The Irish Mummy Podcast | Work Life Balance

We feel this is something that could be applicable to everyone. It could be an unconscious thing that's happening, which you're not even aware of, but it's good to become aware of it. Marriage is basically the biggest commitment we can make and it's easy to take for granted because it's just there constantly once you're married. Your marriage is where you have committed to give it your all and that can take extra dedication to really give the other person the love and attention they need from you to keep your bond strong.Are you more engaged outside of the home? 2:15Your marriage is where you should be giving the most 4:00A dynamic marriage 5:00Are other influences complementing your marriage? 7:50“My children are paying attention to my marriage and later when they want to make choices for their spouse. If they're not in a good relationship, they might say to themselves after a while. This isn't what my mom and dad have. I want something that my mom and dad had, and then that might cause them to look for someone who picks marriage first, who picks dating first, who picks friends that complement marriage.” 8:33https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

In this episode we are talking about how family vision boards create space to connect and teach children the power of setting goals as an individual and a family. As an eternal optimist, Maria is a relentless pursuer of happiness. Discovering how most everything in life can be solved or fixed with a little grit, moxie, and a love for doing what you do, is her superpower. Listen to Rosie and Maria talk about how goals and vision boards can best be implemented into your family's life and how this can really change your family's future for the better. How Maria got into vision boards 1:00Being careful with the detail 6:20Her experience with accountability and the visual 12:20Preparing your children to best prepare for the future 27:00The neuroscience behind vision imagery 41:30“There's such science around tracking our progress and physically writing it down. Apps are great, but physical trackers on paper are much more.. They have a higher success rate than our apps because it's easy for me to forget about an app on my phone and not do it, but if I've got a paper in front of me that I've got next to my desk, or taped to my computer or the wall where I'm working, I'm gonna stay much more consistent with that.” 44:42@mariamaldonadosmith mmsconsultingfirm.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

Today we wanted to discuss the concept that your children's foundation all starts within the home. “It starts at home. Fueling their minds, watering their thoughts, showing them grace, and asking for forgiveness when we've fallen short. It starts at home. Building healthy relationships, teaching them manners, showing them the power of kindness. It starts at home. Using words with honour, speaking life into our situations, refusing to give up when the going gets tough, it starts at home. Prioritising the right things, making memories in the mundane, feeling our emotions rather than bottling them up, it starts at home. Being there for them, opening up the lines of communication, getting to know them more each and every day, it starts at home. And each and every day I pray that home will be a place they remember as learning, laughing, growing, forgiving, and setting a strong foundation for many years to come.” Fire Wife Chronicles by Lizzy ChristianWhat this means for Rosie 1:25How many hours do you spend with them vs others? 3:30It's OK when things slip up 6:35Teaching your kids to speak positively 10:50Creating a sanctuary for your kids 16:30“This isn't something you wanna be doing all the time. But the good thing about that is instead of being like ‘No, we can't do this.' and then that's the thing the children want to do, when they do get to do it, then they know it's like a treat. Like a relaxing treat or a lazy day, but long term that's not the thing you want to do consistently that will be productive for you.” 8:25https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

All of the boys, and the boys particularly, love talking about potty stuff. Something we've come to realise is that your first doesn't notice it too much because they don't have siblings. They might interact with it a little bit at school, but it doesn't consume them, but then as you have more kids and they start to speak about it among themselves, it begins to gain momentum as you have more and more children. Our 5th kid just loves the sound of any word that has to do with potty talk, and he loves to pronounce it clearly and slowly. This sums it up 2:00Tricking them to say something else 6:50It's totally normal 9:00“We did a bunch of surprises. We didn't tell them where we were going first…and then we had certain surprises. The Wednesday surprise was going to Disneyland as a family, and Daithi said, I'm trying to remember the context, but it was something like ‘Paddy, get your diaper on because you're gonna crap your pants with joy.'” 2:00https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

Adam heard something very interesting on a podcast the other day, which said often they see couples all around them, who are in their mid 40s, get divorced over the 10% of things that frustrate them, or annoy them, or that they wish were different, etc. and they set aside the 90% of things that they love about their spouse. “It is so easy to get fixated on someone's 10% if you're frustrated with your own life.” In preparation of talking about the 10%, talk often about the 90% of things you love about your spouse to soften the blow when it's time to talk about the 10%. Fixation on the 10% 1:30A lot of the things you learn in marriage can guide raising children 7:30A simple example of showing affection 13:30“What I should really do is learn to embrace it and be like ‘if he gets his hug, he's not gonna worry about us being late.' but I'm used to you not being late, so I'm prioritising rushing to get out, and then it's like, oh my goodness, I don't want you to be frustrated because we're late. It's like a lose-lose.” 14:05https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

