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Hi!!! This week Laura shares how she went spending two nights away from Atlas for the first time, including an interstate breastfeeding debacle.  Plus - a parental preference win for Steph & Josh, and a vent about fear-mongering content online.  SPECIAL SHARE Steph: The Somewhere Co Toy Story collection https://thesomewhereco.com/collections/toy-story   Laura: Portable breast mi...

It’s our OB Dr Amanda Ward! Long time listeners will know that she was the Obstetrician for both Steph when she had Harvey & Billie, and Laura with Atlas. We love Amanda and we know you guys love her too, so we asked you for your birth questions!  What do I need to consider if I’m having a C-section? Why do so many OBs not support VBACs? How long do I need to wait between havi...

This week Laura celebrates Atlas sleeping through the night for the first time and how she & Dalton did it, and Steph is struggling with her sleep. Plus! The little white lies you tell your kids. WE MENTIONED This is the Catchy https://catchyandcrew.com.au/products/catchy-the-food-catcher-for-high-chairs ?  SPECIAL SHARE Steph: Oi Frog https://www.dymocks.com.au/oi-frog-by-kes-gray-and-ji...

Big week of updates this week, y’all! Steph is loving a new way of connecting with Billie and investigating some medical things with Harvey. Laura feels like a mixed berry smoothie and she’d love to be deconstructed, please. Plus - Laura & Dalton’s have some new calendar invites. And! We open the mailbox and hear Angelica’s bub’s transition to the cot. SPECIAL SHA...

Kris Byrnes became a step-parent when she was 24, before she’d had children of her own. Now Kris & her husband are raising 4 children together - two from her husband’s previous relationship and two of their own.  Kris has taken everything she has learned from step-parents and now offers coaching to others who are navigating blended families.  In all the years of making KI...

Hi!!! This week we start with opening the mailbox. Kate had a hot tip about a wolf movie on Netflix for Steph to avoid, Ella has a recco for a sleep sack, and Em has an app she’s loving. Then our highs & lows! Including - an update on Harvey’s nightmares, a first from Billie, and a shocking realisation for Laura. WE MENTIONED Missed Steph’s story about the wolf? It’s in...

We’re doing something different today! There’s no Steph or Laura this week - instead we handed the mics to their husbands Josh & Dalton and Dr Zac Seidler - the Global Director of Men’s Health Research at Movember. Earlier this year Movember published their ‘More Than A Provider’ report based on a survey of 1,216 Australian fathers with at least one child aged bet...

Channel 7's Abbey Holmes is a broadcaster, sports reporter, and boundary rider for Channel 7 AFL, as well as Mum to Braxton. In this episode, Abbey sits down with Laura to share about her birth story, and how the days afterward were anything like the loved-up baby bubble that people dream of. Abbey also shares about her decision to return to work 7-weeks postpartum and the criticism she copped onl...

Hello!! This week Steph shares about how she & Josh celebrated Harvey’s 5th birthday, plus an accidental parenting fail. Laura shares an update on how Atlas is sleeping and where she & Dalton are at with arms in or out. Plus we answer some of your questions about our night-time routine episode from last week. And as always! Our parenting highs & lows. WE MENTIONED We’ve had...

This week Steph & Laura share all the details of their night-time routines: Laura with 4-month-old Billie and Steph with 11-month-old Billie & almost five-year-old Harvey. Steph also goes into more detail about her experience working with a sleep consultant. Plus - our parenting highs & lows of the week!  Disclosure: Steph worked with Sarah from Swoop Baby - this service was gifte...

This is an episode like we’ve never done before!! Taylah Tudehope-Glachan is a mum to two-year-old quadruplets: Daisy, Archie, Billy and Charlie. In this episode, Taylah shares about the trouble she had conceiving and then finding out that not only was she pregnant, but she was having quadruplets, the differences between pregnancy with four babies compared to one, birth, and the day-to-day r...

It's been a while since Steph shared a sleep update so that's what we're doing this week! Plus - working with a sleep consultant and where Steph is at with breastfeeding Billie. We also share your feedback on our episode a few weeks ago about communicating like a sports team and the value of a pre-game meeting. Plus - our parenting highs & lows <3  WE MENTIONED The sleep consultant Ste...

