WEBVTT 00:00:12.900 --> 00:00:17.120 Welcome to No Manual, a momcast. We're here to 00:00:17.120 --> 00:00:19.300 be there for other moms and just talk about the 00:00:19.300 --> 00:00:21.679 reality of motherhood, have some fun, have some 00:00:21.679 --> 00:00:25.760 laughs, have some cries. And today we are talking 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:29.059 about mom must haves, things that we registered 00:00:29.059 --> 00:00:32.149 for that. We absolutely love things that we registered 00:00:32.149 --> 00:00:35.969 for or people got us that maybe we've never used 00:00:35.969 --> 00:00:38.189 in our life. Some stuff that we've discovered 00:00:38.189 --> 00:00:41.130 along the way that have just been super helpful 00:00:41.130 --> 00:00:44.810 in motherhood. Do you want to get started with 00:00:44.810 --> 00:00:47.429 our mom moments of the week? I would love to 00:00:47.429 --> 00:00:51.219 start. So my mom moment is actually from this 00:00:51.219 --> 00:00:53.579 morning. I feel like a lot of the times my mom 00:00:53.579 --> 00:00:56.479 moments are like this happened right before I 00:00:56.479 --> 00:01:01.439 came over here. So this morning was just a morning. 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:05.019 The night was like not super great. Sleep has 00:01:05.019 --> 00:01:08.560 been few and far between. So we're like sitting 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:11.260 down for breakfast as a family, which I love 00:01:11.260 --> 00:01:13.780 that. That's like one of my favorite parts of 00:01:13.780 --> 00:01:18.859 our day. And we're eating eggs and toast, which 00:01:18.859 --> 00:01:22.349 is like a common Common breakfast for us like 00:01:22.349 --> 00:01:25.849 our daily breakfast. Yeah. Yeah colt loves eggs 00:01:25.849 --> 00:01:28.349 like he asks for eggs every morning So he gets 00:01:28.349 --> 00:01:31.069 eggs if he's gonna ask for food eggs is a great 00:01:31.069 --> 00:01:35.390 one for him to ask for yes and so toast we did 00:01:35.390 --> 00:01:38.890 toast with it and I like put the bread in the 00:01:38.890 --> 00:01:42.370 toaster and I was like hmm, that's kind of feels 00:01:42.370 --> 00:01:45.310 a little funny like I don't know, a little bit 00:01:45.310 --> 00:01:48.709 like harder than normal. And I was like, you 00:01:48.709 --> 00:01:50.170 know what, it's fine. We just bought it from 00:01:50.170 --> 00:01:52.989 Trader Joe's last weekend. I was like, oh, it's 00:01:52.989 --> 00:01:57.010 totally fine. And then we are sitting down to 00:01:57.010 --> 00:02:00.670 eat and Michael's like halfway through his toast. 00:02:00.750 --> 00:02:03.489 And all of a sudden he just like spits it out 00:02:03.489 --> 00:02:07.010 onto his plate. And I was like, what is, what 00:02:07.010 --> 00:02:09.849 just happened? And I look and there's like a 00:02:09.849 --> 00:02:13.479 big old fat chunk of mold. in the middle of the 00:02:13.479 --> 00:02:16.280 bread. And then I look over and Colt is just 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:19.039 like eating his toast. And I was like, okay, 00:02:19.180 --> 00:02:21.139 buddy. I was like, I'm gonna take that toast 00:02:21.139 --> 00:02:24.819 from you and we're not gonna eat that anymore. 00:02:24.900 --> 00:02:28.639 And he like got super upset, obviously. And I'm 00:02:28.639 --> 00:02:30.840 like, I'm sorry, buddy. It's a little bit, it's 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:34.759 just caca, it's yucky. And he just like, didn't 00:02:34.759 --> 00:02:37.659 get it, obviously. But he does not have a concept 00:02:37.659 --> 00:02:42.389 of mold yet. No, but I'm like, why did I not 00:02:42.389 --> 00:02:44.669 process, like, when I'm putting this bread in 00:02:44.669 --> 00:02:49.550 the toaster and it feels like cardboard, shouldn't 00:02:49.550 --> 00:02:53.650 I register, like, hey, I should probably check 00:02:53.650 --> 00:02:55.710 to see if this bread is good anymore, but in 00:02:55.710 --> 00:02:57.909 my head, I'm like, oh, it's probably just this, 00:02:57.909 --> 00:03:01.409 like, this brand from Trader Joe's, I don't know. 00:03:01.849 --> 00:03:04.430 Like, maybe it just feels a little funny. It's 00:03:04.430 --> 00:03:06.849 a little stale, but we'll toast it and it's fine. 00:03:06.849 --> 00:03:09.500 Yeah, and even when I, like, because I took a 00:03:09.500 --> 00:03:11.719 couple bites of it too. I was like, this is kind 00:03:11.719 --> 00:03:15.439 of like chewy, a little bit chewy. And so we 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:19.639 were very grossed out after that. And that is 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:22.479 my mom moment. That's so fun. You love moment. 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:27.620 What's yours? My mom moment is, so Stuart went 00:03:27.620 --> 00:03:31.580 back to work from eternity leave on Monday. On 00:03:31.580 --> 00:03:33.900 Sunday, I'm pretty sure Lloyd figured out how 00:03:33.900 --> 00:03:37.189 to do literally everything. So he figured out 00:03:37.189 --> 00:03:39.250 how to open our trash can which he loves to throw 00:03:39.250 --> 00:03:41.789 things away But he doesn't necessarily understand 00:03:41.789 --> 00:03:43.509 all the things that are supposed to be thrown 00:03:43.509 --> 00:03:45.810 away So we had to make sure to lock that because 00:03:45.810 --> 00:03:47.710 I was like inevitably he's gonna throw away like 00:03:47.710 --> 00:03:50.870 our keys Yeah, or you know something actually 00:03:50.870 --> 00:03:53.629 important. Yep So he figured out how to open 00:03:53.629 --> 00:03:55.610 the trash can. He figured out how to climb up 00:03:55.610 --> 00:03:58.270 on the TV stand. He figured out how to climb 00:03:58.270 --> 00:04:01.469 up on the kitchen chairs and thus the kitchen 00:04:01.469 --> 00:04:06.169 table. He figured out how to unscrew screw top 00:04:06.169 --> 00:04:09.150 lids. There's at least one other thing that we're 00:04:09.150 --> 00:04:12.310 like, we're so proud of you for being so smart. 00:04:13.069 --> 00:04:14.909 You're figuring things out and that's great. 00:04:15.590 --> 00:04:18.860 Very inconvenient timing because... all of the 00:04:18.860 --> 00:04:21.899 things that are like kind of dangerous or yeah 00:04:21.899 --> 00:04:25.060 like we knew he figured out how to do the screw 00:04:25.060 --> 00:04:27.560 top lid because he opened a body armor and then 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:30.199 poured it all over the table and the floor of 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:32.540 course he's it's so hard when you're like i know 00:04:32.540 --> 00:04:35.040 you're not you're not doing anything wrong no 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:36.819 because you're just learning yeah and you don't 00:04:36.819 --> 00:04:39.120 know what you did is really inconvenient and 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:41.100 just made a mess and made me frustrated that's 00:04:41.100 --> 00:04:44.879 not your fault but also now i have to mop because 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:48.699 yep the floor sticky and so that was my mom moment 00:04:48.699 --> 00:04:51.420 and i feel like when you spill liquid it's not 00:04:51.420 --> 00:04:54.100 just like even if it's a little amount of liquid 00:04:54.100 --> 00:04:57.079 it looks like a lot of liquid and then when it 00:04:57.079 --> 00:05:00.829 is a lot of liquid it's like oh this is This 00:05:00.829 --> 00:05:03.470 is a lake of, that is, that's fun. Yes, it was 00:05:03.470 --> 00:05:07.089 definitely so much. So that was my moment of 00:05:07.089 --> 00:05:09.050 the week as Lloyd just learned all the things 00:05:09.050 --> 00:05:11.790 and we're so proud of him. And he's so proud 00:05:11.790 --> 00:05:14.050 of himself. Like you love that look in his face 00:05:14.050 --> 00:05:17.350 when he's like clearly knows he's learning something 00:05:17.350 --> 00:05:19.920 and knows how to do something. But it was very 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:22.079 inconvenient timing because that all happened 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:24.600 like the day before Stuart went back to work. 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:26.480 And I was like, I don't know. I don't know how 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:29.199 we're going to survive. I'm going to be feeding 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:32.879 Zeta and like trapped and Lloyd's going to be 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:36.100 jumping off the TV stand or something along those 00:05:36.100 --> 00:05:40.079 lines. Oh, all power to you. That is that's how 00:05:40.079 --> 00:05:43.519 that's how this week started. Man. What a fun. 00:05:43.959 --> 00:05:47.589 What a fun week. Yeah, it's been great. Well, 00:05:47.649 --> 00:05:52.149 let's jump into our mom must haves and registry 00:05:52.149 --> 00:05:55.589 regrets and all the things. Should we get started 00:05:55.589 --> 00:05:59.310 with maybe some things that we were super happy 00:05:59.310 --> 00:06:04.250 that we got? Yeah. Do you feel like you registered 00:06:04.250 --> 00:06:09.509 well for either, both babies? I actually do feel 00:06:09.509 --> 00:06:13.850 like I did a really good registry for first baby. 00:06:14.379 --> 00:06:16.980 For second baby, it's kind of more just like 00:06:16.980 --> 00:06:19.819 filling in the blanks. I feel like like extra 00:06:19.819 --> 00:06:24.800 stuff, maybe things I wish I would have had for 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:28.060 first baby or things that need replenishment. 00:06:28.579 --> 00:06:32.620 So yeah, I do feel like I registered pretty well, 00:06:33.079 --> 00:06:36.040 especially for the bigger things, like all the 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:40.500 essentials. So car seat, stroller, bassinet, 00:06:41.240 --> 00:06:44.720 crib, mattress, crib, like that stuff. which 00:06:44.720 --> 00:06:48.019 I put a lot of things on our registry where I 00:06:48.019 --> 00:06:50.279 was like, oh, I don't think anyone's going to 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:54.279 buy this for us because it's so expensive. And 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:57.620 I was actually really surprised and felt super 00:06:57.620 --> 00:07:00.759 grateful that the majority of that stuff, we 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:04.620 did not have to purchase ourselves. And now with 00:07:04.620 --> 00:07:07.639 Second Baby, most of that stuff, if not all of 00:07:07.639 --> 00:07:13.230 it, is just being reused again. it's super nice 00:07:13.230 --> 00:07:15.769 that those kinds of items that are so expensive 00:07:15.769 --> 00:07:19.629 are like timeless in a sense yeah yeah did you 00:07:19.629 --> 00:07:22.230 feel like you registered well i think mostly 00:07:22.230 --> 00:07:24.689 yes when i'm like going through my registry now 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:28.240 I think there are probably a few things I could 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:30.220 have registered for that I didn't think about. 