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Moms Raising Mayhem019 Vacationing as parents without the kids & what it's like to be the default parentWe look forward to hanging with you all every week!Find us here → Instagram & TikTok2024-08-1927 minMoms Raising Mayhem018 Choosing to co-sleep with our babiesWe look forward to hanging with you all every week!Find us here → Instagram & TikTok2024-07-2246 minMoms Raising Mayhem017 Feeling not enough in motherhoodWe look forward to hanging with you all every week!Find us here → Instagram & TikTok2024-07-1523 minMoms Raising Mayhem016 Uncle Mackie, School Psychologist Part 2: helping your kids achieve emotional balance at different agesLast week we got to know Uncle Mackie in his school psychologist profession. We continue to pick his brain on how to approach balance with kids in each age group, calm down corners, regulating emotions, and the things we enjoyed as parents about COVID. We wrap it up by getting really into how important it is for men to have feelings and be gentle. We look forward to hanging with you all every Monday at 2:00pm EST!Find us here → Instagram & TikTok2024-07-0147 minMoms Raising Mayhem015 Uncle Mackie, School PsychologistWe know Mackie as the silly funcle that does dances & plays sports with all the kids but this week we get to know a different side. Mackie is a school psychologist who interned in a local middle school & elementary school and is now, sadly, leaving us to work in Florida. In Part 1 he helps point out differences between his profession and school counselors as well as getting into some common issues kids are facing today. Mackie shares how different coaching soccer compared to working with kids in a more serious setting is but also how connection and equal respect...2024-06-241h 25Moms Raising Mayhem014 Father's Day is for roasting husbandsTruly tried to make an episode about how amazing the husbands are but we obviously needed to keep humbling them and talk sh*t too. Maybe this episode will convince them to come on and redeem themselves. Who wants to hear from Tony & Max?!This episode is sponsored by The Green Giant Shop. Use code 'MAYHEM' for a discount on your first seamoss gel jar! Find it here → Instagram & WebsiteWe look forward to hanging with you all every Monday at 2:00pm EST!Find us here → Instagram & TikTok2024-06-1732 minMoms Raising Mayhem013 The Bluey Live mosh pit & mental health awarenessOn this week’s episode we talk about taking all the kids to Bluey Live in Brooklyn and how we were faced with a literal bubble mosh pit. We also get into Gage turning 5 and how cait is handling (or not handling) it. Mental Health Awareness! Justine tells her wild story about trialing medication and cait discusses how much she doesn’t like crying even though she knows it is good for her soul.This episode is sponsored by Motherhood Moves. Use code 'MAYHEM' for a discount on your first drop in session. Find her here → Instagram & Linktr...2024-06-1043 minMoms Raising Mayhem012 Raising a bunch of high energy boys & not knowing what the f*ck to wear at 30+Welcome back and happy Memorial Day weekend. This week we have Gage, Cait's almost 5 year old, tell us all about his favorite things. We also get some time to reflect back on last week's episode and a couple current topics that parents most likely are also struggling with.Show notes →. A screaming mom & dad/step-dad confusion as per Lincoln. One word.. GAGE. Raising high energy, extroverted kids. No longer feeling guilty about screens. How do 30 something moms dress?. Mindful & Mayhem MomentsWe look fo...2024-05-2734 minMoms Raising Mayhem011 Mother's Day with Lincoln CashWe’re back after that little unplanned break. Today we have THE most special of all guests, Lincoln Cash. Justine’s 9 year old comes on to talk about Mother’s Day and his relationships with most of his family members. We have given him the space to quite literally sh*t on all of us.Show notes →. Mother's Day. Lincoln's relationships with his family members. New school experience. Mindful & Mayhem Moments. Lincoln's Q&AWe look forward to hanging with you all every Monday at 2:00pm EST!2024-05-201h 06Moms Raising Mayhem010 Sometimes your chosen family is better for your mental health than your actual familyWe truly had a plan for this