Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Sneaking Alone Time, Together
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show
Slate Audio
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Zak Rosen, Jamilah Lemieux, and Elizabeth Newcamp help a listener who loves sharing the bed with their partner and kid. However, their current sleeping arrangement is creating quite the barrier for intimacy. How can they maintain a healthy and passionate relationship while also parenting?
Recommendations:
Elizabeth: “We Overcame The Wind” from The Drop That Contained the Sea.
Jamilah: Clue Jr.
Zak: Splitting up kids on the weekend.
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| 0:34.8 | Welcome to Mom & Dadr Fighting. It's lights parenting podcast from Monday, |
| 0:38.0 | October 2nd, the co-sleeping conundrum edition. I'm Zach Rosen. I make another podcast. It's |
| 0:44.0 | called The Best Advice Show and I am dad to Noah who's six and Ami who's three. We live in Detroit |
| 0:50.0 | Michigan. I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write The Homeschool and Family Travel Vlog Dutch Dutch Goose. |
| 0:54.7 | I'm the mom of three littles, Henry who's 11, Oliver who's nine, and Teddy who's six. We live in |
| 0:59.7 | Tokyo, Japan. I'm Jamile Lemieux. I'm a writer, contributor to slave care, beating parent, |
| 1:05.6 | column, and mom tonight. We live in Los Angeles. On today's show we have a very relatable question |
| 1:13.4 | about bedtime balance. Our letter writer co-sleeps with their little one, which has worked really |
| 1:18.2 | well for them, except it's become a barrier to intimacy. They're looking for some advice on how |
| 1:23.0 | to keep their relationship flame lit during this period. Will of course also have recommendations |
| 1:28.2 | and some advice from you. That's all after this quick break. |
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