Parent Tell

On this second to last (!!) episode of Parent Tell, Kaila talks with Jaymie Marocco; Jaymie is a professional powerhouse and mom to two kiddos. Kaila and Jaymie discuss Jaymie's experiences being pregnant in the corporate world, which is often not a super friendly environment for pregnant folks and parents of young children in general. The two moms discuss the fact that work genuinely isn&apo...

On this episode of Parent Tell, Kaila talks with Fionna Wright, a mom and children's book author who worked with her young daughter to create and publish a story based on her daughter's difficult experience accepting and appreciating her own skin color. Kaila and Fionna talk about what it's like to be biracial and how important it is that we have conversations with our children abou...

This week's episode is all about the mother-daughter relationship! And it's totally okay if you just immediately yelled "YIKES." in your head. Kaila talks with mother-daughter relationship expert Hilary Truong  about the roller coaster that can be a mother's relationship with her daughter and vice versa. The two moms look into the similarities between toddler parenting and...

This episode's guest is Heidi Fielder, a fellow overstimulated mom, who talks with Kaila about the challenges and joys of mothering a son who is autistic, as well as what it looks and feels like when we get overstimulated and how to try to prevent that from happening as a 21st Century parent. Please take 30 seconds and rate, review, and subscribing to Parent Tell! It really does make a differ...

This week's episode is all about timing. Specifically, is there a right time to have kids? Does such a thing exist? Kaila and Jimmy read varying listener responses while also talking about their personal opinions and what went into the timing of having their child 4 years ago. Please take 30 seconds and rate, review, and subscribing to Parent Tell! It really does make a difference on streamin...

We are back and with a few, cute tweaks! Babysodes for now, Babysodes forever! Every episode from here on out will be a Babysode with ya fave Mom&Dad. This week Kaila and Jimmy discuss playdats! Do we like them, do we hate them, would we rather host or be the guest? Are there any other factors involved?  Please take 30 seconds and rate, review, and subscribing to Parent Tell! It really does ma...

This month's Babysode features listener input again! Lol. Kaila and Jimmy read everyone's unmovable parenting hot points and share their own. Discussions of the Got Milk campaign ad come up (again!), along with debates about kid tv shows, technology exposure, family size, and therapy.  Please take 30 seconds and rate, review, and subscribing to Parent Tell! It really does make a differen...

On this week's episode of Parent Tell, Kaila talks large age gaps between siblings with fellow podcaster Chelsea Myers. Chelsea is the creator and host of Quiet Connection , a podcast focused on Postpartum Mental Health, and her two children are just about 7 years apart. While sharing the general pros and cons of a large age gap between kiddos and the general history of siblings being very cl...

First Babysode of 2024 is in the books and we are starting off on a pretty passionate note this year! Kaila and Jimmy discuss Room Parents; those (hopefully) lovely parents who have volunteered their time, money, and energy to  support their child's teacher and model building connections between school and home . Because that's what a room parent's job is, right? Let's discuss....

This month's Babysode is Holiday/Christmas themed as Jimmy and Kaila discuss the often polarizing Elf On The Shelf. After reading listener responses about why many parents refuse to allow this lil' elf into their homes in the month of December, Kaila and Jimmy round out their discussions by commenting on the importance of protecting your mental load during the holidays amidst a culture t...

This episode of Parent Tell is a refreshing take on "geriatric" pregnancy (still refusing to acknowledge that term over here in the Parent Tell Camp), being present in your life, and accepting everything for what it is even if it's not exactly in your control. Kaila had the opportunity to talk with Barb Higgins , host of the podcast A Thousand Tiny Steps and new author of the book,...

On this episode of Parent Tell, Kaila talks with Dr. Kelsey Alford, founder of Nested Sleep , about how sleep needs and behaviors evolve as children exist in that often tricky space that is toddlerhood. The two moms discuss the frustrations surrounding wanting your child to just go.to.sleep! as well as the need to understand biological norms about sleep and ways to meet your kiddo where they are i...

This episode of Parent Tell is a good ole fashioned Babysode with Kaila and Jimmy reading listeners' input! This month's episode focuses on our parents and elder generations constantly trying to offload their stuff onto us, why most of us say no, and how to do so without maybe crushing their feelings. Please take 30 seconds and rate, review, and subscribing to Parent Tell! It really does...