00:07:30.759 --> 00:07:33.160 I think I just like tried to be minimal. Yeah. 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:34.720 And there were things where I'm like, oh, now 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:37.019 I can't think of exact items. Yeah. Of course. 00:07:37.459 --> 00:07:39.740 Do you feel like you were because I feel like 00:07:39.740 --> 00:07:41.980 in my head, I was like, oh, I don't want to put 00:07:41.980 --> 00:07:44.220 that many things on my registry because I feel 00:07:44.220 --> 00:07:46.839 bad that I'm like I definitely asking for so 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:49.680 much. Yeah. I think that was definitely my mentality 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:52.560 is like I don't want to seem materialistic, which 00:07:52.560 --> 00:07:55.129 is like And of course, that's not what it is, 00:07:55.269 --> 00:07:57.350 but it's like these are the items that like we'd 00:07:57.350 --> 00:08:00.029 like to have or we need to have because the baby 00:08:00.029 --> 00:08:02.310 needs a place to sleep or whatever. Yeah. But 00:08:02.310 --> 00:08:04.910 since they're like items and gifts, it does feel 00:08:04.910 --> 00:08:06.769 super materialistic to be like, this is what 00:08:06.769 --> 00:08:10.509 I want. Like this exact brand. Right. Yeah. No, 00:08:10.610 --> 00:08:14.149 I feel like I can't remember who I had a conversation 00:08:14.149 --> 00:08:17.069 with, but they were like, you know, someone's 00:08:17.069 --> 00:08:18.910 not going to buy it for you if they don't want 00:08:18.910 --> 00:08:21.439 to. Like you might as well put it on your registry. 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:24.240 That is super smart. And it's like, yeah, it's 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:26.620 there as an option. We had someone tell us, they're 00:08:26.620 --> 00:08:30.060 like, put literally everything on, which again, 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:32.559 I wish there are a few things that I wish I put 00:08:32.559 --> 00:08:34.940 more on. I think like clothes and stuff I probably 00:08:34.940 --> 00:08:37.100 would put less on. Yeah. But we had someone tell 00:08:37.100 --> 00:08:39.259 us, put everything on your registry. This might 00:08:39.259 --> 00:08:41.779 have even been when we got engaged and we were 00:08:41.779 --> 00:08:43.919 talking wedding registries. Put everything on 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:46.379 there because people are more generous than you 00:08:46.379 --> 00:08:49.559 think. Yeah. Also registries give you discounts. 00:08:50.259 --> 00:08:52.419 So anything that's not purchased it's like actually 00:08:52.419 --> 00:08:54.500 for our wedding a lot of people just gave us 00:08:54.500 --> 00:08:57.620 cash But since we got a discount we were able 00:08:57.620 --> 00:08:59.940 to use that cash and get all the dishes we wanted 00:08:59.940 --> 00:09:03.220 at a cheaper price because we had 20 % off Creighton 00:09:03.220 --> 00:09:05.840 barrel or whatever that was and use the cash 00:09:05.840 --> 00:09:09.620 that people were generous with yeah, and so with 00:09:09.620 --> 00:09:12.299 baby stuff that's kind of the same where there 00:09:12.299 --> 00:09:14.279 was a bunch of things I put on there with that 00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:16.740 intention too where it's like okay we're gonna 00:09:16.740 --> 00:09:20.200 get a discount so if no one buys us the baby 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:24.860 monitor or the whatever we can at least get it 00:09:24.860 --> 00:09:28.559 15 % off or you know something like that so that 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:30.759 was part of why I put a lot of the like more 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:33.669 expensive stuff on there too was I wasn't necessarily 00:09:33.669 --> 00:09:35.929 anticipating anyone buy it for us, like you said, 00:09:36.570 --> 00:09:39.210 but then I was like, a lot of the stuff we need, 00:09:39.230 --> 00:09:42.470 whether anyone gets it for us. And if we can 00:09:42.470 --> 00:09:46.049 at least get it discounted with a coupon, then 00:09:46.049 --> 00:09:48.509 we'll take it. Yeah. Yeah. That's so true. We're 00:09:48.509 --> 00:09:52.149 kind of in that boat right now of like second 00:09:52.149 --> 00:09:55.269 registry where it's like, we're starting to, 00:09:55.570 --> 00:09:59.309 we're like two weeks out at this point. of a 00:09:59.309 --> 00:10:02.049 baby potentially coming could really be any day. 00:10:02.529 --> 00:10:05.809 And we're like, okay, we still need, well, I 00:10:05.809 --> 00:10:09.610 guess we don't need anything else. Want is like, 00:10:09.970 --> 00:10:14.570 I'd love to have a baby bouncer. I would love 00:10:14.570 --> 00:10:17.250 to have that. And I feel like it would make our 00:10:17.250 --> 00:10:19.950 life more convenient. So that's something that 00:10:19.950 --> 00:10:22.669 I'm like, if no one purchases that for us, then 00:10:22.669 --> 00:10:25.710 I'm probably gonna buy it at a discount and it's 00:10:25.710 --> 00:10:29.330 gonna be worth it. For sure. Yeah. Yep. What 00:10:29.330 --> 00:10:32.210 do you feel like was like, I guess a regret? 00:10:33.009 --> 00:10:35.629 So I think like, actually, I know what my biggest 00:10:35.629 --> 00:10:41.610 regret was is I knew what stroller I wanted and 00:10:41.610 --> 00:10:45.789 Graco had basically the same thing, only cheaper. 00:10:45.929 --> 00:10:47.769 And I was like, I'll just get the cheaper version. 00:10:47.789 --> 00:10:51.919 Yeah. And I regret that so much because Our strollers 00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:54.100 already like kind of starting to crap out like 00:10:54.100 --> 00:10:56.080 not enough that I can justify buying a new one 00:10:56.080 --> 00:10:58.200 yet Yeah, but it's like the wheels get stuck 00:10:58.200 --> 00:10:59.899 more easily and there's just like a few things 00:10:59.899 --> 00:11:02.779 about it that are like, oh I didn't realize it 00:11:02.779 --> 00:11:04.580 didn't have this feature that the stroller that 00:11:04.580 --> 00:11:07.779 I wanted does And the worst part is it wasn't 00:11:07.779 --> 00:11:10.539 like significantly cheaper. It wasn't like wasn't 00:11:10.539 --> 00:11:13.080 like $300 cheaper, right? I was like if it was 00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:14.440 half the price that would have made sense, but 00:11:14.440 --> 00:11:16.600 it was like a hundred dollars cheaper so like 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:19.200 I should have just registered for because I wanted 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:22.179 to get the mockingbird like To like one to two 00:11:22.179 --> 00:11:25.620 whatever and Graco has the same kind of functioning 00:11:25.620 --> 00:11:27.740 stroller where it's like you can add the second 00:11:27.740 --> 00:11:30.159 seat You can do all of that. So I was like, I'm 00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:32.519 just gonna get the cheaper version Because I 00:11:32.519 --> 00:11:35.299 also didn't see like a ton of reviews that were 00:11:35.299 --> 00:11:37.580 saying that it was like, you know The Mockingbird 00:11:37.580 --> 00:11:39.679 is way better. The Graco was way worse or anything 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:42.720 like that. But now I'm like, oh there's like 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:45.980 a few features that it doesn't have. Again, it's 00:11:45.980 --> 00:11:48.259 already starting to like crap out. We've had 00:11:48.259 --> 00:11:52.549 it for not even two years yet. So. Yeah. So that's 00:11:52.549 --> 00:11:55.129 like my biggest regret is there was, I like knew 00:11:55.129 --> 00:11:57.090 this was the one that I wanted. And then I was 00:11:57.090 --> 00:11:59.669 just like, no, like I don't want to like, I don't 00:11:59.669 --> 00:12:01.950 want to put that. Right. Put the expensive one 00:12:01.950 --> 00:12:04.970 on there. And I should have just done that. But 00:12:04.970 --> 00:12:07.210 now I know. Did someone purchase that for you? 00:12:07.210 --> 00:12:10.049 Yeah. So it could have potentially just been. 00:12:10.070 --> 00:12:12.230 Yeah. So we should ask, like we should have just 00:12:12.230 --> 00:12:14.590 gotten the more expensive one. Again, it wasn't 00:12:14.590 --> 00:12:17.029 that much more expensive, but I've already told 00:12:17.029 --> 00:12:19.860 Stuart, cause I'm like this stroller. It's probably 00:12:19.860 --> 00:12:23.120 not going to last if we have another kiddo, which 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:25.240 we've talked about possibly wanting more kids. 00:12:25.620 --> 00:12:28.620 So I'm like, if this stroller either like actually 00:12:28.620 --> 00:12:31.340 bites the dust and we can't use it right now, 00:12:31.500 --> 00:12:33.799 like the front wheels, sometimes they work and 00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:36.539 sometimes they don't. Super reliable. They just 00:12:36.539 --> 00:12:39.220 don't steer super well anymore. So I'm like, 00:12:39.460 --> 00:12:42.740 if it actually bites the dust or if we have another 00:12:42.740 --> 00:12:45.799 kid, then. we're getting a new stroller and I'm 00:12:45.799 --> 00:12:48.860 just going for the one that I want, getting the 00:12:48.860 --> 00:12:51.419 nicer version. Cause then one of the things that 00:12:51.419 --> 00:12:53.539 the Graco doesn't have that the Mockingbird does 00:12:53.539 --> 00:12:58.279 is the like scooter board function for like older 00:12:58.279 --> 00:13:01.519 kids to like, so your older kid can ride on the 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:04.059 back and stand on a scooter. And I was like, 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:06.480 and if we have a third kid, then we're almost 