Who Even Are We?

Kids watch other kids playing games, creating things, showing others how to look after a pet, these are all things that our kids can watch online. Katie asks the question, should she be forever monitoring what her girls are watching? 
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Rach has another moment of reflection on pregnancy, and really just what it is like to fall pregnant for all women. Katie also lets us in on something very close to her heart, adoption. 
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Katie's girls head off on school camp and Katie questions why they can not run longer or possibly over different days? 
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When you purchase those last minute gifts for other peoples kids and whether it be intentional or not, you get a little satisfaction from it. 
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Is it wrong to try and teach your children not to be scared of going up stairs solo at night? Katie trials a particular solution to the problem in their household. 
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When you have that moment, you look at your little one as they get dressed and realise their underwear is 2 sizes too small for them. 
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Wet towels, clothes on the ground, school bags left at the front door. All of these things make Katie and Rach go crazy but the kids just keep on doing it. When does it get any better? 
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Rachel takes on another parents approach to encouraging Ellsie to eat vegetables and fruit, what a challenge it has been. 
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Katie cops the constant whining from the girls every time they even step foot in the shops? 
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Can we as parents tell our kids that they smell? Oh well Katie and Rach think honesty is the best policy when it comes to basic hygiene. 
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Rachel gets challenged when meeting with her Kinesiologist about her kids and how to build their resilience. Apparently helicopter parenting does not work. This one really pushes all her boundaries. 
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We chat about all things that can happen during a lunch break at school and should we have to listen to the drama that consumes 10 year olds. 
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Winter is here and the arguments have started, Just put your jumper on! 
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Rachel comes up with a challenge when she decided to take Ellsie with her to an appointment kids don’t usually go to. 
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Katie talks all things dirty clothes and when it is acceptable to let your kids recycle dirty clothes before they disappear into the wash. 
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Rach asks the question, is getting an Au Pair worth it? A foreign girl living in your house? 
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Katie tackles the big questions from her girls. Why do we have to shower? Because it is called personal hygiene. 
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You heard it right, Rachel decided this year for Mother's Day she would be away at a reunion and spend the day crawling her way out of a hangover. Wait till you hear the level of excitement of the presents she got. 
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Rachel’s worst nightmare has happened, Ellsie now calls her mate and it is not going down well. 
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I think every parent has used this line. No eating in my car. Katie opens up on where this started for her and where this has landed her now. 
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Ever been on a phone call and the kids are all over you and in your grill? This is every day for Rachel and some things are not held back on whilst juggling phone conversations and kids. 
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We always think a drink of water and bandaid will fix everything when you are a parent. This time it didn’t really cut it. 
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Rachel is struggling with the idea of letting go of dressing her girls. Ellsie continues to learn the hard way in how to put underwear on. 
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Whilst on holidays, Katie comes to the realisation, she gives her kids way too much in life and wants to do a social experiment when they get home. 
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Rach decides to carry on the lessons of being Grateful and decides birthday parties are not on the cards for 2019! 
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That’s the questions we all ask ourselves in the journey of deciding whether we take the plunge to become parents. What about the couples that decide babies are really not their thing? 
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Katie and Rach look back on their own childhoods and how much things have changed from the way their parents did things. (Warning to our parents, there is no judgement at all used in this episode). 
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Rachel goes to extreme measures, next holiday destination is going to be an eye opener for the whole family! 
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Katie and Rach revisit one of the first podcast episodes and apologise for coming across judgemental. Oh this one is raw! 
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Katie’s girls re- enact to her what she looks like and sounds like when things hit the fan in their house. 
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School lunches is a serious topic, and one of our listeners raises the question, how long in advance can you prepare your children's lunches? 
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Katie shows her girls how it is done properly, Bowling that is. 
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This one is serious ladies and gents. Rachel opens up in a raw and vulnerable way about her postnatal depression after both girls. [Trigger Warning - This episode has content discussing Postnatal Depression. If you or anyone you know needs help, please seek professional assistance] 
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Katie sums up her world and works out using appliances is not her strong point in life. 
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The mindset slump - This is real and hits every mum at different stages within the space of having a child. That mindset where you can only envisage yourself to just being a Mum. You can not see out of the box. You have lost your confidence, and even feel the loss of identity. This episode is real and raw. 
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Spilling the beans to new mums, over sharing stories to scare each other, the list goes on. 
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How many times have you heard the line “It wasn’t me Mum, it was the……..” Exactly! 
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Rachel mixes up bribery and empty threats. The only person she ends up torturing is herself. 
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Katie has ticked the box of good Mum and volunteered her time in the class room. Although she may have just done a little too much.  
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Katie gets real and honest to her 10 year olds on why they should never reproduce! 
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Rachel ticks the box again for being the best cook in their house hold. That old saying we all use ‘Just eat it or you will get nothing else for the rest of the day’ well let's just say Rach had to back down on this one and accept defeat in the kitchen. 
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Katie confesses she laughs at her girls mistakes when and if they make them. Rachel has a confession about laughing at her girls and then choosing to correct them. 
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Katie faces a challenge of trying to let her 10 year old daughter down lightly with her singing career in mind. And Rachel’s inspirational quote goes deep! You do You, Boo! For anyone that does not know, Rachel is pretty good at Netball. 
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Katie has a moment of ‘I forgot to order the kids lunch’. You can hear the pain in her voice! 
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We share how one of our listeners let her child go with a dislocated elbow for two days. Do not worry we have all done it! 
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Katie’s Valentines Day started off quite romantic, but as we know things can happen that can shape the rest of the day very rapidly when you have kids. The morning went down hill that fast that she even forgot to feed the kids! 
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Rachel has a reflection moment on the type of music she is exposing her girls too in the car when Ellsie starts singing the lines to a Nicki Minaj song. 
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Week 2 of school and the girls have their first spelling test results. Apparently Katie needs to work on her spelling little before she gives out help to the twins for their homework. 
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Lets talk fitness! We all know how much Rachel enjoys to work out, she explains all! And Ellsie is still asking why she has to go to Pilates again. 
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Rachel takes on the big questions around weddings with Ellsie wanting just the ring but not the husband. 
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