Sam starts us off with a fun fact about parenting, and that funny parents have been studied and proven to be more effective parents. Which, of course, opens up the debate to who is actually a funny parent and his request to bring back dad jokes to the podcast.

Then we do yays and nays - with the promise NOT to whinge about sickness, instead celebrating it with Bec doing a double yay - being grateful for the airfryer and spewy matts - two items she wasn't convinced she needed but was happy to be proved wrong. Sam is naying the unfiltered kid cough, but yaying that losing their voices made the tantrums easier to deal with (silver linings, right?).

Into the parent news and the headlines we have this week are:

- A mum breaking the world record for the fastest barefoot LEGO run, running 100m in 24.75 seconds.

- A grandparent in Sydney accidentally took home the wrong child - scary but true!

- A footballer in the States who almost missed his shot at the NFL because his kids were watching Bluey

- Lamborghini teams up with Silver Cross to make a super stroller (yes - a Lambo-pram!)

- The Whitehouse would like people to know Stephen Miller does not play with dolls

- And discover Blankets from Ben, a beautiful initiative by a mum who lost her son and is helping bring comfort to others.

We then imagine a haunted house, but instead of people jumping out at you, it's just full of toddlers who missed their naps. That is a call out to send us your creepy kid stories!

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Kicking off the episode, Bec starts the yays and nays with a funny story showing how the 2yo equates farts to daddy, but nays the parenting organisation trap - where she is now 100 times more organised than she ever was before kids, but now also 100 times more disorganised! Sam is yaying the almost 2-year-olds' cute obsessions and naying ALL THE NOISE!

Into pregnancy cravings and there is everything from anchovies and chocolate, or brownies on make and cheese, to the dust off tyres, dishwasher powder and a krabby patty.

The confessional starts with the mislabelled gummies, and a teenager that will never have a problem after that experience, and 8yo that won't skip bath time ever again, and a talk about the birds and the bees that left a kid bewildered.

In parent news, we share the story of Orange, a town in France, where drug dealers are leading the way in charity work, much to the disgust of the schools, and we ask, What team are you on? Team dealer or team school? It's a tricky one!

And then we have a man stopping burglars in the night, all in his Batman pyjamas!

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Kicking off with a not-so-fun fact for Bec - did you know parents of 3 kids are reported to have the highest levels of stress?

Sam and Bec catch up with their weekly yay and nays - Bec yaying their two-night getaway kid-free (sleeping til 9am, anyone?!), and naying being woken up before 6, being reminded of Steve Irwin's passing by an overly curious 4-year-old. Sam's yaying time on their holiday to develop a new hobby (thank you Fox In The Box Gold Coast escape rooms!) and naying how fast it went.

Then we jump into the answers from this week's question about what is the worst injury you've gotten from your kid. We've got some doozy injuries that will make you think 'ouch', while helping you feel at home if you've ever been headbutted, whacked or injured by your child.

The confessional is open this week with another hilarious funeral mixup, a 3-year-old Jesus (no, it's not blasphemous), and a grocery store ninja.

Parent news this week, and we share about one mother who had the unfortunate experience of going into labour while dressed as the Grinch for Halloween! We also share a story from India about a doctor who is making headway in combating the baby gender bias, celebrating baby girls, and pushing for change. That's a feel-good, slightly shocking story for us to finish with - and we will be back next week with more stories, confessions, news and laughs!

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Kicking off with a random Sam thought about how our kids are going to look at us weirdly at the word 'rewind' - we quickly catch up with our parent yays and nays from this week. Bec is yaying cute mixed up words like bumblegum and double-yaying with the successful use of reverse psychology on the 4 year old. Sam is yaying the kids finally eating their dinner (after a year of complaining on this podcast that they waste food), and naying the unexpected emotions of watching your child walk off to school for the first time (he won't admit it, but he cried in the car!). 

The confessional is in full swing this week, but with a few stories that we think are more like parent hacks! Like counting to 500 for hide and seek, or telling the kids they can play on iPads until you wake up (cue the sleep in!). These are followed by some embarrassing parent stories and kids saying the darndest things. 

This week has 2 parent news stories, starting with the debate over child-free resorts and hotels, fuelled by France's recent political debates about their culture of child-free stays. Followed by Skibid being added to the Cambridge dictionary along with a whole bunch of slang we STILL don't understand, even with dictionary definitions. 

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To kick off, we apologize for another Bluey World episode delay (it'll come one day, won't it, Sam?) before catching up with our yay and nays. Bec is yaying getting more sleep cos the 4yo has chosen daddy as his pillow, and naying the kids' funny playground coverup. Sam is naying his new hand splint and the youngest child's reaction to it, and yaying a funny kid conversation about the police.

Then we come to the answers to: What's your wildest story from the postpartum/newborn phase? The unhinged, sleep-deprived, and hilarious.

There are weird dreams, sleep deprivation, rocking the groceries, LOTS of crying, a fair bit of rage and throwing things, and forgetting the baby's name. Plus a very anonymous divorce lawyer and a Brittney Spears meltdown story. Get ready to laugh, cry and feel seen by these stories!

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We then have a dad fail, future Matilda's star story that makes us ask the question for next week: what's the worst injury your kid has caused you? (NOT birth-related - you automatically win with those!).

To round it out, we've got two parent news stories with a hilarious camp singalong that Bec can relate to, and the biggest, latest scoop - Frida's new Breastmilk Icecream - just like mom used to make.

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This week, we change things up, starting with Bluey news, as we welcome our first-ever podcast guests: the gnomes. But add to that the absolute outrage that the ABC didn't even attempt to get merchandising rights to Bluey and more or less started the show and gave away the profits to an overseas company (bless you BBC).

The Bluey news outrage continues, with the ABC choosing to temporarily remove the Hammerbarn episode of Bluey because, as a publicly owned broadcaster, they can't support a commercial campaign.

Once we get the Bluey Heeler shock news out of the way, we jump into a quick catch-up with yays and nays. Bec is yaying Amazon Prime subscriptions for cheap and convenient parenting supplies and nappies - but naying the hour-plus round trip that is the school run (even though school is 15 minutes away). Sam is yaying getting our hands on the Bluey gnomes, but naying the whole 10 minutes it took for one to break.

This week we have some more school fails and tales being sent in off the back of the last one a few weeks ago - and a few 'friend' stories that we aren't buying. With interesting show and tell and the stories kids tell their teachers, at least your kid isn't proclaiming to everyone that you 'pooped out a baby'.

We have two confessions in the confessional this week, with kids mistaking people for ugly mannequins, and a Priscilla Queen of the Desert mix up.

In non-Bluey parent news, we have two headlines we are sharing, with THC-laced pizza being eaten by a baby and a toddler that bites a cobra to death in India.

Next week, we are asking what the most unhinged and hilarious things that happened in the first few weeks of newborn life - so send us your stories and come back for more!

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But to start, we first apologise for our delayed Bluey episode - we promise it's on the way! And to make up for it, there's new Bluey news at the end of the episode.

With our quick catch-up yays and nays - Bec is naying still doing sleepless nights, and yaying parent wins, creating core memories. Sam is yaying some sweet baby cuddle time, but naying getting old (anyone else see the grey hairs?).

The embarrassing stories kick off with mispronounced words, blatant unfiltered truth bombs, half-truths and hilarious timing.

We wrap up with the Bluey news - and we've got gnomes on the shelf at Bunnings! (Bunnings = Australia's hardware store that Hammerbarn is modelled off) Of course, they are likely already sold out as we record this, and they are already appearing online for four times the price!

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Starting with a bad joke, Bec's worried she's now given Sam the opportunity to start telling dad jokes again.

Catching up with yays & nays, Bec's yaying her funny middle child comment and naying the sickness sharing. Sam's yaying Bluey world and naying the kids' short attention span after a painful train ride on the weekend that started well and went downhill from there.

This week we have a lot of stories sent in by teachers of funny parent-teacher interviews and some interesting gifts they've received.

The confessional is open with 3 parent stories, including a funny, embarrassing moment in a public bathroom, a misunderstanding at home and a breastfeeding mom feeling the love from her older child.

In parent news, we are sharing about the noise-making lines on the highway, playing Beethoven's Ninth, Ode to Joy. We also share the hyper-realistic doll craze that has this year taken over in Brazil and resulted in bills being brought to parliament to manage it.

To finish, we take you through a brief walk-through of our Bluey's World visit, giving you an overview and previewing what will be a special deep-dive episode. Stay tuned!

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Starting with yays and nays - Bec is yaying the cute support card from her daughter before a big work meeting, and naying how overshadowed her amazing birthday cake for the 4yo was by the real life dinosaur that was Sam in a t-rex suit that showed up (not that she'd change it!). Sam is yaying the kids cute gratitude and belief in dad-strength, while naying his ability to open a banana wrong (according to the 1yo).

We share stories sent in from pregnant mums about what they've cried over, from their husband picking the wrong imaginary fish, to the shops being out of food and a TV never finding love - pregnancy is a wild ride!

Then we have the answers to the question we asked on Facebook this week - what's the parenting thing that backfired on you? White lies or great ideas that just didn't work out as planned. From some little and not so little lies to unknown allergies, to kids calling bluffs - these stories are just a few ways parenting can backfire on you!

