This week on Two Parents & A Podcast, we’re getting ready to BABYMOON. If you’re watching this, we’re on the beach right now (yay) trying to figure out what you even call a babymoon for baby number two (because “babymoon” feels… aggressive). Sprinkle? Second moon? TBD. Either way, we recorded this episode right before heading out and immediately spiraled.

We start with trip planning debates, pregnancy food rules (can you eat beef carpaccio while pregnant?), and the age-old question of what actually matters more at a restaurant: the food or the vibe.

Then we get into the big one: failing the one-hour glucose test. What it means, what it doesn’t, what comes next, and why it’s way less dramatic than it sounds but still mentally jarring when you get the call. From there, we talk about ear piercing timing, leg shaving & making the bed.

Mid-episode we cover Valentine’s Day, the jewelry-box-at-dinner move, whether we regret buying so much pink before having a boy, and the very real struggle of finding a nickname for baby boy that YOU GUYS like.

Travel etiquette becomes a full debate (as always): reclining seats, switching seats for families, and whether you’re ever obligated to move on a plane. We also get into babysitter etiquette (if you say “help yourself to anything,” do you actually mean anything?), and then unpack the viral Girl Scout story where one girl sold $450k worth of cookies… and where that money really goes.

We wrap with a Bicker of the Week, two Things We DMed Each Other (Olympics + Waymo obv), and a parenting takeaway that stuck with us all week: tell kids what TO do, not just what NOT to do.

LOVE YOU GUYS. Thanks for listening!!!

Timestamps:

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

00:04:50 Is there a better name for the second babymoon?

00:07:45 Can you eat beef carpaccio while pregnant?

00:12:42 What matters more: the food or the vibe?

00:15:32 What’s the best made-in-Canada company?!

00:18:18 Dads’ night out

00:19:48 Failed glucose test… now what?

00:27:58 When should kids get their ears pierced?

00:31:22 Fine dining: worth it or overrated?

00:34:33 Asking parents with grown kids: what would you do differently?

00:36:47 The jewelry box at dinner move

00:38:42 Do we regret buying so much pink before having a boy?

00:42:30 We need a new nickname for baby boy

00:43:51 Airplane etiquette: is it okay to recline?

00:47:37 Seat switching on planes: are you obligated to move for families?

00:55:17 Babysitter etiquette: if you say “help yourself to anything,” do you ACTUALLY mean anything?

00:59:48 Girl Scout goes viral for selling $450k worth of cookies… BUT where does the money actually go?

01:04:18 BICKER OF THE WEEK: Is it OK to eat on the couch?!

01:08:24 THINGS WE DMED EACHOTHER: Norway is dominating the Olympics (and their youth sports rules are the opposite of ours)

01:13:25 THINGS WE DMED EACHOTHER: DoorDash drivers are getting paid to close Waymo doors??

01:16:09 THIS WEEK WE LEARNED: tell kids what TO do (not what NOT to do)

01:17:37 LOVE YOU GUYS!

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Failed glucose test, baby boy nicknames & where does girl scout cookie money ACTUALLY go?!