Aging & Raging

Ok kids, you want the truth?!? Your artwork sucks, your bedtime story is annoying, if you don’t eat your dinner you won’t actually shrink until you disappear, Santa ain’t real, ditto the Tooth Fairy. Mommy’s phone has plenty of battery but you still can’t watch it, the park is open, but we ain’t going. You need to wear your coat bc I care more about what strangers think of my parenting than your p...

When I have kids, I’m gonna feed them organic food, read to them every day, make sure they get plenty of creative stimulation and...slam the door in my husbands face, yell at him at the top of my lungs, go passive aggressively silent, exchange nasty texts, and terrorize the kids with our screaming matches SAID NO MOTHER EVER. And yet. Couples fight. And couples with kids have more to fight about t...

Guys! What Should I Do? (2nd Edition) : Surprise! The real moms of Nursing & Cursing don’t know what the eff they’re doing! 👍😃 This week, join us for another round robin discussion and weigh in on some parenting dilemmas we’re having: From the life changing magic of Daniel Tiger, to overnight diaps... Not to spoil it, but “Dig deeper, this too shall pass” will most likely solve all of them.

V-Day Special! Who let the Dads out?!!? WHOOP WHOOP (its a dad joke, get it?) This week we have some verrrryyy special guests: OUR HUSBANDS! Join us as we discuss what they miss about their pre-baby lives n wives and we ask them the hard hitting questions like: wtf even is wrong with you?!?!?  Listen as they come clean with their #nails and #fails. Leave a comment and let us know if we should ask...

Extracurriculars, enrichment activities, after school. Whatever you call it, it equals more time and more money. And more signing them up and more dropping them off and more picking them back up and more more MORE. So why do we do it, why do we do music classes and gymnastics and swimming and soccer and a bunch of other extra shit? Is it mom guilt, pressure to keep up, or is it possible one of us...

Finally , our episode on nursing :  from the toe-curling first days, to the emotional clusterfuck of weaning. Did you find nursing to be a pleasure or a pain, or something harder to explain (why does that sound like a Seal song?) Join us as we hand express our nursing highs and lows. Listen up and wean in.

Hey mamas!  Take a break from trying to figure out if those sweat pants spark joy (duh! They do!) and join us as we talk about housework. How much do you do? The bare minimum or do you like a spotless space?  Do you stay on top of it, or let things get really bad before you tackle it? Anyone else help out around the house ? Ugh. Would you rather fold and put away a load of laundry every day or giv...

Here’s a new podcast for you: as new parents, comedians Josie and Jonny bring their humor and genuine curiosity into each conversation to get answers to questions they’re completely clueless about. Each episode of their podcast, Josie & Jonny are Having a Baby, features creators of all types talking candidly about what it means to raise a baby into a full on adult human. Check it out in Apple...

Happy New Year Mamas!!! We missed you. How’s the Whole 30 Keto beach body shakeology dry January Kondo thing going? SAME. This week we are answering some listeners’ parenting questions.  Unfortunately, as usual, we don’t have any answers except : you’re doing great, keep going.  2019 gonna be the year of the #nail. Say it with us. ❤️

Hey mamas! Beginning with Mary in the manger, moms have literally made the holidays. Without all the mamas cooking and cleaning and shopping and wrapping and decorating and shipping, the holidays wouldn’t be shit. This week we acknowledge how extra hard moms go during the holidays and why. And Ali’s fail is a long and terrible tail ;)

It’s mom guilt’s evil twin: anxiety. We don’t know any mom that hasn’t checked to see if they're breathing in the middle of the night, or cut the grapes into grain-size bites, or triple checked the seat belts. But what else do you worry about and why? And how do you stop? This week we touch on our mom fears: the real and the imaginary. And Ali does a cujo in the truck.

I screen, you screen, the kids all scream for ...iSCREENS. Ok this week we are talking about kids and screen time. We know it’s bad, but how bad? And is it just a fact of modern life or can we just say NO? We have special guest Sarah Dunlop, the blogger behind Soemtimes Kids are Dicks helping us figure it out. She took away her kids’ screens for a summer and, well...listen and find out!!!

This week’s topic: Mom style. What do you have in your closet that looks great with those saggy boobs and the scowl you’re wearing? We discuss what passes as fashion now that we’re moms. Is it ever ok to wear a thong bikini again? and is a long butt better or worse than a muffin top??  If you do drop off in your pajamas can you brag that your look goes from night to day? And Sarah drops a bomb. AN...

