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This week on Parent Tell Kaila talks about revamping kids music with Jeff Fajans, a creative coach and musician. Jeff decided to write and produce his own children's music albums after realizing that what was already out there just wasn't cutting it. Using the name Mrboodaddy (because who said our AIM names would never come in handy in our adult lives), Jeff has created a new style of mu...

This month's Babysode is here and in it Kaila and her husband Jimmy read what Parent Tell Listeners said they would never do as a parent and are now, in fact, doing. Because we all know that if you say your child won't have fried food until age 2 or will never watch more than 30 minutes of TV at a time, your kiddo will be chowing down on some fish sticks and watching Bluey in your living...

This week on Parent Tell, Kaila chats with another honest mum from across the pond, Rebecca Oxtoby. Rebecca is an award-winning British author. Her book series, Mum's The Word , has won Best Gift for Mum at the Project Baby Awards 2021, and documents life with a newborn, in all its sh*t-stained glory. Rebecca’s books speak truthfully about new mum life, post-natal depression, and the expectat...

The long awaited (by Kaila, at least) pelvic floor episode of Parent Tell is here! Kaila had a wonderful and informative conversation with Allison Thompson, a physical therapist with a clinical focus in pelvic rehab and pregnancy/postpartum care. Allison is a toddler mom, a wife, and we are humbled to say, also an avid Parent Tell listener! The two moms discuss what exactly your pelvic floor is (a...

This week on Parent Tell Kaila talks with Lisa Sugarman , a mom, published author, and radio show host, on figuring out how to support your kiddo when they are in need. Kaila and Lisa talk at length about taking a step back when your child is working to figure out who they are and what path they want to take in life. No helicopter or lawn mower parents, here! Lisa shares the story of her youngest...

The monthly Babysode with Kaila and her husband Jimmy is here! Except instead of the usual 30 or so minutes to read and discuss listeners' submitted opinions and comments, Kaila and Jimmy took this thing to a whole new level: she's almost twice as long and just as deep for content. Guess we're calling this one a Tween-i-sode? We're still workshopping so, TBD. Kaila and Jimmy fi...

This week's episode of Parent Tell is an excellent and completely necessary conversation on gender between Kaila and Kat. Kat previously came onto Parent Tell to share her and her wife's experiences conceiving their son through IUI and IVF (episode 42). This time around, Kat and Kaila share in their hatred for putting oversized bows onto baby girls' heads (Just stop. Please. It&apos...

This week on Parent Tell, Kaila talks with Working Momkind Founder and all around boss ass bitch, Ingrid Read ! Ingrid is mom to an energetic toddler boy, a career professional, a postpartum doula, and the Latina solo founder of Working Momkind . Her passion for empowering moms came right after her son's birth when she realized the importance of community within motherhood and set off to buil...

On this week's episode of Parent Tell Kaila speaks with Leslie Abraham of Bonjour Baby podcast ! Leslie is a French perinatal osteopath DO and exercise specialist with over 12 years of international experience. She is the founder of Bonjour Baby and the creator of the Postpartum Body Solution program. When she moved to the US in 2016, Leslie was shocked by the differences between prenatal and...

On this week's episode of Parent Tell, she's a Babysode! Kaila and Jimmy are aiming to be more consistent with delivering Babysodes to the Parent Tell Fam, and they are starting off strong with an episode that challenged them (and listeners) to describe parenting using only one word. Using just one word to talk about the most transformational part of your life is not simple and Kaila and...

This week's episode of Parent Tell finds Kaila talking with former coworker and fellow elementary school teacher, Sarah, about her experience with gestational diabetes. Sarah goes into detail about what it felt like to actually receive this diagnosis, how she had to learn to make dietary adjustments for the health of herself and her baby, as well as how an incorrect guess about her baby girl&...

Buckle up, y'all, because this week on Parent Tell Kaila is finally dedicating an episode to what it has been like to parent amidst a global pandemic. Denise (from the episode, 'What Do You Mean You're Not A Baby Person?') joins Kaila for the second time on the podcast and the two moms dive right into how hard, isolating, and scary the past 2 years have been for parents with ch...