We wrap this episode with two parent news stories. One a single mother booted off a zoom courtroom for making PB&J, the other another Bluey update.

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So we get straight to it, kicking off with a quick parent catch-up. Sam is yaying parent friends and being social with kids, while naying a toilet training fail. Bec is yaying almost being a tooth fairy and naying the never-ending piles of kids' clothes.

The confessional this week is again full of parent confessions that really could be parent hacks, including telling the kids the toys at Kmart are a museum, video game power outages and changing the language settings on Netflix for bedtime!

School fails and tales had heaps of funny stories sent it (thank you parents!). We had funny teacher stories, a shocking parent-teacher interview, mooning incidents, teacher underwear and riding horses to school!

We wrap up with parent news stories - the weird event edition.

First, we covered the annual T-Rex World Championship Race. Then the lost and found Disneyland market events, where people can buy lost items, and there's more than you'd think! And our third story is the Spanish El Colacho festival, which one town celebrates with baby jumping!

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Kicking off with some research stats, Bec is asking who these parents are that don't find parenting tiring!

We catch up with yays and nays - Bec is yaying Disney on Ice and naying realising school holidays were a week longer than expected. Sam is yaying, Bec finally letting the youngest get a haircut, but naying that she won't let him do a full chop.

This week, we are bringing you something helpful for a change! We asked, 'What's the thing you thought was overrated and actually found helpful when becoming a parent?' Things included SLEEP, bottle grass, swaddling, baby wipes, WD40 and zippers.

This week's parent news includes a Bluey update - including Bluey scented farts and graduating classes with world record levels of twins!

Then the confessional is back up and running with parent lies about chocolate, peeing in swimming pools, toothfairy thieves and school mum cupcake fakes.

Which brings us to the question for next week - what's your school fails and tales? School mom and school dad fails, funny kid stories and teacher tales... send them in and come back for the next episode!

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Kicking off with yays and nays, we are catching up on our week which included a family holidays! Nays include exhaustion and kids ruining buffets, yays include funny Batman moments and rollercoasters!

Sam then takes us on his deep dive of facts he's found about the shows and movies of our childhood. Like did you know Big Bird almost died on the challenger space mission? Or that the Cowardly Lion costume from The Wizard of Oz was made of real lion hair?

Then we start with the gender reveal - and the resounding response from our socials was people do NOT appreciate them. And after discovering the amount of damage they've done, we get it.

First, we cover some cringy ones. Funny gender reveals that make you say 'oh no'.

Then we hit the major fails where people have died, started fires and caused explosions. Yes, it really happens.

We finish with some rules for gender reveals - cos cake really is the only safe option it seems!

Come back next episode and send us your unexpectedly helpful parenting hacks or items! 💡

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Kicking it off with our yays and nays - Sam has been away for work again and Bec's so glad he's home. But her real yay is getting to watch Mackenzie, their daughter, grow up - soon to be getting a visit from the tooth fairy! But the nay is that she's gone into another range of clothing sizes and there are shockingly few age-appropriate options! Sam is double naying his travel, coming home to a baby saying so many more words and how expensive it is to travel with kids.

We know we promised gender reveal stories this week, but the stories and debates are still happening, so we are holding off for next week. Get your gender reveal fail, funny story or opinion to us so you don't miss it!

Then we have some funny kid stories from parents this week. With an interesting religion lesson, a 2-year-old screaming for help and lots of crying toddlers - there's lots of relatable laughs here.

In parents in the news we have a Bluey story with the one year anniversary of The Sign special episode, Elon Musk's dad fail getting him punched in the face, and a sleepy Norwegian who has dad sleep skills.

Then we play a celebrity quiz while Bec works out her disbelief at how quickly time is going by.

From David Attenborough (he is 99!) to Operah (70!) - millennial parents, you'll have a great laugh but also feel a little old!

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But first, did you know elephants are pregnant for 22 months? All the mums say 'Ouch".

Sam kicks off the yays and nays this week by yaying a cute daddy-daughter date, and naying the sleeping bag houdini almost burning the house down. Bec is yaying the boon clutch dishwasher object (asking what gimmic-y item did you least expect to love!), and naying crushing her sons dreams because all he wants to be when he grows up is the one thing he can't be - a dinosaur.

Next up is the wild phases parents shared of what their kids had been through. From fussy food phases, a gross one or two, through to teenage drama, we share some of the things you wouldn't expect becoming a parent!

Finishing with a parents in the news episode, on a unique gender reveal with a captive aeroplane audience at 30,000 feet, we ask the question for next episode: what's the wildest gender reveal you've seen? Send us the fails too and comment to tell us whether you are for or against the gender reveal parties - and come back to hear the stories!

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But first, we catch up and discover this episode is a new one - recording with the 3 year old in the episode. Sam will do his best to cut out interruptions, but there's nothing more unhelpful parenting than this!

We start with our catch ups, talking yays and nays from our weekend away. Bec is laughing at Sam getting mistaken for one of the 'ladies' at their fancy dinner, and naying his new winking habit. Sam's yaying the massage on the weekend away, while being sad how quickly it came undone! His nay is the school hats and their never-ending disappearance!

That reminds Bec of her extra nay - catching the 3yo colouring in the school hat while she was on the phone with her brother.

Then we head to the confessional, but this confessional comes packed with stories from kids fessing up to what they did to their parents! New parenting fears unlocked!

We have edited report cards, learning to drive, sugar on a drum kit, signs in the car, gross water deliveries and 'accidental' edibles.

Parents in the news is back with 3 stories this week.

1. Another story from Japan after last week's - where they have had a baby name law reform, banning a long list of names and requiring parents to determine the pronunciation to avoid extra meanings.

2. After last week's kid being put in a coffin at a museum, we had ANOTHER museum fail, with an American tourist impaling himself at the Colosseum. So parents beware!

3. Last week, a mother went through labour live on the news. As a morning news anchor, Olivia Jaquith delivered the news and then delivered her baby.

Come back next week and send us your stories! We've put the call out for funny labour stories, and funny phases your kids have gone through. Follow us on socials and message us your stories!

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Kicking off with yays and nays, Sam & Bec catch up on their week to start. Bec's yaying the sick cuddly cuddles (but not the sick obviously!), while naying the fact that they spent a whole day at the zoo with a friend and barely got a good conversation in thanks to the interruptions.

Sam is naying the sick (even though he didn't clean up ANYTHING!) while yaying the hilarious story of sharing killer whale videos with the 6yo and the confusion of what was happening to the seal...

Parent news is up next, with two stories from Japan! We've got a baby store photo that has not aged well, and looks more like a baby store of horrors! And then the Japanese government's decision to start a dating app to address declining birth rates.

We head to the news archives for a story from years ago of parents who messed up big time - crossing a barrier to put a kid in a coffin for a photo, and knocking it over and breaking it. Unfortunately not the only story like this, with lots of artworks and historic artifact victims!

Then we share more answers to the question: 'What's the strangest thing you've witnessed your child do?' With kids licking shed, playing with bird guts, eating beetroot with ice cream and issuing threats to strangers.

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First, we jump into the episode with a Frozen easter egg from Bec (but Sam doesn't think it counts).

Our weekly catch-up with yays and nays has Sam naying the nepotism of North West's Disney performance, but yaying his self care hair cut. Bec is yaying Sam being home (and the recovery required from being solo with three young kids!) and naying the mom wardrobe conundrum.

Then we start going through stories sent in of the strangest things kids have done - noting there were so many we will be doing this next week as well (so send us your stories if you haven't already!).

We've got kids pulling off doll heads, convincing other kids to eat cockroaches, rinsing their hands in the toilet, incubating eggs and talking to people who aren't there (or are they?). And that's only a few!

Then we've got parent news talking all about the accidental jello shots taken to a kindergarten party in Pennsylvania this week, off the back of a mother being arrested in Texas after 'accidentally' giving jello shots to fifth graders.

Plus, we finish with a wholesome story of the California wildlife centre who've gone viral after feeding a bear cub in costumes (and you thought feeding a toddler was hard!).

A big thank you to all the parents who sent in their funny stories this week, and make sure you send us the strange things your kids do ready for the next episode!

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But first, we start by sharing about our mother's day and how Bec got beautiful gifts that made her want only one thing more - which involves a day procedure for Sam (#snip). Sam also shares about his new name from the 3 year old (you may now call him poo-poo-bum-bum-head).

Then we share the new stories we've got of kids saying the darndest things. From bacon to birth control and but filles and hop grassers - kids are just hilarious.

From there, we enter the confessional, with 5 funny parenting stories. There's a couple of parent fails and a couple of wild parent life stories.

Then in parents in the news, we've got one for the lego lovers (or turtle lovers). You'll get to meet Root, the turtle making his rounds in the Museum thanks to a lego device. We've also got the story of a Kangaroo in a diaper, seen hopping down Main Street in Colorado. It's one thing to get a toddler in a nappy - but what about a Kangaroo?!

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First, Sam & Bec catch up with their yays and nays. Bec's yaying (finally) implementing a job's list for the kids, and them being in the honeymoon phase and enjoying it (for now!). She's naying the hilarious and slightly embarrassing moment the 3yo mistook someone else for her and lifted another lady's dress in public. Sam is naying the jobs list because Bec has insited on handwriting it when he wants the fancy digital option, but yaying a fun weekend with the kids.

