The Motherhood Collective Co

A casual episode where we get on IG Live and chat with our followers. We catch you up on our lives, chat favorite books and music, talk home projects, healing ear infections naturally, birthing more babies, breastfeeding, and more.

A little Q+A to start your week. Let's chat new borns, cleaning schedules, catheters during childbirth, where to shop for baby clothes, setting boundaries to spend less time on our phones, and car seat safety.

What are they? Why do we have them? How do we navigate the anxiety that comes along with them? We share our personal experiences and give you tools to conquer the blight that is intrusive thoughts. We hope after listening to this episode you feel a little more 'normal,' you have the tools to overcome the power they hold of you, and you rest assured that you are a good mom. **No specific/graphic intrusive thoughts are shared in this episode. This episode is inspiring and not triggering.

Buckle up, let's have an uncomfy conversation. What are the dangers of posting our children's faces on social media? What will their futures look like? What are the possible repercussions? Can there be a balance of sharing and protecting? We let you guys into the very vulnerable thoughts in our heads surrounding this topic when it comes to our own children. We take you through our thought process, our decisions, and how we executed our plans.

We answer listener's questions about transitioning out of bedsharing this week. This episode is full of sound advice on listening to your intuition as a mama and practical advice on infant/toddler sleep!

We interview Kaite @thenotsotiredtoddler about toddler sleep. We ask her what's normal, how to navigate the hard, what to expect, and how to cope with our own unmet expectations and frustrations. It's a breath of fresh air to speak to a sleep consultant who openly co-sleeps and listens to any mama's intuition on what looks right for their own family.

This week we dive into one of our most requested topics: transitioning your child from co-sleeping into their own bed. We each cover our personal experiences with our oldest children. We acknowledge that this is not a 'one-size-fits-all' situation and as always is not medical advice. We hope this episode is uplifting and helpful.

It's a new week! We are diving back into episode 51. Improving Your Marriage After Kids to answer your questions. We dive deeper into dating, sex, and connection and get a little more specific on the topics you wanted to explore more.

Welcome back to our February Q+A, where we finish answering your questions. This week we chat about our favorite activities to do with our kids, tips for starting your own business, how to handle people who get awkward talking about financial success, getting backlash from family about parenting, our plans for growing our families, getting things done when your baby only wants to be held, our opinions on baby led weaning and early introductions to allergens, breastfeeding, and leaving our kids with trusted caretakers.

Happy Valentine's Day! We chat this week about improving your marriage after having children. How do we communicate? How do we argue healthily? How important is intimacy? How do love languages play into our marriage? Why are my estrogen levels important? Marriage is much deeper once having kids, so let's talk about how to make it healthy and happy. The sex-ed episode we chat about is episode number 14, don't forget to check it out!

Let's dive into your questions. We chat about feeding your family healthy food on a budget, resources for a planned cesarean birth, spanking/punishing children, listening to your intuition as a mama, intimacy while co-sleeping, building your village of friends and care team professionals, milestones for your baby and how to cope with not hitting them, and more! Episode resources: Amanda's doula: https://www.instagram.com/madison.doula/ podcast and books for cesarean: https://www.thevbaclink.com/podcast/ https://www.amazon.com/My-Caesarean-Twenty-One-C-Section-Experience/dp/1615195521 https://www.amazon.com/Caesarean-Birth-Positive-Approach-Preparation/dp/0956848001 Resources for child development: https://www.amazon.com/Whole-Brain-Child-Revolutionary-Strategies-Developing/dp/B0B94JC2TN/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=616990815596&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9052974&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=6029966386468944261&hvtargid=kwd-157712209039&hydadcr=24631_13611696&keywords=the+whole-brained+child&qid=1707084050&sr=8-1 https://www.thewonderweeks.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Danish-Way-Parenting-Happiest-Confident/dp/014311171X https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Good-Humans-Parenting-Confident/dp/B08FW8M7WG/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=598727461883&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9052974&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=5567498540160021674&hvtargid=kwd-336026964205&hydadcr=8898_13572528&keywords=raising+good+humans&qid=1707084167&sr=8-1 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-preschool-podcast/id1134688873 https://pedsdoctalk.com/pedsdoctalk-podcast/ The Motherhood Collective Co episodes 10-15

We dive into your resolutions. We asked you: what are your resolutions? What do you need help with? In this episode, we chat about adjusting to being a mother, yelling less at your kids, controlling your finances, decreasing screen time, turning back to Christ, distinguishing between fear and warnings from the Lord, and how to stop caring about what others are thinking of you. Come sit with us and talk about everything our listeners want to change in 2024.

