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Am I A Bad Mum? The question we all ask. We love our kids but they drive us nuts so we want to share our stories and failures… oh and what time is too early to pour a wine??! Hosts: @KatieMattin and @RachelThaiday

Katie Mattin and Rachel Thaiday


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    I am so inappropriate

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2025 12:32 Transcription Available


    Katie was watching something highly inappropriate and didn't want her girls to know in fear of judgement but hiding it didn't go to plan!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Shit, I forgot I'm supposed to feed them!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2025 10:18 Transcription Available


    Rach thought she was nailing the day, so organised. It was all going swimmingly.... until it wasn't!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hiring now: kids that pull their weight

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 12:10 Transcription Available


    Katie had an interesting pep talk with her daughter before a job interview where the advice was 'you don't do any of that so just lie about it!' And when it comes to teaching them to drive Rach has realised she has no idea!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    I'm a rule breaker, follow in my footsteps!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 9:56 Transcription Available


    Rach is approached by her 12 year old to discuss her breaking the rules and in fact why the rules are in place in the first place - oh how the tables have turned!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ok, time to fend for yourself

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2025 11:18 Transcription Available


    Katie has got to the point where she is sick of noses being turned up at her dinners, so she's decided she's not cooking anymore!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    How the hell did that happen??

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 11:56 Transcription Available


    Katie couldn't help but find it hysterical when one of her kids made a split second decision that went drastically wrong!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Let's be positive for a change

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2025 13:08 Transcription Available


    Katie has decided she concentrates too often on the negatives and what her kids aren't doing but what about if we talk about the positives?!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Which sport is the most expensive? SHOCKED!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 10:43 Transcription Available


    Rach finds out which kids sports are the most expensive during their childhood and it's shocking!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    I am an irresposible Mother

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2025 14:38 Transcription Available


    Katie went to Bali and all safety protocols went completely out of the window when she put her kids in danger MULTIPLE times!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    I am chasing the simple life

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 11:12 Transcription Available


    Katie went to Bali on the holidays and had some very interesting observations about how the locals live, the kids are more street smart and don't even get her started on the dogs! Hop on the back of the scooter, we're moving to Bali!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    I am not fresh from holidays so get the f*** off me

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2025 10:30 Transcription Available


    Welcome to a new season 'fresh' back from holidays! Rach has done nothing but kids stuff for 2 weeks and is over it, so imagine how happy she was when the hotel room she booked for her & 2 kids only had ONE bed!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Water doesn't grow on trees

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 8:33 Transcription Available


    Rach is reluctant to tell her girls about a possible holiday booking in case they bang on about it non stop for months! Katie has had enough of her girls hugely long showers and has come up with a great deterrent! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The bank of Mum is now CLOSED

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2025 10:41 Transcription Available


    Katie is tightening the purse strings in an attempt to encourage her girls to save and she's discovered a great app that shuts down the wifi on individual devices! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    When the toilet door opens and all you can do is wave

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2025 10:20 Transcription Available


    Rach is having to teach her daughter that there's a time and a place for certain conversations; sometimes they're ok in the home but not outside!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The Mum's have gone wild!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 10:41 Transcription Available


    Katie & Rach go on a boozy lunch where they are accused of being 'so millennial' by Katie's daughter. Meanwhile Rach's 12 year old witnessed all of the inappropriate antics as did HER SCHOOL FRIEND!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    OMG I made her eat a rotten egg

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 12:01 Transcription Available


    Rach has hit a bad Mum low after not realising the breakfast she made was off! Sorry Gracie, the math exam was the least of your worries!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    I need a taxi partition so I can't hear the back seat

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 9:35 Transcription Available


    Katie is getting pushback from her kids around driving because OBVIOUSLY they know better. But also on a lot of other things too like food and sleep so she's introduced a new saying which is "do what the f*** you like!"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Being a dance Mum is not my strong point

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 11:21 Transcription Available


    Rach is in full dance Mum mode and is blown away with how organised the other Mum's are because gluing rhinestones onto socks is not what she signed up for!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Online bullies are out of control

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 13:53 Transcription Available


    In this episode Rach wants to bring to light the topic of kids voice messaging kids and some of the cruel and unfiltered things that are being said. Katie has experienced teenage 'goings on' and they have some "advice" for parents.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    When Mum steps in

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 9:14 Transcription Available


    Katie got her kids picked up by a taxi who massively overcharged them. So she did what all angry Mum's do after a couple of wines and marched outside and gave him a piece of her mind!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    I have LOST CONTROL

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 11:09 Transcription Available


    Katie is battling still parenting v loosening the strings. Teenagers are a whole other ball game and she has lost control!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    It's all Mum's fault

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 9:54 Transcription Available


    Rach spends the day supporting her youngest in her sporting competition, but when she doesn't win, it's ALL MUM'S FAULT! Suprise, suprise Rach doesn't have much sympathy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    My punishment sucks

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 13:41 Transcription Available


    Katie's finally introduced a punishment that really works well and is proud of herself until Rach totally trumps it with an amped up version!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Responsibility = Privilege

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 9:51 Transcription Available


    How often do we hear from our kids 'why can't I do that?' 'everyone else is allowed to do this?' introducing.... responsibility = privilege for Katie's household!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    I don't care if it's not for adults, I'm going in!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 9:17 Transcription Available


    Rach finds herself at a game of touch footy where her 12 year old is playing against the over 15's. So she does what no other parent would do and asks the coach for a jersey!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    What is with the FASHION?!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 11:57 Transcription Available


    Katie wants to chat about the fashion at the moment and why our teenagers look like they're homeless!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    You will lose your iPad for the rest of your life!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2025 11:14 Transcription Available