After that catchup, we dive into 20+ reasons parents have found their kids crying - and we are laughing!

From tired tantrums over being given what they want, to wild imaginary situations, we are laughing along with these parents in the podcast.

To finish it off, Bec has a quick parents in the news segment as an important reminder to put purchase notifications on your phone and passcode protect your payment options before giving them to your kids (unless you like having 60k+ lollipops delivered to your door!).

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We start with the hard-hitting questions first - are sprinkles overrated? Cast your vote in the comments for this important parenting debate!

Catching up with our yays and nays - Bec is laughing at overhearing the kids' conversations, grossed out by missing showers and baffled by the youngest's first 100 words that have been heavily influenced by his 3yo brother. Sam is having a great week booking family holidays in for the year (better late than never!) and naying sharing a bed with the 6yo who's wiggling left him in agony after being unexpectedly kneed in the groin during the night!

Into the confessional and we have adult content warnings with kids getting into mums bedside table, unfortunate baby blowouts, automated public toilets, cupboard poops, whinging kids, kids terrorizing nanna's arm fat and a refusing to get out of the bath turned fail. All in all - one big giant laugh and a reminder that you're not alone in the trenches of parenthood.

Bec can't let an episode go by without her parents in the news - and thank you to the people tagging her in stories! This week we are boycotting Uber after a mortifying experience a family had. And you won't believe Uber's response!

Then we talk about pocket money inflation, and avoiding Sam getting on his soapbox about the price of cheese again.

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Starting with a mom confession, we launch in with our weekly yay & nays - Bec yaying getting to go to the shops by herself for the first time in what feels like years, followed by a nay from the same trip with a major embarrassing toilet moment (and the kids weren't even there!). Sam's following up Easter being grateful for time with family and friends, while naying whatever was in the chocolate this year cos it hit our kids different this Easter!

We then share an ever growing list of reasons why pregnant moms have cried. Bec gets more than 1 story a day sent in, so we are sharing again some of the hilarious moments moms have on the wild ride that is pregnancy. We are talking crying over food, cats, arctic sharks, wiggle concerts and episodes of the office!

In the confessional this week we have 4 stories from parents that will remain anonymous, reminding us that we aren't the only ones who make mistakes or have moments that make us face palm. From almost forgetting a baby at the shops to giving up on pyjamas, pretend breastfeeding and running out of milk for cereal - these are moments that make us remember parenting is hard for everyone at one point or another.

We wrap up the show with two parent in the news stories (because it's one of Bec's favourites!), with an Easter out for any parents that may have forgotten the Easter bunny this year, and an unexpected new race to bet on for the dads - sperm racing.

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Jumping in with some heavy chocolate research, we are looking at the chocolate stats for parents and how much Easter for 3 kids will cost across a lifetime.

We jump into yays and nays. A great day at the zoo, a clothes bag fail, cooler weather and snot all make the list.

The Easter traditions are something new parents are often thinking about - but you wouldn't guess some of these, with weird whips, butter lambs and rocketwars just to name a few...

Then we have parents in the news with more chocolate stories and a giant creme egg! Plus a very naughty Easter bunny.

Then we dive head first into the last of our Easter egg series with Shrek! From the sneaky stories from the animators to all the references and funny hidden signs - there's so many and we didn't even get them all!

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Kicking off the show, Bec throws Sam the curly question the 6 year old tried asking in the car this week, before quickly jumping into the yays and nays.

Bec is yaying the cute words the 18 month old is coming out with (and YES of course we've included a little sound bite of 'sea horse'!), while naying the 3 year olds lack of personal boundaries.

Sam is naying being away for work and coming back to a baby who knows words (growing up while he is away!) and yaying a beautiful moment teaching the 6 year old to rollerskate (but we promise there was a tantrum thrown in - and that was just Bec).

We have 4 news stories this week in parents in the news, with a terrifying babysitter experience, a kid eating his grandfathers ashes, Easter potatoes and emotional support tigers.

Then we share some of the stories we've been getting in response to the last few episodes including: a hilarious typo sent in from a teacher, another teacher fail thanks to their mom, a kid telling on mom for not feeding him breakfast, a kid making phone calls and very public on-purpose tantrums.

This week's Easter Eggs is brought to you by Finding Nemo! Check out all the trivia and Finding Nemo Easter Eggs we found to share including a character voiced over by mistake, clown fish science, and references to the shining.

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Kicking off, we catch up with our weekly yays and nays. Sam jumps in first, because he's straight in with the meltdowns and our 1 year olds new tantrum phase, but yaying his birthday! Bec's yaying her newly discovered lip tint - a working moms dream of looking like lipstick but allowing you to smoosh your kids with kisses! Her nay trumps every other nay ever though, after waking up at 2am to being projectile vomited on her face by the 3 year old who clearly wasn't feeling well. Yay for #momlife.

We are sharing your funny school stories (and fails) this week in school fails and tales! Thank you to the teachers, parents and even kids sending in their stories. From gross show and tells, to bad spelling and even university student fails - we have a good laugh through this part of the show!

Then we are continuing our Easter Eggs leading up to Easter. Last week was Toystory, and this week we couldn't NOT do Bluey! With 11 Bluey facts and fun Easter Eggs you probably didn't notice (or maybe you did!), this is fun even for the not-so-Bluey lovers because the level of creativity from the production team is impressive!

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Sam kicks off by sneaking in his dad jokes before Bec can protest. Then we talk yays and nays as we quickly catch up, talking changing shoe sizes during and after pregnancy, not being able to remember birthdays, and school cross country events.

The parenting confessional is back with three hilarious stories including hurtful kid comments, scarily stubborn kids and newborn tiredness (with a side of cheese!).

We've got parents in the news, and we're sorry parents but we've got bad news for you! Skibidi Toilet appears to be here to stay. But we bring some more laughs with a 10 year olds joy ride, taking the car out and pretending he was a dwarf to get out of trouble.

We are excited to introduce a new series this week called Easter Eggs. As we lead up to Easter, we are going through the Easter Eggs and hidden features of the movies and TV shows we know and love. Starting this week with Toy Story!!! We have references to the Shining, theories about Andy's mom and a few cool connected links to other movies. We also found a story about how we almost didn't get a Toy Story 2, and the files were saved ONLY because there was a working mom on set who had backups at home from juggling work with a newborn.

All this and so many more laughs in the podcast episode!

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Kicking off like we do every week with our yays and nays (and an extra banana whinge), Bec is yaying the recent morning role reversal where Sam is now responsible for lunch boxes and school uniforms. She's naying the need for parks with fences - is this something forgotten everywhere? Sam's got a double nay wishing for a day off, with a hilarious dad fail story.

Then we hit our first parents in the news story where a 4yo boy called the cops on his mom after she ate his icecream!

This led to us sharing the top 4 parent stories of kids calling emergency services that we've been sent - and there's been a few!

Then we stop back in at parents in the news for two dad stories - one an epic dad fail and another a beautiful dad of the year.

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Kicking off with our yay and nay of the week, Bec talks about the deep and meaningful conversations we've been having with our 6-year-old (so beautiful) and then the hard-hitting questions (so not!). Then Sam talks about the cyclone that was meant to come but didn't - although having the kids homemade a cyclone in our house.

Sam's allowed one dad joke, which Bec quickly regrets and then we are into parents in the news.

We start off with an old story from 2021 that we were sent, where a carjacker returned when he discovered a child in the backseat, telling off the mum for leaving them alone. Then we are talking about a parasitic twin that Sam believes is fake - but the news story is as real as it gets!

We then go through the answers you sent in, to the question, 'What's your kid done that's got you in trouble?' and we have 3-year-olds lying to police, making public declarations, and a SWAT team mistakenly arriving at a dad's house!

We also draw the winner to our birthday giveaway - a big congratulations to the winner!

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TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY!...listen out for the 3 code words in the episode and send us a message on any social media platform (or on our website) and we'll put you in the draw for a $200AUD gift card to the online retailer of your choice! (Giveaway not in cahoots with YouTube or any of the social medias!). We will draw the winner next Tuesday (11th of March) when we record the next episode that'll be released on Wednesday (12th of March).

But to kick off, we are talking yays and nays of parenting! Our yays are both how cute the kids were counting down and waiting for daddy to come home from his week long work trip. Bec had a shocker of a day which was her nay - with a series of extremely unfortunate parenting events! Sam didn't get a nay, because he was away and not parenting for the week (an extra nay for Bec!).

Then we get into the birthday stories! We asked for your birthday fail stories and here they are! There's a...

- 1 year old in tears

- Wrong gift wrapped

- Birthday party costume fails

- Surprise party fails

- Unnoticed presents

- BAD gifts

- hilarious pinatas and

- a bounce house fail

We talk BAD parenting gifts, and a reminder that your 1 year old will really only want the TV remote, your phone and the box the present you actually bought came in.

Parents in the news still sneaks on in this episode and we've got stories on emergency donuts and a $10k Disney mistake!

Come back next week to hear the giveaway winner and answers to the question: what's your kid done that's got you in the most amount of trouble? It's already shaping up to be hilarious...

