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Laura is loving the stage that Atlas is at…even if that stage involves a nugget in the bed. Steph opens up about some of the challenges that she & Josh are navigating at home as well as their whole family weekend in the garden.
Also - Laura promised that she’d share the things that made their recent trip to Europe (with an 8 month old baby) a bit easier and this week she’s come with a list.
Plus - a ménage!
WE MENTIONED
Yoto: https://au.yotoplay.com/products/goodnight-world
Stroller fan https://www.amazon.com.au/Gaiatop-Portable-Stroller-Rechargeable-Treadmill/dp/B0BKQDPP1Z/
Travel cot https://thememo.com.au/products/journey-2-in-1-travel-cot-black
The Bugaboo travel pram https://www.bugaboo.com/au-en/prams/bugaboo-butterfly/
SPECIAL SHARE
Laura: The quote “transition is an identity in itself”
Steph: Making paper chains
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It’s a big week of updates! Steph shares about Harvey’s recent surgery and Billie’s growing personality, as well as a big night of broken sleep and emotional dysregulation. Laura is persevering with solids and Atlas is standing and rolling.
Plus - we open the mailbox to read some of your beautiful messages.
SPECIAL SHARE
Laura: the Solid Starts app https://solidstarts.com/app/?hcUrl=%2Fen-US
Steph: this post from Josh https://www.instagram.com/p/DbAqK09IEN2/?img_index=1
KICPod PODCAST
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Laura Henshaw @laura.henshaw on Instagram & @laura.henshaw on Tiktok
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Professor Leah Ruppanner is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Melbourne and author of the book ‘Drained: Reduce Your Mental Load to Do Less and Be More’. You might recognise Leah’s name from when we had her on the podcast last year speaking about traditional gender roles and the manosphere (link below if you missed it!).
This week Leah is back to speak about the mental load. We all think we know what the mental load is but in this conversation, Leah describes to Laura the 8 different types of mental load that we could be carrying at any one time, as well as recognising where your mental load energy is being spent, and how to better distribute this energy.
If you’re currently drowning in the mental load, we hope this episode helps you.
WE MENTIONED
Find out more about Leah https://www.leahruppanner.com/
Lighten Lab is the website Leah mentioned https://www.lightenlab.com/
Read Leah’s book https://www.dymocks.com.au/drained-by-leah-ruppanner-9781761471957
Listen to Leah’s podcast ‘Miss Perceived’ https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/missperceived/id1744434731
Our first episode with Leah is called ‘Money, work & traditional gender roles - Am I Equal? a miniseries with Laura Henshaw’ and you can listen here https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/money-work-traditional-gender-roles-am-i-equal-a/id1457667995?i=1000712323533
KICPod PODCAST
Looking for our other podcast? It’s called KICPod and you can listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. We publish episodes there on Mondays & Wednesdays.
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Laura Henshaw @laura.henshaw on Instagram & @laura.henshaw on Tiktok
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We’re bringing you something a little different this week!! We’ve had a few messages from you guys asking us for the baby products we recommend buying and the ones that aren’t worth spending money on. So! We both wrote a list of our ‘must-buy’ items, our ‘nice to have but not essential’ items, and the items we never used. We also recommend which ones you should buy new vs the ones you could get second-hand.
WE MENTIONED
The episode where Steph talks about spying on the baby monitor is called ‘Spying over the home cameras & mice problems!’. You can listen here https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/spying-over-the-home-cameras-mice-problems/id1457667995?i=1000579353378
PRODUCTS WE MENTIONED
These are the products that we specifically mentioned. For all other items - we don’t recommend a specific brand name
Monitor from Cubo https://au.getcubo.com/
Sleep slacks from ergoPouch https://www.ergopouch.com.au/ and Love To Dream https://lovetodream.com.au/
Steriliser from Tommee Tippee https://www.tommeetippee.com/en-au/shop/bottle-feeding/sterilising
Room thermometer https://www.tommeetippee.com/en-au/product/gro-egg2-ambient-room-thermometer
SNOO https://www.happiestbaby.com.au/products/snoo-smart-bassinet
KICPod PODCAST
Looking for our other podcast? It’s called KICPod and you can listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. We publish episodes there on Mondays & Wednesdays.
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KICPod @kicpod on Instagram - DM us with questions or ideas! Not on Instagram? Email us at kicpod@kicwellness.com
Steph Claire Smith @stephclairesmith on Instagram & @steph_claire_smith on TikTok
Laura Henshaw @laura.henshaw on Instagram & @laura.henshaw on Tiktok
KIC @kic on Instagram & @kic on TikTok and kicwellness.com or download the app from the App Store and Google Play Store
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We’ve both been on holidays and now we’re back and ready to recap!! Steph shares about her family’s daytrip to Movie World, what she learned about baby seat laws in different states, and also opens up about some of the challenges she’s facing with emotional regulation.
Meanwhile, Laura & Dalton took 7-month-old Atlas all the way to Europe! She shares some of the things that helped make their first overseas holiday together a lot easier.
SPECIAL SHARES
Steph: Normal lubricant https://itsnormal.com/products/water-based-lube-v2-normal
Laura: Matrescence by Lucy Jones https://www.penguin.com.au/books/matrescence-9781802061307
WE MENTIONED
The Bugaboo travel pram https://www.bugaboo.com/au-en/prams/bugaboo-butterfly/
The travel cot https://thememo.com.au/products/journey-2-in-1-travel-cot-black
Tommee Tippee bottles https://www.tommeetippee.com/en-au/collections/baby-bottles
KICPod PODCAST
Looking for our other podcast? It’s called KICPod and you can listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. We publish episodes there on Mondays & Wednesdays.
FOLLOW US & GET INVOLVED
KICPod @kicpod on Instagram - DM us with questions or ideas! Not on Instagram? Email us at kicpod@kicwellness.com
Steph Claire Smith @stephclairesmith on Instagram & @steph_claire_smith on TikTok
Laura Henshaw @laura.henshaw on Instagram & @laura.henshaw on Tiktok
KIC @kic on Instagram & @kic on TikTok and kicwellness.com or download the app from the App Store and Google Play Store
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