    Rach finds herself in a situation where she is completely out of control, so does what any child psychologist would recommend. and throws out every punishment she can think of all in one go! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    You WILL eat it

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2025 10:56 Transcription Available


    Katie is positive she made vegetarian gyoza for her veggie kids and is so angry with them for not eating it. Only to realise that they were.......pork. Another parenting fail! And she did not own it!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    "Kids? No Thanks – They'll Ruin My Life"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2025 10:43 Transcription Available


    Katie’s daughter has decided that having children is a terrible idea — because apparently, they’ll ruin her life. This is a controversial one!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Too Much Information (and a Bag of Frozen Peas)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2025 8:55 Transcription Available


    Katie sells a chair on Marketplace and ends up trauma-dumping on a stranger. Then somehow, it gets worse - a vasectomy, curious kids, and the family freezer that will never be the same again. Welcome to oversharing, parenting edition.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    It's a long walk home!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2025 10:58 Transcription Available


    Rach has every intention of making it a fun time waiting for netball training to start but Ellsie has other ideas and begins the attack!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Why is our schooling so out of date?!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2025 12:40 Transcription Available


    This is a controversial topic, but Rach wants to know why our schooling is still the same as when we went 30 years ago? Katie think AI is going to take all the jobs we are preparing them for, and Rach has a hilarious solution to what work they should go in to.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Off to boarding school we go......

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2025 13:46 Transcription Available


    Katie has had to remind her kids that she is in fact a human being andf there's only so much she can take. As always, Rach has some good advice!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The dark side of social media

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2025 14:34 Transcription Available


    It's not very often that we tackle serious topics, but a conversation started around social media that we thought was important to share!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    I'm ticking off the Mum jobs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2025 9:59 Transcription Available


    Katie has realised that she's done hardly any parent teacher interviews because she keeps missing the deadline! Rach is the same, so they start ticking off the one off's they've taken part in over the school years!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Get out of this town!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2025 11:11 Transcription Available


    Rach's kids have been caught up with the hype of a new bakery in town which Rach has an irrational hate for! But was she able to say 'I told you so'???See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The lunchbox of doom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2025 12:51 Transcription Available


    Katie knew full well her girls had left their lunchboxes in their school bags for the whole 3 weeks of holidays! Instead of being a good Mum and reminding them, she chose to let them discover for themselves! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    I am Sunday vibing right now!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2025 10:21 Transcription Available


    Rach is being hassled by her kids to go to the Brisbane show (Ekka) so instead she decided they would do a smaller version. The prices were still INSANE! Also KPOP has entered the Thaiday household and it is NOT ok!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Dad's cooked dinner? Whoop-de-doo!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2025 12:10 Transcription Available


    Katie's absolute favourite thing to do is spend time making food for the family only to watch it nibbled on and then tipped into the bin! NOT! Rach has a few suggestions, and they decide the best approach is to lower to their level!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    I'm not paying for the right sized shoe!!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2025 9:13 Transcription Available


    Welcome to a fun Friday round up before we take a week's break being Mum's on school holidays! Katie has a solution to the expensive trends the kids are wanting after seeing stuff on Tik Tok and Rach has taken bargain hunting to the next level when she refuses to buy the correct size shoes!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    I am UNFOLLOWING anyone in Europe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2025 11:03 Transcription Available


    Katie needs a holiday and is feeling the Mum guilt of not doing much with the kids in school holidays; meantime, Rach reveals her wild past!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    I don't want to adopt chickens!!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025 11:34 Transcription Available


    Rach's friend kindly offers to babysit for her, but things take a turn when an innocent idea becomes pretty crazy and not at all what she wants to do!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    This is going to be a stressful roadtrip!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2025 10:08 Transcription Available


    Katie's come up with a solution to get her kids' driving hours up, but Rach isn't sure it's a great idea for her nervous system!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    It's the principle!!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2025 13:08 Transcription Available


    Katie realises that whilst teaching her kids about money she's become super tight and finds herself arguing for too long over just $1...... It's the principle!!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Today we are drunk Mum's!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2025 9:20 Transcription Available


    Katie tells a story from the races that Rach barely remembers but reminds them both of a bad parenting moment! And the attempt to make it better actually made it worse!!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Remember when we used to use a phone for a phone?!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2025 12:14 Transcription Available


    In this episode, Katie & Rach talk about technology and how their kids are all about voice notes and not actually using the phone part of the phone! It got them onto the hilarious stuff we used to do!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    It's chaos because of ME for a change!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025 9:50 Transcription Available


    Rach has realised the house stops when she doesn't get up to get it all going...literally!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    It's Mum's gone wild at the races!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 11:21 Transcription Available


    Katie & Rach are heading to The Star Stradbroke Day on Saturday so they relive their previous bad Mum race day experiences ahead of the day! We would love to see you on the day, DM us @amiabadmum on Instagram if you're heading to the track as we'd love to say hi! For 2-4-1 tickets, use the code PODSHAPE241 at brc.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Good luck, she's exactly like you

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2025 8:26 Transcription Available


    Rach has realised her 10-year-old has the exact same sense of humour as her, and it's come to bite her on the arse!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    I am a crazy cat lady

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 11:12 Transcription Available


    Katie swore she would never say this out loud for fear of judgment! She made a decision that is CRAZY and Rach definitely did judge!!! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    My weekends are NON EXISTANT!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 10:09 Transcription Available


    Rach has realised her weekends are not weekends anymore; she is an Uber driver for pretty much all of it! And why do the kids decide they're the days when they'll carry on the bad behaviour into the evening too?!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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