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Kicking off with our parent yays & nays for the week - Bec is yaying their first week of having a cleaner, and Sam is naying the fact that within half an hour the house was destroyed again. Bec's nay is the baby's emotional support dust pan (it makes sense) and Sam's yay is all the kids sleeping in one room, kind of.

Before we get into the episode, Bec has a mum question and is need of parent advice, which is really just grown-up advice. Cos how do you dispose of knives safely without being suspicious?

Then we've got the laughs with funny kids quotes, cos kids say the darndest things!

We've got two relatable parenting confessions that remind us there are no perfect kids or parents and you're doing great.

Finishing off with a parents in the news story, with an awkward situation from mixed-up fortune cookies and some offensive (but funny!) cookies.

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We catch up with our yays and nays - both yaying the cute kids that had a kind moment of sharing and are sleeping better. Our nays we are saving for the confessional, because one of the stories sent in is a reflection of our lives right now!

Into parents in the news and we've got two older stories, but they are good ones!

There's the mom who accidentally invited all her 487 phone contacts to her daughter's first birthday, and another who accidentally left her hand-gun in her daughter's lunchbox at daycare.

We've also got some random facts where Bec shares the list of celebrities in Bluey that she found! Did you know all these celebs made cameos in Bluey?

Then we hit the confessional - with the first story about a parent sending their kids to school with NITS! This is our nay because we've had nits all week - so if you're scratching just hearing about it, then think of us!! All the washing and brushing and treatments have Bec reminding Sam that she stands by the episode where they did 'would you rather' and she argued rathering a few days of gastro over head lice that never go away!

We've got other confessions with kids blurting out hilarious comments like 'look at the boobies!' and 'I made friends with a black one', and then a near-miss Home Alone moment.

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First we start with our weekly yays & nays, and parenting has hit us hard this week!

Bec's yay: The hilarious moment in the butcher where the 3 year old couldn't work out where the animals were...

Bec's nay: The wheels have fallen off this year. It's week 3 of school and we are ordering tuckshop and forgetting library books.

Sam's yay: cute kids wanting to live with us forever...

Sam's nay: the 3yo's meltdown at swimming over new pants!

We've got 2 quick stories for parents in the news this week - with the random off beat news stories only parents can really relate to! We've got:

- A Doogie Howser 13 year old impersonating a doctor

- A seal caught sleeping in a hotel room (just like our kids appearing in our bed!)

Then we are into the answers parents sent in (mostly on social media( to the question: what's the funniest lie your kid has told?

There's kids making up whole new families, getting parents in trouble at school, bitcoin mining and blaming other people (or elephants!) for their behaviour.

Then we are into the confessional - following up a story from the last parenting confession and addressing the keyboard warriors who just don't understand parenting! We've got parents who dismissed major injuries because they thought kids were faking (and feel TERRIBLE!), and parents at the opposite end who tried to follow up an injury only to find 6 weeks in their kid was faking it perfectly.

If you've had a fail, and gotten it wrong - you aren't alone! So long as we are trying and doing our best to love our kids - sometimes you need to remember there's no perfect parents and no one gets it right every time! #PARENTINGSUPPORT

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This week we catch up a little with our yay and nays...

Bec is yaying still being on top of things for school (it's week 2!), but naying the sticker pack presents cos they are everywhere!

Sam is yaying moving the kids back to their own rooms, while naying how quickly they ended up in our beds!

He has a few inappropriate dad jokes as always and then we are into parents in the news!

We have two fun parenting stories this week, with a library book returned after 5p years, and 14 kids going to hospital thanks to a bag of chips!

Then we laugh out way through some celeb baby names - not all the ones from episode 7 - but the long long lists from celebs who obviously had trouble choosing just one!!! If you're having trouble choosing a baby name...this won't help haha

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We kick off as usual with our yays & nays...

Becs yay: finally started herself an Insta account (@call.me.bec.rogers)

Becs yay 2: So proud of Mackenzie, being so brave on her first day of grade 1

Sam's yay: cute baby dates and one-on-one dad time

Sam's nay: poop on the carpet

Sam then gets in with some questionable and inappropriate dad jokes (sorry mum!) and then we are in on parents in the news...

We have two parents in the news stories - covering the off-beat, funny news that hits home for parents. This week we are sharing stories about:

1. Krispy Kreme free donuts for a family after baby is born in their carpark

2. Stripe accidentally attaches a kids picture of a duck on a termination email letting go of 300 staff.

We touch on Sam's upcoming punishment for his bad dad joke mix-up (send in your ideas if you want to be involved! So far Bec's idea involves an elephant costume...)

Then we've got the parenting confessional and these parents sent in their stories so you know you aren't alone when you stuff up!

We've got parents ignoring major injuries thinking they're faking it, destroying beloved toys, telling fibs to make it through the shopping, and slapping their kid thinking they were fake fainting... except they weren't faking it!

If you've had a bad week, messed up, or have no idea what you're doing while you're parenting - you're in good company with us. We may not be the best parenting channel for parenting advice, but we try to be the best at making you laugh and making you feel like you're not the only one in these trenches!

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This new parenting podcast episode is full of fun and laughs for parents of all ages and stages.

Sam & Bec kick off the podcast the way they do most weeks with their parenting yays or nays. Bec's in with 2 nays because one is an embarassing story and has to count. Sam makes comment of the parenting energy load and how much it sucks at this time of year when everyone is at peak motivation, setting goals and full of morale.

Sam adds in some theme-relevant dad jokes for this episode and then Bec spills the surprise she's been preparing for this episode.

Because this episode is all about pregnancy cravings and what pregnant moms have cried about - Sam has no empathy or ability to relate. To keep him on his best behaviour - any judgement or mean comments (including his usual sarcastic sense of humor) will result in him having to take a spoonful of extra hot sauce, or sucking on a lemon.

It makes for an extra hilarious list, with more than 17 pregnancy cravings and 21 reasons mums have cried while pregnant. He even self-selects the punishment for some that are so outrageous he knows he has to comment (not that he can do that well with the hot sauce kicking him in the throat!).

Bec then remembers how mean he'd been the week before (yes - calling her an elephant!!) and that he promised to make it up to her - so the call is out to send in your punishment/make up ideas. Does Sam have to do a month of nappies, or wax a leg, or eat even more hot sauce? Send in your ideas and come back next week as we plot Bec's revenge!

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Here’s what’s coming up:

First, we do a mini-catch up on holidays – and what vacation with kids can be like (anyone else more exhausted afterwards?!) and Bec shares a funny dad story of Sam’s.

Sam jumps in with a few dad jokes to kick off the year – but accidentally has the unbelievable moment of not only putting his foot in his mouth – but making the worst husband comment ever that has landed him in the dog house for eternity…(well, for now).

He quickly tries to change the subject and we are back with parents in the news (that he likes to call ‘random ass facts by Bec’) where we share the funny stories from the news that are related to parent life – but also wouldn’t be the typical news headlines you’d normally find.

This week the parent news includes Jelly Cats at the centre of a crime spree (and organised crime!) and googly eye trains and googly eyes on sculptures!

Then we share the answers you sent in to the question: What’s the worst parenting advice you’ve ever received?

To preface, we did not expect so many hotly debated topics (although we probably should have!), and have kept away from parenting advice about discipline styles, vaccinations and other hot topics like religion (remember- we are here to make you laugh and NOT be helpful!).

So while we try and keep the comedy train going and laughing through the bad parenting advice – we share some of the 250+ responses we were sent in!

The call is out there for the next episode where we will share the funniest things pregnant moms have cried over – and the random pregnancy cravings they’ve had (Dad’s and partners you can still share too!).

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We have two parents in the news stories - talking about the very popular liquid death adult diapers taking concert goers by storm (selling out in 24hrs!), and a hilarious story from a Christmas pageant from over the holiday season ft. Mary putting a sheep in a headlock over baby Jesus. 

Then we have a quick round of fact or crap - parenting edition. We're talking gender reveal fails (and how far is too far?), questionable tomato facts, middle ages parenting, and some even more questionable parenting beliefs of the 19th and 20th centuries. 

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Starting with New Year's themed dad jokes to unhelp your goal setting this year ;)

Then we share a list of babysitter fail stories from parents online - because this is the time of year when you're getting sitters for the Christmas and New Year's parties and sometimes they get a bit in over their heads (or the kids throw them the curve balls!).

Stories include:

- mixing up juice with wine and a drunk toddler!

- a prosthetic eye falling out

- sneaky kids making contracts for later bed times

- kids repeating dad's comments ft. 'I hate this $#!@'

- a poo party (again)

- spicy enchiladas

- a disappearing (rolling) baby

- red bull and a 2 year old!

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Keeping it short and sweet, we’ll keep you laughing this holiday season – regardless of what parenting or child disasters you’ve faced!

First we bring back some of the Christmas stories that were shared earlier in the year that missed the December episodes – with sweet Christmas present moments turned insulting and eggnog drunk kids.

Then we chat briefly about some of the things this year has taught us (aka. We promise to never again do a poop-focused episode! And you’ll always get a Santa warning).

Then we revisit our top 3 stories.

