Moms Interrupted

Is your baby in a sleep regression? According to Google, the answer is always yes. We’re back on the couch with the first year of baby sleep (spoiler: the only constant is change), a PSA for all the wives married to fisherman out there, and why pediatrician appointments for newborns should come with a grace period.

Then we get into part two of our “what I wish someone told me” series, this time on the postpartum body and mental health. We cover the hospital nursery vs. rooming-in debate, why recovery takes way longer than six weeks, the ri...

Things nobody tells you about pregnancy and birth, straight from our listeners (and us). We asked what you wish someone had told you: debilitating pelvic pain, food aversions, feet that grow a size and never go back, epidurals that don’t work (or don’t come in time), and why your due date is basically a suggestion.

We also get into the stuff that made us fired up: how pregnant women aren’t told their rights at work, why expensive stretch mark creams are predatory marketing, why birth can feel traumatic even when it goes “to plan,” and why ta...

We’re back for Part 2 of our starting solids series, because you had a LOT of questions and we had a LOT to say.

We start with the baby food industry: subscription puree programs, the pouch rebrand (smoothie pouches, meat pouches...), and lastly puffs lol. Then we talk about the mental load of feeding your baby, and why it so often lands on moms.

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Starting solids is supposed to be fun, so why is everyone so stressed? In Part 1 of our solids series, we dig into how “baby food” became SUCH a thing. The evolution of "baby food," trends, timing, allergens and changing recommendations. We talk about the truly unhinged vintage advertisements including one about giving a newborn a bottle of apple juice. Spoiler: a lot of the advice our moms got came from marketing, not research.

Taylor also shares an update on her daughter’s allergy journey: the reaction that started it, a skin prick test, and what she learned from a...

Girl, you don’t need that. Wipe warmers, bottle warmers, 10-ounce bottles, and seven hooded baby towels. This week we’re going through the registry regrets you sent us, and we reflect on the mistakes we made too.

Starting with a quick reality check on postpartum scales, comparison, and the endless sleep content behind paywalls (spoiler: there’s no silver bullet). Then we get into the most-regretted registry items, from bottle sampler boxes and Diaper Genies to disposable nipple pads and electric nail buffers.

Natasha also shares her lactation advice on choosing bottles: the triangle test...

Baby won't take a bottle? You're not alone, and your baby isn't "confused." This week Taylor and Natasha dig into bottle refusal: why it's so common, what the limited research actually says, and why babies who reject bottles have a preference, not a problem.

We get into:

- Bottle refusal tips that may actually help

- Why "nipple confusion" is an outdated term

- Going back to work with a bottle-refusing baby, and why more paid maternity leave would help moms more than fancy pumping rooms

- Tongue ties...

We sat on the couch for three hours and had a lot to say. Grab your reheated coffee.

We start with a hot take on toddler food: I refuse my 4 year old to be in charge of eating, because he would either not eat, or would only eat dessert. We talk about picky eaters, family rules, dessert as a reward, skipping snack culture, and why we think mealtime has become overcomplicated.

Then we get into tongue ties. Every human has a frenulum, and that's normal. We talk about why we think tongue tie releases have...

⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode discusses miscarriage, pregnancy loss, infertility, and IVF in detail. Please take care while listening.

This week we're diving into TTC (trying to conceive) stories submitted by YOU, covering everything from secondary infertility and chemical miscarriages to PCOS, endometriosis, predatory fertility clinics, and yes... a TikTok psychic who called it exactly right.

Before we get into the submissions, we talk about why we're approaching this topic differently this time around (RIP to our old TTC episode — we've grown), the generational shift in how differently our moms' generation approached conception, and the predatory side o...

Taylor flies solo this week (Natasha's in Hawaii fresh off her IBCLC exam!) to talk through six months postpartum with baby #2 — and how different round two feels from round one. She gets into why she switched from a planned home birth to a hospital birth after developing severe pregnancy insomnia and anxiety in her third trimester, what co-care with a midwife postpartum looked like, and why she thinks postpartum care is one of the biggest gaps in the U.S. medical system.

Plus: a breastfeeding and solids Q&A (including the choking-vs-gagging distinction every parent should know), su...

This week Taylor and Natasha kick things off by celebrating Natasha finishing her IBCLC exam (and surviving the intense study season that came with it), then dive into the messy reality of mom friendships — why your friend group naturally shrinks once you become a mom, how to actually make new mom friends, why low-effort friendships are a must, and why being the first mom in your friend group is its own special kind of hard. They also unpack the stay-at-home-mom vs. working-mom label debate and why it's time to drop the titles altogether.

They get into a di...