What's in an what is out this year according to Jessie and Amanda? We talk about ditching the crunchy community, taking steps to heal your marriage after having a baby, listening to the Lord before turning to Google, connecting with God and our families before connecting with our phones, and so much more... We hope you enjoy one of our most revealing and inspiring episodes yet!

In this episode, we respond to listeners' assumptions about us. We talk about the reality of 1-1 time with our husbands as moms of littles, intuitive mothering, having patience with your children and others, mom guilt, and personal stories that should help you get to know us on a deeper level.

WARNING- we talk about Santa in the middle of this episode. Please be careful when listening around children who still believe. Come chat with us! We chat this week about the high expectations surrounding Christmas, how to handle people posting photos of your children, how to tackle those tricky sleep schedules when it comes to the holidays, Santa (how to participate in a healthy way and how to handle others input when you don't participate), how to handle family who don't respect your parenting choices, and seriously so much more. Please join us for the last episode of the year! We hope it leaves you more confident as you head into Christmas celebrations. Merry Christmas mamas!!

Jessie is back! We go over her birth with Ledger, talk about the hard truths of repeat cesareans, and chat about how to talk to a friend who just had a cesarean. We are so excited to both be here this week!

Let's get real. Amanda answers all of your questions from this week's q+a box. We chat about how to help your sick baby, when to get help when they are sick, dealing with being the primary parent, infant sleep schedules and regressions, screen time, tantrums, anxiety around leaving your child, healing your baby's gut, vaccines, chiropractic, how to prepare for baby number 2 AND MORE. Hopefully, you find this candid episode helpful and refreshing. If you want to submit questions for these episodes then please follow us on Instagram @themotherhoodcollectiveco

Amanda hosts holistic nutritionist Cait Crowell to chat and answer your questions about nutrition postpartum. What foods are best postpartum? What are the best snacks to keep bedside? Is losing weight postpartum realistic while breastfeeding? How should we detox from the medication birth sometimes requires? Are some foods harmful to eat while breastfeeding? How do we best support our hormones postpartum? We take a deep dive into making sure you know and understand how to be nourished and heal your body after you've just created and birthed your new best friend. Products Mentioned Minerals: https://www.quicksilverscientific.com/all-products/quintessential-isotonic-ampoules/, https://drinklmnt.com/ , https://www.amazon.com/REDMOND-Real-Sea-Salt-Unrefined/dp/B000R5PKD0?th=1 Quick Snacks: https://paleovalley.com/store/beef-sticks , https://chomps.com/collections/chomps , https://www.gomacro.com/ Postpartum Hormone Support Tinctures: https://www.amazon.com/Earthley-Wellness-Naturally-Multivitamin-Nutrition/dp/B085YDNPY3 , https://www.amazon.com/WishGarden-Herbs-ReBalance-Formula-Mothers/dp/B07LGBV1B9/ref=sr_1_2_pp?crid=1WQO316LUXKY1&keywords=wish+garden+postpartum&qid=1701054876&s=hpc&sprefix=wish+garden+postpartum+%2Chpc%2C117&sr=1-2 Books: https://www.amazon.com/Expecting-Better-Conventional-Pregnancy-Wrong/dp/0143125702 , https://www.amazon.com/First-Forty-Days-Essential-Nourishing/dp/1617691836

Amanda hosts Jetta who gives us the scoop on re-entering the corporate world after maternity leave. We chat about pumping at work, maintaining supply, healthy snacks to have with you, finding "balance," finding balance in responsibility with your husband, finding time for yourself, and re-entering workplace politics. Have a great Thanksgiving mamas! Show notes: the company we mentioned that will ship milk for you is Milk Stork https://www.milkstork.com/

Jessie's sister, Amanda joins your host Amanda for a chat on postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, and postpartum rage. Why do these things happen? How can we prevent or minimize our chances of struggling with them? How do you know that you are in fact struggling? Who can you talk to? What should you tell your husband while preparing for the birth of your child? We take a deep dive into the world of postpartum mood disorders in the hope that you won't have to suffer as we did.