Podcast: ParentCast

How The Heck Do I Get My Baby To Sleep?!? w/ special guest Alexis Dubief

Hosts Mary and Blake discuss all there is to know about your child’s sleep in this episode with extremely special guest, Alexis Dubief – owner and author of the blog: TroublesomeTots.com.  Ms. Dubief has over two million visits to her site per year and she is an expert on how to handle your child’s sleep…

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Top 10 Facebook Faux Pas By Parents – Episode 21

Hosts Mary and Blake discuss those evil faux pas that nearly every parent commits on Facebook with special guest Julie, and return special guest Erik.  In this episode, you’ll learn why Facebook just plain sucks, why contrary to your beliefs – you’re kid’s not getting into Harvard, why breastmilk is just as powerful as windex,…

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Breastfeeding – Tips, Tricks, Successes + Heartaches (part2) – Episode 20

Part 2 of Mary & Blake’s interview with lactation consultant Kathy Moren of Healthy Babies, Happy Moms, Inc.  In this part, you’ll learn the differences between a lactation counselor and lactation consultant, when to start pumping, how Blake single-handedly kept Gatorade in business and why the cloth diaper debate rears it’s ugly head again.  You’ll…

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Breastfeeding – Tips, Tricks, Successes + Heartaches (part1) – Episode 19

Hosts Mary and Blake discuss all there is to know about Breastfeeding with special guest – Kathy Moren, owner of Health Babies, Happy Moms, Inc.  There is actually so much great information from Kathy that we had to split this episode in two!  So, in part one, you’ll learn why Blake regrets a certain line from…

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Financial Planning For Baby w/special guests: Derek & Carrie Olsen – Episode 18

Hosts Mary and Blake discuss how to plan financially for a baby with extremely special guests: Derek & Carrie Olsen of DerekandCarrie.com.  Derek & Carrie bring a lot of expert advice on how to have better conversations with your spouse about money, how planning a budget CAN be a fun activity, what apps and tips…

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We Hate Colic – Episode 17

Hosts Mary and Blake discuss Colic with special guest Jean Twomey – a clincal social worker at Women and Infants Center For Children and Families, and assistant professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at The Brown Alpert Medical School.  In this episode you’ll learn that, yes, colic is very real, and very hard.  Also, we talk…

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Tips On How To Keep Friends With Kids And No Kids – Episode 16

Hosts Mary and Blake discuss the Listener Topic!  That’s right, you guys voted on it and we’re delving right into how people with kids can maintain relationships with people who don’t have kids.  In this episode, you’ll learn why Mary is Playboy hott, why being friends with kidless people is a lot of pointed hard…

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Dental Health For Babies and Toddlers – Episode 15

Hosts Mary and Blake discuss dental health for babies and toddlers with Dr. Miranda of South Coast Smiles.  In this episode you’ll learn why Rhys is a huge fan of salad bars at the supermarket and when you should start bringing your baby to the dentist & how to best care for their teeth as…

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Things Parents Need To Stop Saying To Non-Parents – Episode 14

Hosts Mary and Blake discuss the top five things parents need to stop saying to non-parents with special guest Jim & return special guest Erik.  Based on an article featured in The Huffington Post by John Kinnear of AskYourDadBlog.com, we ask Jim & Erik to rate each phrase on a Hate Scale of 1-5.  In…

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How To Make 1st Birthday Parties Not Suck – Episode 12

Hosts Mary and Blake discuss 9 ideas on how to make your kid’s first birthday party NOT suck.  Inspired by the sickeningly funny article “10 Ways Birthday Parties Suck”  from Karen Alpert of Baby Sideburns via Scary Mommy, this episode goes a little off the rails towards the end.  Learn why Mary’s a “classy broad,” why Pinterest…

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