Today we are meeting with Ellanee Wilson, the Sleep Coach Mom, and the purpose of this podcast episode is to help moms feel confident in whatever sleep choices they make. Rosie and Ellanee discuss the differences in how touchy your children can be and how this will influence their ability to sleep with you or on their own. Newborn babies often have fairly abnormal sleep patterns after leaving the mother's womb, so it's quite normal for things to be irregular once your baby is born, which many first time mothers don't understand. Becoming the sleep coach mom 1:15Co-sleeping with your children 7:00Everyone has a different experience 12:30It's OK for your child to not sleep well at first 18:00Women need the right support 29:00It's not about finding the perfect nighttime routine once biological needs are met 35:00“I feel like there is an idea out there that if you do focus on independent sleep, it is like this rigid–and there is some level of like, you need to be consistent with things in the very beginning, but I feel like people have a preconceived notion that it means you just don't respond to your child's needs, and that's just so very much not the case.” 41:39sleepcoachmom.com@sleep.coach.momhttps://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

We are so excited for this topic because we feel the first year of motherhood is so special, so intense, it goes by so quickly and we become a whole new person in a short period of time. Jenna discusses how she was both ready to be a mother and follow a career in nursing, and the challenges that has posed, but also the satisfaction she has experienced as she just decided to go for being a mom after her first year of working as a nurse. Jenna's daughter's 1st year and deciding about motherhood 1:00How it felt when Blake was born 6:15Learning to trust your intuition 16:00Getting into a natural rhythm with her child 19:50The most useful things people did for her 27:30“ I was honestly terrified of getting pregnant before that and just really didn't want it to happen. I know I always wanted to be a mom like I said, but it just didn't feel right, and then at some point it just did, and I just know that God was in the details of that helping me feel ready.” 4:50https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

Today is a short, but very specific episode, which is something that we're seeing unfold as our kids get older. We have 5 children at this moment, including an 11 year old boy, 7 year old girl, 5 year old boy, 3 year old boy, and 2 year old boy. Something we've been observing the past few months is how much the oldest two adore the baby. We have come to realise something important and maybe useful for those who are trying to decide whether to have more kids or not.Something we've noticed 1:00Preparing for parenthood 1:40What we have come to realise 3:05“If the older sibling gets married and has a child and the younger sibling is still young, then the younger sibling will learn parenting from being an uncle or an auntie because they'll have nieces and nephews. So the cycle kind of continues.” 3:46https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

We feel a lot of people struggle with this issue where they are ambitious, goal driven, and a little overwhelmed, and then they bring that home and it interrupts the flow of family life. The difficult thing can be when you are going a hundred miles an hour at work, and then you come home only to bring all that to a complete halt and the transition can be a little jarring. You can turn a blowtorch on your family if you're not careful, so it's important to come up with a plan on how to deal with the stress of your career and adjust back to family life regularly. Going into a different mode 2:20Make the time to decompress 3:35Cats in the cradle and the silver spoon 8:50Becoming irrelevant 10:15A plea for peace 12:20Differences in intensity 13:00“I was listening to something really impactful last Friday and it's like, OK well that's great. You might be the biggest hero in the workplace, but if you can't be a hero at home, then it's not worth it.” 9:47https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

In today's episode Adam and Rosie are talking about the importance of giving your kids responsibility as opposed to putting pressure on them, especially for older children. Why they thought about this topic is because there is quite a big gap between the eldest child and the youngest, and Adam has found himself leaning on the oldest for help, but he's still trying to find that balance between treating him like a boy and young man. Marble analogy 0:50Making it fun and exciting 2:45Helping them be the hero 4:20Where the responsibility lies 8:00Trying something new and enthusiastic 13:30“I remember being drawn into conversations when I was a kid. I had NO capability of being able to process them, but people thought they were doing the right thing by informing me and communicating. So that's where the other thing is it's making sure there isn't a co-dependent relationship. He's the kid, I don't talk to him about adult stuff. I talk to my wife about adult stuff.” 10:12https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

We are so happy to have Mike and Megan Knorpp with us today to tell us all about their amazing life journey with their family. Nearly a decade ago Mike and Megan decided that being afraid wasn't a good enough reason not to do something. If they couldn't come up with any other reason but fear keeping them from a dream, then they had to jump in and do it. Following that philosophy has taken their life from normal to amazing. Join us today as we hear about their amazing adventures and how this new way of thinking has helped them break out of the mundane and into a life of excitement and learning in an exceptional way. Their life motto 1:00The first big thing they did 10:50Seeing miracles 23:00Travelling full time 31:30Solutions are just around the corner 42:00A magical space 51:25The importance of the feminine and masculine 57:35Training girls to create a home 64:35“It is so easy when you're in the moment for it to make sense to you, but when you look back and realise how crazy it was.. We were in a chocolate shop in the mountains of North Carolina on Valentine's day and said ‘Let's go.' So we got on our phones and bought 11 one way tickets to Paris.” 32:38www.knorppandsouth.com@knorpp_and_southhttps://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