It’s been a while since Dalton has been on the podcast, so this week we’ve got him back on to answer all your questions!  Like…How did you feel in the birth suite? Did you bond with Atlas straight away? Are you really sharing the load or are you just saying that you are? How’s your mental health? What’s your advice for new and soon-to-be dads listening? Baby Atl...

There’s a bit going on this week! Laura reflects on her maternity leave now that she’s in it vs what she thought she’d want before she had Atlas, we’re both feeling extremely touched out, Laura & Dalton tried having sex again, and Atlas did his first poo in the bath 💩 Plus! Our highs and lows for the week.  SPECIAL SHARES Steph: the Chatbooks 'Monthly Mini’...

Caitlin Ireland is an Accredited Practising Dietitian & Nutritionist, a Certified Prenatal Dietitian, a qualified Sports Dietitian with over 10 years of experience, and our new KICBump dietitian!! We wanted to have Caitlin on KICBump to talk all things pre-natal & post-natal nutrition, including nutritional requirements during pregnancy & postpartum, incorporating allergens into your d...

It’s time to Ask Aunty Steph!! This week Laura wants Steph’s help on a question that’s been bugging her: how the HECK do you not keep tally with your partner when you’re parenting together?!  Plus - our parenting highs & lows for the week. And! If you listen to our other podcast you’ll know we share a recommendation (aka a Special Share) every week. Now we&rs...

A few weeks ago we asked for your questions for Laura’s postpartum debrief and some of the questions were SO good that we decided to spend a whole episode answering them. This is one of them! You asked: what has been easier than you expected and what has been harder? We both take it in turns answering. Plus - our parenting highs & lows for the week. Shout out to other mums who see us &lt...

Don't listen to this one with kids around! Laura got the green light from her pelvic floor physio to have sex again so she & Dalton decided to give it a go with...mixed results. Plus! Our parenting highs & lows of the week. KICPod PODCAST Looking for our other podcast? It’s called KICPod and you can listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify . We publish episodes there on Mondays & Wedn...

Hello again! If you listened to our episode with Josh yesterday you would’ve heard Josh talking about his & Steph’s decision to stop at two kids. Steph shared her perspective on an episode of KICPod (our other pod!) at the end of last year. We know a lot of you listening to KICBump haven’t listened to KICPod before, so, ICYMI, we decided to share it here too. It was originall...

It’s been two years since Josh has been on the podcast so we thought it was time to have him back on! A lot has happened in the past two years - Steph has been diagnosed with ADHD, Steph & Josh have had a second baby, they’ve moved house and started a renovation. For this episode we asked you for your questions and this is what you wanted to know: how do you feel about stopping at...

You guys sent us sooo many good questions for our postpartum Q&A that we had to spread them over two episodes.  This week Laura answers: would you choose a C-section again? How are Bill & Ben going with Atlas? How was your first day alone with Atlas? Must-have postpartum items, and lots more!! You can send questions any time via our DMs on Instagram (we’re @kicpod) or email us a...

Jess Rae King is a curve model, a writer and body confidence advocate. Nine months after Jess shared publicly about not feeling ready to have kids…Jess was pregnant! And nine months after that, Jess gave birth to her son Kit.  In this episode Jess sits down with Steph to share about her pregnancy, birth story and how she’s going 8 weeks postpartum.  Jess also speaks about ho...

This week we pick things up from where we left off at the end of Laura’s birth story episode. Laura & Dalton spent five days in hospital after Laura gave birth to Atlas in early December and this week we talk about what happened next.  Are you healing better or worse than you expected? How’s your cesarean scar? Are you doing anything to try and get rid of it? How is breastfeed...

Hello again! When we posted Laura’s birth story episode earlier this week, a lot of you commented asking why Laura decided to have an elective cesarean. Laura spoke about how she made her decision on our other podcast, KICPod, last year and so we decided to share it here too in case you were curious.  We’ll be back on Tuesday with a Q&A on Laura’s postpartum experience!...

It’s finally here!! Laura gave birth to baby Atlas on December 3rd, 2025. In this episode, Laura sits down with Steph to share her birth story - from what she & Dalton did the night before, to all the nitty gritty of her planned cesarean, and the first five days of Atlas’ life. Also! KICBump is now its own podcast!! We’ll be publishing new KICBump episodes every Tuesday so su...