Bec’s top 3:

- How are babies made? (from episode 1)

- Run away toddler found in handcuffs (from episode 2)

- Greeting the door knocker with a boob out (from episode 5)

Sam’s top 3:

- Wiggles turned beatles – and finding out 13 years later at a Paul McCartney concert! (from episode 8)

- 3 major disasters at once – blood, flood and poo! (from episode 3)

- Toilet training compliments to a dad from a son. (from episode 15)

Plus if you’re looking for more banger episodes, here are a few favourites:

- Episode 6 – the first from the mouth of babes episode (including ‘your next trip can be to heaven’)

- Episode 9 – the first school fails and tales episode (with 3 of our most viral parenting video clips from socials)

- Episode 12 – The great parent debate – was 90s kids shows better than todays? A great walk down memory lane for millennial parents.

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First we catch up with...

Bec's yay: kids being cute dressing themselves

Bec's nay: surprise haircuts

Sam's yay: cute kids again but this one wants a baby T-Rex

Sam's nay: all the 'stuff' at Christmas

Sam gives us a Christmas gift... In dad jokes he thinks are hilarious.

Bec brings back parents in the news - with fun stories we've found from around the world that us parents appreciate more than most.

We've got a personal follow-up from the killer hamster story, a toilet interruption from a tiger (but all moms can relate), a reverend ruining Christmas for a room of 10yos, and a criminal imitating Santa and trying to hide down a chimney.

Then we've got some Christmas followups from last week with a Santa biter and a kid putting Santa on a diet!

But the piece de resistance is the fail stories sent in by parents from their holiday travels.

We've got the sickness stories, the plane and airport fails, and a swimming nappy dad fail.

Make sure you comment and weigh in on whether a baby (who of course cries the whole way) in business class is a yay or a nay...

Stay tuned for some shorter episodes but we will be back over the Christmas break to keep you laughing through your parent journey.

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We kick off the episode with some yays and nays of our week including...

Bec's yay: day time naps that were underrated pre-kids

Bec's nay: having a child that has the same stubborn streak as her

Sam's yay: all the sleep-ins he gets while travelling

Sam's nay: sitting through graduation ceremonies for every year level

Sam's Christmas dad jokes give us a little laugh before heading into the main event - the funny Christmas stories!

We asked 'what's the fails or funniest stories from Christmases past'... and these ones are some the families will never forget!

We have...

1. Rollerblading dad breaking his pelvis

2. A bad gift from a mother-in-law

3. Santa getting the credit for all the presents

4. Mom caught tipping out Santa's milk...

5. Dad dressed up as Santa mistaken for an intruder

6. Trying to make snow in North QLD

7. A terrible scavenger hunt present disaster

8. The cutest tree decoration story

9. A midnight present unwrapping

10. Presents falling apart after a little too much beer...

11. A transformers present (or part of it...)

12. Kids thinking they just saw Santa drown!

If your Christmas doesn't quite go to plan - you are in great company with these parents! We don't come with any helpful advice - but we come with parental encouragement because the chaos that sometimes gets you down happens to all of us from time to time!

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Kicking off we are talking our weekly yays or nays including...

Bec's Nay: she feels behind in Christmas shopping but has no where to hide presents from the kids!

Bec's Yay: her kids were 'best friends' (for a whole 2 minutes)

Sam's Yay: Giving the kids their 'best day ever!'

Sam's Nay: The amount of effort that goes into a best day ever

You'll then get a blind man skydiving dad joke and two funny parenting news updates! This week's headlines are:

- Dad nearly dies after being bitten by family's bet hamster, and

- 10 year old calls 911 for math homework

Then we are nonstop laughing with the funny things your kids say. From mispronounced words, mixed up words, awkward (LOUD) conversations and insults - we can't get enough. Kids say the funniest things! Kids quotes include:

'the Australian virgin'

'kick him in the guts, that'll f'n get him!'

'good dog'

'something smells like poo'

'shark got leg'

'n***er'

Love these quotes? Kids saying the darndest things is a recurring segment we do cos we get so many stories (and more have already come in since recording!).

Here are some more episodes to look up for more hilarious kid quotes...

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LINKS FOR MORE FUNNY KIDS SAYINGS:

episode 32: https://shows.acast.com/65939048e90f1d0017bd2f4b/670e51e8488fde85598a8368

episode 21: https://shows.acast.com/65939048e90f1d0017bd2f4b/669fbe4f677694c9278350d0

episode 10: https://shows.acast.com/65939048e90f1d0017bd2f4b/6630e201f1e606001383574c

episode 6: https://shows.acast.com/65939048e90f1d0017bd2f4b/660ba92ce4090900169dfd35

episode 1: https://shows.acast.com/65939048e90f1d0017bd2f4b/65dd7db2c54eb600189b86f0

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First we catch up and have a quick yay vs nay of our weeks – something we are loving and not loving.

Bec’s yay: school holidays are coming (and we are still at the point where this is exciting…)

Bec’s nay: teaching a 5yo to sleep who thinks it’s too ‘boring’

Sam’s yay: we found the mystery smell in the house (we’ve mentioned in a past episode)

Sam’s nay: it was really gross and he had to clean it!

Sam’s dad joke came in threes this week and we had a good laugh. They may be bad dad jokes… but isn’t that what makes them good?

Bec shares another ‘parents in the news’ (or ‘random a*s facts by Bec’ as Sam likes to call it), where she catches us up on funny and odd news from around the world that us parents would find funny. This week we had teachers worried about a shoe stealing, foot fetish motivated thief at a Japanese kindergarten…

Then this parenting podcast gets into what we are really here for – to laugh at the funny stories that happened to real life parents in the thick of parenting.

This week the funny parents and embarrassing stories sent to the confessional include:

A toddler crying over his poop

A parent who’s attempt to explain their dog dying doesn’t go as planned

A hilarious little girl who’s bored of church

A toddler who didn’t get the memo about the pandemic!

A travelling with kids nightmare story

One of our own sneaky stories from this morning before recording!

A dad who left a kid behind

An awkward commentary at a restaurant

And a funny teacher story from a kid who obviously didn’t understand the question!

A huge thank you to the parents of these funny stories! The Unhelpful Parenting Podcast is all about making these ridiculous parenting moments something we realise we all have. It’s not just your kids who do hilarious(ly frustrating and insane) things.

Keep sending in your stories as we laugh through parenting together and check out our other episodes on this funny parenting channel!

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The kids weren’t the only ones either – the pregnant mom stories and reasons you’ve cried while pregnant had us in stitches too!

But to start the episode we kick off with our weekly yays and nays.

Bec’s yay: Sam’s turned into a Christmas elf! He loves Christmas now!

Bec’s nay: She tried doing groceries with the 3 kids and has major regrets.

Sam’s yay: The kids are making him love Christmas – the magic is real!

Sam’s nay: There’s not enough room in our house for Christmas stuff now.

Sam’s dad joke is met with a few crickets but that’s what makes a good dad joke right? And just before it gets him in any trouble, we head into parents in the news – or as Sam likes to put it ‘Random ass facts with Bec’.

This week in the off beat, random news we’ve got:

A follow up from swapping babies, with another news story out of Norway where babies were swapped, and the health authorities didn’t say anything when they realised 10+years later, and left it for 60 years before the families discovered it themselves!

A kid in the UK shutting down the school because he brought in a ‘historic incendiary device’ that was a live explosive in for show and tell!

A DNA test that showed mum and dad of 3 kids were actually cousins and never knew!

Then we’ve got the answers to what your kids have cried over. There’s heaps of funny kid stories and a few funny parenting moments!

With toddler meltdowns over not being able to say goodbye before flushing the toilet, to getting a new microwave – most of these reasons for tears had us in tears too!

We finish off with the reasons pregnant moms have cried too – from how beautiful the fireworks are to making sandwiches – the hormones are rough but the stories we get for the podcast are hilarious.

Make sure you keep sending us your funny parent stories for the Christmas and Vacation editions – what’s gone horribly wrong, or hilariously funny over the holidays for you as a parent in years gone by?

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To start, we catch up with our weekly yay and nays...

Bec's yay: It's Christmas time! Kids make Christmas magic!

Bec's nay: Our kids hate pizza (are they even our kids?!)

Sam's yay: Our baby is growing up (this is also his nay!)

Sam can't help squeezing in a dad joke and we shake our heads at it all the way into the confessional.

The confessional is a funny parent's dream this week! We've got two stories that are both embarrassing and hilarious!

First: a throwback to the days of Blockbuster and an awkward moment when the church pastor arrived and had an enormous miscommunication thanks to the kid. Second: an honest observation moment from a kid that felt more like an insult.

Bec then has two 'parents in the news' stories - that Sam likes to refer to as 'Bec's random ass facts'. She shares the stories from recent news on the Wicked dolls with an awkward typo on the box, and a baby swapped at birth who found out in the strangest of ways!

Then we've got all your stories in the answers to the question 'whats the funniest lie your kid has tried to tell you?' We've got:

Kids blaming inanimate objects and siblings for their behaviour, telling mum what they have definitely NOT done, uncreative teenagers, and another that didn't realise they were on a shared account.

We finish by putting the call out for the next few weeks.

What is the funniest thing someone has cried over in your house? Kid tantrums, teenage meltdowns, pregnant mom moments - we want to know why you cried!

And then in the lead-up to Christmas - start sending us your Christmas and holiday fail stories! What's your vacation horror story? What's your Christmas horror stories? Or funny moments? The ones that become legend or the little ones that you still remember.