episode but we went off the rails and then it all tied together anyway. We really get into some sibling conflict of our own as well as how we are looking at it now when our kids argue. We talk about the importance of a chosen family incase your blood family makes you feel like you belong in a padded room.Links →Gracie's Birthday SongFind us here → Instagram & TikTok2024-05-0757 minMoms Raising Mayhem010 Sometimes your chosen family is better for your mental health than your actual familyFind us here → Instagram & TikTok2024-05-0757 minMoms Raising Mayhem009 How sex can sometimes feel like another thing to check off your to-do list.Wanna hook up? Do some dishes. This week we talkin' bouttt sexayyyy time.. or lack there of. Come find out how much sex our husbands expect and things that turn us on nowadays.Find us here → Instagram & TikTok2024-05-0145 minMoms Raising Mayhem008 Stop worrying about what you look like & get in the poolThis week we wanted to put it all out there about body image. We are doing our absolute best as moms to ensure our boys don't feel badly about their physical appearence and they don't judge others by the way that they look. LOOKS aren't EVERYTHING! Linked references →The Renfrew CenterFind us here → Instagram & TikTok2024-04-2045 minMoms Raising Mayhem007 One episode away from throwing Xbox out the windowThis week's topic of conversation is all about technology, screen time, xbox & phones. We share some key points directly from The Guide: Boston Children's Digital Wellness Lab and how it relates to our lives and how we are going to do better moving forward.Linked references →Boston Children's Digital Wellness Lab / The GuideFind us here → Instagram & TikTok2024-04-131h 09Moms Raising Mayhem006 Discipline, consequences & ground rules (Ages 8-13) Part 2Find what ground rules, discipline & consequences look like for our youngest boys ages 0-5 in our Part 1 (Last week) and for our oldest boys ages 8-13 in this week's part 2. We chat on what respect means to us, the waves that adding on step siblings and half siblings can make and a bit on co-parenting. Linked references →Healthy Children / Today's Parent / Parents.comDr. Becky's Podcast: The Good InsideEpisode referenced: The Anxious GenerationFind us here → Instagram & TikTok2024-04-071h 07Moms Raising Mayhem005 Discipline, consequences & ground rules (Ages 0-5) Part 1In this week's episode we take a few minutes to touch back on what last week's self care chat turned into for both of us. We quickly shift from chatting about going out withOUT the kids to what going out WITH kids looks like and how we handle parenting outside of our homes. This is not an advice column! We have no idea what we're doing. :) Find what ground rules, discipline & consequences look like for our youngest boys ages 0-5 in our Part 1 and for our oldest boys ages 8-13 in our part 2 (Next week).Linked references →...2024-03-3058 minMoms Raising Mayhem004 "Self care" a 67 step memoir by JustineHow about that new intro? This week we are laughing more than chatting as Justine explains her at home self care memoir to Cait who's never heard of dry brushing or oil pulling. Why getting out of the house in this chapter of life feelings basically impossible but keeping up on your relationship with your person and your friends is imperative.Find us here → Instagram & TikTok2024-03-2347 minMoms Raising Mayhem003 Only cool moms suffer from intrusive thoughts and a debilitating postpartum experienceOn this week's episode we are sharing our deepest darkest intrusive thoughts paired with postpartum anxiety & the worries that came from foster care.Find us here → Instagram & TikTok2024-03-1952 minMoms Raising Mayhem002 It's called mom guilt because it's a mom thing, okay?Does parenting give you the craziest anxiety? Yup, us too. In this week's episode we share what triggers our anxiety the most and how we figured out mom guilt isn't just about the kids.Linked references →Cleveland Clinic / What to ExpectFind us here → Instagram & TikTok2024-03-0939 minMoms Raising Mayhem001 Welcome to the literal jungle.Ahhhhh, it's finally happening. Get to know us in our very first episode of Moms Raising Mayhem where we give you the run down on our gremlins and how this all began.Find us here → Instagram & TikTok2024-03-0229 min