We apologise, Rosie got sick last week and lost her voice, so this episode will sound a bit like a whisper. We don't know what it was, but on Sunday Rosie would just be staring at something and randomly begin to cry, and it wasn't like little sniffles, but full on convulsing and sobbing. Rosie didn't know where this was coming from, but then she realised that she was thinking about her mum constantly and that maybe she was now unleashing some suppressed grief. Where the crying began 2:30Giving your kids opportunity to express empathy 8:30Where have these emotions been stored? 13:40“So they came into my room and they had gotten loads of paper and cut out all these hearts and wrote notes to me on them, and then they took the babies and made handprints and dog prints, and they covered the front and the back of our bedroom door with just love notes to me and how much they love me. It was amazing and so nice.” 9:58https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

On today's episode we have very special guests Glenn and Janet Colley and they share how Glenn became a one in a million medical miracle, being revived multiple times, and surviving Boerhaave Syndrome for 30 days before travelling from South Africa back to Cleveland Clinic for life saving surgery. They shared this story with Rosie a little while back and she thought it was crucial that it be documented and shared with others because of how amazing it is. Where the story began 1:30Contacting the family and calling on a higher power 7:45Glenn's take 12:30Kind and attentive staff 20:00An absolute powerful story 29:50“They pulled him out and put him in a medically induced coma. The attending physician called me at the hotel that evening and said ‘There is a good chance he will not make it through the night. You need to call your family and prepare them.'” 7:45https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

What are you fixating on to the point of an obsession? Or what are you incessantly thinking about, speaking about, or acting upon? Is it a career, a relationship, food, a material item or place, your body? Can you make it your intention to acknowledge and master this subtle distraction in your life? We all can get obsessive over all kinds of things and for various different reasons, some of which will be more healthy reasons, but others not so much and it's our job as parents and spouses to make sure we are regulating those obsessions. Adam's obsession with anti-aging 1:40Big life changes and starting over 6:50Where these idols come from 13:00“I feel like I'm nowhere near what I want to accomplish in this life, like at all, and I think that's the other unhealthy obsession is like, creating wealth for our family, and not money for just buying stuff, but it's more to create freedom and to create security, and to create opportunity for our kids. The world is not the place that it was when I was their age.” 3:35https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

Marla Grover is our special guest today who is a paediatric oncology nurse that helps families grow stronger on their journey through childhood cancer. Marla had a good friend when she was little who was diagnosed with cancer and she loved going over there to help out and do what she could to help take care of her friend. Caring for others and being empathetic was always just a very big part of who she is, thus she took on the nickname “Nurse Marla” and it kind of just stuck and has followed her as she continued through life and pursued a nursing career. Deciding to become a nurse 1:00How her perspective changed when becoming a parent 6:00How hard it is while supporting these kids 11:10Her current setup 22:30Something more women need to know 37:55“I would just cry over them and their parents as they were sleeping and just the anguish that those mothers must have felt hearing that their child had cancer and the anguish that they knew they were gonna go through, and the hard parts of treatment, the being sick, and throwing up. All of those things that every mother wants to take away from their child while they're going through it. All of those feelings intensified so much more after I became a mother.” 9:21https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

We really wanted to do this topic because we feel that sometimes we think we can avoid certain things in our life, such as patience for example. Sometimes we make life choices, thinking that we can avoid having to be patient when actually patience is something that life is constantly trying to teach us, and it's kind of our choice how and where we learn it. Sometimes we find ourselves in situations that we just have to endure and get through, but often we can choose where these situations will affect us. Dealing with patience outside the home 2:15Create order and predict chaos 8:15Sometimes you don't have time to create order 13:00“The other thing that I'm trying to do though is be organised so I can be calm. For me, I find it harder to be calm when there's chaos. So my mind goes to ‘How can I create order?' and sometimes creating order is by slowing down and making sure that everything's in place so that there's less chaos. I'm always trying to predict chaos and create order to prevent it.” 8:15https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

