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This is a great catch up episode where Remi shares big news on how she's more successfully handing the night sleep challenges now, new updates on Laura's 4 month postpartum, and we also respond all of your questions on multiple topics: How can husbands be most helpful in the first 1-2 years? How to combat postpartum hair loss? Breastfeeding schedule? What are some tips for dealing with a...

In this episode, we catch up on where we are at right now at 3 months & 7 months postpartum. We talk about some realizations, new goals, new experiences and milestones, how we feel in our postpartum journeys, some BTS plans we have and our breastfeeding goals right now. Tune in! Send a text Follow us on Instagram for more updates, bts and ask us episode questions @ momfriendspod You can also f...

This episode is all about baby solid introduction! Laura explains her experience working with her pediatric nutritionist and gastroenterologist, Dra Mafer , and Remi explains her experience so far and how she introduced solids to Opie. This episode also covers BLW & puree benefits, talks about exact ways and options of solid introduction, what foods are best to start with, how we introduced al...

We continue the sleep 0-6 topic with tons of other issues: Night routines for newborns and babies 3to6 months Sleep training: our thoughts, if we do it or will do it, experiences and why Swaddling cons, pros, and transitioning And many questions from you like: Breastfeeding to sleep If we should wake newborns up Environments Sleeping through the night Handling multiple kids at night when husband i...

Baby sleep wow, where to begin! In this episode we start talking about baby sleep (part 1) and we divide it within the different baby sleep topics: Naps (contact vs independent) Challenges 0-6m Cosleeping vs Crib sleeping We include a lot of your questions along the way and include our experience with our 4 kids, and POV! Stay tuned for part 2. Products recommended in this episode: The wonder week...

We finally do another Q&A episode which is a great way to catch up and answer any of your questions on numerous topics. Why did Remi switch nanny and why another Mandarin speaking if she does not speak it? Will Laura be using pacifiers if not already?  What are the pros and cons when it comes to sleeping? 3 month old refuses bottle, any advice? What would Remi have done differently to keep Opi...

Welcome to season 2! We are now in a new era, our mom friends era. We both have babies and share our struggles, lessons and tips as we navigate motherhood from our two unique perspectives. In this first episode we catch up on Remi's 4-6 month challenges including the dreaded sleep regression and Opie's new milestones, and Laura tells us all about her 4-6 week newborn and postpartum stage...

In this episode Laura finally explains her 3rd postpartum experience and recovery, as well as how newborn life was these first 4 weeks with now 3 kids, how different breastfeeding was this third time around, struggles and much more! PRODUCTS RECOMMENDED IN THIS EPISODE Postpartum meal plan (fresh) LAURAG10 High protein meals (fresh) code LAURAGIMBERT Electrolytes Herbal drops for postpartum crampi...

In this episode we finally catch up on Laura's third birth story and the LONG early labor she had for weeks, as well as early labor signs and symptoms leading up to the day off. She also goes through all the mindset tools that helped her cope and the struggles too. So sorry if this episode is choppy, we had two very fussy babies that kept making us pause and restart recapping which was very d...

In this special new year episode, we recap all of our top 2024 accomplishments, and then go through all of the 2025 new year personal and professional goals and intentions set as now two new moms. We also give some tangible tips and action plans on how we plan to accomplish these and of course, keep them realistic being moms of babies in this new year ahead. We hope it inspires you to sit down, an...

This is a very different type of episode but, we thought it would be so helpful for those who are going into labor to prepare their mind for a calm, confident, empowering birth experience and to help them visualize the birth they aim for. Skip to minute 4:40 to jump directly into the guided meditation.  TIP: Best to listen when relaxed, laying down, closing your eyes, even when you're falling...

Another great catch up episode, on one end, Remi recaps her experience traveling with Opie for the first time ever, how her trip and flights were, lessons learned and best tips. As well as the gear she used to travel and what worked best Laura updates us on the last week of pregnancy, how she's feeling, early labor symptoms, natural induction methods she is doing (and others she is not but sh...

