MFP 196: Ask Mike and Alicia - Sleep, Hazards of Big Families, and Family Fun
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
4.9 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
"You know what my bedtime routine was when I was a kid? Darkness!" ~ Jerry Seinfeld
We love our listeners. And we love answering their questions! In this episode, we are joined by our Program Coordinator, Katie (Hernon) Gamboa who represents the "every-mom" and gives us some great topics to talk about. The first issue we tackle is sleep! Since few young parents ever get enough of it, we help out by giving some tips and tricks as well as perspective. One of us is good at getting kids to lay down and one is not. We explain how this happens and how to make sure it doesn't happen to you. Another great question is in regards to big families. The more kids you have the more the humanity and brokenness you will experience as a family. Bringing children into the world isn't just a matter of another pregnancy, it is another life that you are tied to for the long haul. Parenting is a marathon, not a sprint! How do we soberly decide our family size? How do you know when and if you should take on a stewardship of another life? And the last question is in regards to fun. What does the Hernon family do for fun? The answer is simpler than you think! Listen in and join the conversation!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the messy family podcast. |
| 0:06.7 | Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family. |
| 0:10.8 | Hosted by our parents, Mike Hernan and Alicia Hornin. |
| 0:15.8 | They're pretty awesome, but they're not experts. |
| 0:18.6 | Because family life is really messy. |
| 0:23.8 | Hello, messy families. Welcome to the neighborhood. |
| 0:27.1 | I was going to say, welcome to summer. That's what I thought you were going to say. |
| 0:29.1 | I said that too many times before. Yes. |
| 0:31.9 | You know, we're glad you're with us. This is, what was so great is we just had our family board meeting webinar. So it was always a good time. |
| 0:41.4 | So fun being there. And I always get jazzed when we have so many people who are taking a very serious approach to being intentional about their families. |
| 0:53.3 | Actually, I thought you were going to say you get jazz, the more people there are. |
| 0:56.4 | Mike is like, like gets energy from people. |
| 0:59.2 | We did this one tour in Australia. |
| 1:00.9 | I will never forget this. |
| 1:03.0 | We did like 10 talks in like, I don't know, two weeks or less than that. |
| 1:07.8 | And, you know, and most of them were like, you know, 30, 50 people, |
| 1:12.2 | 100 people. And Mike was, you know, great on. We had this one event with 300 people. It was like, |
| 1:18.5 | Michael's like the energizer bunny is like dancing on stage. I do. It was, it was so much fun. |
| 1:24.4 | I did. There was a great energy, a great. Ah, it was awesome. So the webinar, |
| 1:28.9 | though, is like kind of like that. Oh, I agree. When you see people come on and join, |
| 1:33.6 | Mike gets more and more animated. It is. And also, and it's for a purpose, right? They're like, |
| 1:38.2 | I really want to, you know, get control of my family's life. I really want to be more intentional. And they're like, |
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