In this episode we have Liz Edmunds, The Food Nanny, who rescues dinner and saves families. She is an absolute bundle of joy, but is also a well of wisdom. As a mother, Rosie says that Liz has some of the most important information that needs to be passed on from generation to generation, because it's just so important. Food, our dinner time, what we learn at the dinner table, all these things that we discuss are so important and they literally hold families together. While trying to think of a way to make dinner preparation easier, Liz came up with a brilliant plan which included doing a different theme for each day of the week. Monday became comfort food night, Tuesday became Italian night, Wednesday became fish, meatless, or breakfast night, Thursday became Mexican night, Friday became pizza night, Saturday became grill night, and then Sunday was tradition day. How The Food Nanny got started 1:20Creating a new lifestyle 5:30Picking a theme and knowing what to expect 16:30Portion control and manners 21:00The benefit of cooking something delicious often 30:30You can change and control your food 40:30The number one bonding thing for Liz's family 43:00“I always had something to look forward to when he was gone, and that was dinner time. I got to change gears and go into the kitchen, and use my hands to make bread, or rolls, or cut the vegetables, prepare the food, and it was reaching my soul, and it made me feel very good. It actually was the happiest time of the day for me.” 3:04https://foodnanny.wordpress.com/www.thefoodnanny.com@thefoodnanny https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

In a marriage, you each are your own individual person, and then there is the whole unit that is you both. You both have different needs at different times, and sometimes at the same time. Adam mentions that he is terrible at being really tired and not wanting to take naps, but then not wanting Rosie to take naps because the idea of having the 5 kids is overwhelming, so neither of their needs are met. We have to consider how many times either of us has something different going on and have different needs all at the same time. One example Adam gives is when Rosie has been with the kids all day and she wants connection, but all Adam wants is some peace and quiet, and then those needs just collide. A funny situation happened 1:00The clash of needs 4:00The man flu 9:00Tips to overcome this potential conflict zone 13:30Instagram and talking 16:50Charitably selfish 19:00“It's easy when both people want the same thing, like ‘Rosie, we need a date night, we just need to go and talk with our children.' Mutual needs going in the same direction. Where it's hard is like, I just had an intense day. I don't want to talk to anyone. Rosie just had an intense day, she wants to talk to me, forever. That's where the conflict comes in.” 13:44https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

When Shelby was 15 years old, she was diagnosed with cancer, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and she ended up undergoing chemo, radiation, and surgery, removing a tumour off of her heart. During that treatment, the chemo she received really did a number on her reproductive system. Because she was a minor, she wasn't really given the option to preserve her eggs or do any kind of fertility preservation, so she later had a lot of difficulty falling pregnant, even being told by a doctor that she will not ever be able to have kids because of the intense treatment she received. Shelby's story 1:00Dating and having to handle infertility 6:30Becoming pregnant for the first time 17:00Going back to the fertility clinic and more difficulty 22:20What it's like to have triplets 35:00The different personalities and love languages 46:00“I had always just, like a lot of women, you expect that you will be able to be a mother. It's part of the plan. It's not something that you know you're going to struggle with. So when I had that realisation, it just kind of took my plans, crumpled them up, and tossed them out, like ‘Oh yeah, you're not having kids.'” 3:31@shelby.stewhttps://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

In this episode Adam and Rosie are talking all about how to be a better doer, not a better commentator or analyser, the answer to more joy in parenthood and in life. This is a funny and ironic topic to bring up because Adam says he does both those things, which are equally great and annoying. The doer can be annoying, but the commentator is 100% annoying. Fear, fatigue, and frustration are all things that can cause you to procrastinate, or just not do what you need to do as a parent or spouse in order to be in a better place in life. Being the doer in parenting and life 1:10What might cause parents to not do 4:15Taking care of 5 kids at once 9:20“Sometimes if we have burnt out in the past, we might be afraid of doing too much, so we're always trying to limit our schedule so that we don't get burnout, or we do so much, and then that causes us to not be the doer.” 7:05https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

Today we have a very special guest with a very special topic. We are honoured to have Jordan Ricks as a part of our show as she is such an amazing person who has a story that is just one big miracle. After falling pregnant, Jordan found that she started to vomit and get sick, which at first seemed normal, but eventually it grew to be completely out of control. She has a mutation in her DNA called CDH1 that causes her to be more prone to stomach and breast cancer, so when she let the doctors know she had this gene, a grave look crossed their faces and they discovered some terrible news. Jordan was in complete sorrow, but had this voice come to her that she was going to go through something similar to her dad, which would get her through this. “You knew this was coming. You've been prepared for this. Now go and be a miracle.”About Jordan and her genetic mutation 1:00Finding the cancer 9:40The cancer doesn't define who she is 21:00Having to share the trial with her child 26:00Her experience has helped her help others 33:00If you are going through the darkest of times 39:30“All 4 of the doctors came back and they all looked at me solemn and sad, and I was like ‘What's going on?' Then Dr. Ott, my surgeon, was the one who broke the news and told me ‘You are stage 4 with signet ring gastric cancer due to your CDH1 mutation.' There I was, 29 years old, 6 months pregnant, sitting in the hospital with bad news. It was so shocking to my system.” 10:55https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