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:09.000 certainly going to need that. Yeah. And the Graco 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:11.370 doesn't have that. So that's my biggest regret 00:13:11.370 --> 00:13:15.409 is I was trying to be frugal and it just ended 00:13:15.409 --> 00:13:18.529 up being cheap and being a bummer. And it's always 00:13:18.529 --> 00:13:20.429 tough because sometimes the more expensive ones 00:13:20.429 --> 00:13:21.970 are like, it's just because it has the brand 00:13:21.970 --> 00:13:24.830 name. That's the only reason it's nicer. And 00:13:24.830 --> 00:13:27.679 if you don't know, you don't know. Yeah, yeah, 00:13:27.679 --> 00:13:30.059 that's so true. What about you? What's your? 00:13:30.860 --> 00:13:34.100 Mine's nothing like nothing huge or anything, 00:13:34.139 --> 00:13:37.139 but I think I just like the clothing thing. I 00:13:37.139 --> 00:13:39.779 registered for a lot of clothing. Realistically, 00:13:39.820 --> 00:13:42.120 it just it didn't get purchased. And that's totally 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:44.279 fine. Like people are going to pick out. And 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:46.519 you also need less clothes for babies than you 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:48.519 really think you do. Like you need more and less 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:50.820 somehow. You know? Yeah, I think I was expecting 00:13:50.820 --> 00:13:53.779 to be like the beige mom where it's like all 00:13:53.779 --> 00:13:57.350 the neutrals all the time. looking like super 00:13:57.350 --> 00:14:00.830 cute, but really like when he was a newborn, 00:14:00.889 --> 00:14:05.710 he lived in pajamas. And I should have like gotten 00:14:05.710 --> 00:14:08.870 way more pajamas. But yeah, the clothing thing 00:14:08.870 --> 00:14:12.330 I registered for a lot of people just didn't 00:14:12.330 --> 00:14:16.049 really gravitate towards purchasing clothes or 00:14:16.049 --> 00:14:19.610 they picked out their own outfits, which is totally 00:14:19.610 --> 00:14:22.990 fine. The other thing, I mean, as a new mom, 00:14:23.129 --> 00:14:26.629 you just don't know. You have no idea what your 00:14:26.629 --> 00:14:30.529 baby's gonna want or need, but I registered for 00:14:30.529 --> 00:14:34.450 like a ton of different types of bottles and 00:14:34.450 --> 00:14:39.049 a ton of different like types of postpartum stuff. 00:14:39.429 --> 00:14:42.190 I registered for like three different hawkas 00:14:42.190 --> 00:14:46.190 and I ended up not even using any of the hawkas 00:14:46.190 --> 00:14:50.289 actually. I think I tried to use Hakka once and 00:14:50.289 --> 00:14:53.049 I've never actually used mine. I literally didn't 00:14:53.049 --> 00:14:57.309 even open the boxes, which I feel bad that someone 00:14:57.309 --> 00:15:00.529 like purchased all these things. I did give it 00:15:00.529 --> 00:15:03.149 to somebody who needed them, which is great. 00:15:03.809 --> 00:15:06.690 But I think I got like four or five different 00:15:06.690 --> 00:15:09.950 types of nipple cream. I think we had like eight 00:15:09.950 --> 00:15:13.529 or nine different types of bottles. And I just 00:15:13.529 --> 00:15:16.970 most of that stuff just sat there. Yeah. And 00:15:17.370 --> 00:15:20.450 we like ended up giving away most of the bottles 00:15:20.450 --> 00:15:22.909 and stuff like that. I kind of wish I had them 00:15:22.909 --> 00:15:26.649 now for like this baby, new baby coming in. Just, 00:15:26.649 --> 00:15:27.929 I mean, you don't know what they're going to 00:15:27.929 --> 00:15:29.110 like. Yeah. You don't know what they're going 00:15:29.110 --> 00:15:31.309 to like. And so I don't know if that's really 00:15:31.309 --> 00:15:35.090 a regret. Maybe I should have just waited on 00:15:35.090 --> 00:15:38.409 that stuff, I guess. And like, rather than having 00:15:38.409 --> 00:15:41.409 someone purchase that for us, for sure, maybe 00:15:41.409 --> 00:15:44.200 get one type of bottle. And if He didn't take 00:15:44.200 --> 00:15:46.340 that bottle then we try something else and we 00:15:46.340 --> 00:15:50.600 purchase it ourselves so Not a huge. Yeah, it's 00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:54.200 not like a a regret. I guess it's just one of 00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:55.740 the things that I have a hard time with when 00:15:55.740 --> 00:15:58.659 it comes to like Gifts in general. It's like 00:15:58.659 --> 00:16:02.039 I would rather you not spend money on me Then 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:03.799 spend money on something i'm not going to use 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:06.480 Yeah, and so then if it is something that I like 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:09.039 I specifically asked for this and then I never 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:11.299 use it I feel way worse because i'm like, oh 00:16:11.299 --> 00:16:14.029 no, like I told you like Told you didn't just 00:16:14.029 --> 00:16:15.730 like go off on your own and buy something that 00:16:15.730 --> 00:16:17.629 you thought I should want You bought something 00:16:17.629 --> 00:16:19.830 that I specifically said I wanted and then didn't 00:16:19.830 --> 00:16:21.730 use and I feel terrible cuz I'm like I want you 00:16:21.730 --> 00:16:25.350 to Use your money. Well, and yeah, I don't want 00:16:25.350 --> 00:16:28.029 to feel like you wasted money on me Yeah for 00:16:28.029 --> 00:16:31.090 something that got left in a box or for sure 00:16:31.090 --> 00:16:33.570 whatever But I yeah for most of the stuff that 00:16:33.570 --> 00:16:36.450 we didn't use I think we tried to give it to 00:16:36.450 --> 00:16:38.529 someone who it's like, okay. Yeah, you'll use 00:16:38.529 --> 00:16:43.110 this Yeah, now I feel like Going into like second, 00:16:43.210 --> 00:16:49.629 baby I Am feeling way less. I don't know way 00:16:49.629 --> 00:16:53.470 less stressed about the items that Maybe I don't 00:16:53.470 --> 00:16:56.009 have like I don't have nine different bottles. 00:16:56.110 --> 00:16:59.370 Yeah prepared. I'm like, you know what we can 00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:02.940 Amazon Prime something right really quickly get 00:17:02.940 --> 00:17:05.359 it here a mile from the fulfillment center. So 00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:08.099 it will be here by 3 p .m Yes. Yeah, and I'm 00:17:08.099 --> 00:17:11.400 like, it's gonna be okay. We'll survive. It's 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:13.640 not the end of the world. Whereas like yeah becoming 00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:17.059 a new mom You're like I need everything I need 00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:20.380 right I need it in my house. Yeah now all organized 00:17:20.380 --> 00:17:24.920 sterilized ready to go Yep, and I just I don't 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:28.170 know if that's like a common second time mom 00:17:28.170 --> 00:17:30.549 thing, but I'm not feeling as stressed. Yeah. 00:17:30.730 --> 00:17:32.910 I mean, I would say in general, I felt less stress 00:17:32.910 --> 00:17:35.569 this time around, but especially with a lot of 00:17:35.569 --> 00:17:37.730 that stuff where it's like, you know, we figured 00:17:37.730 --> 00:17:39.369 it out the first time, we'll figure it out this 00:17:39.369 --> 00:17:44.069 time and it'll work out as we go. And if we need 00:17:44.069 --> 00:17:46.190 to order something on Prime and have it here 00:17:46.190 --> 00:17:49.170 tomorrow, then we will. We might have a rough 00:17:49.170 --> 00:17:53.150 night, but we'll survive. Yeah. Yeah. Yep. Agreed. 00:17:53.309 --> 00:17:57.230 One thing I did want to talk about too is one 00:17:57.230 --> 00:18:00.069 thing I registered for. Well, we did this thing 00:18:00.069 --> 00:18:03.789 called a diaper keg. And I don't know if it's 00:18:03.789 --> 00:18:07.470 like a super common thing, but it's basically 00:18:07.470 --> 00:18:12.329 like another party. And the idea behind it is 00:18:12.329 --> 00:18:15.390 like you come to the party, you bring up either 00:18:15.390 --> 00:18:18.470 a pack of diapers or a pack of wipes. And then 00:18:18.470 --> 00:18:21.950 you get like your cup for the keg to have a drink. 00:18:22.150 --> 00:18:26.329 And so This was one thing that I'm so glad that 00:18:26.329 --> 00:18:30.190 we did because we invited pretty much everyone 00:18:30.190 --> 00:18:34.970 from work. And I mean, not a ton of people came, 00:18:34.970 --> 00:18:39.470 but we got probably 3000 diapers and it lasted 00:18:39.470 --> 00:18:43.329 us like a very long time. Yeah, that's so nice. 00:18:43.730 --> 00:18:47.410 So diapers, I feel like you definitely need to 00:18:47.410 --> 00:18:49.549 put them on your registry. But also if you can 00:18:49.549 --> 00:18:55.039 have like a diaper party of some sort, it was 00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:57.420 a game changer for us of saving so much money. 00:18:57.420 --> 00:19:00.220 I would say if you're buying something for someone 00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:02.900 and either don't want to get anything off their 00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:04.559 registry for some reason or don't know what to 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:07.099 get them, just get diapers in any size because 00:19:07.099 --> 00:19:10.720 the baby's gonna keep growing. And a lot of times, 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:13.299 I feel like we got a lot of newborns and ones, 00:19:13.380 --> 00:19:16.240 and I don't know that we... I know there was 00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:18.200 at least one size that I think we gave to you 00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:20.940 guys because we ran out or like Lloyd had grown 00:19:20.940 --> 00:19:23.099 up and we're like We've got like half a pack 00:19:23.099 --> 00:19:25.460 left. Yeah, especially at that point. We're like, 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:27.880 we don't have Storage for this. We don't know 00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:30.220 the next time we're having a baby anyways, so 00:19:30.220 --> 00:19:32.660 we're not gonna just like give it away So we 00:19:32.660 --> 00:19:34.400 were like we're gonna make sure someone who's 00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:37.059 going to use it is gonna get it And then we're 00:19:37.059 --> 00:19:39.740 like so other sizes is also super helpful. Oh 00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:42.740 for sure Yeah, there was the same thing happened 00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:45.549 to us and I think we gave We gave the diapers 00:19:45.549 --> 00:19:47.549 to the church or something like that. I was like, 00:19:47.549 --> 00:19:50.089 oh, the church will use it. But the great thing 00:19:50.089 --> 00:19:52.809 about diapers too is like, you can go pretty 00:19:52.809 --> 00:19:56.029 much Walmart will like, you can exchange sizes. 