Come back next week for more laughs and make sure you send us some love on socials!

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Here’s what’s coming…

Starting with our usual yay and nay of the week:

Bec’s nay: Doing a whole week solo while Sam was away for work (when do single parents shower?!)

Bec’s yay: the tuckshop lunch app – again! The disorganised parents lifeline!

Sam’s yay: my kids STILL love me (the card even said so)

Sam’s nay: daylight savings makes working between states a bit of a mess.

Sam slips a dad joke or three into this episode and signs himself up to dress up as batman in the office (we wish that was a joke).

Then Bec introduces a new short segment (while the confessional has a siesta) called ‘Parents in the news’. This week sharing a new Bluey story where a police strike force (called strike force bandit) recovered over 40k of the 63k Bluey ‘dollar bucks’ coins that have been released by the Royal Australian Mint. Yes, this is real. And yes, they are selling on ebay for way more than they should!

We are then sharing the mess stories! From a few unfortunate poo-paintings, to real life paint paintings, all the toys, wall drawings and food attracting ant nests – there’s a few doozies that will make you feel like you’re not the only parent who’s had a bad day (or week, or month!).

We wrap up with a ‘would you rather’ mess edition – comparing mess scenarios and which would be worse (though we think we’ll take none of the above thank you!).

We wrap up with a reminder to send us your stories, SHOW US SOME LOVE and follow us on all the social platforms you’re on.

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To kick off this podcast for parents (and anyone who wants a laugh!) Sam and Bec say hi and catch up with their yay and nays of the week:

Bec's yay: actually getting a moment to get her eyebrows done

Bec's nay: the baby won't say her name!

Sam's yay: the baby only says 'dada'

Sam's nay: traveling for work when you have kids is hard

Then Sam shares a dad joke that unintentionally gets him signed up for a tens machine birth experience! Make sure you comment if you want to see this happen!

We move to the confessional for a good laugh at some of the things parents have had thrown at them lately including:

- sleep-deprived yelling at babies

- things you don't want to hear coming from the bathroom and

- a really intuitive question we'd have no idea how to answer

Then we are sharing all the creepy things people sent in that their kids have said and done. We are talking creepy comments, talking to things we can't see, weird night time movements and knowing things they shouldn't!

If you're not a big Halloween lover - that's okay cos we manage to laugh about a lot of these (and as Australians don't go too hard on Halloween) - but that doesn't make some of these stories any less creepy! Some of these parents must be sleeping with one eye open!!

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Starting off, we catch up with our weekly yay and nay - but Sam is captain negative and accidentally planned two nays and no yays!

Bec is yaying: Facebook memories of the kids and funny moments from Sam hurting himself while she was in labour.

Bec is naying: the silly sounds and songs we make up to keep the baby awake in the car when they're trying to go to sleep minutes from home!

Sam's nay #1: waking up to a three year old wanting to play and punching him in the face.

Sam's nay #2: is the kids birthday party chaos and sensory overload!

Catch a bad dad joke or three before we head into the confessional where we have:

- kids cutting their hair

- parents hitting their kids heads putting them in the car

- sending your kids to school when school isn't on!

Then we are right into all the white lie stories that were sent in -with bonus points for the ones that backfired!

We've got the usual Santa, Toothy Fair and Easter white lies, and then 'spicy' food, reverse psychology and mummy and daddy 'wrestling', just to name a few!

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We kick of with our yays and nays, celebrating the wins and fails of our past week. 

Bec’s nay: having the baby sync up with the podcast, giving us severe sleep deprivation the day of the last episode release!

Bec’s yay: the validation of watching Sam flounder to get the kids to school while she was unexpectedly out of action (he did great though!).

Sam’s nay: trying to find everything without Bec for school run (and another round of sickness!).

Sam’s yay: the birds on our family trip over the weekend. But more than that, seeing our kid’s personality come through, facing their fears to hold the birds too. 

There’s no bird-themed dad jokes however, just some good old fashioned eye rolling jokes to take us into the parenting confessional. 

This week the confessional is back, starting with a personal one with our daughter misunderstanding the stern warning from daddy after losing her last waterbottle, and thinking now she lost another that she wouldn’t be allowed to drink water!!

We had a single parent reach out to share their confession and co-parenting struggles, with a dad who will buy allllll the toys. 

Then there’s THE biter story that will have all the dad’s eyes watering and legs crossed. We then close out the confessional with a parent rewarded with farts to the face for delaying the toilet training process. 

ENTER THE FUNNY KIDS QUOTES!

From hilarious reactions to messed up words and repeating all the secrets and things you don’t want them to say, listen along to hear the funny things kids say – and send us yours for next time cos this segment is a keeper that we return to regularly!

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We share some hilarious stories you sent in —like that time a mum accidentally poured water into the toaster or another tried to crack eggs back into the carton. We also chat about the serious side of sleep deprivation, including dodgy driving and those emotional meltdowns that hit us out of nowhere.

With plenty of laughs and a few heartfelt moments, we want you to know you’re not alone in this chaos.

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Kicking off with our weekly ‘yays’ and ‘nays’…

Bec’s yay: her washing machine. Other mums often ask what to buy before having kids – Bec says buy a big washing machine so all the bedding can go in at once! Her

Bec’s nay: her latest nickname from the 3yo who is learning he is a ‘big boy’ so she is a ‘big mummy’ to him.

Sam’s yay: having school back, not cos he hates the holidays but because he loves the routine.

Sam’s nay: is our latest wave of all-over-the-place weather, bringing a new wave of bugs and viruses.

We do a special shoutout to the single parents. We recognise a lot of our banter and experience is around parenting as a married couple, and wanted to take a moment to appreciate that single parents have an added complexity to an already complex part of life – so to all the single parents – we salute you!

INTO THE CONFESSIONAL! This week we have 3 stories off the back of the one we got sent last episode. From the parent poorly explaining what a stripper was, and then having his daughter tell people that’s what she wanted to be (cos who wouldn’t want to dance for money?), we have… the boy who wanted to be a hooker (cos squirrels), the boy with the hooker truck (cos that makes so much more sense than a tow truck), and the kid who thought he was dressed as a ‘child predator’ for Halloween!

Finishing off with another parent story sent in, confessing to trying to be cool and using the latest slang the wrong way (who knew ‘skibbidy’ was an insult?!). We laugh about all the latest slang and how we already have no clue!

In the final segment of this parenting podcast, we play an extremely unhelpful (but fun!) round of ‘never have I ever’, parenting edition. Play along and see how many you get – have you dozed off on the toilet? Or ran an errand just to ‘get away’? We come close to almost ALL of them, but Sam wins out this round (just!). We do all the parent talk and laughs in this one!

Come back next week where we are talking sleep deprivation – and send us your funny stories of what you’ve done cos you were sleep deprived!

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This episode we have 3 epic confession stories and are back with would you rather 2.0.

Starting with our yays or nays, Bec is yaying her reverse nesting doing the baby stuff chuck out (but the resulting chaotic mess is Sam's nay!). Bec is naying the insanity it is to juggle 3 kids' schedules plus her own, with a new appreciation for her own mum. Sam adds his yay that it's beach weather where we are, and for the first time in a long time we are getting to soak it up without morning sickness, being heavily pregnant or a teeny tiny baby keeping us indoors.

Sam then throws in his dad joke for the week that leaves us rolling our eyes into the confessional.

We hit the confessional with 3 hilarious and almost unbelievable parenting stories:

1. The dad who explained things badly so their kid announced they wanted to be a stripper at school.

2. The kid who took dad's 'special' magazines to school for show and tell and,

3. The dad who played unconscious and went to hospital after sleeping through his school pickup responsibilities!!!

When we get done laughing at that, we go through another round of Sam's parenting would you rather - because the gastro vs lice debate continues in the TikTok comments.

We are comparing many awful realities like forever having Baby Shark stuck in your head or giving up wine, or being trapped all day in a room with a child learning the recorder or a room with some spiders in it...

Ending with a reminder to come back next week, subscribe and please share this with your mum and dad friends to lighten their parenting woes and let them know we are in this together!

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We are back with a whole lot of parent support through laughter! Whether you're looking for parent conversations or some solidarity through the stories we get sent in - we are here for you!

We start every episode catching up with our parenting yay or nay for the week. Bec is yaying celebrating their child's 1st birthday, surviving a year of 3 young kids, while managing to pull off a super last minute birthday party! The nay being the xylophone toy she asked family not to buy and then SAM DID!!

Sam is of course yaying the xylophone and how he still thinks it was a great present, and naying the way wives and partners will say no to food and then want to share yours later.

He gets a little dad joke in before we launch into the confessional!

This week's stories are branded 'the brutal things kids say', hearing stories about kids destroying their parents egos - starting with Bec experiencing our 5yo this week asking why she was getting so fat. There's kids insulting their parents' looks, age and then trying hard to be mean and failing (Cue: I'll put you in the trash!').

Then we are in with the helpful hacks sent in - but being the unhelpful parenting podcast we had to keep it fun and a little less helpful so Sam is tasked with inserting unhelpful parenting facts after each hack.

The mom hacks and parent hacks are extremely helpful, but the facts take a turn and Bec comments that they've likely managed to somehow offend everyone with the funny parent facts.

