Not Another Momcast

Strap in as Laura recounts the scariest week of her life for Danielle, sharing the rollercoaster ride that was a full week's worth of unlocking scary parenting milestone experiences as Peanut battled multiple respiratory viruses and an especially gnarly case of croup. Multiple trips to the ER, overnight hospitalizations, an ambulance ride, the ever-present parental guilt of not being able to be in...

Welcome to Season 3 of Not Another Momcast! We're back, and we're switching it up this new season by coming to the mic with absolutely no agenda in mind! Come hang out with us as we catch up on our chaotic summers and ponder the future of Not Another Momcast. No scripts, no agenda- just blind confidence and some serious belly laughs.

In this episode, we have a very special guest, Dr. Emma Nagy, creator of My Lighter Way. Emma helps mothers prepare for their birthing experiences and learn how to enjoy the newborn stage. Emma is a lifelong learner and strives to share her knowledge with others in the hopes of helping them achieve a lighter approach to motherhood. She does this by offering a digital course, motherhood mentorship,...

Take some embarrassing walks down memory lane, get in on a couple of inside jokes, and be prepared to cut the awkward tension with a knife as these two worn down moms take turns sharing the things they love the most about each other. This one felt really good to make, and we hope you get a decent giggle out of it!

In this episode we continue to go rogue, and showed up to our call with a list of random topic ideas that we thought might be fun to discuss. This week's winner was: worst sleeping conditions. We really enjoyed listing off some of the worst sleeping conditions we've experienced as people and now as parents; and why they grind our gears so much. As the summer heat sets in, we take turns ran...

For today’s episode, we decided to do something completely different… We take turns interpreting each other’s dreams! Laura shares a recurring dream she has had almost every night for the last three and a half years straight, and Danielle will do a deep dive into the vaults of trippy childhood dreams to share one that always stuck with her. Our interpretations come from a combination of cursory Go...

In this episode we finally circle back to a topic we mentioned a while ago, and one that a few listeners have actually requested. We talk about how we can’t help but wonder if the insane tantrums we catch from our toddlers, tantrums other people report seem to be solely reserved for us, are reflective of the fact that we are their safe spaces, or if we are fueling their fires. There is no easy res...

We're back! Today we are going to bless you fine people with the third installment of Game Night, a nice little thing we like to do when we don’t have a particular topic in mind and decide we will do something light and fun that inevitably turns into an actual competition that may or may not ruin our friendship and families... Games Played: What's That Sound? Bad Lip Reading Name That Tune...

In this episode recorded shortly before Laura's son was born, we go over some of the questions that we think are super valuable to have in mind while looking for childcare. As first time parents, we didn’t even know what we didn’t know, and therefore hoped that maybe putting this episode out there would be helpful for any of our listeners who are approaching that parenting milestone and maybe...

We are back! This is our first episode we are sitting down to record since the birth of Laura's son, just about two weeks before this recording! The goal tonight is to do a super short (which in Laura time is at least 30 minutes worth of ranting) episode to just check in and get an initial first impressions run down of the similarities and differences in being freshly postpartum, the second ti...

In this episode we decide to discuss a concept we have alluded to a couple of times, and that is the idea that two completely opposing emotions can exist within us at the same time - especially as parents. The term that describes this concept is called “ambivalence”, and we wanted to chat about the ways in which we have experienced this in our own lives. It often feels like we live in a culture wh...

In this episode we define and discuss the unfamiliar (but, turns out, very familiar) term of "matrescence." We heard the term in an Insta reel, did a little Googling, and definitely connected to what we were learning and experiencing thus far as parents. Basically, matrescence defines the transition into motherhood; like, every aspect of transitioning into motherhood. It is a continuous lifelong t...

In this episode we get absolutely schooled about the rarely discussed truths of both having, and being, a stepparent by our good friend, Karsen Daily. Karsen is a lot of things, like a crypto-genius-queen and an absolute freakin’ ray of hilarious, tangible sunshine. She has also recently stepped into the role of stepmom to a 4-year-old boy. When we heard about her entry into the wild world of rais...