00:19:56.130 --> 00:19:59.150 No problem with no receipt. That's so nice. Target 00:19:59.150 --> 00:20:01.410 same thing. Target's a little bit weird about 00:20:01.410 --> 00:20:05.450 like returning with no receipt, but it's super 00:20:05.450 --> 00:20:07.769 nice because you can just like exchange them 00:20:07.769 --> 00:20:10.410 for, they'll do like a gift card or whatever. 00:20:10.450 --> 00:20:11.809 Yeah, Target usually does store credit if you 00:20:11.809 --> 00:20:14.079 don't have a receipt. But you're like, that's 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:15.279 fine, because I'm probably just going to use 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:17.900 this for more diapers or something else for the 00:20:17.900 --> 00:20:21.519 baby that we need. Exactly. So that was a huge 00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:26.460 win, must -have thing for us, was doing something 00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:28.779 like a diaper party. Yeah, that's super smart. 00:20:29.380 --> 00:20:32.380 Yeah. Yep. What are some things for you that 00:20:32.380 --> 00:20:34.940 maybe you didn't put on your registry, but are 00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:39.200 just mom must -haves? I have a whole bunch of 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:42.339 these. OK, great. One of the first things is 00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:46.720 my Kindle. And so I had had one before Lloyd 00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:50.220 was born, but one of the things that happened 00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:53.019 is so I've exclusively breastfed both babies 00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:57.259 and especially for late night feeds, but all 00:20:57.259 --> 00:21:00.390 the time you're kind of just like stuck. when 00:21:00.390 --> 00:21:03.650 you're feeding. And at first I would end up just 00:21:03.650 --> 00:21:06.529 like doom scrolling on Instagram. And when you're 00:21:06.529 --> 00:21:10.109 up at 3 a .m. and already hormonal and doom scrolling 00:21:10.109 --> 00:21:12.130 on Instagram, that's just like not a good time 00:21:12.130 --> 00:21:14.690 and not great for mental health and your brain. 00:21:15.089 --> 00:21:18.210 So I ended up switching to reading books and 00:21:18.210 --> 00:21:21.640 with a Kindle, it's super convenient. You don't 00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:24.420 have to like try to flip pages or anything. It's 00:21:24.420 --> 00:21:26.779 still just like a screen and you tap it. You 00:21:26.779 --> 00:21:29.359 can register it with your library and get free 00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:33.779 books. So when I was breastfeeding Lloyd, I think 00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:36.920 I read like 20 books in like six months or something 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:40.410 like that. I read so much. That's awesome. That 00:21:40.410 --> 00:21:42.109 was just what I would do when I would feed him. 00:21:42.730 --> 00:21:45.369 And it's so much better for my brain. I was like 00:21:45.369 --> 00:21:48.009 way happier after I switched to doing that versus 00:21:48.009 --> 00:21:50.589 scrolling social media. There were a bunch of 00:21:50.589 --> 00:21:52.829 books on my like must read list that I was able 00:21:52.829 --> 00:21:56.039 to get through. So. That's definitely one of 00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:58.180 like at least my personal must -haves. Yeah. 00:21:58.180 --> 00:22:00.799 And then I've been reading not as much with Zeta 00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:03.460 just because at least during the day I'm like 00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:05.099 keeping up with Lloyd and stuff like that while 00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:07.680 I'm still feeding her. Yeah. But it does make 00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:10.160 night feeds better where it's like, okay, I'm 00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:13.460 not just scrolling. I'm reading something. Also, 00:22:13.579 --> 00:22:15.440 I would say don't read anything super serious. 00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:19.279 Yeah. My go -to. Yeah. My go -to is like a Poirot 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:22.160 novel because I'm like it's... a feel good murder 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:24.079 mystery as much as that can be a thing. Yeah. 00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:27.579 So yeah, so nothing super serious, but just like 00:22:27.579 --> 00:22:30.259 kind of more fun books. And that's nice stuff 00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:32.220 like that. So that's one of them. That's a great 00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:35.660 idea. The Kindle. Yeah. One of the things that 00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:38.839 we found. So there's a company that I think is 00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:42.019 actually based in Lyons, Colorado. OK, it's called 00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:45.299 Green Goo. And they just have like 100 percent 00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:48.180 natural different. like skincare items and stuff 00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:50.579 like that and one of the things they have is 00:22:50.579 --> 00:22:53.099 called tattoo goo and it's for healing tattoos 00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:55.279 and so Stuart and I both have tattoos and it's 00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:57.799 like our favorite go -to thing for when we have 00:22:57.799 --> 00:23:00.920 a fresh tattoo and it's worked so well for diaper 00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:04.220 rash. Really? Like I will swear by this for diaper 00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:07.099 rash. And did you just like try it one day or 00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:09.259 you deferred from somebody? You know it's all 00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:11.940 natural it's what we have in the house and like 00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:14.339 it works really well for us like healing and 00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:17.740 tattoo is basically Dry skin slash an open wound. 00:23:18.099 --> 00:23:21.339 Yeah, so same. It's pretty much the same thing 00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:23.839 as a diaper rash So we're like, let's give it 00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:28.619 a try and literally overnight. It's gone So I 00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:31.380 swear by it green goo tattoo goo is amazing. 00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:35.019 And then my mom makes her own talo lotion Oh, 00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:37.140 okay, and we have found that works really well 00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:40.599 for eczema and dry skin for the babies. Oh So 00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:43.460 definitely recommend. That's great Yeah, that's 00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:45.990 awesome. What are some things that you've like 00:23:45.990 --> 00:23:49.049 discovered. Yeah, really like the biggest thing. 00:23:49.869 --> 00:23:54.089 I just love the Freedom Mom products anywhere 00:23:54.089 --> 00:23:57.349 from like obviously the postpartum care items. 00:23:57.369 --> 00:24:00.109 I like their postpartum items. Yeah, but the 00:24:00.109 --> 00:24:04.009 biggest thing was the nose sucker. Like I remember 00:24:04.009 --> 00:24:06.750 getting that and we've had a couple of them, 00:24:07.049 --> 00:24:09.190 like a couple different kinds of them, but just 00:24:09.190 --> 00:24:12.500 like the manual. nose sucker, like actual straw 00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:15.960 one, which I was like, I'm never going to use 00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:19.220 that. I'm like, that's so disgusting. But when 00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:24.299 Colt got RSV like a year ago and that in itself 00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:27.539 was like, oh my gosh, it made a world of difference 00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:30.460 using that nose sucker. That was finally when 00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:33.119 I was like, mustered up the confidence to actually 00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:37.359 try it. And now I'm like, I should probably get 00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:41.539 more of them and just put one in the car, one 00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:45.940 in his room, one in my room, all the places because 00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:50.640 I know with new baby coming, I'm just gonna probably 00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:55.079 use the heck out of it. So that is probably the 00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:58.900 biggest thing that I'm like, this is a must have. 00:24:59.569 --> 00:25:02.309 And I know you mentioned another thing that you 00:25:02.309 --> 00:25:05.670 were like, you have to. We recommend getting 00:25:05.670 --> 00:25:07.950 a nebulizer. So we got it for the same reason 00:25:07.950 --> 00:25:10.809 Lloyd had RSV. I think he had it right before 00:25:10.809 --> 00:25:16.269 Colt did actually. And so first we got a disposable 00:25:16.269 --> 00:25:18.609 one because we're like, we're not going to invest 00:25:18.609 --> 00:25:21.690 in one if it doesn't work. And it made such a 00:25:21.690 --> 00:25:25.990 difference when he had RSV. And now we just use 00:25:25.990 --> 00:25:29.339 it like if he's a little congested or gunked 00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:31.480 up or if one of us is a little congested or gunked 00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:34.380 up. Zeta has been congested just I think because 00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:37.319 it's dry out. Yeah. So like we've used it for 00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:39.180 all of us just with like a salient solution. 