMED: Waymo called the cops on two 15 year olds shooting Orbeez, the first AI actor is starring in a movie (welcome to the "Tillyverse"), and United is officially being SUED over window seats… without windows.

LOVE YOU GUYS!

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Welcome back to Two Parents & A Podcast!

00:01:50 Rocky is officially OUT of the 4th trimester

00:04:22 What is the "Back in my day we walked uphill, both ways, in the snow to school" of our generation?

00:08:53 Is spam mail (AND calls AND email) officially out of hand?!

00:14:49 Has anyone else tried Mexican 3 cheese blend on pizza?!

00:18:02 Our experience co-sleeping with Rocky for the first time

00:26:11 Being off social media makes you SO out of the loop

00:32:58 Traveling with support: how we structured our Colorado trip

00:35:34 Summer House CANADA is officially happening

00:45:50 The PAY-TO-PLAY sports crisis in America (+ the "Let Kids Play Act"!)

01:01:38 Waymo called the cops on two 15 year olds shooting Orbeez

01:05:00 The FIRST AI actor is starring in a movie??

01:08:27 United is officially being SUED over window seats without windows

01:10:50 LOVE YOU GUYS!

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