We're back after a year off from podcasting to talk about Olivia's first day in big school (who cried, who didn't, did we remember to pick her up on time...) and Thomas' first day in preschool (the child who repeatedly eats dirt is apparently s

Divide and Cuddle

Aug 6th, 2020 26m 16s

We did a semi-Parent Trap and split the kids up. One with the mother, one with the father - a weekend of peace and bliss and fun and memories. The ladies went off for a night in a hotel while the boys basically reverted to caveman norm and loun

Is this the end of the endless

Jul 29th, 2020 19m 40s

This week we have a chat about prepping for school as best we can with the crazy lack of proper guidelines. Also Derek gets insanely excited about the fact that the kids are going back to creche for a few days each week - something about being

Covid Hiatus

Jul 21st, 2020 22m 21s

We're back after a Covid (Karen) Hiatus - not that we had it, just that when you aren't doing anything you don't have a lot to talk about. This week we talk about meeting our parents for the first time in months and the prep for school. There i

Covid gradutations

Jun 21st, 2020 25m 59s

In the middle of Covid we said goodbye to Montessori. When we left the creche back on 12 March, over three months ago, we assumed we would all be back and life would be normal again within a few weeks. Fast forward, a more severe lockdown, rest

Let's talk about racism

Jun 1st, 2020 33m 53s

George Floyd, he had a name. We need to talk to our children about racism.

Holistay

May 25th, 2020 27m 13s

Covid-19 ruining your holiday plans, have no fear Parenting Pobal is here. We run through some suggestions for a holistay (patent pending) and also touch briefly on the topic of how all this working from home has warped the kids' tiny little mi

School of hard knocks

May 15th, 2020 25m 38s

Another week, another episode. This week we talk about a few topics because Derek couldn't come up with a single one that worked. We touch on Karen's anxiety about working from home with a messy house. There is the sad tale of how we handled te

Consentual Education

May 7th, 2020 26m 22s

This week we talk about consent and how it is never too early to start teaching kids about having control over what is happening to their bodies. There is also a brief spell talking about how Karen got abused by the Christians on Instagram. Plu

Sticklebacks can't eat tomatoes but they make awesome memories

Apr 30th, 2020 29m 34s

This week we talk about how life has changed and how the different pressures mean different things for different families. And also sticklebacks. Obviously

Jumanji Led Weaning

Apr 22nd, 2020 30m 30s

We are still in lockdown, Derek is going cra-cra, we talk about what is happening with the kids and how their eating habits have changed. Pray for Karen, she is having to put up with Derek

What day is it

Apr 15th, 2020 25m 37s

Going into week four of lockdown and working from home with kids

Hi Ho, it's off to the kitchen we go

Apr 1st, 2020 32m 17s

We're back, with episode 1, season 2, of the least popular parenting podcast online. We were going to avoid it, but we decided to go with an episode on how we are doing the whole work from home thing with two kids that demand all your attention

One Year Done

Mar 24th, 2020 41m 52s

A year of podcasting - honestly this began as a joke over lunch between the pair of us and now we are a year into it. What the hell! For the first time ever this IS a visual podcast - we have a video of the whole thing that you can watch, just

Podcasting in the time of CoronaVirus

Mar 18th, 2020 36m 48s

Blame the title on Derek, but here we are, podcasting in a strange time. We focus on the positives and tips for working from home with young children

Mimicry is the greatest form of flattery

Mar 10th, 2020 28m 46s

This week we talk about how kids mimic what they see, both good and bad. The little quirks they pick up, how their personalities form based on what their parents do. There is also the awkward moment when Karen doesn't cop the obvious Denis Lear

Ya Give Me (Cabin) Fever

Mar 3rd, 2020 28m 10s

45 episodes in and sure who knew we'd still have things to waffle on about. In this week's episode we talk about some stuff you can do with the kids when the weather or illness means you can't leave the house. Little tricks on how to survive Ca

Papa can you hear me

Feb 24th, 2020 25m 17s

This week we talk kids and their selective hearing

Second Two

Feb 18th, 2020 27m 6s

We talk about Thomas' second birthday, Derek gives out about Karen putting too much pressure on herself for said birthday. There is even a random seqway into the classic novel 1984.

Seven Weeks Out

Feb 11th, 2020 30m 17s

In this episode we talk about the big milestone of Karen being seven weeks off her post-natal depression meds. We also discuss how neither post-natal depressions presented with the same symptoms.There is also random stuff from Derek...