Postpartum Is Boring. Here’s How to Enjoy It.

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Lucy Lopez, Elizabeth Newcamp, and Slate senior producer Cheyna Roth are talking the first few weeks and months of having a newborn. Let’s face it, those first few weeks and months of having a new baby are both busy…and can be incredibly boring. How can you make the most of the postpartum period? We’ve got scheduling tips, plus a little treat for you to make for yourself to enjoy when you get home!

But first, they share their latest triumphs and fails. Cheyna had a full day of pregnancy hormone rage, Elizabeth lost her kid’s bike, and Lucy’s daughters are learning R-E-S-P-E-C-T.

Podcast production by Rosemary Belson. Video production by Micah Phillips.

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0:00.0	This episode may contain explicit language.
0:04.9	This is Karen Feeding.
0:06.4	We're three friends with kids who get together every week to talk life, swap advice,
0:11.0	and keep each other sane while we meddle through the weird and wonderful thing we call parenting.
0:16.3	I'm Elizabeth New Camp.
0:17.5	I write the homeschool and family travel blog Dutch Dutch goose.
0:20.5	I'm the mom to Henry
0:21.5	who's 13, Oliver who's 11, and Teddy who's 9. And we live in Honolulu, Hawaii. I am Lucy
0:28.3	Lopez. I'm mother to Amelia who's 15, Avery who's 13, and we live in Miami, Florida.
0:35.2	Shouldn't we introduce Shana before she introduces herself?
0:38.3	I've been on before. I mean, maybe they know me. I mean, she's an effort. She's a, you know, a presence in every episode. We're breaking the fourth wall every time the producer comes on. This is my favorite thing. I love it. I love it. I'm Shana Roth. I am a mom to a, oh, she will say, five and three
0:56.5	quarters year old daughter. We live in Michigan, and I am very soon going to pop with another
1:03.3	daughter. And so I am filling in for Zach this week. We're so excited. I mean, I love a mom's
1:10.7	episode.
1:11.7	And that one of us is pregnant, we win.
1:15.1	You are prego, prego.
1:16.3	So pregnant.
1:17.8	Listen, we're here to talk about the ups, the downs, and everything in between when it
1:21.4	comes to parenting.
1:22.3	And every week, we answer your questions, share your parenting triumphs, and fails.
1:26.7	And then we try to make this feel like
1:28.5	the conversation you would have with your friends while chilling out in the living room,
	...

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