00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:42.359 So I highly recommend that even if it's not like 00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:44.740 you're actually sick, just like you might as 00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:46.720 well use it. Yeah. I don't know if you're like, 00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:49.289 yeah, we already have it questioning it or. Yeah. 00:25:49.630 --> 00:25:51.829 And it just, it makes Lloyd sleep so much better 00:25:51.829 --> 00:25:54.549 if he's, you know, stuffy or has like a little 00:25:54.549 --> 00:25:57.349 bit of a cough or something like that. So highly 00:25:57.349 --> 00:25:59.309 recommend getting a nebulizer. That's smart. 00:25:59.450 --> 00:26:02.470 Especially another thing I was going to mention 00:26:02.470 --> 00:26:05.869 too is a humidifier. Yes. Like we live in Colorado. 00:26:06.190 --> 00:26:11.250 It is so dry here. And a humidifier. That's something, 00:26:11.250 --> 00:26:13.910 I mean, I didn't register for a humidifier. I 00:26:13.910 --> 00:26:16.730 didn't really think of it, but we have his humidifier 00:26:16.730 --> 00:26:20.410 running. pretty much 24 seven yeah because it's 00:26:20.410 --> 00:26:23.329 so dang dry here and i feel like it if i don't 00:26:23.329 --> 00:26:26.890 run it it's like i can see the difference the 00:26:26.890 --> 00:26:29.769 difference that it makes yeah another thing we've 00:26:29.769 --> 00:26:33.170 found is the earthly teeth tamer so earthly is 00:26:33.170 --> 00:26:36.589 the brand and they have a teeth tamer it's just 00:26:36.589 --> 00:26:39.269 like a tincture so it's like yeah an oil almost 00:26:39.269 --> 00:26:42.700 thingy and loyd will literally ask for it Interesting. 00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:46.039 It's crazy. Like, so it's catnip and cloves. 00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:49.140 Catnip and cloves. And I think there's like something 00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:51.839 else to make it like a little watery or something 00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:56.099 like that. But that's basically it. And it's 00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:58.220 been it's made a world of difference when he's 00:26:58.220 --> 00:27:01.859 teething. It's supposed to it's calming. But 00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:04.720 then it also is like a pain relief thing specifically 00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:08.759 for like your mouth. And yeah, he'll like point 00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:12.200 to it on his changing table and ask for it and 00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:15.059 try like, okay, like it's all natural. It's all 00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:18.720 natural. It doesn't hurt him. So that was a game 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:21.220 changer. Once we got it, it's a little bit expensive, 00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:23.599 but it's totally worth it. If it's going to, 00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:25.920 yeah, if it's going to work like, yeah, it's 00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:29.299 worth the investment. All of the things. Sleep 00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:33.940 has no price. True. Yes. Yeah. So that's another 00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:37.380 big one for me. Dang. And then one thing. So 00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:40.779 this is something my dad sent me. While ago and 00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:43.400 actually he works with first responders sometimes 00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:46.279 like a volunteer position So I don't know if 00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:48.619 I think he might have learned about this from 00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:53.309 them. There's this thing called Roth ID And I 00:27:53.309 --> 00:27:56.630 never heard of it, but basically they're stickers 00:27:56.630 --> 00:28:01.910 that you can put on car seats That are have emergency 00:28:01.910 --> 00:28:03.950 contact so the stickers like the outside of sticker 00:28:03.950 --> 00:28:06.809 is reflective red and white so it's really easy 00:28:06.809 --> 00:28:09.690 to see But base and then if you peel the sticker 00:28:09.690 --> 00:28:12.849 off like you write down emergency contact. That's 00:28:12.849 --> 00:28:16.250 obviously not yourself so basically the Concept 00:28:16.250 --> 00:28:19.609 is if the adults in the car are unresponsive 00:28:19.609 --> 00:28:22.599 for whatever reason that there's an emergency 00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:25.279 contact that first responders can call right 00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:27.299 away. Because a lot of times, if there's little 00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:30.200 kids, even if they're able to talk, they're like, 00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:34.220 call G -ma. Paramedic doesn't know who G -ma 00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:38.119 is. So it has three spots for three different. 00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:41.660 emergency contacts like for ours. I put Stuart 00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:44.460 just because I think like statistically speaking 00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:45.980 it's more likely that something would happen 00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:48.400 where I'm in the car with the kids and he's not 00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:51.140 there. And then I put my dad and Stuart's mom. 00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:53.579 So there's like someone from each side of the 00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:56.900 family. as an emergency contact. Yeah, basically 00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:59.299 the concept is like if mom or dad, you know, 00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:01.099 adult in the car is unresponsive, they're able 00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:03.099 to contact someone right away. So a lot of times 00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:05.460 they're not able to find an emergency contact 00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:08.180 information and then kiddos who are probably 00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:10.740 already scared if there's, if that's the situation. 00:29:11.490 --> 00:29:13.910 Just have to like wait forever to be around someone 00:29:13.910 --> 00:29:16.549 that they know So it was like 40 bucks and I 00:29:16.549 --> 00:29:19.829 got three or not three I got six stickers and 00:29:19.829 --> 00:29:21.569 I was one of those things I was like, I hope 00:29:21.569 --> 00:29:24.450 I wasted $40 and then they never have to be used 00:29:24.450 --> 00:29:28.690 But I would much rather have wasted $40 and them 00:29:28.690 --> 00:29:31.529 never have to be used then something happened 00:29:31.529 --> 00:29:35.930 Yeah, so Roth ID highly recommend that is smart. 00:29:35.930 --> 00:29:38.170 I'm gonna look that yeah, I had never heard of 00:29:38.170 --> 00:29:40.880 it And as soon as I saw it, I was like, oh, this 00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:43.240 is super smart. Just because you don't know. 00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:45.319 I mean, it's a little bit like my anxiety and 00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:47.420 paranoia, but like you just don't know what's 00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:50.519 going to happen. And yeah. That's super smart. 00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:53.680 Speaking of the car, one I just thought of too, 00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:58.720 is our car gets so messy, like just from. obviously 00:29:58.720 --> 00:30:02.079 a toddler. But one thing that we're trying to 00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:06.180 do is like we have a designated like basket in 00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:08.099 the car. It could be in the back seat, could 00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:12.160 be in the trunk of just like extra diapers, toys, 00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:15.980 maybe shoes, things like that, where it's like 00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:19.720 they're all in one spot. for our child rather 00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:21.839 than it just being like thrown in the car somewhere 00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:24.119 like yeah we don't really take a huge diaper 00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:27.539 bag with us currently anymore we take like a 00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:30.500 little tiny backpack but it is nice to just have 00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:33.200 like a centralized area to keep kind of like 00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:35.160 all of that stuff in the car rather than it just 00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:38.299 being like thrown all over the car for sure so 00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:42.559 that is one of my like must -haves for organizational 00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:45.480 that's super smart yeah I should do that, yeah. 00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:48.359 It still obviously gets out of hand a bit, but 00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:51.059 like when we're cleaning the car out and picking 00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:54.539 it up, it's like we can reset and kind of restock 00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:56.500 that. Everything goes back in one spot. Yeah. 00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:59.940 That makes sense. That's nice. Speaking of keeping 00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:03.220 things clean, one of the things that we got recently 00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:06.619 is just like a portable little carpet cleaner. 