The Muscle Memory Of Motherhood: Episode 363
The Mom Hour
Mom Hour Media
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Crouching. Bending. Stooping. The magical, ninja-like way you lay a baby down in the crib without waking her up; the feeling of wet, sloppy gums on your knuckles as he teethes. In Episode 363, Sarah and Meagan reflect on the muscle memories associated with the repetitive motions of early motherhood. Some bring back all the warm fuzzies and others make us shudder (looking at you, nipple-biting babes), but we promise, this episode will bring the memories flooding back. Join us!
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- Interested in learning more about our Contributor Joanna who we mentioned inspired this episode? Here’s a link to her contributor page or listen to her on this recent Voices episode
- Meagan’s detailed memories of breastfeeding included placing a soggy nipple back in her bra! She and Sarah could have used Kia’s recent roundup of her favorite breastfeeding products on our blog.
- We mentioned Jennifer’s blog post Five Tips for Water Safety This Summer
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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 |
| 0:05.2 | little to grown. We're in different areas of the country and in different stages |
| 0:09.0 | of life, but we both know that motherhood's a lot easier when real moms share |
| 0:12.7 | tips and encouragement. And remind you that it's really all gonna be okay. We're |
| 0:16.6 | not experts. We're parents who've been there. We're not perfect. We're real. |
| 0:19.9 | Welcome to the mom hour. Hey everyone and welcome to episode 363 of the |
| 0:26.4 | mom hour. I am Sarah powers here with Megan Francis. Hey Megan. Hey Sarah. We're |
| 0:31.7 | really excited today. We have a fun topic that allows us to wax a bit nostalgic |
| 0:36.7 | and hopefully bring everybody along into this very, I don't know like this |
| 0:42.8 | collective experience that is the muscle memory of motherhood. And regardless, |
| 0:48.3 | like don't leave us if you've got teenagers and tweens. And this is as much |
| 0:51.9 | for those of us who've been out of the little years as it is for those who are |
| 0:55.7 | in it. And Megan, do you want to tell the little story of how how this came |
| 0:58.8 | about? Yeah, I love this. So we met up in Texas a couple of weeks, a couple |
| 1:04.1 | two, three weeks ago now. And we actually had dinner with our contributor, |
| 1:10.6 | Joanna. And afterward, we were just sitting around having a drink in the hotel |
| 1:14.7 | lobby. And she was telling, I think a funny potty training story. I think |
| 1:20.4 | is where it started. And it's like, you're commiserating about |
| 1:23.8 | funny training. And then it kind of just devolved into one of those |
| 1:28.2 | conversations that are a lot about poop and like bodily fluids. And I just |
| 1:34.2 | said this should be an episode because I could remember and we'll get into it |
| 1:37.5 | later in the show, but like a very specific sensory memory that I could |
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