Communicating Is Key w/Lennon Parham!
07.29.15 | Share: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
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Totally Mommy Podcast
Episode 82
The calming, wise, sage and uber talented LENNON PARHAM (of USA’s Playing House!) is here to cohost this week! We discuss our good/bad/funnies (Photos under control! Adaptive and communicative! Pregnancy guilt! Toddler tantrums! Cartoon emotions! Lyrical genius!) before giving our unqualified advice to listener questions about ending friendships on your child’s behalf, how/when to ask an employer about pumping at work, and a question about whether or not it’s okay to have a lovey in the crib with your baby? Enjoy!
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As a big fan of Playing House & BFF, searching for podcasts featuring Lennon Parham & Jessica St. Clair to listen to for comic relief while walking my newborn around the block like a crazy lady was how I first discovered Totally Mommy in the first place, so I was so excited to see Lennon’s new episode pop up on my phone today. It was a full circle moment. As expected, it was a great interview. Thanks again for the joy and sanity this podcast has provided me over the past few months as a new mom. I am grateful.
Great episode this week with Lennon!
I just wanted to share a thought on the topic of whether to disclose a pregnancy while interviewing. To take family and medical leave you technically must have been employed for a full 12 months by the company. In a lot of cases, it would be really important for a pregnant woman to know what restrictions are in place and if they would be enforced by the company. Maybe not at the time of an interview, but certainly before accepting an offer. (It would be awful to start a new job and find out you aren’t able to take the time you needed!)
Just watched the first episode of Playing House and I’m hooked! So funny and perfect light entertainment for a hormonal seven month pregnant lady. Funny is all I can watch right now unless I want to melt in a puddle of tears, and even then it’s not completely a safe bet!
Loved the advice especially regarding pumping at work, right on!
Elizabeth please tell me you saw this article this week: http://www.scarymommy.com/articles/dear-soon-to-be-mom-of-two?section=advice-andamp-lessons&u=xBZlaZZ4HY
All the sobs!
Great Episode!! I love Lennon, and can’t wait for the new season of Playing House to start!
You guys gave great advice this week. Only one thing to add- About the first letter where the kid didn’t want to play with the rough kid anymore- What about giving it one more shot, and if something happens, bring it up to the other parent right then? Say something to the effect of “We can’t continue to have playdates if Bobby keeps being rough with Joey”. It gives the parent a chance to jump in right then and let Bobby know that his behavior is unacceptable, and if they don’t’ correct him, you simply leave and be done with it.
I was so excited to see Lennon as your guest cohost this week, she is one of my favorites! Womp It Up cracks me up, loved listening to you ladies
Thanks for introducing me to a new show! Loved the first few episodes of playing house.
Also, agree with Elizabeth that those parents misunderstood gentle parenting, which I lean towards as well. If my two year old hit another child, I would also ask if the other child was ok (not only to model appropriate behavior but to show my child that hitting isn’t an appropriate way of getting attention). I would then very firmly tell my child that hitting is not allowed and try to figure out what the purpose was for the hitting and give the child an alternate behavior. If he hit for attention, model language so the child could learn how to initiate play. If the hitting was out of anger, model language to express emotion or give alternate ways to get aggression out like jumping up and down. I’m also a big fan of natural consequences like there’s not hitting allowed at the park and if it happens again, we have to leave the park.
Fairly new listener here. Not a mommy (yet!) but I love this podcast!
For those who want more from Lennon, I just saw this great “interview” with her, Jessica St. Clair, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus: http://www.vulture.com/2015/08/julia-louis-dreyfus-talks-to-st-clair-parham.html
After listening to this episode I watched all episodes of Playing House that are available, and I love it. Thanks for making the recommendation. Also, did you notice the great baby carrier in the season 1 finale? I would love to know what one that is if it ever comes up. Great show. Great podcast. I get excited every week to see what Elizabeth will teach us next.