Episode 100: Behind the Mic (and the Madness): A Candid Q&A with Rachael & Marley

No One Told Us

Rachael Shepard-Ohta

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 590 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Episode 100: Behind the Mic (and the Madness): A Candid Q&A with Rachael & Marley In this very special 100th episode of No One Told Us, Rachael is joined by her most frequent (and most requested) guest, her husband, Marley —for an unfiltered, hilarious, and heartfelt conversation about parenting, partnership, and what it really looks like behind the scenes. They answer listener-submitted questions about co-sleeping, division of labor, marital rough patches, and their decision to have a third child…all while laughing at their own mess and sharing what’s worked (and what definitely hasn’t). Together, they reflect on two years of podcasting, three kids, and how they’ve kept their connection strong (mostly) through the chaos. From the car clutter to the minivan love, and from toddler sleep to dad burnout, nothing is off-limits in this honest, relatable milestone episode. Inside this episode: Why they stopped at three kids and how they knew their family was complete How co-sleeping (with boundaries) worked for them The impact of COVID and postpartum depression on their marriage after baby #2 Why they don’t miss the newborn stage (and also kind of do!) Their very different views on asking for help and involving family Navigating burnout as a stay-at-home parent Pet peeves (yes, they go there) How they handle conflict, chores, and discipline as a team Their take on gentle parenting and when it gets hard Thoughts on intimacy, evenings alone, and rediscovering connection Tips for prepping kids for babysitters, weddings, and overnights away Mentioned in this episode: Episode 86: Reimagining Boyhood with Ruth Whippman Episode 5: How Your Relationship Changes After a Baby with Rachael & Marley Episode 44: Q&A with Rachael and her husband, Marley If you enjoyed this episode, please rate 5⭐️ and write us a review! ⬇️ ✨For sleep support and resources, visit heysleepybaby.com and follow @heysleepybaby on Instagram! 😴☁️🤎✨ Rachael is a mom of 3, founder of Hey, Sleepy Baby, and the host of this podcast. Marley is a LCMSW and current Stay at Home Dad (not a HSB employee!) Instagram | Tiktok | Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to No One Told Us, the podcast that tells the truth about parenting and talks about all the stuff you wish you knew before having kids.
0:10.8	I am your host, Rachel, and this is our 100th episode.
0:13.4	I cannot even believe that.
0:15.0	To celebrate, I am welcoming my husband, Marley, who is, I think, the most frequent guest I've had and also the most requested. We have some questions for him. We're just going to chit-chat. Hi. Sweet. Hi.
0:29.2	All right. So I can't believe it's our 100th episode. It's been almost two years of this podcast. We're also getting ready to kind of take a little break from recording new
0:38.3	episodes that I can really heavily focus on the book. But I'm curious. I know you don't listen
0:44.2	to all of the episodes, which is not true. Which is totally fine. I know you don't. But if you
0:50.1	had to choose an episode or a topic or a guest that I've had on this podcast for anybody
0:56.0	listening that hasn't listened to all the episodes, which one would you recommend?
1:00.1	I mean, there have been a lot. I've learned a lot from the guests that you've had on your show.
1:03.4	I think my favorite would have to be the author of Boy Mom. Her name Ruth Whitman.
1:10.4	Yeah. Yeah. Boy Mom was, I read it after you read it. I thought it was a great book. Yeah, Ruth Whitman. She is also in the Bay, actually. Did you know that? She lives in Berkeley. I did know that. Probably because I talked her ear off about that book for like three weeks. No, that actually, I think it might actually be one of the top episodes ever, if not the top.
1:30.1	Really, really good one if anybody wants to check that one out. Actually, one of the questions that
1:34.4	somebody sent in was if you had read it and what your thoughts were on boy mom. I did read it.
1:41.6	My thoughts were that every parent should read it. Yeah.
1:45.1	Mother or father. Yeah. Mom, dad, have boys, have girls. I really think it's, it's such a good
1:51.6	book about just our culture and society right now. It certainly touches on something that's
1:56.3	happening in our society that is a problem. It be finished out yeah yeah so should we do we need
2:04.2	to give any like updates since I don't even remember the last time you were on you were definitely
2:09.1	you were home I was home we still have three kids we still have three kids we're not anymore
2:15.1	we're stopped stop we've stopped at three you're're still a stay-at-home dad. It's
2:19.1	been like a year and a half now. Still liking it? I am loving it. This was the first week that all three
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