Me And My Tiny Human
tekijä: Rachel Corbett
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I'm sorry but...you're not solo parenting
I'm sorry but...you're not solo parenting
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Ever wondered if having a baby on your own would leave you with enough brain power to string a sentence together? Well, press play and find out as solo mum by choice, Rachel Corbett shares the highs, the lows and the "How the hell am I actually managing to do this?" reality of solo parenting.
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- I'm sorry but...you're not solo parenting · 15 min · Jakso 50Ever said to someone: “I’m solo parenting this weekend”? I get it. Going from two sets of hands to one is a serious shock to the system… but it’s also not quite the same thing…
- I thought I’d be cleaning vomit all night… nope · 16 min · Jakso 49Everyone warns you about how brutal the sickness phase is. The daycare germs. The sleepless nights. The absolute chaos of trying to keep a tiny human alive while they’re falling…
- The near misses that haunt you · 18 min · Jakso 48There are some parenting moments that happen in a split second… and then live in your nervous system forever. This episode is about one (or maybe a couple) of those. A trip to…
- My toddler found out how her body works · 15 min · Jakso 47There are some parts of parenting you know are coming one day. And then there are the ones that arrive way earlier than you expected and leave you sitting on Google wondering…
- I didn’t give my kid Easter eggs (and people had opinions) · 17 min · Jakso 46I didn’t give my kid any Easter eggs this year, which, apparently, is a thing people have opinions about. I'm definitely not running a sugar-free monastery over here. But after…
- I don't want to judge, but... · 21 min · Jakso 45Lord knows I'm not a perfect parent and I make mistakes all the time. But there are some things I see other parents do - at the park, in classes, at daycare - that I find really…
- I’ve been framed by my three-year-old · 10 min · Jakso 44It's so lovely having a smart, articulate child...until it backfires. Because when they say something with confidence, people tend to listen. This podcast was recorded on the…
- I'm not anti-social, I'm just tired · 16 min · Jakso 43I think I’ve officially become that mum. The one standing next to other parents… saying absolutely nothing. Not because I don’t like people, but because I just don't have the…
- I tried dating again (and I lasted five minutes) · 17 min · Jakso 42I briefly re-entered the dating scene. Briefly. As in: downloaded the apps, matched with a few men, read approximately six bios and remembered why I enjoy my peaceful, drama-free…
- I don’t think I want another kid · 11 min · Jakso 41I always assumed I’d have two kids. It was just one of those things I’d decided in my twenties... a nice, neat vision of what my future family would look like. And then I…
- Reprise: We're weeing on the toilet · 19 min · Jakso 40Well. That changed quickly. In yesterday's episode I was mid-toilet-training fog, genuinely unsure of how we were ever getting to the other side. Then in between recording and…
- Are we ever going to wee on the toilet? · 12 min · Jakso 39In my experience toilet training isn't a thing you finish, it's thing you circle endlessly while asking yourself how you're ever going to get through to the other side. Sure…
- Why does every transition feel like starting again? · 10 min · Jakso 38One of the most frustrating things about parenting is realising that progress is temporary. Just when you think you’ve moved through a phase, like really moved through it…
- What black magic is this? · 10 min · Jakso 37There are some parenting ideas you hear about and immediately think: Absolutely not. That will never work on my kid. For me, that was the 'ok to wake' clock. During a brutal…
- I'm co-parenting dinner with a robot · 9 min · Jakso 36This episode is a PSA for anyone who hates cooking, is bad at it and is tired of pretending they’ll magically get better one day. I talk about how desperation, half a capsicum…
- The TV is on and I'm not mad about it · 11 min · Jakso 35Can you hear how calm I sound? That’s because the TV is on. After years of avoiding screen time, early-morning wake ups and sheer exhaustion pushed me into a new phase of…
- The lies we tell our kids (and the one I can’t get comfy with) · 21 min · Jakso 34Last year there were about 700 separate occasions where I told my daughter the plug in the bath was broken. It wasn't, I was just racing through bedtime and needed the day to…
- The days when you want to walk out of your own life · 15 min · Jakso 33Things get a little dark today. Not because anything terrible has happened, but because I want to talk honestly about what it feels like when you’re running on empty and there’s…
- The first glimmers of “it gets easier” · 14 min · Jakso 32I went into the Christmas break braced for impact, convinced that weeks without daycare were going to send me over the edge but instead, something shifted. Olivia’s almost three…
- My 2025 MVP mum products · 14 min · Jakso 31Happy New Year. I know exactly where you’re going to be at midnight...in bed 😂. Same here! In this episode I share a bunch of my MVP mum products from 2025. The things I actually…
