Dad Asks Mums

*TRIGGER WARNING* This episode contains a few memories of depression. Nothing too heavy, but I want to let you know first. This took me back to those early days after our eldest, Alfie, was born and having to go to the GP with depression. Yet my day-to-day memories are just of joy. Ah, the human parent mind. Berihan Abbas Donald is a Mum-of-2. She is also a Solicitor, a netballer, a Muslim, and an...

Before this podcast I hadn't heard of The Mother Load. Now I am constantly wanting to ease it. Or feeling guilty because I'm probably not doing that. - Al The Mother Load is something that keeps cropping up on this show. The constant needing to remember dates, events, non-uniform days, school trips. It's the thing that Becky wants to know about Dads in this episode: do we understand it? (I type th...

This chat got me thinking about the importance of my place as the first male role model in my daughter's life. And, for me, that means making sure she's aware of 90s pop anthems. - Al This episode's guest is only The Mum of the whole-wide, world wide web, Sarah Simons . Right at the start you'll find out that this wasn't a title she gave herself, rather it was bestowed on her by the millions of fa...

What is my love language? If it's what I think it is, then my love language is filled heavily with puns and dance moves that I think are like one of those colourful birds on nature programmes, but are actually probably quite annoying. - Al Clio Wood is the first parent on Dad Asks Mums and gives me answers on things that matter, that I didn't even know I didn't know. Clio is a successful author, h...

"This conversation made me realise this podcast could be a place where Mum & Dad Guilt co-exists without judgement. And that I forgot to brush my daughter's teeth before bed." - Al Lucy Baker is Geriatric Mum, although she isn't actually a geriatric; she's just in her 40s. Lucy is also a panellist on GMB, Radio 4's "Women's Hour", as well as being a confidence coach. In this episode we talk ab...

The theory is, as a Dad of 2 and fiance of 1, I record each episode and then go into the house and put all this advice I take from Mums into practice. As I say, that's the theory... - Al Dad Asks Mums is a podcast where, rather than asking my partner every night what it's like to be a Mum - you know, when you're both shattered - I thought I'd start conversations and get advice from other Mums inst...