00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:09.519 This happened like so we have cats who already 00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:11.500 just like throw up and have hairballs all the 00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:13.700 time and are disgusting. So we were already like 00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:16.400 we should probably get one of those. And I found 00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:18.720 one that's not like massive because that was 00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:20.259 part of why we had put it off. So like we don't 00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:21.980 want like a massive carpet cleaner. And everyone 00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:24.759 we know who has one has like one that's the size 00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:26.140 of a vacuum or something like that and we're 00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:29.299 like we don't want that so we found it's the 00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:32.339 Bissell little green multi -purpose carpet cleaner 00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:35.039 and then we got it after Lloyd threw up on the 00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:36.980 carpet one day and then like five days later 00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:39.160 I threw up on the carpet so we're like okay we 00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:42.079 should probably have something to just clearly 00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:44.940 gonna be a lot of throw up on this carpet yeah 00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:46.799 our brand new carpet and our brand new house 00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:49.880 is gonna be disgusting so soon yeah but I mean 00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:53.339 just with kids like again there's that that happened 00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:56.339 This week, Lloyd had a blowout for the first 00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:59.140 time and I don't know how long and that got on 00:31:59.140 --> 00:32:02.079 the carpet. And then, I mean, just with kids, 00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:03.680 you're like, you're going to have spills and 00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:05.920 they're going to make a mess sometimes just because 00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:08.859 life happens and things happen. And with carpet, 00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:11.799 it's just like. So, yeah, so that's something 00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:14.660 we bought and it's definitely worth it. Super 00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:19.339 easy to use. And it's like 100 bucks. So it wasn't 00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:22.599 like cheap, cheap, but. but probably has been 00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:24.980 worth it already. It's been worth it, and it's 00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:27.279 cheaper than replacing your carpet. For sure. 00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:29.740 Or then hiring someone to come clean your carpet. 00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:33.180 Yeah. So, yeah. I'm at that stage, that's actually 00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:35.420 like a really good recommendation, because we 00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:37.240 have a good amount of carpet, I guess you could 00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:40.720 say, in our house. But I feel like our like main 00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:44.079 living room rug just gets the worst of it. And 00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:47.890 I just need like... a spot cleaner or something 00:32:47.890 --> 00:32:51.750 because it just like yesterday I was like Cole 00:32:51.750 --> 00:32:54.950 is being a little too quiet right now and I go 00:32:54.950 --> 00:32:56.930 in the living room and he's just dumping his 00:32:56.930 --> 00:33:00.710 milk like onto he's trying to put it in his snack 00:33:00.710 --> 00:33:03.390 container okay but he's like dumping it in the 00:33:03.390 --> 00:33:05.730 snack container and then dumping the snack container 00:33:05.730 --> 00:33:08.289 out on the You're like, I'm glad that you're 00:33:08.289 --> 00:33:10.750 learning things. Yeah. I was like, buddy, at 00:33:10.750 --> 00:33:13.509 least drink the milk out of the snack container. 00:33:14.230 --> 00:33:16.190 We don't have to just dump it on the ground. 00:33:17.349 --> 00:33:19.250 So it's things like that where I'm like, I don't 00:33:19.250 --> 00:33:22.410 want crusty carpet. Yes. Yeah. Milk. We've had 00:33:22.410 --> 00:33:25.029 so much milk spilled on our carpet. Yeah. It's 00:33:25.029 --> 00:33:27.329 a good time. It is. And you're like, and then 00:33:27.329 --> 00:33:29.009 if you don't like take care of it right away, 00:33:29.109 --> 00:33:33.089 it gets sour and. Oh, gross. Yeah. Good times. 00:33:33.769 --> 00:33:36.109 Anything else you can think of that were our 00:33:36.109 --> 00:33:39.569 must haves for you? So the others that I would 00:33:39.569 --> 00:33:43.569 say we discovered a company called Sparrow Sleeps. 00:33:43.609 --> 00:33:45.490 And then there's a similar one called Rockabye 00:33:45.490 --> 00:33:49.690 Baby. And they make lullabies for kids out of 00:33:49.690 --> 00:33:52.509 like alternative rock or alternative music. Uh 00:33:52.509 --> 00:33:56.349 huh. And then. classic rock. So, like, we have 00:33:56.349 --> 00:33:59.289 an entire album of, I mean, we just get it on 00:33:59.289 --> 00:34:02.430 Apple Music and stream it for Lloyd, but of, 00:34:02.430 --> 00:34:08.030 like, Blink -182, Lullabies, or Tom Petty, Lullabies, 00:34:08.210 --> 00:34:09.789 something like that. That's fun for you too. 00:34:09.809 --> 00:34:12.570 Which is fun for us. I mean, we don't show him 00:34:12.570 --> 00:34:14.289 a lot of kids music to begin with, so we're like, 00:34:14.329 --> 00:34:16.900 this is fun to, like... This is our music that 00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:20.280 we enjoy. Yes. And it's in lullaby form. So that's 00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:23.820 one. Another one is the Imagination Library. 00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:26.719 Oh, yes. You don't know what this is. It's just 00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:29.900 registered for that. Did you? So if you don't 00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:32.179 know what it is, it's Dolly Parton's nonprofit 00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:36.199 where you just signed your kid up. They do have 00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:39.960 to be approved, but I think it's just. Locationally, 00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:41.940 I think they're not gonna deny you. Yeah, cuz 00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:44.420 like they definitely didn't ask like income or 00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:47.019 anything for us It was just like name location. 00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:49.940 Okay, I think there just has to be like a library 00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:53.500 in the vicinity that kind of like yeah, there's 00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:57.440 cuz they have local nonprofits that support yeah, 00:34:57.539 --> 00:35:02.000 so Yeah, and then they send your kid if they're 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:05.179 zero to five and like an age -appropriate book 00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:08.440 once a month So we've gotten so many books for 00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:10.579 Lloyd that way. We registered Zadix. We're like, 00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:13.460 we love books at our house. I mean, there've 00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:15.639 been a couple times, like we already had Llama 00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:18.079 Llama Red Pajama, obviously, classic. And so 00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:21.000 we got that again. And we're like, grandma, grandpa, 00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:23.659 do you want a favorite book at your house? And 00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:26.119 gave that to them. But it's totally free to sign 00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:29.800 up for as long as it's in your area, which it 00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:32.510 seems like they're in most areas. But again, 00:35:32.510 --> 00:35:34.650 I think they have to have a local nonprofit partner 00:35:34.650 --> 00:35:38.989 to work with. So that is probably another one 00:35:38.989 --> 00:35:40.849 of my biggest recommendations is setting your 00:35:40.849 --> 00:35:43.730 kid up for that. And then it's fun because, I 00:35:43.730 --> 00:35:47.190 mean, Lloyd doesn't get super excited yet, but 00:35:47.190 --> 00:35:48.730 Stuart and I get really excited every time he 00:35:48.730 --> 00:35:50.449 gets a book. And we're like, oh, this is the 00:35:50.449 --> 00:35:52.590 book we're reading for bedtime tonight. For the 00:35:52.590 --> 00:35:56.309 next month. This is the book. That's so great. 