More Things We Shouldn’t Have Freaked Out About: Episode 265
The Mom Hour
Mom Hour Media
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2020
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
In hindsight, was the worry worth it? That’s the question Meagan and Sarah are looking at in this week’s episode, as we bring back a popular series all about things that stressed us out as less experienced moms. From nutrition and discipline to kids’ friendships and developmental milestones, we look at the worries that kept us up at night and how it all turned out in the end. Join us!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Sarah. And I'm Megan. We're two moms with eight kids between us from little to |
| 0:05.7 | grown. We're in different areas of the country and in different stages of life. But we both know that |
| 0:10.5 | motherhood's a lot easier when real moms share tips and encouragement. |
| 0:14.0 | And remind you that it's really all going to be okay. |
| 0:16.4 | We're not experts. We're parents who've been there. |
| 0:18.6 | We're not perfect. We're real. |
| 0:20.2 | Welcome to the mom hour. |
| 0:23.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to episode |
| 0:25.0 | 265 of the Mom Hour. |
| 0:27.0 | I am Sarah Powers here with Megan Francis. |
| 0:29.0 | Hey Megan. |
| 0:30.0 | Hi, Sarah. |
| 0:31.0 | So today we're doing something fun. We are revisiting a series that we started |
| 0:36.7 | way back in the early days of this podcast called Things We Shouldn't have Freaked Out |
| 0:41.2 | about and we actually have four episodes. |
| 0:44.2 | If you're a long time listener, you'll recognize these. |
| 0:47.0 | But we have things we shouldn't have freaked out about |
| 0:49.4 | as a new mom, as a toddler mom, |
| 0:51.6 | as a breastfeeding mom, and also about when kids are first starting school. |
| 0:55.0 | But all of these were in 2015, |
| 0:58.0 | 16, and 17, and we really haven't |
| 1:01.0 | revisited it for a while, |
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