This week on Parent Tell, Kaila welcomes Sarah Salisott onto the show to talk about fostering, the foster care system, adoption, and all the trauma that comes with it. Kaila and Sarah hit it off immediately and it's pretty clear that the two moms highly value the real (sometimes uncomfortable) truth when it comes to children, parenting, and processing the trauma involved with all of the above...

This week, Kaila talks with an anonymous guest about her experience growing up in, and then leaving, a high control fundamentalist church. This episode came to be because Kaila was posting about cults on the Parent Tell Instagram , and not only did numerous people respond saying that they too are fascinated with learning about cults and how they operate, a Parent Tell listener contacted Kaila sayi...

This week's episode of Parent Tell is a bit grim but focuses on a topic that often gets overlooked: end of life documents. Kaila spoke with her friend Katie ( @anewkindoflawyer ), an attorney who deals with wills and trusts (and who has been on the podcast before! Check out the postpartum episodes). Katie explains why it really does matter whether or not you have end of life documents complet...

This week Kaila got a crash course in congenital heart defects and what it's like to raise a child who is not only born with a heart defect but diagnosed with a pretty rare one in utero. Paulette, of the podcast War Stories From The Womb , tells the story of how she came to find out that her daughter had a congenital AV block while she was still in the womb, how that impacted the rest of her...

This week's episode of Parent Tell is a Babysode! It's been a while so what better time to kick off 2022 than with a lil' chat between Kaila and her husband Jimmy. The theme of this babysode is pretty simple: say the nice things you're thinking about other people, to their face. Kaila and Jimmy both share a really nice thing that someone has said to them recently, and this lead...

This week's episode of Parent Tell, Kaila speaks with Kristin Mallon, a certified nurse midwife and mom of four. Kristin and Kaila covered a wide range of topics related to pregnancy such as giving birth and parenting in a pandemic, labor, delivery, and how to work with your provider to make sure your wants and needs are heard while also receiving the invaluable input of a medical professiona...

On this week's episode of Parent Tell (which is also serving as the belated one year anniversary of the podcast, yay!), Kaila sits down solo and goes into detail about her breast reduction surgery that she had this Fall. While she does not cover the usual parenting ins and outs that you have come to love and expect, this episode still addresses important topics that also get swept under the r...

This week on Parent Tell, Kaila had the absolute joy of talking with Dr. Carline Crevecoeur, a retired OB/GYN who homeschooled her 5 children up until college. Kaila and Carline ended up enjoying multiple topics of conversation during their hour long chat but the primary focus was giving Carline the space to talk about how being a Black mom in America is different from a white mom's experienc...

This week's episode of Parent Tell dives into the topic of perfection and many parents' urges to be the most perfect parent for their children 24/7/365. Kaila and her guest, Onnie, talk about why we feel as if we have to be perfect in life, but especially parenting, and where it manifests and how to cope with it. Onnie Michalsky is a therapist, wellness coach, & mom of 6 who helps mo...

This week on Parent Tell Kaila is talking all about toddlerhood with fellow podcaster, Holly! Kaila and Holly's toddlers are only a few months apart so they are in the thick of it together; toddlerhood is vastly different compared to the first year of a child's life and it can get really hard identifying what your toddler is feeling, why they're feeling it, and how you can be there...

This week on Parent Tell Kaila talks with published author, Jessica Speer! Jessica's book, BFF or NRF (Not Really Friends)? A Girls Guide to Happy Friendships tackles the ins and outs of tween and teen friendship dynamics and how we as parents can support our kids' experiences in social circles. Jessica's book grew out of her friendship program that strengthens social awareness and...

This week on Parent Tell, Kaila talks with Taylor Stilwell ( @taystilhere ) about Divorce, with a capital D. Taylor's divorce is not recent but her memories and perspectives are as fresh as day. Taylor shares with Kaila how isolating it felt to go through a divorce, considering many adults and married people tend to treat divorce like it's contagious, and also highlighted the grieving pe...

This week on Parent Tell, Kaila had the opportunity to talk at length with certified dog trainer and mom, Dominika. Dominika runs the fabulous Instagram account @dogmeets_baby which helps support parents who are introducing their new babies to their OG fur babies and also provides followers with important doggy info. That first meeting and first couple months between baby and dog are not often fre...