We end up in hysterics as Sam tries hard to back pedal from his hilariously bad facts - but they did the job and kept us laughing at funny and relatable parent feels.

Between laughs we manage to remind you to like, subscribe and share what we hope is the best parenting podcast (or at least the one that makes you laugh!) to show us the love and keep the stories flowing in!

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Kick starting with the yays and nays, we catch you up on our highs and lows of parenting this week.

Sam is yaying the cute personalities coming out as each kid grows, but naying the way we sometimes just snap as parents (especially at 1am in the morning!!). Bec is yaying reaching the 1 year mark with baby number 3, but naying getting in trouble by the empathetic 5yo for killing a bug. She sneaks in an extra nay, feeling terrible for how poorly organised the first birthday if baby 3 is and how neglected the third child is in comparison to the first 😅

Sam gets his dad joke in and then we hit the parenting confessional with 4 hilarious stories sent in this week...

1. A new mum getting a baby carrier cover and skirt mixed up.

2. Siblings bribing each other to leave.

3. Toddlers pulling on clothes and flashing mamma's boobs at the bank.

4. Another dad who landed himself in ICU when he found out his wife was in labour (this time from a nut allergy and eating the wrong chocolate bar!).

We ask that you keep sending in your stories and funny kids quotes, but this week Bec has collated all the brutal things you've sent in that they've said. Sam cues the track and we have a beautiful un-motivational moment reading through some like 'you're ruining my life'. Just what every parent wants to hear.

This takes us to a deeper parenting discussion on failing as parents and modelling how to fail for our kids. We aren't meant to be perfect parents, but we are the best parents for our kids.

That's as close to helpful as you'll get as Sam finishes us off with a would you rather? We are talking gastro vs nits and head butts vs standing on Lego.

We finish with a call out for your helpful hacks. Send us the little things that make parenting just that slight bit easier for you! We are talking the tabs on juice boxes turning into handles, or oats to bulk up expensive breakfast cereal!

Share us with your friends and show us some love (while we contend with the nasty side of the internet comments on recent posts!) and come back next week for more!!!

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But first, our *croaky* voices are back and still in recovery, just in time for our 11 month old baby to start teething. For obvious reasons, Bec’s yay is baby Panadol – cos what did parents do without it?! And her nay is the teething and how she forgot the molars are the worst. When the molars come through one cusp at a time, it’s like 4 different teeth! Sam starts with his nay, and the cost of renting with kids, and how your priorities shift from fun entertainment features to practical, toy storage requirements. But his yay is father’s day and getting some really quality time with the kids and how much it fills their cups.

Because it was father’s day, Bec promises no eye rolling or comments about how many dad jokes Sam is bringing this week, which she fails at straight away when he announces he has SIX! But they are quite funny so the eye rolling is replaced mostly with laughter.

Then we hit the dad-fessional. Funny stories, fails and laughs thanks to the dads. The stories include:

A personal one from a family member, with a dad promising a theme park visit but delivering with an at home DIY version. He meant well but the kids were devastated!

A dad thinking he was cool taking his daughter to get a nose piercing without talking to mom first. Not a good idea.

A dad who fell over and needed stitches in his head when his wife went into labour. Good news – he made the birth.

A dad who’s signature move is letting it rip during family photos and getting hilarious photo reactions.

A dad getting the pop culture references wrong trying to fit in with the kids.

A lego fanatic dad who got the surprise of his life finding out they were pregnant.

Then we follow Bec down a rabbit hole of lesser known facts and interesting things relating to parenting in this ‘Did you know?’ segment.

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There may still be a cough or two, but we share a small insight into the hell that parenting while sick is. Sam’s YAY for the week was spending some one-on-one time with the baby (which doesn’t happen often cos he’s #3!), and his NAY was WHAT THE *F*LU?! Being sick with kids was actually a nightmare. Bec tags on her NAY of parents not having sick days – we could literally be on fire and the kids would still ask for snacks. But her YAY was the incredible family support network that we know we are very blessed and grateful to have.

Before we get to the dad jokes, Sam has to give an APOLOGY! A few episodes ago he had a rant about American Hershey’s chocolate and how gross it makes the KitKat in comparison to what we get in Australia. We aren’t sorry for that (unless you’re in the States and have to eat that…), but he did say KitKat was a Mars product, when it is actually made by Nestle! We wouldn’t normally correct a mistake in such detail, but more than one of our devoted listeners were appalled, and so were we because we know chocolate is critical for parenting through some days! 😉

Bec gives Sam’s dad jokes and obligatory eye roll and laugh – which means they’re actually quite good dad jokes, and then we head to the parenting confessional.

We start by sharing the top 6 follow up stories that came in off the back of the dad being questioned by a security guard for carrying out his screaming child from the shops. It turns out that that dad was not alone at all – and there are lots of stories of kids chucking tantrums or screaming about being kidnapped and getting their parents in trouble!

Then we share the story of a kid who went ‘missing’ trying to lie as flat as they could in bed, and hear the story of an incredibly entitled mum who expected the school teachers to throw her child’s birthday party during class – and didn’t even stick around to set up!

After, we do a quick catch up on a few incredibly surreal parenting moments Bec has had since we’ve been away. From being mistakenly asked if she was pregnant, to inappropriate and unhelpful comments travelling solo with a baby on the plane, and then being unsure whether to call the police or knock on the neighbours door at 4am – A LOT has happened!

As always, we wrap up sharing that you are not alone in this parenting journey – even at the worst moments – because they clearly happen to all of us!

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Rather than leave you hanging (especially if you’re new here!), we’ve pieced together some of the best parenting stories and confessions we’ve been sent since we started earlier in the year.

This is only a few favourites – comment and tell us which is your favourite! We think Bec saved the best for last 😉

Enjoy and send us your funny stories and fails for the confessional in future…

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To start we are doing our Yays and Nays, talking school drop-offs, getting kids to focus on any activity for more than 5 minutes, our love for the tuckshop apps and frustration at gold coin collections (because who has cash on hand these days?!).

Before we get to talking parents at the Olympics, parenting and the Olympics and parent Olympic moments, we have four hilarious parenting moments in the confessional this week!

Whether you’re a mum who’s bragged about their kid, only to have them go insane when you hoped they’d show off, or a dad who’s had to convince security that your tantrum-ing child IS yours (or maybe you’ve dropped a phone on your newborn) – you’ll be able to relate quite well to these funny parent stories!

Then we get to the Olympics chat and talking about it from the parenting perspective. We talk about how it hits different as you get older, and you move from watching thinking ‘I could do that’ to ‘I wonder if my kid could do that’.

We talk about some Olympic stories that have come through, with parents wearing heart rate monitors while watching their kids compete and the absolute boss mode of the Turkish man who got silver in the shooting events.

Then we turn to the relatable parent Olympic events. Backstroke but with a 3yo sitting on top, or cycling with smudgy fingerprints and toys all over the track! Comment to tell us what your relatable event would be!

The call out this week is for all the dads as we start to prepare for our Father’s Day episode – send us your dad fails and your dad brag moments. Have you gone boss mode and had an awesome moment? Or do you have a funny dad fail to admit to? Send us your stories and join the fun! (Mums – you can still send yours to the confessional too of course!)

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We kick the episode off with our Yays and Nays (highs and lows if you’re new!). Bec braved the grocery shop with all three kids for the first time this week – something she’s been putting off for a long time but decided to suck it up and do. She survived but was left with the ‘nay’ and dilemma of how to get the kids back in the car in the most safe way. Do you leave the mobile 5yo out in the busy carpark while you put the baby in, or leave the baby and 3yo in the trolley with $300 worth of shopping while you put the mobile 5yo in first?!

Sam’s yay was finally getting to sleep without the kids in the bed, but it has meant using the parent hack of putting mattresses on the floor – so the nay is still not having space. He also nay’s the nappy stage of life and is itching for the 3yo to be toilet trained – even though Bec reminds him that we are past halfway through our nappy years!

We reflect on last week’s conversation and are reminded again of our age as someone sent in that their friends kid didn’t know what a USB is! Sam is in denial but Bec says it’s inevitable that USBs are something we are going to have to explain to our children because they’ve got the cloud.

Sam’s back with his dad jokes and memes he’s found on social media and we are Olympics themed and talking about our wardrobes and how we hold onto the ‘just in case’ clothes we might fit again.

The confessional is wild this week, with 3 new stories. We have:

- A mum who’s kid throws her under the bus and tells her friend what she says about her messy house in private.

-A toilet training boy who was sure everyone at the zoo needed to see his willy and

-A son who made a scene at the shops and gave everyone the wrong impression that he didn’t have his own toothbrush and had to share!

Then Sam takes over and does his first go at wish or want, which is a this or that, that he ends up calling real or fake (you’ll have to watch and listen for that to make sense!). He’s got a list of baby products that are so wild, but half are real-life products and half are ones he made up (with a few potential mum business ideas thrown in!). Bec gets most of them right, but it’s still full of laughs as we can’t believe some of these products exist!

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Sam and Bec say hi in their unintentionally matched outfits, talking their yay and nays for the week. Bec is yaying insulated cups that are the ONLY way mums get to drink tea or coffee hot and naying the fact that you can drive thru alcohol but not bread, milk, eggs and bananas! Sam is naying his top golf experience because he didn’t get any points, but yaying it because he had fun, kid-free time.