Adam tells a story about how he was a bit of a hypocrite, when a week before Thanksgiving, he experienced one of the most powerful moments between himself and Patty. Adam chewed Patty out for not having prepared well enough for their hunting trip, but after they went out on the trip, Adam realised that he hadn't prepared well enough either, making him feel like a big hypocrite. He had a big moment where they were able to get totally raw and real, which really strengthened their bond as father and son. Adam's story 0:45The best part about parenting 4:50Sometimes parents are afraid to own up to their mistakes 8:00“We spent about 45 minutes talking and I said ‘Patty, all those things that I had said to you, I did on a much bigger scale. I hadn't prepared, I was lacking in confidence, and all these sorts of things I just hadn't done.' It was just so powerful for us to sit down and, like I cried, he cried, and it was just a really special moment for us to spend together.” 4:20https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

Rosie sits down with Ashlee Boyson who is the author of the blog and book series titled "The Moments We Stand", in which she shares her family's journey of healing after the infidelity and murder of her husband Emmett in 2011. She tells about the intense dark feelings she experienced when she found out he was not only murdered, but died in the arms of his other lover. The dark feelings didn't end there though, as she had to go through the murder trial and witness the sadness of all those involved. Through this difficult time, Ashlee eventually came to realise that the truth will set you free and getting to the truth is what will bring peace. A bit of Ashlee's story 1:00Absolute darkness 10:00Turning things around 14:45Coping with all the emotions 20:00There is so much peace in truth 25:50The light will come back 34:00Connect with Ashlee 36:30“Kids are so smart. They know when you're not telling the truth, and they know when you're trying to sneak a candy without them knowing. They just know things, but when you empower them and say ‘I trust you and love you enough to know that this is going to help you find peace.' I've really seen that in my children be something that's connected us instead of put a wedge between us.” 26:18@themomentswestandhttps://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

On this week's episode Rosie and Adam talk about simple ways to feed your family nutritious meals. They talk about different methods of preparing food so that you can get sizeable amounts and leftovers to use for your family and serve throughout the week. Rosie gives a great meal idea that's quick, the kids love it, and which can be used as a backup in case you are running low on time.What Rosie has been doing since Summer 1:00Using aluminium trays 4:30Using the Traeger for bulk amounts of meat, leftovers 6:00Quick backup meal 8:20Backup backup meals 9:20“Cooking for children is so stressful. If you were like ‘I wanna feed them all this nutritious food, but then if I make it and they don't eat it, and then I'm like ‘I just wasted all this time and all this food, and I get in an argument about it.' So my kids have agreed on our batch cooking.” 10:16https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

We have 5 kids and the ages range from 11 to 7, 5, 3, and nearly 2. We have a 9 year age range from eldest to youngest. We've noticed that once they hit about age 7, the older ones begin to pull away more and create their own identity, discovering who they are as an individual. Each child goes through a different stage of development at different ages and it's our responsibility as parents to accommodate those stages and provide opportunities for them to grow and develop, meeting each of their individual needs where possible. Meeting everyone's needs 1:45Making friends 5:00Creating space for each one individually 10:15“I actually realize how much time they do need because tonight Adam and I were out on date night and we were only gone for like just under 2 hours, and it was funny when I came back, we ended up having to come into my bedroom and they all came in one at a time and wanted to share something with me. They all needed that individual time to talk about what they wanted to talk about before they actually were emotionally settled to sleep that night.” 11:03https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

Every parent experiences burnout and before Rosie became one, she used to go through stages where she felt like she could get burnt out every now and again very easily and she could never understand what it was, but there seem to be 2 things that can cause it. One is when you're doing too much and the other one is when you're giving too much. If you spend a lot of time around other people and spend a lot of your energy, you have to be able to recoup that spent energy and regain balance. Sometimes you might give all you have outside of your home, and then you have nothing left to give within your home, you're going to get burnt out. Finding the happy medium 2:10Will this rejuvenate me? 7:10Know the thing that will bring you back 10:50“Sometimes it's about finding the happy medium, so for me, I think it comes down to your daily routine and your weekly routine. So if you can get a daily or a weekly routine that you know you can consistently stay moving with…I'm always trying to come back to a routine that just allows me to maintain consistent emotions and energy levels.” 2:10https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

