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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Newborn Etiquette – Episode 10

Hosts Mary and Blake discuss newborn etiquette with special guests: Erik and Jay. Inspired by an article written by Lunchbox Dad on what NOT to say to newborn parents, learn why parenting is basically Fight Club, why Mary gets a standing ovation mid recording, why you should watch the, “How Not To Kill Your Best…

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Wills & Trusts – Episode 9

Hosts Mary and Blake discuss the absolute necessity of Wills and Trusts with Beth Phillips – a local Estate Planning Attorney from Rhode Island Elder Law Firm.  Learn why even though you may not be Downton Abbey rich, you should still have a will or a trust, how your kids could fall under state control…

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The Importance Of Bedtime Routines – Episode 7

Hosts Mary and Blake discuss the importance of bed-time routines with special guest, Tracy Martin Turgeon, Vice President Regional of Operations for the Children’s Workshop. Learn why Rhys could be mistaken for the Quaker Oatmeal Guy, or Laura Ingalls Wilder from The Little House On the Prairie, why babies and The Walking Dead will NEVER be…

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