Part 2 is here! After last week's deep dive into sleep training methods, temperament, and motherhood guilt, Natasha and Taylor are back to answer your submitted questions on baby and toddler sleep — no filter, no judgment, just two moms sharing what actually worked (and didn't) for them.

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Sleep is the Wild Wild West of parenting advice — and this week, Natasha and Taylor are diving in headfirst. They get real about their own sleep training experiences (the wins, the regrets, and everything in between), why "drowsy but awake" doesn't work for most babies, and why sleep isn't a finish line but a developmental milestone, that is not linear, and develops over years.

In this episode, they cover:

This week Taylor and Natasha get real about the messy, unfiltered parts of motherhood — starting with a flight-from-hell travel story that has them questioning airline policy for parents flying solo with toddlers. They dig into bottle refusal and why it's more common (and less talked about) than people think, plus what it means for moms heading back to work. They also cover postpartum hair loss — including why it happens to an estimated 90% of postpartum moms — and its surprising links to postpartum anxiety and insomnia.

Also on the table: surviving the first week of back-to-school separation anxiety, toddler car se...

Taylor's out this week (she's in Hawai'i for a friend's wedding 🌺), so Natasha is flying solo to share her first birth story — from a hyperemesis gravidarum pregnancy through weeks of prodromal labor, an elective 39-week induction, Cytotec, Pitocin, an epidural at 5cm, and a sunny-side-up baby who needed to be flipped before pushing.

In this episode, Natasha covers:

It's giving hot takes. This week Taylor and Natasha get into everything that makes summer with kids chaotic — starting with what actually happens when you're sick while breastfeeding (and what over-the-counter meds can do to your supply). Natasha breaks down the real hierarchy of allergy meds for nursing moms, and how nobody talks about milk supply the way they talk about baby safety.

Then: Natasha got her palm read at a 4th of July carnival and asked if she should have a third kid. The answer? Not exactly reassuring. We get into it.

Plus — travel seas...

For the first time, we're handing the mic to a husband. Taylor's husband Connor joins the podcast (recorded on their son's 3rd birthday — and their 3-year "parent-iversary" to the day!) to answer questions about what it's really like on the dad side of pregnancy, birth and parenthood.

We get into:🍼 How a dad can actually support a breastfeeding mom (hint: it's not about the boobs)
👶 Birth center vs. hospital birth — his honest take on both
💰 The infamous "postpartum hospital bill ambush" story
🩺 What partners should watch during labor — and what to look away from
🛏️ Co-sleepin...

In this episode, Taylor and Natasha answer a big batch of listener-submitted questions in a rapid-fire YOLO episode. Topics include:

🍼 The 4-month sleep regression — what's biologically normal vs. what's a myth
😅 Why "terrible twos" are actually.... "terrible threes"
🤱 Contact naps, carrier naps, and what's developmentally normal for infant sleep
📊 Baby weight percentiles — when to actually worry vs. when it's just genetics
🏖️ The postpartum-summer vs. pregnant-summer debate
🚼 Managing a toddler + newborn
🤔 Breastfeeding in public, kick counts in late pregnancy, and more
😳 A surprising postpartum body fact nobody tells you about (labia edition)

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70%+ women in the U.S. get the epidural during childbirth. This week we're breaking down the "cascade of interventions": the risks that don't show up on the standard epidural risk list, and what you can actually do about them. We talk dosage and timing, movement, IV fluids, immediate skin-to-skin, and why informed consent — not "natural vs. medicated" — is the real goal. Plus: a hot take on the "your baby is huge" induction scare and the stats on the margin of error on those ultrasounds.

We cover:

- What's actually on ACOG's epidural risk...

Are you try to conceive? Pregnant? A first-time mom? A mom of multiple kids? Do you feel like you're being bombarded with products you "MUST HAVE"? You're not imagining it. This week Taylor and Natasha dig even deeper into predatory marketing in womanhood, pregnancy and motherhood — the ByHeart and Nara Organics formula recalls, the FDA warning letter to the SNOO's maker, weighted sleep sacks, the Owlet, strollers, car seats, and the products marketed to fix "problems" that are actually just normal baby behavior. We name names, share what we fell for ourselves, and talk about what's actually evidence-based vs. wh...

Pacifiers and screen time — two topics that somehow turn every mom group into a courtroom. In this episode Natasha (CLC & IBCLC candidate) and Taylor (Lamaze-certified childbirth educator, doula & lactation counselor) and both moms of two under 5, break down what the evidence actually says, and cut through the noise.

On pacifiers: does pacifier use impact breastfeeding and milk supply? What does the AAP actually recommend? Can pacifiers reduce the risk of SIDS and do breastfed babies need them? Plus: nipple confusion, palate development, and evidence backed weaning recommendations.