Adam says his conviction for this concept is so much stronger every week than it previously was even though it was strong before. There are so many reasons and we list off a few of why we feel that it can be super helpful at strengthening a marriage, healing challenges in a marriage, and making you a better parent. Date night can be a time where we are able to relax and be ourselves without anything hindering us, and we can just laugh and enjoy one another's company, which is very healing and strengthening. Making you a better parent 1:15Strengthening your marriage by investing in it 2:50Going somewhere to eat 4:40Being in a jovial state helps 7:20Date nights just give you the space to sit down and talk 14:00“Adam is present on date night because he's getting fed and he can listen to a conversation without someone butting in.” “Exactly. I just think it's so important for a marriage to have that time carved out and it's so easy not to, and you can fit it to any budget.” 4:17https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

This is something Adam mentioned he thought would be a good topic and is also something Rosie had heard in the last couple days, so we decided to talk about comparison. We have all heard that phrase that comparison is the thief of joy, but one thing we've heard is that if you find yourself in a state of comparison, it either leads to discouragement or to pride, so it's never a good thing. If you find yourself comparing, you're either putting yourself down, or you're trying to put someone else down indirectly to make yourself look or feel better. Hard emotions as parents 1:25It's so easy to get discouraged 7:30Patience and repetition 12:30Being in the company of gratitude as opposed to comparison 18:00Adam experiencing a trigger 22:30Fantasy and where you think you should be 27:30“I remember someone saying a year back, ‘Don't give up your why for your why.' You're like ‘Oh I'm gonna create this business, or I'm gonna do this and I'm gonna do this because it's gonna allow me to spend more time with my family, we'll travel, we'll do this.' and then you're so busy doing the thing, that you give up the original reason that you did the thing. It's so easy and I think social media makes it so easy to slip into comparison.” 2:02https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

Today Adam and I wanted to discuss something that many people take for granted, including Adam, who used to really not make it a priority in his life, but now can see how important it is for progress. Our bodies are designed to react according to our situations and if we're constantly stressing ourselves out, everything will be off, such as our appetite or ability to sleep, and so on. Rosie's main tactic is making sure she gets enough rest to ease the pressure and stress in her life. You also need to feel good about yourself, or feel like you're presentable, and this can be done through exercise, nutrition, or taking care of your aesthetic side. Why we need to focus on self care 2:01Rosie's self care 6:45Use this technique for your own self care 10:28Naps 16:46Adam's list 18:39“If you've got somebody in your life that doesn't value self care as much as you do, the one thing that shifted for me, other than when our third child Daithi was born, and just literally the need. And I think that's where I saw it shift from having this misconception and this myth that taking care of yourself and looking out for yourself is luxury. I saw that it then became a basic need of life.” 20:09https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

We have lived in Australia, then we moved to Ireland, then Portugal, back to Ireland, and now we're living in the US. We've lived in different kinds of homes in different countries like a house, a townhome, an apartment complex on the beach, and more houses in America. Our current place is great for children to run around outside and just enjoy time with friends and be in a neighborhood that is kid friendly. What we enjoy about our current place 2:00A big enough pantry 7:40An environment for the kids 14:00What the house must have 16:35“If you're looking at moving, just look at what your non-negotiables are. What are the things that your house or place must have that you're moving into? And then what are the things that are less important for you? And don't just think of it through the lens of what it's gonna look like or how it's gonna make you feel, but how is it gonna work?” 16:35https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

It's easy as a parent to focus on the things that maybe frustrate you. We feel that the more we've had to parent, the more mellow we have become because now we just see them repeat the same things that the first ones did and it now just makes us laugh. Our children do a lot of funny things that we maybe initially thought was annoying, but after realizing it's just something that kids do, it has become endearing, like when they feed the dog and the dog is covered in food later, or when they stand on your feet while trying to get a better view of what you're doing. Standing on Rosie's feet 1:25Dog funnies 4:30Vacation and defiance 7:05Egging each other on 13:00“They do that at the dinner table where they're both at either head of the table and they'll just start throwing food and it's funny because you can't really say anything because if you tell one of them off for doing it, the other one is laughing, so then they laugh and you can't tell two of them off… You have to just wait for them to grow out of it.” 13:15https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

We were watching a cute little cartoon with the kids the other day and the kids were learning about how an old prophet had rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem in 52 days, and nobody saw it coming because he achieved so much with his crew in 52 days that no one expected so much activity to happen. The moral of the story was when you put your mind and action into a task, miraculous things can happen in short periods of time. Sometimes the things that can lure us away aren't particularly bad 4:12Things we enjoy doing, but aren't serving our greater goals 7:11Could you thrive if you got rid of distractions? 9:46Defenders of our children 14:18“The law of sacrifice is the things that we give up like what are we gonna give up? Like I'm giving up fantasy football. I'm sacrificing that. When we give up something, it's generally for our own benefit.” 14:47https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

