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For The Parents
by Samantha Gomez, Jesse Nunley
This podcast is for the parents. While we do talk about our kids, it is more about how we raise our children and learn from those moments, together. We are sharing our journey with you as it unfolds, so there are many lessons still left to learn. We want to acknowledge the feelings and emotions that we all go through as parents and hopefully help you feel that you aren't alone by joining our community. We cover hard topics like parental rage, communication issues, parental teamwork, household roles, and many other challenges that arise while raising tiny humans. There will be laughter and tears and tension as we try to not only survive, but thrive as parents.
Episodes
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Fairness and Equality Among Siblings
With our youngest being almost 2 and our oldest being 4, it can be quite difficult to make sure that they both feel like they are being treated equally. Are they both getting at least somewhat equal one on one time? Are they both getting the attention they need? What about sugary goodness (even...
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The One About Conscious Parenting (ft. a bonus little argument)
Full disclosure, we do have a little squabble. I mean honestly somedays buttons that you didn't even know you had get pushed, and it is completely normal to argue. Oh yeah, we also try to decipher what conscious parenting is, or rather what it means to us.
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Sleep Deprivation Ramblings
Even through our sleep deprivation we were able to talk about some interesting topics. What does your time with your children look like? Sam has a routine that she likes fairly well, but Jesse isn't sure about what to do during his time with the children. And we also chatted about our struggles...
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A Sneaky Peak Into The Future
A quickie little cast about a gorgeous reunion that gave us a tiny little peak into what it is like to have older children (12-14 year olds ish), and a random thought about how by just being there for your children is more than good enough.
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Expectations and Children
Jesse and I discuss what our own personal expectations are for our children, and it wasn't a minute too soon. This is such an important conversation to have with your partner because it can lead to a better understanding of your co-parent and their own personal vision for your shared children.
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Building Capacity in Parenting
Please don't mind the weird things going on with our audio and enjoy our discussion about finally being in a place in our parenthood journey where we aren't struggling to find sanity on a daily basis, and instead we are starting to think about more productive ways to spend our after hours time....
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Rules In Relationships
Here is our #1 rule in our relationship and why we feel it is so important. It has helped us through thick and thin, and has helped both of us to truly be seen and heard. This is specific to what works for us, but regardless we do feel that every relationship could benefit from having a set of...
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Allowing Yourself To Not Be Okay
Friends, the audio did not go that smoothly in this episode, but we wouldn't have posted in unless the message was worth it. So I hope no one is too bothered. Being a parent is hard and it is okay to let go of that guilt that we might feel about being a bad parents. It is impossible to be a…
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Splitting Ponsitilities
We have fallen off of our house management bandwagon far too many times to count. So we decided that we were due for a complete overhaul of our previous housework management system. There are also a couple of bonus children story times included that we hope you enjoy as much as we have.
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At Home Preschool Lesson Planning
As parents we are our children's first and most important teachers, which can feel incredibly intimidating. In this episode we discuss a little lesson planning guide to, we hope, make teaching at home a little easier.
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The Balance Between Being A Human and A Parent
Although we are now parents, and are expected to take care of our children... we are still human. We believe that it's all about learning as we grow, but also accepting who we are now, mistakes and all.
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That Time We Got COVID
For reference, this happened in January of 2022. It was still stressful, and it was still a lot of worrying, and we are forever grateful that it wasn't as bad as it could have been.
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How We Discuss Our Children
How do you, as a couple, speak with each other about where you children are at in their development? Join us as we touch base with each other and try to figure out how we can continue to be there for our children. Each new day brings forth new trials and definitely new errors, but we are always...
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Re-Discovering Yourself As A Parent
Children take over all parts of your life. So what is left over? More importantly, who even are you now? Finding that out is definitely a process, one that we are still on.
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Sleep Troubles
Our last couple of nights have been rough. Our kids have been delightfully been playing a game of keep mom and dad up all night forever to see who goes crazy first. Such a fun little game.
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Arguments Among The Parents
Every couple argues. And then you add kids into the situation and of course the added stress can make arguments come up more often. But arguing doesn't have to be unhealthy, in fact, it can be quite healthy for your relationship if done with respect and love (and not by demeaning your partner)....
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Playing With Your Children and When Children Lie
Here we talk about the difficulties that can be felt when you hear the dreaded words, "Play with me!" There are a lot of feelings involved, including guilt, and sadness, and anger, and frustration. These are all normal. Especially when it feels like your children already demand a lot of your…
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The One About P*&p
This episode is short and not at all sweet. With 2 children and 2 dogs (at the moment) it appears that we are knee dip in bodily excrements. More so Jesse than Sam, for which she is probably very grateful.
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Rambling Edition
As parents know, life is sometimes (a lot of the times) messy. Join us for some ramblings about our week, where we are, and what is in our future. We start off a little tense, but quickly let it go. Is it perfect? No. Is it real life? Absolutely.
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Food and Parenting
We don't want to mislead, we do not yet know the secret to making children eat their food. But we do know about food, well, one of us does. Today we are joined by certified raw Chef, Jesse. Forget about the raw part, because that is not us at all. We're talking about trying to make sense of...
