Postpartum prep, toddler street safety & can your kid have too many toys?!

Two Parents & A Podcast

Alex & Harrison Fugman

Relationships, Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.1 • 641 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

This week on Two Parents & A Podcast, we’re coming off Easter weekend (still in our pastels!) and Harrison is officially petitioning for no work on Easter Mondays (too much Aperol!) Which got us thinking... when did Easter become Christmas in spring?! That turns into a bigger conversation about gifts, toys, and the very real question of whether your kid can actually have TOO MANY (especially once you find the one toy they’ll play with for 30+ mins and suddenly everything else in the room starts feeling unnecessary). We also get into postpartum prep for baby #2, and how buying all of that stuff again brought back a LOT of memories from the first time around (some of which I think I had conveniently blocked out). We talk through what we actually need this time, what we’re doing differently with baby #2, and why second-time prep feels way less chaotic. Then we get into the toddler phase we’re very much in right now: teaching street safety without fully terrifying yourself (and the toddler!!!), whether “gentle parenting” got a bad rap, and what a kid under 2 can actually understand when you’re trying to keep them safe. Plus, a little reality TV break (we see the comments are mixed - skip this section if you hate it, comment what we should watch next if you love it) , audiobooks vs. reading (pt. 2983482), the commenter who may have finally solved Harrison’s cough, and two fun things we DMed eachother: Japan Airlines’ baby icon and the Chick-fil-A family phone challenge. LOVE YOU GUYS! Timestamps: 00:00:00 Welcome back to Two Parents & A Podcast! 00:03:12 When did Easter become “spring Christmas”?! 00:09:53 Can your kid have TOO MANY toys? 00:15:33 Prepping your postpartum kit 00:23:00 What we’re doing differently with baby #2 00:28:50 Skip this section if you don’t like reality TV lol :) - Summer House, SLOMW, The Kardashians 00:46:54 Phone-free family time update 00:48:00 How do you teach your 2-year-old not to run into the street? 00:50:50 Is Harrison a “gentle parent”?! 00:53:41 Have you heard of Safety Town?! 00:57:10 S/o to the commenter who solved Harrison’s cough 00:58:59 Audiobooks vs. reading revisited 01:02:15 THINGS WE DMED EACHOTHER: Japan Airlines features a "baby icon" on its seat map during booking 01:04:56 THINGS WE DMED EACHOTHER: The Chick-fil-A Family Phone Challenge 01:09:50 LOVE YOU GUYS! #twoparentsandapod -------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you to our sponsors this week: *Wayfair: Head to https://www.wayfair.com April 25–27 for Way Day — shop Wayfair’s best deals across home, with up to 80% off and fast, free shipping on everything. *ZipRecruiter: Post jobs for free at https://www.ziprecruiter.com/ALEX *Veracity: For up to 65% off your order, head to https://www.VeracityHealth.co and use code TWOPARENTS. *NOCD: If you’re struggling with OCD or unrelenting intrusive thoughts, NOCD can help. Book a free 15 minute call to get started: https://learn.nocd.com/TWOPARENTS -------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to the pod on YouTube/Spotify/Apple: https://www.youtube.com/@twoparentsandapod https://open.spotify.com/show/7BxuZnHmNzOX9MdnzyU4bD?si=5e715ebaf9014fac https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-parents-a-podcast/id1737442386 -------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Two Parents & A Podcast: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/twoparentsandapod TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@twoparentsandapod Follow Alex Bennett: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/justalexbennett TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@justalexbennett Follow Harrison Fugman: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/harrisonfugman TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@harrisonfugman -------------------------------------------------------------- Powered by: Just Media House – https://www.justmediahouse.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I want to start an official petition.
0:03.1	Which is what?
0:04.3	To have Easter Monday off as well.
0:07.6	It's not a thing.
0:09.0	I did in school, Catholic school, though.
0:11.5	Well, you have this fun Sunday.
0:14.0	You should have Monday to relax.
0:16.6	Well, you guys, we could have set that culture from the top.
0:21.3	Yeah, I don't agree with the jewels.
0:22.9	As I can assure you imagine.
0:24.8	Harrison only agreed to it because he's hung over.
0:27.9	I'm in great spirits, Jules.
0:29.0	But you will work all day.
0:31.2	Well, I have a full day of calls.
0:33.0	Yeah, you really do.
0:34.8	So I'm back to back till 4.30 hopefully squeezing a quick little workout and then a no phone evening with you and bubs with March Madness and hopefully pizza night will you do pizza night tonight I'd love to do homemade pizzas I literally have gestational diabetes I I want to eat the pizza.
0:54.4	What if we do sourdough bread? Okay, done. Yes. I had sourdough pizza this weekend. From where? It was like frozen from H.E.B. But they make it here. I don't remember the brand. Okay. I'll send it to go to HGB. We've got to get it. It was really good. It was like fresh baked, blah, blah, but it's frozen.
1:12.8	That's fine?
1:13.4	Yeah, I'll but it's frozen.
1:12.6	That's fine?
1:13.6	Yeah.
1:14.6	I'll send it to you.
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