Sam then starts us off with another of his dad joke/meme moments to make sure the laughs start rolling in.

We head to the confessional, where we share a real one of Bec’s where she admits to her naive aspirations of how she would deal with tantrums falling apart. Who knew young kids and toddlers who can’t communicate yet can’t be talked through them?! We also had a babysitter send in her confession that she put too much effort into encouraging the kid she was looking after to be friends with their bully (which she didn’t know about!) and someone who’s kid thought the old school pencil sharpener at the thrift shop was a fishing reel (we feel old!!!!!).

From the mouth of babes is ready to have you cackling at all the funny things kids say. Starting with their own kids’ monkey poo bums and meltdowns because ‘I DON’T HAVE ANY MONEY!’, Sam and Bec laugh their way through the funny stories you sent in. There’s the brutal insults, the awkward mispronunciations, and all things cute, hilarious and funny. ‘Bye mum, hope you don’t die today’…

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We say hello with our yay and nay's for the week - Sam talking all about his amazing weekend with the kids, but the killer cost of living as a parent. Bec is also talking the parent wins of happy kids with her dinosaur birthday cake, while nay-ing the winter clothing debacle of baby vomit and nappy blowouts that make packing for an afternoon a whole suitcase ordeal!

Sam keeps us laughing with his usual jokes and memes - a dad joke too many if you ask Bec - but she was laughing all the more!

The confessional has 5 different stories this week - and keep sending them in! We've got the...

- kindergartener bathing with her uncle (turns out, he's 2!),

- screen time confessions that we can all sympathise with,

- a sleep-deprived groceries whoopsie that could have looked like a child abduction,

- a lost pea up a nose and,

- a brutally honest primary school card for a teacher.

The brutal honest comment leads us to our call out for this week - SEND US THE FUNNY THINGS YOUR KIDS SAY! We are back to the mouth of babes next week and want to hear all the hilarious comments, questions and perfectly (or un-perfectly) timed moments that make you think 'WHAT?!'

We finish the episode with a game of This or That. Is it an Ikea baby product, or is it a Swedish footballer. Play along and see if you're as good as Sam who got them all right! Bec admits she probably got ALL the pronunciations wrong too - so that's an added laugh along the way.

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We are coming for the Bluey minisodes this week, and Sam has a good soul cleansing whinge about Australian food after a weekend at a French festival eating real pastry (not quite parenting we know – but it was clearly a life changing pastry…). But at the heart of the laughs are two more parenting confessionals (one of them Becs which she doesn’t like to admit!) and then we are in to the dad jokes you sent in. 

When you listen to the last parenting confessional – make sure you pick a team. Does it sound like a mom fail or a dad fail? Comment who you think got it right (aka Bec of course…) – or if you sent us the story – tell us! It was anonymous so we don’t know!!

Dads – it’s up to you if we do the dad jokes as a whole segment again. If you send us the jokes it’ll be back by popular demand! Moms – if you roll your eyes as hard as Bec, let her know she’s not the only one! 

In fact, that’s what we are here for. We may not be the best parenting podcast or the best parenting channel for advice – but we are here to encourage you that in the pits of parenting fail moments you aren’t alone. The wheels fall off for all of us at one point or another, you aren’t the only one who struggles, and you are going to be okay. We hope this makes you laugh and feel some joy in your parenting journey!

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But before you get there we've got all the good stuff - like talking about how Bec's school comment last week had the keyboard warriors going, Sam heading towards insanity after the same song played 20 times in the car, and winning costume competitions. And that's just us!

There's another 3 confessions you sent in, from baby car seat fails to kissing doctors (accidentally!) - so just a reminder that you're not the only parent who has an oops from time to time!

Then we share the answers you sent in about what's changed since having kids (and yes, the answer is EVERYTHING!).

So make sure you watch for the laughs and share with your mum friends and dad friends, while sending us your bad dad jokes and confessions!!

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Sam and Bec kick off with some of the things they are ‘yaying’ and ‘naying’ like vacation child care (yay) and the cost of houses and cheese (BIG nay) – before launching head first into the parenting confessions full of funny parent fails and a ‘what do I do’? story.

The confessional follows stories of accidentally spiked milk donations, even more spiked eggnog, and a black eye thrown in there too.

Then we start through the list of the worst parenting advice you’ve received (and then sent to us) – including everything from razors for teething and feeding peanuts FOR NUT ALLERGIES! (we still can’t get over that one!!).

Laugh along with us and know that when the wheels fall off while you’re parenting – you’re not alone. The ridiculous moments happen to us all and you will make it through!

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Starting with our yays or nays that leads us into a little heated conversation about the AWFUL keyboard warriors that give parents a hard time for talking about the hard parts of parenting.

Then we've got some slightly helpful hacks to make parenting a little bit easier. From food and dinner hacks to pushing a pram with a trolley (tell us if any of these help!).

Our CALL OUT MOMENT is for all the bad advice you've been given - comment and tell us what the worst advice you've recieved is!

And don't go anywhere until you've heard our parenting confessional today with FOUR hilarious stories from parents in the depths of parenting madness, embarrassment and laughter!

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We are talking sleep deprivation, cute snuggles, germy kids and toddler translations. All with a side of mom fails and midnight snacks!

Our toy fails are bound to have you laughing and we can't wait to hear which is your favourite - from a shave your own doll to the rock-topus, and awkward balloon placements - comment and tell us which you laughed at most!

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Story after story we were sent in from parents and teachers about the things that can go wrong at school.

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We also come back to the poo show to say goodbye... Retiring it with Sam's AWFUL nightmare of a story! Poo is one of those subjects that is still sure to come up, but we won't be doing a WHOLE segment on it like this for a while now!

So jump in and have a listen for some positive parenting laughs and encouragement as we share funny stories to remind us all that in the chaotic rollercoaster of parenthood - you are never alone!

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Stay tuned cos you'll see the rare sight of Sam and Bec agreeing at the end of a debate!

There's all the usual fun still too, with some funny confessions, some 'yays and nays' from our weeks, and Sam's all important meme to laugh at.

No matter what your parenting week has brought you, we hope this mish mash of unhelpful fun and walk down memory lane will make you laugh and bring a little light to your parenting trenches this week!

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We’ve still got our usual laughs with our ‘yays and nays’, a meme for good measure and a confessional, but strap yourself in for some absolutely atrocious mother’s day gifts and the hilarious conversations that they bring.

If you love mother’s day or hate it – you’ll be sure to have a laugh while we ride this parenthood journey with some real life stories to help you know that you’re not alone in the parenting chaos!

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From Bec's cleaning nightmare and the snotty, sick kids breathing on our faces, to dad fails and sleep-deprived wardrobe malfunctions - we are ready to laugh!

The funny kid quotes and stories you sent in were awesome, and we end this episode in tears cos we don't really recover from one of them either!

Get ready for chicken-pork, some innocent kid fat shaming and an all-around good laugh with us!

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The confessions have us self-confessing to inappropriate Titanic scenes, while one mum sent in her son's hilariously bad haircut story that is going to make the 21st photo album.

The school fails and tales did not disappoint either! Whether it was lunch box beers or telling your kid a joke about not picking them up without a ribbon that they did NOT understanding was a joke... we are laughing all the way through!

If you're in the trenches of parenthood right now and need a positive parenting podcast to pick you up, we've got no advice but heaps of laughs to help brighten the tunnel moments. You are not alone, and it's not hard because you're doing it wrong.

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We also hear some funny answers to the question 'what's the funny words your toddler has gotten wrong', and laugh at the translations.

This light-hearted positive parenting podcast is here to make you laugh and realize that you aren't here doing this parenting walk alone. When you hit times of chaos when it feels out of control - we've all been there and it will be okay!

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Play along and test your baby name and celebrity knowledge while we look back on how hard it can be to name a baby!

And get ready to send in your answers for next week's question that we'll turn into a guessing game - what's your funniest toddler words that need translations? To get you started we've got a minnum minnum (translation: water), a Koo-ah (translation: Koala) and Deh-Deh (Translation: monster truck!). SEND IT IN THE COMMENTS TODAY!

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In this hilarious episode, we dive right into the hilariously brutal honesty of kids in our new segment: from the mouth of babes!

Sharing their unfiltered comments on our love handles to their casual reminders of our ticking biological clocks, they cover it all.

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Whether you're here for a laugh or here for validation (you're not the only one!), we are ready for you.

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We promise there's a lot less poo than last week, but plenty to keep you laughing about being a parent!

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This week we are sharing all the real, raw and ridiculous things we've been sent, including our own confession of Sam leaving the baby in the car, an awful afternoon of disasters and kitchen floods, a few toddler meltdowns and a few hilarious (and gross) poo stories.

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With our new host (or is it Sam with a haircut?), we are talking all things parenting, including ordering from our daughter's cafe menu, where you'll need a mortgage to afford the cake, some hilarious parenting confessions that were sent in and the funniest situations you've found your kids in (including wee-ing on a goat!).

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On this episode you'll get to meet us, find out what we didn't expect about parenthood and why we are doing this podcast. You'll also get to sit in on our first parenting confessional, and we are sharing your answers to 'what is the worst thing your kid has said in public'?

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Get ready for the unhelpful parenting podcast with Sam and Bec.

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