00:35:56.389 --> 00:35:58.110 Yeah. So that's probably another one. That's 00:35:58.110 --> 00:36:01.349 a good one. I just thought of one more too, which 00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:05.400 I feel like when I was registering originally 00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:09.380 for First Baby, I was trying to decide what type 00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:13.840 of high chair I wanted to put on there. And when 00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:18.079 it came down to it, which I love the look of 00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:21.380 super modern high chairs, there's a bunch of 00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:23.420 expensive ones out there that are super great. 00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:27.920 Really, the biggest thing that I was like, okay, 00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:31.760 we need a easily wipeable high chair. I knew 00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:35.019 I didn't want it to have cloth or anything sitting 00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:39.440 that he would sit on. And at IKEA, they have 00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:44.920 a $20 high chair. It has been the best thing. 00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:47.940 So we just purchased another one because we were 00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:50.360 like... The other one got kind of yucky. Like 00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:54.079 this, the buckles got kind of like crusty, but 00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:57.719 we were like 20 bucks. Like, yeah, easy. Like 00:36:57.719 --> 00:37:00.179 we're just gonna, I'll just buy a new one, honestly. 00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:03.420 But that high chair has been like a must have 00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:06.659 in our house of like how easy it is to clean, 00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:09.800 how simple it is. Like you can buy a bunch of 00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:12.300 different like little attachments for it and 00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:14.440 stuff like that if you really want, but it's 00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:18.219 not needed. But that one is, yeah. That's just 00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:19.880 something that's also designed to pull them right 00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:22.000 up to the table if you want to. Right. Yeah. 00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:24.019 Which is so nice. Yeah. Yeah. Our high chair, 00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:25.639 we can pull them right up to the table. And I 00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:27.780 think that makes such a difference in like how 00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:29.599 he eats because he's like, oh, I'm a part of 00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:32.119 things versus kind of off in your own world with 00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:35.000 your tray eating. Yeah. Yeah. No, it has been 00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:39.400 so great. Literally 20 bucks. Easy peasy. We 00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:42.340 love IKEA, honestly. But that was that's the 00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:46.449 last one I can think of. I have one more that 00:37:46.449 --> 00:37:49.210 so I didn't register for this someone got it 00:37:49.210 --> 00:37:51.210 for me and it's something I would never think 00:37:51.210 --> 00:37:54.849 to register for is Warming pads that you can 00:37:54.849 --> 00:37:57.190 put in your bra like you can definitely just 00:37:57.190 --> 00:37:58.969 use like a normal heating pad or something like 00:37:58.969 --> 00:38:01.170 that If you get like a clogged duct or something 00:38:01.170 --> 00:38:04.059 like that, but I had someone give me the kind 00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:05.739 of like heating pads that you can like throw 00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:08.079 in the microwave heat up and then they fit perfectly 00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:10.980 in your bra which is super nice especially I 00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:13.360 got a couple of clogged ducts with Lloyd and 00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:18.619 it hurts so bad and heat helps so much yeah but 00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:21.280 also having one that you can just like stick 00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:24.460 in your bra is so convenient because you're chasing 00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:27.000 a kid around or just like trying to get your 00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:31.340 life together yeah so if you have something that's 00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:32.880 a little more portable like that and you don't 00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:35.619 just have to like sit there is super convenient 00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:39.760 so yeah i think another mom it has to be another 00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:42.119 mom who would have gotten that for me and again 00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:43.800 i never would have registered for i wouldn't 00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:45.760 especially first baby i wouldn't have even thought 00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:48.219 of like this is something that i should want 00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:49.840 or do want or anything like that and now i'm 00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:53.239 like that is a must have if you're gonna be breastfeeding 00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:57.139 dang Yeah, that's clogged ducks. No fun. Yeah. 00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:59.400 And I feel like in the moment of like getting 00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:02.420 a clogged duct, you're like super afraid of mastitis, 00:39:02.719 --> 00:39:05.800 like turning into mastitis. And so like, I don't 00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:08.539 know about for you, but when I did get clogged 00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:11.239 ducts, I was like super stressed out and like, 00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:13.239 I mean, you try to do everything you can. I want 00:39:13.239 --> 00:39:15.579 to take care of this right away. Yeah. Yeah. 00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:18.760 And so that's a super convenient thing to just 00:39:18.760 --> 00:39:21.949 have. Yeah, highly recommend. Yeah. Okay, any 00:39:21.949 --> 00:39:24.409 last things that you can think of that you're 00:39:24.409 --> 00:39:28.329 like wish I would have maybe registered for this 00:39:28.329 --> 00:39:31.550 or for things that I'm like would not would not 00:39:31.550 --> 00:39:34.809 recommend registering for microfiber towels. 00:39:34.849 --> 00:39:38.110 Oh, yeah. I feel like every like registry list. 00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:40.519 looked at was like you should get microfiber 00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:44.099 towels specifically and Maybe we just got cheap 00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:48.579 ones, but they Collected all of the lint and 00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:50.699 like my hair would get stuck to them and the 00:39:50.699 --> 00:39:52.420 cat hair would get stuck to them And they just 00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:54.800 got so gross so fast yeah So we finally ended 00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:56.400 up either throwing them away or getting rid of 00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:59.199 them and just literally using regular like adult 00:39:59.199 --> 00:40:03.239 sized towels yeah, and Those were great, so I 00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:05.179 almost am like I don't think you need baby towels 00:40:05.179 --> 00:40:06.880 They are convenient and cute if you want like 00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:08.829 a smaller size, but like for both of our kids, 00:40:09.030 --> 00:40:11.610 even Zeta, who's itty bitty right now, we still 00:40:11.610 --> 00:40:14.650 just use a regular full size towel and it works 00:40:14.650 --> 00:40:17.710 great. I wouldn't even think of microfiber towels. 00:40:17.710 --> 00:40:19.550 It was one of those things where I'm like, I 00:40:19.550 --> 00:40:21.309 think I just saw on enough lists that I'm like, 00:40:21.409 --> 00:40:22.590 well, if everyone's telling me that I should 00:40:22.590 --> 00:40:25.130 get it, obviously that's like the way to go. 00:40:25.550 --> 00:40:28.050 But after using them, I'm like, they just got 00:40:28.050 --> 00:40:33.869 gross so fast and it wasn't worth it. So that's 00:40:33.869 --> 00:40:36.800 a no go. And then. This is something I didn't 00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:38.780 register for, but it's just a funny thing that 00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:42.019 someone gave us. We got a baby powder scented 00:40:42.019 --> 00:40:45.219 candle. Interesting. Didn't know that existed. 