When we think about fight or flight, that is usually when we think back to our biological days when people were more vulnerable and basically your digestive system and things would start to slow down to make sure all the extra blood would go into our muscles, giving them the opportunity to fight or take flight. One thing we don't think about often though is that some of us just freeze, meaning we get stuck and we just freeze and there is no progress at all. This applies to life when we are doing something and experience fear or lose passion for that thing. Feeling stuck 2:19Going to the different stages 5:52When you just need peace and are attached to your beliefs 9:56Assess your own life 14:23“There's this false economy of oh well I've done this in the past and it made a difference, so I'll just do more of it, but then it just becomes ineffective, and then you think ‘Well I'm not doing enough of it, so I need to do even more of it,' and then you start just getting so hectic. I was listening to a podcast today and there was something really interesting that was like you can either be stressed worrying about how to pay your bills, or you can be stressed with the stewardship of creating something big.” 4:28https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

Today we have a very special guest with Cindy, the baby dietitian and she talks to us about all things nutrition for the first year of life. She believes in not following a diet, but that moderation and portion control are key and that having a diet full of variety is the best way to nourish your body. Cindy believes in only providing her readers with credible and research based information. In a society where the main topic of conversation is figuring out the best way to lose weight, she believes dietitians are needed more than ever to dispel food myths and promote healthy eating and healthy self image. How she got into being a baby dietitian 1:52 Good fats 7:30 Weaning children 12:44 Introducing new foods 16:07 Role modeling 19:22 Top tips for someone just starting to introduce solids 25:52 Find out more about Cindy 31:14 “Research shows that it takes about 10-20 exposures to one single food for a child to be comfortable trying that food and that can be really daunting and overwhelming for us moms, so I always say only provide a small portion so we're not wasting food.” 17:33 https://linktr.ee/the.baby.dietitian1 @the.baby.dietitianhttps://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

Caley earned her Bachelor's Degree in Special Education and her Master's Degree in Early Childhood Education from the University of Florida. For the past 11 years, she has worked in a variety of roles to serve families including: preschool teacher, early interventionist, behavior therapist, and now as a private consultant. Her most recent professional development includes: Conscious Discipline™, The Play Project ™, and training with Dr. Ross Greene on his Collaborative Problem Solving approach. Caley grounds her work in the most up-to-date neuropsychology, Attachment Theory, and developmentally appropriate practices that value the parent-child relationship over compliance. Caley empowers parents to understand children's behavior through brain science and empathy by translating children's behavior into easy to follow steps.The most common experiences people have with their children 3:03Parents that are time poor 11:12Triggering moments for kids 19:48Saying yes to one thing is saying no to another 31:17Working from home and dealing with meltdowns 41:55Feeding behaviors 48:58“We're all in stress response. Stress mode. Survival mode. I'm not able to teach effectively and my child is not able to learn whatever I'm doing. So then all I'm doing is all these scripts from my childhood or my past experiences are coming out. ‘Don't talk to me that way, that's not nice, why would you hurt your brother? You know better than that.' All of that stuff. I'm not really teaching then.” 25:49@caleykuklahttps://www.caleykukla.com/https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

Today we meet with award winning holistic health coach who specializes in women's hormonal health, Katie Bressack. We discuss raising children along with maintaining your health as a woman, including how Katie handled things postpartum. Katie tells us about some frustrating things that can and have happened to her in the hospital and how she handled it. Getting the right nutrients and having the correct nutrition regime is vital to postpartum recovery and we talk about what worked for us when we were recovering. Resting and sleep is another crucial part of recovery that some overlook and we share our own experiences of resting or not resting after childbirth.

In this episode we talk to Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, a licensed marriage and family therapist, a board certified coach, and the founder and clinical director of Growing Self Counseling & Coaching. She's the author of Exaholics, Breaking Your Addiction to an Ex Love, and is the host of the Love Happiness and Success podcast. We talk about the common things Lisa sees in marriages with problems and the potential pitfalls couples face. Many people will begin to feel frustrated their partner isn't contributing to the relationship enough, or doing their part and trouble in marriage usually stems from fear, frustration, or anger. Adam and Rosie talk about the things they've done or experienced with one another that have created problems in their marriage and things they've done to remedy their marriage problems. Dr. Lisa tells us about things couples must experience and that marriage therapy doesn't have to be something that happens when the marriage is on the brink of destruction, but something that should be sought when things in your marriage aren't quite where you want them to be. She mentions that many men feel marriage counseling will be a bad experience where the counselor will be siding with their wife and they'll be called out on the negative things the husband does, but marriage counseling is actually nothing like that. It's a place where everyone can just open up and calmly discuss any issues the couple is facing, getting to the core of unhappiness in marriage.