Happy Thanksgiving Mamas!!! We are so so so grateful for each other and all of you! And seatbelts and Harry Potter, and water, and employed husbands, and healthy kids, and early bedtimes, and kids who who can wipe and SO MANY OF LIFE’S RICHES. Thank you for listening, may your turkey be tender and your toddler be tame. We love you. #nursingandcursing #nursingandcursingpodcast #momsofinstagram #mom...

We are fortunate enough to be raising our kids with loving and committed partners, so how come we just want them to get out of our way and let us do things the way we wanna do them!?! This week we are talking about those times when compromise and coparenting are overrated. Come on, mom, you know your way is just better. Or maybe you’re just a psycho control freak, like us 😂🤔😅 #nursingandcursing...

Ahh the breeze in your hair, sand between your toes, and the sound of an off-schedule baby screaming bloody murder while his brother whines for the ipad. Welcome to your vacation with kids. This week we dial in on why vacations with kids suck: it's the kids. You can change your location/time zone/outfit but THERE IS NO VACATION FROM MOTHERHOOD. So save your air miles, put paw patrol on again, and...

Back to work after a baby? Like having a baby is some kind of vacation 😂 . Well,  have you gone back to the work force after a baby? When? At 2 months, 3 months, a year, a decade? Or did you become a stay at home mom? Or did you work part time? Or did you work full time from home? Or did you work part time from home? Or did you find a new career? We did. Between the five of us, we have approached...

Omg you guys. This week we tried to record an episode about how hard it is to survive after 7pm. How your patience hits the skids just as the kids go from hard to impossible. I mean, by 7pm mom has been on the clock for 12-13 hours, often longer. For years. Would you want your uber driver or doctor to be on her 14th hour of a 19 hour shift!?! Let’s face it: 7pm-9pm is the child abuse window. And w...

Our friend Laura Perlongo is pregnant with her second baby and her first son. Yay!  This week we try and help her figure out whether she should have him circumcised or not. And even though the answer seems obvious, whether or not to cut your baby’s foreskin turns out to be as confusing and controversial as whether or not you should cut bangs.  Aka: the answer is a simple Yesnomaybewtf. Join us wel...

Oh shit...we talkin potty training. Some of us planned it out perfectly and followed a strategy based on love and encouragement. Some of us just reached a breaking point with diapers and house broke our kids like puppies, and some of us called upon the power of Santa and a Christmas miracle to make it happen.  What can we say mamas, diapers happen! #pottytraining #nursingandcursing #nursingandcurs...

Hey mom. This week we break down the difference between being a “good mom,” and a “bad mom,” and guess what: it’s the same shit show, just a different filter. Plus Chriddy gets a reputation as a stoner and Kate busts a sitter with a problem. And yes, before you can ask: you’re a good mom. And we got you. #nursingandcursing #nursingandcursingpodcast #momsofinstagram #momsofig #grittyparenting #moth...

Mamas!!! You only live once!! You gotta grab life by the labias and say yes! Friends, concerts, parties, trips...GET IT!  But we are so tired. We don’t wanna YOLO, we wanna SOLO. Aka we want the house to ourselves, a sweet mystery on PBS  and no one’s company but our own. This week we discuss how we wanna spend our precious down time, and Molly cops to a crippling case of FOMO.  Listen in as we di...

Christine is highly efficient, badass, and deeply judgmental of her husbands’s clothing choices. Why would it be any different when she’s in labor?? Listen up as Christine tells us about the speedy af arrival of her second baby. And yes, Sarah talks about her toilet /bidet again. #nursingandcursing #nursingandcursingpodcast #momsofinstagram #momsofig #grittyparenting #motherhoodpluggedin #flasheso...

Moms, we missed you!!! Welcome to season 4! This week is all about Drop Off at day care and school. How can something so right feel so wrong? How many mornings of clinging and wailing are you supposed to deal with before you’re allowed to drink your pumpkin spice latte in peace?!! As usual, we have no clue. But we love you and we are so happy to be back on the mic.  This school year we are all abo...

Season Finale ,Mamas!!! Omg we have soooo much much baggage. And we ain’t talking about how even a commercial about restless leg syndrome can trigger an emotional breakdown and a pint of Ben n Jerry’s. No we are talking about actual literal baggage . Like the kind you have to pack when you go anywhere with kids. And the crippling anxiety about over / under packing. And trying to be organized. And...