00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:49.739 No. Why? There's so many questions I have about 00:40:49.739 --> 00:40:53.420 that one, about why it exists, why it felt like 00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:57.130 a necessary gift. That's funny. I also, I don't 00:40:57.130 --> 00:40:59.369 like candles generally because I'm really sensitive 00:40:59.369 --> 00:41:01.630 to smells. So it was an additionally funny thing 00:41:01.630 --> 00:41:04.110 to be like, I don't really burn candles in the 00:41:04.110 --> 00:41:07.530 house very often if ever. So I'm never going 00:41:07.530 --> 00:41:08.989 to use this. Maybe it's supposed to be like a 00:41:08.989 --> 00:41:11.909 soothing thing for the baby. I have no idea. 00:41:11.949 --> 00:41:14.449 I don't know. To be honest, it came from my grandma, 00:41:14.730 --> 00:41:16.670 who's I think it's just like a different generation 00:41:16.670 --> 00:41:19.289 thing is the only thing I can think of. But it 00:41:19.289 --> 00:41:20.969 was just like a funny thing where we're like. 00:41:21.679 --> 00:41:24.539 Huh, that was that was a choice like wow. Thank 00:41:24.539 --> 00:41:27.460 you so much grandma But that was just like a 00:41:27.460 --> 00:41:30.380 funny thing that did not register for but did 00:41:30.380 --> 00:41:33.659 get that's funny Yeah, I don't see the reason 00:41:33.659 --> 00:41:36.460 for that Yeah, and also I don't really need a 00:41:36.460 --> 00:41:39.380 candle with a newborn that seems I mean with 00:41:39.380 --> 00:41:41.820 a newborn It's less stressful, but just like 00:41:41.820 --> 00:41:44.539 with a kid like yeah we don't burn candles in 00:41:44.539 --> 00:41:46.260 our house with kids running around right now 00:41:46.260 --> 00:41:49.800 because That seems dangerous. Mm -hmm, or it's 00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:52.380 got to be like 10 feet up in the air. Right. 00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:53.940 And then you forget that it's lit. They're going 00:41:53.940 --> 00:41:56.300 to somehow find the ladder and climb the 10 feet. 00:41:56.320 --> 00:41:59.139 Yeah, now that Lloyd can climb on things. He 00:41:59.139 --> 00:42:01.739 will find a way to get there for sure. Yes. Oh, 00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:04.320 fire. He's like, I'm going to touch that. That's 00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:09.679 interesting. Yeah. It's a light. Oh, man. Well, 00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:13.679 hopefully this was helpful for you, whether you're 00:42:13.679 --> 00:42:18.690 a new mom or not, of just like what What is helpful 00:42:18.690 --> 00:42:21.889 in this season? Maybe you can think of some like 00:42:21.889 --> 00:42:25.210 must haves for you as you're navigating motherhood, 00:42:25.309 --> 00:42:27.349 whether you're raising young kids right now, 00:42:27.730 --> 00:42:30.769 or you've got older kids. We all have things 00:42:30.769 --> 00:42:33.090 that we - If you have older kids, let us know 00:42:33.090 --> 00:42:37.150 so that we can be prepared. Yes, please. We are 00:42:37.150 --> 00:42:40.340 in it. in the thickness of it right now. Well, 00:42:40.340 --> 00:42:45.559 do you have your win of the week? I do. So at 00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:47.000 the beginning of the episode, I mentioned that 00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:49.500 Stuart went back to work on Monday. Today is 00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:52.500 now Friday, which means we made it through a 00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:55.039 full week with Stuart back to work and me just 00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:57.760 moming two kids on my own. Everyone is still 00:42:57.760 --> 00:43:00.360 alive. There was no serious injuries. How are 00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:02.500 you doing? Are you OK? I feel pretty good about 00:43:02.500 --> 00:43:07.369 it. We had like a couple of rough goes I told 00:43:07.369 --> 00:43:09.150 you before we started recording that Lloyd has 00:43:09.150 --> 00:43:11.329 been having some trouble sleeping at night which 00:43:11.329 --> 00:43:13.849 just means he's grumpier and then he's definitely 00:43:13.849 --> 00:43:17.789 like clingier these days just like adjusting 00:43:17.789 --> 00:43:22.469 to me not being able to give him full attention 00:43:22.469 --> 00:43:25.329 now that dad's back to work. We were able to 00:43:25.329 --> 00:43:27.329 like get out and do some activities like our 00:43:27.329 --> 00:43:30.550 library has a story time so we went and did that 00:43:30.550 --> 00:43:33.449 yesterday which he wasn't like super interested 00:43:33.449 --> 00:43:37.590 in but we got out of the house and he got to 00:43:37.590 --> 00:43:40.170 like see some things and hear some music and 00:43:40.170 --> 00:43:43.190 all of that. Mostly doing good. I think honestly 00:43:43.190 --> 00:43:46.730 the hardest part this week was we had an evening. 00:43:46.989 --> 00:43:48.789 Stuart was already home but there was something 00:43:48.789 --> 00:43:52.739 that he had to take care of that Also, we got 00:43:52.739 --> 00:43:54.440 a new car, so he was putting the car seats in 00:43:54.440 --> 00:43:56.880 the new car. And he was taking like a while to 00:43:56.880 --> 00:43:58.900 do that because car seats are annoying that way. 00:43:59.539 --> 00:44:02.079 And so he was taking time doing that, which is 00:44:02.079 --> 00:44:03.599 one of those things where I'm like, I can't complain 00:44:03.599 --> 00:44:05.579 because you were literally doing something for 00:44:05.579 --> 00:44:07.679 me that you could have been like, I'm not doing 00:44:07.679 --> 00:44:09.940 this tonight. You just have to go one more day 00:44:09.940 --> 00:44:11.840 without a car. And that would have been reasonable. 00:44:12.159 --> 00:44:13.980 But he was doing something for me. And in that 00:44:13.980 --> 00:44:16.039 time frame, I'm pretty sure one, if not both 00:44:16.039 --> 00:44:18.630 of them. were crying about something and like 00:44:18.630 --> 00:44:20.329 Zeta, I could not figure out, it's like I tried 00:44:20.329 --> 00:44:22.110 to feed you, I tried to burp you, I did all of 00:44:22.110 --> 00:44:24.610 the things, couldn't figure it out. And then 00:44:24.610 --> 00:44:26.690 Lloyd was crying about things where it was like, 00:44:26.949 --> 00:44:29.110 well, I'm not gonna let you drink the Mirren 00:44:29.110 --> 00:44:32.469 from the pantry. I'm not sorry about that actually, 00:44:32.789 --> 00:44:34.230 like that's not something I'm just letting you 00:44:34.230 --> 00:44:36.389 drink. You're not allowed to chew on a phone 00:44:36.389 --> 00:44:39.289 charger or all of the things where it's like 00:44:39.289 --> 00:44:40.889 he's just throwing a fit because I'm not letting 00:44:40.889 --> 00:44:43.849 him do things that. are for his own good and 00:44:43.849 --> 00:44:45.349 it was just like the end of the day and everyone 00:44:45.349 --> 00:44:47.610 was tired and yeah all of that so that was probably 00:44:47.610 --> 00:44:49.690 the hardest and then you're crying and then it's 00:44:49.690 --> 00:44:52.869 just it's just a lot yeah so that was probably 00:44:52.869 --> 00:44:55.369 the hardest part of this week the rest of the 00:44:55.369 --> 00:44:57.849 week i think went fairly well yeah that's great 00:44:57.849 --> 00:45:00.570 taking it day by day and trying to figure it 00:45:00.570 --> 00:45:03.150 out and make it to nap time so i can also nap 00:45:03.150 --> 00:45:07.789 oh man yeah what is your win this week yeah mine 00:45:07.789 --> 00:45:12.530 uh happened a couple days ago um so My husband 00:45:12.530 --> 00:45:15.150 is a youth pastor at the church that we both 00:45:15.150 --> 00:45:19.130 work at. And the first Wednesday of the month, 00:45:19.289 --> 00:45:21.750 they have this huge student rally, is what it's 00:45:21.750 --> 00:45:25.909 called, where it's unapologetically bringing 00:45:25.909 --> 00:45:29.650 as many kids into the room as possible. So Colt 00:45:29.650 --> 00:45:33.630 and I will try to go to that once a month. And 00:45:33.630 --> 00:45:36.670 so it's like... He for sure stays up past his 00:45:36.670 --> 00:45:40.269 bedtime, because it goes from 7 to 8 .30. He's 00:45:40.269 --> 00:45:45.090 usually in bed by 7 .30, 7 .45. And so that in 00:45:45.090 --> 00:45:48.010 itself, it stresses me out a little bit going 00:45:48.010 --> 00:45:50.730 into it, because I know it's going to be a later 00:45:50.730 --> 00:45:53.269 night. He's going to get home really late. But 00:45:53.269 --> 00:45:56.570 it's fun. It's fun for him to go see the worship 00:45:56.570 --> 00:45:59.489 music and see all the kids. He just has a lot 00:45:59.489 --> 00:46:02.650 of fun. There's a lot of activities and stuff 00:46:02.650 --> 00:46:06.769 like that. So my win is leading up to that moment 00:46:06.769 --> 00:46:10.429 or to going. I usually solo parent all day because 00:46:10.429 --> 00:46:13.349 Michael's at work. Right. I'm working from home 00:46:13.349 --> 00:46:16.070 parenting and we just had we had a pretty good 00:46:16.070 --> 00:46:20.889 day, which was nice. We go to rally and I'm currently 00:46:20.889 --> 00:46:24.809 almost 38 weeks pregnant and a couple of moms 00:46:24.809 --> 00:46:28.449 like saw me just like chasing Colt around and 00:46:28.449 --> 00:46:31.760 like. I could tell that I'm tired because my 00:46:31.760 --> 00:46:37.619 body hurts and stuff. One of the moms just encouraged 00:46:37.619 --> 00:46:40.960 me and was like, hey, Laura, you got this. Look 00:46:40.960 --> 00:46:44.420 at you. You're really doing it. You got this. 00:46:44.659 --> 00:46:47.780 I was like, you know what? That was just the 00:46:47.780 --> 00:46:51.139 encouragement that I needed in that moment of 00:46:51.139 --> 00:46:55.039 I'm exhausted and we're having a great time, 00:46:55.139 --> 00:46:59.519 but I'm tired. She just went out of her way to 00:46:59.519 --> 00:47:01.199 encourage me. That's so sweet. So I feel like 00:47:01.199 --> 00:47:05.000 that was just like a win. And also like a reminder 00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:09.019 to me that like we're all just kind of in, I 00:47:09.019 --> 00:47:11.880 don't know, in some kind of thickness of motherhood. 00:47:12.000 --> 00:47:15.460 For sure. And that the encouragement really does 00:47:15.460 --> 00:47:17.659 help. Yeah, it makes such a huge difference. 00:47:17.800 --> 00:47:20.820 Yeah. And I'm like, oftentimes we feel so alone 00:47:20.820 --> 00:47:23.059 in like the season that we're in. Absolutely. 00:47:23.300 --> 00:47:27.130 And it's just we need to I don't know we need 00:47:27.130 --> 00:47:29.510 to rally together a little bit for sure more 00:47:29.510 --> 00:47:32.969 so and it's always nice to hear it from a mom 00:47:32.969 --> 00:47:35.730 who's like oh you survived this yeah like you're 00:47:35.730 --> 00:47:39.530 not just like saying this because you can yeah 00:47:39.530 --> 00:47:42.630 or whatever yeah you survived this sometimes 00:47:42.630 --> 00:47:45.409 that's also harder to like you're out of it but 00:47:45.409 --> 00:47:50.070 yes yeah okay your kids are now thriving at whatever 00:47:50.070 --> 00:47:54.320 age they are yeah that's great yep Well, thanks 00:47:54.320 --> 00:47:58.440 for joining us on No Manual, a mom cast for today's 00:47:58.440 --> 00:48:00.820 episode. 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