This week on Two Parents & A Podcast, we might have cracked the code on toddler mornings… and it’s not waking up earlier.

We’re talking 5am wakeups, third-trimester exhaustion, and the mindset shift that completely changed how we handle that first hour of the day. Instead of surviving it, we’re cooking through it. Eggs, repetition, more eggs, toddler “responsibility,” and why letting Tate crack the eggs might actually be the best parenting hack we’ve stumbled into.

From there, we rant about the glucose test (there HAS to be a better way), officially put the induction on the calendar, and share baby names we LOVE but WON’T be using (and why naming a second kid feels wildly harder?? Idk we just need to see the baby).

We spiral (naturally) into the Valentine’s Day debate: when someone says “no gifts”… do they actually mean it? Then get into our low-spend month competition with the neighbors (now accepting votes for who you think might win… spoiler alert: it doesn’t seem like it’s gonna be me), what I’m NOT buying this month but really want to, and then talk about a competition that ACTUALLY matters: the Winter Olympics. Harrison has a rant about why it’s somehow harder than ever to actually watch the Olympics. We also unpack the viral Olympian cheating apology and whether that was romantic… or just ?????

Then we hit the comment section: is going off-registry rude? are toddlers sitting on restaurant tables actually a crime? and are “self-driving” cars even self-driving?

We wrap with something that genuinely reframed our week: toddlers are hardwired to hit, run, climb, and tantrum. It’s NOT personal. It’s developmental. And how you react might matter more than what they do.

LOVE YOU GUYS. Thanks for listening 🤍

Timestamps:

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

00:04:55 The BEST personalized toddler gift (Maria nailed THIS)

00:06:23 Waking up early with a toddler?! Try THIS mindset shift

00:12:53 This the the BEST way to spend the morning with your toddler

00:19:36 If someone says “no gifts”… do they mean it? (Valentine’s edition)

00:23:46 Glucose test rant: there HAS to be a better way

00:28:57 The induction is officially on the calendar

00:30:34 Baby names we like… but won’t use (and why)

00:38:15 Low-spend month (friendly neighborhood competition!!!)

00:41:33 What I’m NOT buying this month (but really want to)

00:44:33 Olympics rant: why is it so hard to watch?!

00:54:36 Olympian apology interview goes viral (cheating confession)

01:00:02 Hockey culture: “lettuce,” “apples,” and other terms you might might also understand if you read hockey romance

01:02:19 In the comments: Is going off-registry rude?

01:06:42 In the comments: Toddlers sitting on restaurant tables

01:12:30 Things we DMed: “Self-driving” cars have human helpers?!

01:20:28 Things we learned: Toddlers are hardwired to run/ hit/ climb/ tantrum

01:23:55 THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!

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Toddler morning routine, baby names we WON’T use & is going off registry rude?!