Rosie realized 2 things before she started breastfeeding. Her mum had breastfed her, so she had her story and also the fact that her mother was unable to breastfeed her firstborn child. The time of year can affect how you breastfeed your child, or even if you're going to be able to breastfeed them. Rosie was a Winter baby, so her mum definitely had less going on and therefore more time to devote to breastfeeding, so Rosie was breastfed as a baby. Preparing to breastfeed 0:30Latching 4:30Battling blocks and engorgements 10:15Every child will be slightly different 16:35Wear loose clothing 18:15Ask for help 20:00Polarity 23:00“Every child is going to be slightly different. The actual act is roughly the same with nursing, but they're very different with their approach, duration–” “If they're high touch, they'll stay on for longer,” “Because it's not just about nourishment.” 16:41https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

You can come to marriage with money issues, and then you often develop new money issues once you get into marriage. Large amounts of arguments or disagreements in marriage stem back to money, beliefs around money, challenges with money, financial issues. regardless of whether it appears people have money or don't, you don't really understand what people's relationship is with it, but marriage is probably the closest you will come to understanding it. The way you feel about money and handle it will affect the way you parent and how much time you spend with your family. Your beliefs about how life is “supposed to look” 2:35The cost of living is rising 5:30Things get chaotic. Make things seem more scarce 10:45Communication 14:00Eating out 17:50Low cost flights 23:15“A framework for overcoming money challenges in marriage, I think number one is communication. We are very bad as individuals at diagnosing our own challenges with money, and if you've got a spouse that obviously you love them and trust them, trust in their ability to gently and kindly help you realize where you may be having blocks and challenges with money.” 14:05https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

Something really powerful happened the other day that caused Rosie to want to discuss this topic today. We had guests staying with us and they offered to help bring in the groceries when Rosie brought them home, but before they could do anything, the kids had already gone out and grabbed the groceries, and then they all worked together to put the food away and organized it into the various spots in which the food belonged. There are so many basic, yet useful skills we as parents know that life has taught us, and if we don't make an effort to teach those skills to our children, they may miss out on something that could be very useful to them throughout their lives. What happened with the kids 0:45Basic skills we take for granted 3:35You want your kids to progress 8:35Personal finance 14:50“There are so many other basic things that we just don't learn at school like personal finances, taxes, saving, things like that. Basically paying bills. There is just complicated stuff that all of a sudden you go from not having those things as a challenge to having those things as a challenge.” 14:54https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

In a moment when your children are having an aggressive reaction, a great thing to do is say to yourself “If I were to respond like that, how would I like someone to treat me?” Adam found himself trying to console one of our kids when they were unhappy one night, and instead of getting angry himself and reacting with annoyance, he decided to try telling a story about overcoming anger with gratitude, which totally got everyone calm a lot quicker and they were all able to go to bed within 10 minutes. Telling them a story about anger and gratitude 1:00Children respond in a way that gets them the desired outcome 3:45Helping kids react in the right way 11:25“This is the hard thing as a parent. I react with anger when I'm starting to think about how their emotions are stopping me from doing something I then need to go and do. I'm not thinking about them, I'm thinking about ‘Well now I'm thinking about the next 15, 30, 40 minutes to unwind this, and I already got blah blah blah.'” 2:51https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/

This episode Rosie gives some great tips on how to make your life a bit easier as a busy mum including using a pressure cooker to save time cooking, baby blenders to blend up meals for your babies, clip-on chairs for situations where you need your toddler contained, and a few other items that can really help. Pressure cooker 0:35Baby blender 2:25Clip-on chairs 3:30Poncho eating vest 4:20Special tote bag with clips 5:104 in 1 crib 6:50“I brought the chair and it was so funny, all these other mums came to the party and they were like ‘Oh my goodness, I wish we had brought one of those with us' because I was able to contain Elijah, who was 1, in this open venue, and he was the only child who was contained and I was the only mum who could fully relax with the baby toddler.” 3:51https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/Pick up a copy of Journal to Joy. My NEW 90 Day Goals, Gratitude & Affirmation Journal to Create a Happy & Abundant Life.https://www.theirishmummy.com/Subscribe to Letters to My Sisters Newsletter. You will hear EVERYTHING here first.https://www.theirishmummy.com/