As Remi is preparing to travel to LA, aka travel with Opie for the first time ever, she shares her fears and anxieties and how she is planning for the trip ahead! Laura has traveled with babies all ages internationally and nationally, plenty of times, so she also shares her fav resources, tips and logistics to think about and how to properly prepare. Laura, who is currently at week 36/37 of pregna...

In this episode we catch up on both Remi's and Laura's journeys: Remi tells us about what it is like to have her nanny back full time, what her new role is now that she is working, how re-introducing bottles was and new Opie milestones at 3months old. She also tells us about her new body image and how she's feeling about it! Laura updates us on the kidney stone drama, how recovery w...

This week we dive deep into all of the big postpartum mental health issues mothers go through with Dr Greer. A neuroscience PHD, doula and mother who is on a mission to change the future of parenting and health specializing in pregnancy and postpartum. We go though all of the signs, red flags of PPD & PPA, as well as how to prevent these issues and how to get through them, how our partners can...

Laura finally updates us on her 3rd trimester journey in one episode, after a few months of focusing on all of Remi's updates, and she catches us up to speed on everything going on. From the new symptoms she's experiencing on this tail end of pregnancy, to a hospital visit at L&D she had to go with an emergency, to all of the logistics she's doing to get ready for baby #3: from...

Another ask anything, any topic, QA episode to catch up and answer your questions. Always fun to sprinkle these! What tests are needed in each trimester? Did meditation help Remi during pregnancy and postpartum, is she meditating now? Who is Laura's doula support? Who is Remi's Reiki contact? How to survive postpartum if it is only mom and dad? Nursing bra & pumping bra recommendatio...

In this weeks episode we focus on Remi's newborn routine and all of the things that have helped her: When did she start implementing a night routine and what is it like? Current day to day schedule at 8 weeks? Most used baby product essentials? How does she soothe Opie when she's crying? When is she going back to regular work and what is the plan for Opie? How has Nate been helping? Does...

We finally catch up on Remi's newborn breastfeeding experience from week 0 to 7, which is the most intense and challenging learning stage. Did she have colostrum before birth? Did she store colostrum? When did her milk come in? What things helped her milk come in? What was the feeding schedule the first 2 weeks? What is the current feeding schedule now once she passed birth weight? How did sh...

We continue to explore Remi's first 6 weeks postpartums with more like, how she's feeling with her phyiscal recovery, the help she has, more symptoms she's experienced, if she's meditating through postpartum and how her parent's visit was. And Laura shares some postpartum red flags to keep an eye out for. Another great early postpartum conversation! Products recommended: m...

In this episode we recap how Remi has been doing this first month postpartum. Physically: how did she heal from her 1st degree tear and swelling, favorite postpartum products, how did she feel overall with other aches and pains, how postpartum bleeding has been, what has her activity level been... Mentally and emotionally: did she experience the baby blues, has she been crying, did she feel the ho...

In this episode Remi answers all of your questions to get even more details about her wild birth:  How would you describe the pain? How painful do you rate it? Was it what you expected? Looking back is there anything you'd change about preparing and planning for labor? Or did you feel like you did everything you could to prep?  If you had to do labor and delivery all over again, what would yo...

In this episode we continue navigating through Remi's incredible, intense, beautiful (and exhausting, ha) birth story.  From where we left off last episode. We cover from checking into the hospital to 35h later, pushing baby Opie! Including the many challenges we faced, the mindset doula techniques that were most helpful for Remi to handle contractions, positions we tried, struggles, and the...

In this episode we tell you all of the natural induction methods Remi tried before going into labor completely spontaneously and naturally at 40w2d, and we also provide you all of the rest of the natural induction methods you can try! We go into detail on exactly how labor began as the start of the birth story laboring at home for 10h, including her water breaking, her contractions getting to 2min...

In a previous episode (44) we brought in a lactation consultant to talk about newborn breastfeeding education and preparation! But in this episode, we dive deeper into our PERSONAL breastfeeding journeys. Exactly what Remi has done to prepare What Remi's breastfeeding goals are as a first time mom Laura's x2 breastfeeding experiences and lessons learned Laura's top breastfeeding pre...