This week on Two Parents & A Podcast, we’re very much in planning mode - talking babymoon ideas, future parenting rules (we NEED your thoughts on the bed-making debate), and yet another round of nesting.

We start with coffee shop talk (yes, the same one we’ve been talking about for the last two weeks), why good habits take forever to build while bad ones take about two days, and the current parent uniform: sweatsuits with mystery stains. From there, it’s full nesting energy (again) - labeling everything (western shorts, IYKYK), debating whether kids are born Type A or if we accidentally make them that way, and getting into the surprisingly divisive question of whether kids should make their own beds (possibly our first real parenting style disagreement live on the pod??).

Then we get into technology and boundaries: the no phones in bedrooms rule, what age kids are actually getting phones now, and how we somehow ended up with a landline (yes, really). We celebrate Maria’s one-year anniversary with us, spiral into celebrity power couples, Grammys discourse, Valentine’s Day card exchanges at school, and our ongoing “no gifts” debate.

Mid-episode, we start planning our babymoon (US only, no car required - please send help), talk through joint bachelor/bachelorette parties (fun or a hard no?), share our #1 travel hack that immediately lowers stress (with or without kids), and revisit the ongoing dog conversation - why everyone says we should NOT get one yet, and whether we’re secretly a no-pets house… until the day we’re not (I still cannot believe Harrison asked if I’d consider a pet spider).

We wrap with mall nostalgia (or lack thereof), a classic Bicker of the Week (pool vs. no pool - IN TEXAS), and a new behavioral tactic we’ll keep in mind for those future meltdowns: connection before direction.

LOVE YOU GUYS. Thanks for listening!!!!

Timestamps:

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

00:02:06 Coffee shops are making coffee “community” again (and we’re obsessed)

00:05:11 Why good habits take forever… and bad habits take 2 days

00:06:50 New parent uniform: mystery stains

00:14:29 Nesting parents - are you labeling EVERYTHING too?!

00:16:10 Are kids born Type A vs Type B… or do we create them?

00:18:40 Are we making our kids make their beds?

00:21:25 The “no phones in bedrooms” rule…

00:23:37 What age are parents giving kids phones now?

00:24:42 We got a LANDLINE… should we do call-ins?!

00:25:37 Maria’s one-year anniversary

00:30:08 Celebrity power couples

00:31:57 Alex Warren at the Grammys

00:35:31 Do schools still do Valentine’s Day card exchanges?!

00:37:53 Valentine’s Day gift ideas for your partner (plus our “no gifts” debate)

00:43:38 We have an outdoor baby

00:45:20 Baby moon help: where should we go?! (US only)

00:47:47 Joint bachelor/bachelorette parties: yes or no?

00:56:21 Our #1 travel hack: DoorDash on landing

00:58:46 Why everyone says we SHOULDN’T get a dog (yet)

01:02:20 Are we a “no pets” house… until the dog day comes?

01:04:55 Would a pet spider be a dealbreaker?!

01:07:38 Why do malls feel so depressing now?

01:08:47 Bicker of the Week: Pool vs. No Pool

01:11:05 This Week We Learned: Connection Before Direction

01:15:18 LOVE YOU GUYS!

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