Sibling introductions, play kitchen vs. toddler tower & is it OK to parent someone else’s kid?!

Two Parents & A Podcast

Alex & Harrison Fugman

Relationships, Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.1 • 641 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 81 minutes

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This week on Two Parents & A Podcast, the countdown continues… we are officially less than a month away from baby #2 and it’s pretty much all we can think (and talk) about right now… (so SORRY in advance 😭 but iykyk) We get into how we’re actually preparing for this transition — from how we’re thinking about introducing our toddler to the baby, to what we’ve heard works (and what feels slightly questionable), and why this feels like one of those moments you can’t fully prepare for but will absolutely overthink anyway (ex: this entire episode hahahah) We bring some debates from the comments to the pod: (1) play kitchen vs. toddler tower… aka fake cooking vs. real cooking… is pretend cooking actually MORE beneficial than cooking IRL?! And (2) another parenting gray area — is it ever OK to parent someone else’s kid, or is that totally off limits? (Not that gray to us… but you guys in the comments are very split on this 👀) Outside of that, this episode goes everywhere in the best way as always. Harrison casually reveals he signed up for a HYROX race without telling me, we spiral on the concept of people getting LA Marathon medals at 18 miles, and debate some VERY important life questions (the MOST important lol) like whether you can bring a baby to a movie theater… and if a Subway footlong is acceptable airplane food. We also share a house update (our pool got approved!!!), and finally, a humbling realization from this week: we do NOT have green thumbs 🌱 LOVE YOU GUYS. Thanks for listening!!! Timestamps: 00:00:00 Welcome back to Two Parents & A Podcast! 00:01:25 Harrison secretly signed up for a HYROX race?! 00:10:30 LA Marathon gave medals to runners who stopped at 18 miles?! 00:12:20 Would you bring your baby to a movie theater?! 00:19:20 Is a Subway footlong acceptable airplane food?! 00:21:25 Burger King’s CEO called us back?! 00:25:54 House update: man cave final touches + our pool got approved! 00:31:45 I forgot how hard the last month of pregnancy is… 00:42:16 Play kitchen vs real cooking: what’s better for toddlers? 00:47:31 How we’re preparing our toddler for a new sibling 00:57:03 When (and how) to introduce your toddler to a new baby 01:02:34 BICKER OF THE WEEK: should pans live on the stovetop?! 01:05:40 Is it OK to parent someone else’s kid?! 01:10:25 People are STILL mad I’m showing my pregnant belly… 01:13:39 Turns out… we do NOT have green thumbs 01:15:25 Harrison’s weekly reality TV recap (kind of) 01:19:05 LOVE YOU GUYS! #twoparentsandapod -------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you to our sponsors this week: *Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at https://SHOPIFY.com/TWOPARENTS *SKIMS: Shop my favorite bras and underwear at http://www.skims.com/twoparents #skimspartner *ZipRecruiter: Post jobs for free at https://www.ziprecruiter.com/ALEX *Little Spoon: Simplify your kids' mealtimes. Go to https://littlespoon.com/TWOPARENTS and enter our code TWOPARENTS at checkout to get 30% OFF your first Little Spoon order. -------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------- Key Words: Two Parents & A Podcast, Alex Bennett, Harrison Fugman, parenting podcast, pregnancy podcast, second baby, sibling introduction toddler, toddler meets newborn, preparing toddler for sibling, play kitchen vs toddler tower, toddler cooking, parenting debates, parenting someone else’s kid, new parents, last month pregnancy, toddler activities, mom life, dad life, family podcast, parenting advice, viral parenting topics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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