On this first episode post Looong Hiatus, Kaila is right back into it and is talking about the history of parenting advice a la Dr. Spock with fellow podcasters Katie and Deborah. Katie and Deborah co-host the podcast, It's My Screen Time Too in which they give honest reviews about kids' movies and television shows. Katie and Deborah recently created a special podcast series called Spock...

On this month's Babysode (and the last episode before Kaila enjoys some time away from the podcast, see you again in August!), Kaila and Jimmy discuss the beauty of childhood summers. Playing outside all day every day. Pools. The beach. Summer camp. It was everything to us and yet we really weren't doing anything at the same time. And that's what made it so freakin' special. J...

On this week's episode of Parent Tell, Kaila chats with Jaely Turner, a full spectrum doula and podcast host.  Kaila and Jaely discuss what's happening in your body during postpartum, the importance of being honest about what the postpartum period entails, and the major ways to set yourself up for success once you bring baby home and postpartum sets in. To those who have experienced it,...

This week on Parent Tell, Kaila talks with fellow podcaster Daisy Davis-Marcelo about her experience with C-Section recovery. Daisy has been through 3 Cesarean Sections, each of their labor journeys vastly different from one another. Daisy shares with Kaila the painful (unfortunately, pun intended) realities of physically and mentally recovering from a C-Section and the two moms openly discuss how...

This week's episode of Parent Tell is a powerful one and discusses one mom's experience with finding out her daughter would be born with some sort of developmental delay and the fight she fights every single day to do what she needs to do for her daughter. Angela's daughter was born with DiGeorge Syndrome, a disorder caused when a small part of chromosome 22 is missing. This deletio...

This month's Babysode with Kaila and Jimmy is nothing but Hot Takes, baby, and we are here for it. Ya fave Mom and Dad discuss how their opinions about babies on planes have changed over the years, what listeners think about this topic, as well as an absurd true story about their toddler's first ever plane ride. Please take 30 seconds and rate, review, and subscribing to Parent Tell! It...

On this week's episode of Parent Tell, Kaila talks with Kelly, a mom who has had 3 children and 3 Cesareans. Kelly shares her raw and honest thoughts on what it was like to have multiple C-Sections, from the anxiety she felt the night before, to what recovery is like when a toddler wants to bounce on your incision site, and what she has come to think about her scar and postpartum body. The mo...

This week on Parent Tell Kaila talks with Megan MacCutcheon , a Licensed Professional Counselor focused on perinatal and postnatal mental health. Megan and Kaila discuss what grief can look like in pregnancy (think gender disappointment), during birth (grieving birth expectations), as well as grief postpartum (it suddenly taking you 10 minutes to get in and out of the car because of carseats can b...

This month's Babysode is all about kiddo birthday parties! Kaila and Jimmy read listeners' opinions on children's birthday parties and cover topics like the cost, whether or not you're throwing a massive birthday party every single year, and the need to make sure the party is fun for the adults too. Please take 30 seconds and rate, review, and subscribing to Parent Tell! It rea...

This week's episode can be summed up in a few choice words: prolapse, lube, trauma, pelvic floor. Kaila talks with Sarah Mayer , a pregnancy and postpartum corrective exercise specialist, who is very similar to Kaila in many ways. Both moms gave birth in 2020, are military spouses, teach or have taught group fitness, and most importantly, both women have turned their pregnancy and birth traum...

This week's episode of Parent Tell discusses single motherhood. Kaila speaks with a friend of a friend (not even being cheeky, literally), Alyssa ,  about her experience as a single mom. Alyssa shares the hard and not so hard when it comes to single parenting, and the two moms also bond over their need for honesty, how hard it can be to ask for help, and the importance of sexy photoshoots. Pl...

This week's episode of Parent Tell was a bit of a high school reunion for Kaila and her guest, as you might be able to tell from the amount of giggling (and the fact that Kaila tells you the guest is a high school pal, duh). Kaila speaks with Clara, a mom who has experienced the dreaded? Famed?  Infamous?   two children under 2. Twice! And she also was living the three under 3 life for a few...