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8 Weeks Later
We are back! Here's a quick recap of everything that has been going on since we've been gone. There was another trip and some major life changes for our family's day to day life. We are super excited to continue this journey with you guys. It's not perfect, but it's ours, and we love it.
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Threenagers
Our little lovely firstborn baby doll went to sleep one night, and the next morning, he woke up already in his teen years and with all that sass and attitude that comes with it. We are completely here for it. Even if he does keep us on our toes.
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Binkie Transitions
The dreaded binkie transition. Need we say more?
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Being Sick with Children Then and Now
We're sick! Again! Do you remember that it was a pretty rough discussion last time? But this time we are more level headed, and we are comparing our state of being now, with where we were then.
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Airplane Pt 2 and A Full Stay At Home Day for Jesse
Sam starts us off by delving into how we felt like our children experienced the trip while Jesse tries to get a tired 2 year old to PLEASE GO TO SLEEP. When he finally joins us, he divulges some insights into how his day as a stay at home parent went, as well as some epiphanies he has about being…
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A 1 Year Old, A 3 Year Old, and an Airplane
Our first airplane trip with two little ones. It was the best of times and it was the worst of times. There was laughter, there were tears, there were blissful moments, and there was underboob sweat. We tell all.
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Results vs Efforts Based Praise in Parenting
Something that we have learned in our life so far is that what counts more is the journey, not the destination. And we have noticed that we have been giving so much praise to our doves when they complete a project and come show us. "Oh! You did it!" "Good job!" What we don't do, is praise their...
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Role Reversal and Hard Feelings
TW: talk of depression and suicide The one where Sam goes to work and Jesse stays home with the children. How did it go? We talk very candidly and our conversation is truthful and raw. There is anger, there are tears, and in the end, there is laughter. It can be so hard to be vulnerable, but…
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All About Time
Time management is as ever changing as our children. We start off trying to figure out where the breakdown in communication happened during our dinner and bedtime. Then we jump right in to time. Some days go by so so fast and then other days feel like they just drag on and on and on, and then…
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Playtime: Active vs Passive
How we each feel about play times? Sam advocates for incorporating learning into our interactions, while Jesse feels like perhaps they should be more about going with the flow. There is no one right way, but we had such a lovely chat about things that we've experienced both together and...
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Our Take on Teaching About Feelings and Emotions
There are many ways in which to help your children understand their feelings and their emotions. Join us as we explain how we are muddling through and our logic behind our methods, imperfect as they may be. Whichever way you tackle this part of their development, we feel that feelings and…
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Parental Rage and Final Thoughts on Being on the Same Page
This eppy starts out a little rough. We are sorry for the audio mixup. At least it is nice lounge music to get you ready for a super taboo topic. Parental Rage. It. Is. So. Common. Many parents feel it and keep it locked up in a closet of shame. There is no shame. Parenting is so taxing on every...
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Being on the Same Page in Front of Your Children
How important is it to be on the same page in front of your children? Is challenging your partner another opportunity for growth and learning? Or does it teach your children how to get around one parent by going to the other one?
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A Very Rough Dinnertime and Struggles With Sleep Schedules
Parenting is hard, guys. So hard. This episode includes some heartbreak and a parental disagreement regarding the rough ending of our day. It was meant to be something completely different, as you shall hear when you start to listen. Sam's mommy brain also says this is the 4th episode, for the…
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When Routines Crash
Yep, you might have guessed it. Our lovely routine we were just mentioning has come to a screeching halt. Gone are the days where we knew what was going on, when it was going on. Join us as we talk through the absolute chaos that rules our house at this very moment.
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Riding the Waves of Parenthood and Our Relationship
In this episode we talk about how we have continuously readjusted to the various and never ending fluctuations that parenting brings, both as parents and as a couple. We have to do our best to roll with the punches and come out of the other side better for it.
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Life Before and After Children
How did having children affect who we are? In this episode we talk about who we were before we had children, our likes and hobbies, and we got into detail about the transformation that occurred for us after we became parents. Is it a question of re-finding ourselves, or are we completely new people?
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Covid Vaccines and 1v2 Children
We discuss our reactions to the Covid vaccine and how it impacted both our parenting unit and our children as well as our thoughts about raising one child versus two children, with both of them being under 3 years old. We talk candidly and honestly about our emotions.
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Covid Vaccines and 1v2 Children
We discuss our reactions to the Covid vaccine and how it impacted both our parenting unit and our children as well as our thoughts about raising one child versus two children, with both of them being under 3 years old. We talk candidly and honestly about our emotions.
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A Toddler and A Baby
An overview of how we have survived the first 7 months of being new parents again to our second child while still trying to be there for our 2 year old.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This podcast is for the parents. While we do talk about our kids, it is more about how we raise our children and learn from those moments, together. We are sharing our journey with you as it unfolds, so there are many lessons still left to learn. We want to acknowledge the feelings and emotions that we all go through as parents and hopefully help you feel that you aren't alone by joining our community. We cover hard topics like parental rage, communication issues, parental teamwork, household roles, and many other challenges that arise while raising tiny humans. There will be laughter and tears and tension as we try to not only survive, but thrive as parents.
HOSTED BY
Samantha Gomez, Jesse Nunley
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