Growing Families, Grown Kids, And The “Someday Family Dinner Table”: Episode 372

The Mom Hour

Mom Hour Media

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

“How do you know when your family is complete?” is one of the most common listener questions we receive. Meagan and Sarah both now have several years of hindsight separating them from the baby and toddler years, and today we’re reflecting on the idea of a “complete” family unit. We acknowledge that it doesn’t necessarily look like what we imagined it would – and that for many moms there is uncertainty and even grief wrapped up in all of this – but we also find much to celebrate about the current and future states of our proverbial “family tables”. Join us!

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It’s that time again–to send us your Listener Questions! Email us at hello@themomhour.com and be sure to put Listener Question in the subject line. We can’t wait to hear from you.
Sarah refers to the recent More Than Mom: Meagan and Sarah as Kids & Teens episode when she compares how her sibling relationships were throughout childhood to her kids’ sibling relationships.
We reference the Muscle Memory of Motherhood, however, we’d need a crash course on babies again today being so far removed from having newborns!

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Sarah and I'm Megan.
0:03.0	We're two moms with eight kids between us from little to grown.
0:06.5	We're in different areas of the country and in different stages of life, but we both
0:10.1	know that motherhood's a lot easier when real moms share tips and encouragement.
0:14.3	And remind you that it's really all going to be okay.
0:16.5	We're not experts, we're parents who've been there.
0:18.8	We're not perfect, we're real.
0:20.6	Welcome to the Mom Hour.
0:23.3	Hi everyone and welcome to episode 372 of The Mom Hour.
0:27.2	I am Megan Frances here with Sarah Powers.
0:29.5	Hi Sarah.
0:30.5	Hey Megan, it's real early for me.
0:32.5	Yes, it is.
0:33.5	We are recording this session.
0:34.5	We are having like a marathon recording week because we both have trips back to back.
0:39.6	Yeah.
0:40.6	So we're getting way ahead and it is very, very early for you.
0:44.2	Now, to tie that into the episode topic today, imagine that you had a nursing baby that
0:51.7	you had to fit into that morning.
0:53.0	How would that have looked?
0:54.0	I literally just got a little panicky feeling.
0:58.8	Although here's something funny, Megan, I'll tell a real story behind the scenes this morning.
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