On screen time: what changed between the AAP's 1999 gu...

Birth has always been political — and the history proves it. In this episode, Natasha and Taylor walk through the moments that shaped modern childbirth: from forceps kept secret for generations and twilight sleep women marched in the streets for, to the smear campaign against midwives, Victoria Beckham's "too posh to push" media spiral, and why we're still giving birth flat on our backs. Plus: what changed after thalidomide, the episiotomy data ACOG doesn't lead with, and the latest invention in childbirht: the OdonAssist.

Evidence-based and yes — there's a chainsaw.

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Finding a doctor & team you trust & vibe with during pregnancy and postpartum is harder than it should be - this week we're breaking down exactly how to find an OB, midwife, pediatrician, or doula who listens to you, what we've walked away from, and why the office system matters just as much as the provider itself.

We're also getting into the colostrum harvesting - is it evidence-based or just social media trend? What does harvesting colostrum before birth actually do, and who does it make sense for? We break down the clinical side so you can make...

In this episode, we're getting into - the great debate on baby sleep (spoiler: you only get ONE: good sleeper, day OR night), surviving the toddler + newborn combo, postpartum rage and what actually triggers it, your period returning after birth, and the very real pressure of postpartum body image in the GLP-1 era. Plus, Father's Day hot takes and a few stories from our realities.

Topics covered: newborn sleep, toddler regression, postpartum mood disorders, postpartum body image, breastfeeding and your period returning, preferred parent realities, and navigating it all with a partner.

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This week on Moms Interrupted, Natasha and Taylor dive into How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids by Jancee Dunn — and honestly? It's the book every pregnant mom and dad need to read before the baby arrives. They break down why relationships shift so dramatically after kids, who's really doing the mental load at home, and why the "helping" language needs to go. Plus: the dishwasher personality types that are apparently causing couples to fight, why weekends with kids hit different, and how delegating (for real) can change everything.

They also get into postpartum round two be...

We're back on the couch with overflow from our 50th episode topic requests - and per usual, it's fun while also being educational. This week Natasha and Taylor get into the postpartum topics that nobody talks about honestly enough, starting with postpartum sex (or the lack thereof). Natasha breaks down the actual biology behind low libido while breastfeeding - prolactin, estrogen, vaginal dryness - so you can stop blaming yourself and start blaming hormones. Plus: a note to partners everywhere.Since Taylor is 10 weeks postpartum, we're talking about the pumping pressure myth - because no, you don't have to...

❤️☕️ Between us, we’re both moms of two with backgrounds in Lactation education (CLC,LEC), Childbirth (LCCE) and Doula Support. We’re here to make motherhood less scary and more fun. Join us every Thursday on the couch. Welcome to your new mom friend group - We’re so glad you’re here!!

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It's our 50th episode and one year anniversary and we're giving the people what they want! You've been asking, so we're finally answering your most requested questions. We're talking about our ages, whether we want more kids (spoiler: it's complicated), what it was like growing up in Hawaii vs. raising kids in San Diego, how we each met our husbands, and how to show up as a wife when motherhood has completely drained you. We also share our hot tips for solo parenting when your partner travels — and we launch our brand new segment, momTALK, where we play a vo...

In this solo episode of Moms Interrupted, Natasha shares her raw and honest first pregnancy story—from trying to conceive and early pregnancy excitement to severe nausea, vomiting, and eventually being diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum (HG). She opens up about being dismissed, ending up in the ER, the mental health toll of a hard pregnancy, and how the experience taught her to trust her body and advocate for herself. Followed by follower Q&A! If you’re curious about Natasha's pregnancy story or dealing with morning sickness yourself - this episode is for you.

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Unsolicited parenting advice is everywhere — from your mom, grandma, mother-in-law, friends, your Instagram algorithm, and the stranger in line at Starbucks. This week we're reading your DMs and breaking down the most common myths new moms are still hearing: night nursing, formula vs. breast milk, visitor policies after birth, unmedicated childbirth, postpartum appointment barriers, and why nobody should be putting cereal in a bottle. It seems like some of these myths will never die. You are not alone and you are not crazy.

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Starting solids can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be! In this episode, Natasha sits down with registered dietitian and Baby-Led Weaning expert Katie Ferraro, from @babyledweanteam, to break down what parents really need to know about feeding babies in the first year. They cover when to start solids, why waiting until 6 months matters, the truth about gagging vs. choking, introducing allergens, picky eating, snacks, water, constipation, and how to build confidence at the table. If you’re nervous about starting solids or drowning in conflicting advice online, this episode will leave you feeling informed, empowered, and read...

