Call Her Mommy: The Default Parent Part I
The Mom Room
Renee Reina & Podcast Nation
4.8 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
EP180. This is where the conversation about being the default parent started. Renee is re-sharing her very first episode about this topic. She talks about when she started to notice she was the default parent, why it was so difficult, and how she and her husband managed this issue throughout quarantine. Next week Renee is going to give an update about the default parent topic - don't miss it.
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| 0:21.4 | There is so much food misinformation and disinformation out there, and it can feel impossible |
| 0:27.9 | to know what's real and what's BS. |
| 0:30.7 | On Biteback, my goal is to help listeners create a pleasurable relationship with food, |
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| 1:07.3 | And I'm definitely the mom friend you have always wanted. Today I'm talking about what it means to be the default parent and the |
| 1:14.6 | struggles that come with that. To be honest, being the default parent is not something that I noticed |
| 1:21.2 | in myself until we were in quarantine. That's not to say that I wasn't the default parent before quarantine, |
| 1:30.0 | but I didn't feel like the default parent and I didn't have maybe the negative experiences or |
| 1:39.4 | feelings that come with being the default parent because Milo was in daycare and I had my days to myself to get |
| 1:49.0 | my own things done. So once quarantine started and I was home with Milo and my husband continued his |
| 1:56.8 | regular workday and schedule because he's a physician, that's when things really started |
| 2:03.2 | to irritate me. And I started to really reflect on why am I so moody on the weekends? Why am I so |
| 2:11.8 | irritated when my husband comes back from work? Why am I so pissed off when my husband's outside cutting the grass? |
| 2:21.0 | You know, like my husband was doing helpful things around the house and I was still irritated. |
| 2:26.5 | And then I started to piece together why I felt that way. And then once I kind of figured it out, |
| 2:32.4 | I was able to have a conversation with my husband about it. |
| 2:35.0 | And then we were able to make changes to alleviate the stressors that come with being the default |
| 2:41.6 | parent. And I now cut the grass because I wanted to cut the fucking grass. And that's what I figured |
| 2:48.7 | out during quarantine. Before I get into this |
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