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We are going to dive into our parenting strengths and weaknesses. First we talked about things we would like to improve on when it comes to parenting, and now we are moving on to things we feel we really excel at! As a little bonus, we share with each other observations we have made about positive traits we each have as moms. Follow along with us on Instagram @themotherhoodtrenches or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com!

We are going to dive into our parenting strengths and weaknesses. First we talk about things we would like to improve on when it comes to parenting - everything from small issues to the bigger things that we would like to tackle. Follow along with us on Instagram @themotherhoodtrenches or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com!

Join us for our absolute favorite topic - a birth story! We talk about how the newest crew member came into the world. We also reflect back on our past births and process through some feelings. We also touch on what we might do differently if we had another go at it! Links: The most amazing bralette - https://www.ae.com/us/en/p/aerie/bralettes/seamless-bralettes/aerie-seamless-strappy-padded-bralette/2693_3279_121?menu=cat4840006&ip=off&cid=PLA_Aerie_Brand_Womens_Bralettes&utm_source=google&utm_medium=pla&utm_content=aerie&utm_campaign=nogender_bralettes_general&utm_term=brand&gclid=CjwKCAjwybyJBhBwEiwAvz4G7zODz5fx901AQ40lJFD0DVAB92nLsPZDcJF49RxPec0HhztAXkToEhoCkJMQAvD_BwE Follow along with on Instagram @themotherhoodtrenches! We also love to hear from you in our email as well - send any questions, comments, or suggestions to TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com!

We are back with the start of Season 2! In our first episode of the new season, we are giving a quick update on what’s been going on during our hiatus. Lots of big changes that we are excited to catch up on! Follow along with on Instagram @themotherhoodtrenches! We also love to hear from you in our email as well - send any questions, comments, or suggestions to TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com!

This episode is all about our favorite ages and stages! As parents that are early in our journey we didn’t have 18 years of material to choose from, but we feel like there is a LOT of nuance in these early years for us to dig into! Listen in as we touch on baby milestones, hearing your toddler put together a sentence, the delight a 4 year old finds in life and having deep conversations with your preschooler. We also get into our LEAST favorite ages, but we are guessing there are no surprises with our choice 😏. Follow along with us @themotherhoodtrenches on Instagram or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com - we love to hear from you!

This week we are talking about our most embarrassing guilty pleasures! Guilty pleasures take on a new role in our lives post kid when there are so few things that are just for us! We have some doozies like eating candy in bed, listening to pop punk from 2005, watching the same tv shows over and over, and reading threads about the Duggar’s on Reddit 🙃. Follow along with us @themotherhoodtrenches on Instagram or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com - we love to hear from you!

We are talking all about internet mom’s groups - the good, the bad, and the ugly! We are both in many different mom’s groups on Facebook, and we love them overall but there are some pitfalls that we wanted to discuss. So we dive into the pros and cons and everything in between! Follow along with us on Instagram @themotherhoodtrenches or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com, we love to hear from you!

A mixture of Covid and being very tied to our little ones in this phase of motherhood has us dreaming of destinations far, far away. In this weeks episode we are talking about what components make up our dream vacation; including who we are traveling with, what the food scene is like, and whether we are relaxing or hitting the pavement for some intense sight seeing! Follow along with us @themotherhoodtrenches on Instagram or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com - we love to hear from you!

In this episode, we give a general update about what has been going on with each of us over the past few months. With young kids, time flies fast - so it feels like a lot of big changes have happened since our last update! One of us is wrapping up breastfeeding, and the other is moving! We have lots to talk about in our Winter Life Update.

In this episode we are talking about our second go round of the postpartum experience! We tried to incorporate some lessons learned from our first experiences (Setting up lots of visitors! Latch the baby whenever you can! Ditch breastfeeding altogether for your mental health! Leave the stupid nightgown at home!) but of course each experience creates unique challenges. Listen in for how we handled newborn formula feeding, a COVID hospital stay, and introducing your new baby to your first born. Follow along with us on Instagram @themotherhoodtrenches or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com!

This episode focuses on our postpartum experiences after our first pregnancies. We talk all about our time in the hospital, breastfeeding, baby blues, and all the ins and outs of our time right after we had our first babies. Disclaimer: the sound is off in this episode because our mics were messed up and we didn’t realize it. We fixed the issue so future episodes will not have this same problem! Follow along with us on Instagram @themotherhoodtrenches or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com!

This episode is inspired by some body image sensitive phases of life that we are both in - pregnancy and post partum. Listen in as we talk about our personal experiences and journeys with body image, how we work to maintain a positive view of ourselves, and how we try to drive body positivity in our own homes.

We are taking a trip down memory lane and recapping how we met, and how our friendship has evolved over the years. It was so fun to reminisce over years past and all the fun we have had while becoming best friends and sisters. Friendships as an adult are so valuable, and even more so when you find a mom friend who understands what life is like with kids and can be a great support during a difficult season of life. You can follow along with us on Instagram @themotherhoodtrenches or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com. We love to hear from you!

In this episode we are talking chores for our littles! We have both attempted to implement a few chore systems with varying degrees of success. We touch on the challenges of finding age appropriate tasks for toddlers and what is the right age to “start”. We also get into our current systems, things we’ve tried in the past and what we think went wrong, and rewards systems. Follow along with us @themotherhoodtrenches on Instagram or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com - we love to hear from you!

Our first episode of the New Year is all about our goals and outlook for the upcoming year! We are ready to say goodbye to 2020 and welcome a brand new year that will hopefully be a little more bright, happy, and productive. We also plan to check in periodically on our goals throughout the year to see where we are at and how we can work harder to achieve our goals before year-end. You can follow along with us on Instagram @themotherhoodtrenches or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com. We love to hear from you!

In this episode, we talk about health, fitness, and food! We discuss the times in our lives where we have felt our best, and different workout routines that we have tried - what has worked and what we would like to change to our routines now. We also talk about our journey with Whole30! Follow along with us on Instagram @themotherhoodtrenches or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com!

We’re back for part two of our labor and delivery stories! In this episode, we each talk about our experience with our second deliveries. With one us being induced and the other delivering during the early days of COVID-19, these deliveries were certainly different than our first. However, there were some similarities as well. Listen in as we talk about our favorite part of pregnancy - labor! Follow along with us on Instagram @themotherhoodtrenches or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com. We love to hear from you!

This episode is on one of our absolute favorite topics - birth stories!! We talk about our labor and delivery stories with our first babies. We both had hospital births with varying degrees of amniotic fluid, meconium, pitocin, and pushing. Follow along with us @themotherhoodtrenches on Instagram or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com - we love to hear from you!

Just in time for the holiday season, we are talking all about gift giving! We discuss how we handle buying gifts for our kids for Christmas, and also how we handle extended family buying for our kids as well. The holidays are such a stressful time for parents especially, so we try to keep gifts for our kids as minimal as possible while also taking time to enjoy the season with toddlers. Follow along with us on Instagram @themotherhoodtrenches or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com!

In lieu of a full episode this week we are focusing on spending time with our families, as we hope you are able to as well! This year is probably going to look a lot different, so join us for a quick chat about our plans for this year and a couple funny stories about past Thanksgiving mishaps.