In this episode of Moms Interrupted, we’re covering the real mom life: from the transition from one to two kids, to breastfeeding questions, to knowing when labor is actually starting.We talk about the transition from 1 to 2 kids, dividing your attention, toddler regressions, overstimulation, and how family dynamics shift.We also break down one of the most asked postpartum questions: Can you drink alcohol while breastfeeding? We discuss timing, nuance, common myths, and how to make informed decisions that feel right for your family.Plus, we answer questions about early labor signs, what to do before heading to th...

You planned for labor & delivery, but did anyone prepare you for what happens after birth when you're in the hospital? In this episode, we’re breaking down the postpartum hospital stay no one talks about: interruptions, sleep, pain, lactation visits, newborn weight loss and behavior, the provided food, billing and what we’d do differently next time.

Whether you’re pregnant, newly postpartum, or just curious, this is the real, honest conversation we wish we had before giving birth. Plus: our best tips for your hospital stay and setting yourself up for breastfeeding success.

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Taylor is back sharing her second birth story - and this one was completely different.

After having her first baby at a birth center, she chose to work with an OB and deliver in a hospital, but still had an unmedicated birth as she had planned for.

From her water breaking at 12:30am on her due date to a 4-hour labor, intense contractions minutes apart, and a 45-minute car ride while in active labor.

We talk about:

In this episode, we’re breaking down one of the most talked-about (and misunderstood) parts of pregnancy: trying to get labor started.

From dates and raspberry leaf tea to acupuncture, sex, and curb walking — we dive into the truth behind “natural induction” methods, what the research actually says, and what’s just anecdotal hype.

We get into:

- Your body won’t go into labor until it’s ready & why that's a good thing!

- Alllllllll of the natural methods you COULD try

- What might help vs. what’s potentially ri...

In this episode, we’re talking all things newborn life: the weird, the normal, and the things that totally catch you off guard the first time around. From gas, grunting, spit-up, sneezing, meconium, cradle cap, swaddles, and witching hour to the reality that most newborn behaviors are bizarre but completely normal, we’re breaking down what’s actually worth worrying about and what’s just part of the newborn phase.

We also talk about the pressure of waiting for labor, the “fourth trimester,” why newborns don’t need nearly as much stimulation as the internet wants you to think, and...

In this episode, we’re diving into one of the most sensitive and polarizing conversations in motherhood: breast milk, formula, and informed feeding choices.

We talk about the biochemical differences between breast milk and formula, the benefits and risks of each, combo feeding, and why so many parents make feeding decisions without truly having all the information. This is not a shame-based conversation, and it’s not a moral debate — it’s about facts, context, and helping moms make informed choices that work for their families.

We also get into how maternity leave, hospital policies, formula...

In this episode of Moms Interrupted, we talk about the massive identity shift that happens after becoming a mom. Postpartum isn’t just physical — your brain literally changes, your routines change, and suddenly the life you had before kids feels completely different.

We share our experiences navigating “mom brain,” letting go of rigid expectations, and learning to let go in early motherhood. From feeling like you have to constantly entertain your kids, to the pressure to bounce back, to the endless noise about what kind of mom you’re supposed to be — it’s a lot.

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Motherhood changes everything, especially your friendships. In this episode, we talk honestly about making mom friends, maintaining old friendships, and why relationships can shift after having kids. From feeling lonely postpartum to navigating friends without children, we break down the realities no one talks about, including mom group dynamics, canceled plans, social media pressure, and why different friends serve different seasons of life.

We touch on:

Surprising stats about loneliness in motherhood

How we've made new mom friends

What to do when friendships fade or feel one-sided

Why communication...

Co-sleeping is one of the most emotional, controversial, and misunderstood topics in modern motherhood and most parents aren’t getting the full picture.

In this episode, we break down what co-sleeping actually means, why over 60% of mothers report doing it at some point, and what the research really says about safety, risk, and the famous Safe Sleep Seven. We also talk about the cultural history behind Western sleep norms, why parents feel pressure to lie to pediatricians, and how social media has made infant sleep more stressful than ever.

This is not a “do this or e...

In this episode of Mom’s Interrupted, Taylor and Natasha cover the “greatest hits” of early parenthood: how to know if you want to be a mom, how to set realistic expectations for the newborn/toddler years, and why certainty isn’t required to be a great parent. Then we get into teething—what’s real vs. myth (fever, diarrhea, sleep), what actually helps, and why the teething industry can feel so predatory. We wrap with a laugh-cry list of what not to say to pregnant women and new moms—and what to say instead.

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