205: Alison Perry on having twins, social anxiety, and body confidence

The Scummy Mummies Podcast

Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn

Kids & Family, Self-improvement, Parenting, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The need for affordable childcare, managing social anxiety, how to tell if your kid's watched too much Peppa Pig... We deal with all the hot topics in this episode!

Joining us is the excellent blogger and author Alison Perry. She tells us about her experience of having two babies at once, and her brilliant new book, OMG It's Twins!

We discuss Alison's husband being a stay-at-home dad, and wonder why it's still a novelty for women to be the breadwinners. There's also some chat about how our attitudes to our bodies have changed as we age, and how we're finding socialising again after lockdown. Then it's time for some Scummy Mummy Confessions, plus a parenting tip from Alison which is almost certainly illegal.

You can find Alison on Instagram @iamalisonperry. Her blog is at notanothermummyblog.com, and she also hosts the excellent Not Another Mummy Podcast.

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0:00.0	Today's episode is sponsored by EE. Now we have managed to record this episode amongst just the
0:05.0	sheer chaos of two alive, juggling teens, homework, washing piles and just mess. They just mess
0:11.0	all the time. How my kids know how to tie their own shoes or the days of the week is beyond me,
0:15.9	but help is at hand. I am very pleased to tell you that EE have introduced EE Learn.
0:21.9	It's a collection of tools, services and information to help families like mine learn wonderful
0:26.8	things and it's open to everyone everywhere. Their new digital platform, EE Learn Smart,
0:32.0	gives kids access to inspiring mentors from fabulous places like BAFTA and the FA. The lessons
0:37.5	can help kids pick up new skills that will help them get on and this could be something from
0:42.4	backyard chemistry to future ready financial advice. Do you know what? I just wish I had something
0:46.7	like this when I was growing up. Actually, I think I'm still growing up, so I better go to EE Learn
0:52.3	right now. And if you want to find out more, just search EE Learn.
0:59.9	Hello scumbags, this is the scummy mummy's podcast.
1:04.9	With your hosts, Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorne.
1:13.2	Hello and welcome to the scummy mummy's podcast, it's me Helen Thorne and it's me Ellie Gibson.
1:17.6	Do you know what Ellie? Well, we've got a guest again. Yeah, I know. It's almost like that's the
1:21.9	format mate. I know. Surprise. Anyway, it's a really good guest today. It's Alison Perry. Yay. Hi. Hello.
1:30.2	Alison Perry. Hello. Now, we've been friends with Alison for ages. Can we say friends?
1:35.2	I think so. I think we've progressed a friend. Yes, we have. I mean, we went on, I was going to say
1:39.9	on the internet like Tinder, like a swipe right. No, but we've known Alison for years now because you
1:46.8	were like a pioneer, like mummy blogger, you know, you were an early adaptor. And one of the OG
1:53.3	mummy bloggers, yeah, I think it was 2010, I started my blog before I really, really knew what
1:59.8	blogs were. Did you even have children? Just. I think I'm not early adaptor, by the way, that's not
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