This week we discuss so many of our favorite topics with our wonderful guest, Meg Martineau, of owner and creator of Vibrant Mama Wellness. This inspirational Mompreneur sits down to talk about changing the postpartum narrative for moms out there through the importance of finding a healthy and fulfilling life after pregnancy, actively doing something about the lack of support there is in the postp...

We were inspired to tackle this controversial topic after Danielle recently commented on someone’s Instagram reel hinting at the idea of maybe not being ready for another child, and it led to a surprising outpouring of responses and support. Though the struggle of realizing your lifelong family plan has changed was something we had discussed privately many times before, this particular post intera...

Okay, so, we didn’t successfully figure out how to do a “live” episode; BUT, we were still super excited to be celebrating Christmas together, and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to record in the same state, let alone room! It’s been a lovely but busy few days of wrangling basically twin toddlers and hosting all of the rest of the local family for all the traditional dinners and specia...

In this episode we read and discuss an article about marriage after kids. It’s no secret parenthood can do a number on relationships, often making you feel united as a team in new and wonderful goals of raising your little ones, yet completely isolated as individuals and unsure of who you are to each other. Trippy, right?  So, what does one expert say we can do about that?? We based this conv...

We're back with the second part of our two part episode dedicated to our conversation with old friend and new dad, Michael DuBois! In this second part, we continue to ride the emotional rollercoaster that is parenting, as Michael answers more of our questions and shares a bit about his journey through parenting after the loss of his mother. Michael continues to be the perfect blend of profoundly i...

In this episode we are very fortunate and very excited to have another guest on the show! We sit down and have a long chat with an old friend and new dad, Michael DuBois. So long, in fact, that we had to cut it into a two-part episode! In this first part, we begin to cover what his journey has been like so far as a work from home dad/entrepreneur who also happens to be primary caregiver to his lit...

In this episode we begin to talk about something that we've mention dealing with in other episodes: grief. Specifically, grieving while parenting. Now, we both have our own personal experiences with loss and grief but we aren’t quite ready to tackle that on air, mostly because we both are not prepared to cry through an entire episode. So tonight we will read and discuss, "Grieving While Parenting:...

In this episode we discuss the shameful (yet effective) fear-based techniques that most advertisers and social media influencers use to prey upon parents who are already super emotionally charged. Raising humans is hard enough without being terrified that you're doing it "wrong" or missing out on some life changing trend or product, and we would LOVE to break that cycle and see that narrative chan...

We have a VERY special guest joining us for this one, our beloved friend, Lindsey. Lindsey survived the middle and high school years right alongside us, and despite SO many reasons to pretend she doesn't know us at all, here she is! Lindsey recently became a mom, and a super good one at that, so we asked her to please come on the show and talk about how this whole parenting thing is going for her...

Today's episode is SUPER special to us, as for the first time ever, we were able to record TOGETHER in the same room! While Laura visited her parents in the same state Danielle resides, we took advantage of a few hours to catch up in person, and decided to make an episode out of it. This one is about as genuine as it gets, folks; and Danielle informs Laura that life updates are currently all the r...

Turns out, we enjoyed pretending to be professionals by reading an article and discussing it in our last episode SO much that we decided to do it again! Today we read and discuss an article we think is relevant to our interests entitled, “5 Parenting Trends We’re Embracing in 2022 (And 2 We’re Leaving Behind)”, written by Alexia Dellner, Published Dec 15, 2021 on PureWow.com. We discuss Parental L...

We heard that sometimes professional people will come across an article related to something in their field and then have a little chat about it. Tonight we have stumbled upon an article about breaking cycles from the website ScaryMommy.com and we felt like this was a great one to start with, given our particular niche as parents. This is not the first time we have discussed this topic and will ce...