Daily Baby: Recent Episodes
Vaya Pashos
Follow Vaya from Day 1 of having her first baby! Every week day you'll hear a few minutes from the life of a brand new mother navigating the ups and downs of fresh parenthood...
Turns out you CAN'T have it all in a pandemic year with a newborn while going back to work! Well I can't anyway.. so this podcast will start to wind down soon as something had to give. The baby himself though is a constant delight and I lucked out to get him. A few more eps will roll out after this so enjoy those and I'll check in again after those. Thanks for listening! - Vaya
Had to pull a Bella Swan and skip through a few weeks. Melbourne Lockdown was getting too grim.
Connecting with a radius friend and preparing for Father's Day.
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Daunted by the plan to return to work. (Spoiler alert as this was recorded a couple of weeks ago: I was lucky to land in a more flexible situation than anticipated so I'm in better spirits at time of upload than at time of record - which is often the case!)
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Took a little upload break but this picks up right after Ep 71 chronologically! The baby caper really is like playing dolls.
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The baby has clocked 5kg! And he is a squishy little button.
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Looking for the safe landing places in the day when the baby skips naps...
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Headaches and riverdancing.
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A busy day like in the Before Times.
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This podcast makes me feel less guilty about not filling out the baby books...
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Day sleeps are out for now and the Wonder Weeks are bamboozling to me.
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Getting some florals on to my boy; and a chill vibes Friday night.
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Koala cuddles, car picnics and wriggles andjiggles.
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Just whising up a hot chocolate on the stove and I talk about baby-sleep. I joined a choir too because why not add one more thing?
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Don't do what Donny Don't does! Don't feed the baby in the bed if you're sleepy!
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The Daily Baby is three months old and I enjoy his knitwear and then have a breakdown on mic.
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Daily Baby keeps breaking free of his bed prisons.
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I created a vicious cycle this morning then had to quit it! Also for those with eagle ears, this recording should've been episode 57 - I uploaded them in the wrong order. #AsABusyMother - but it doesn't affect the narrative so I'm leaving it like this.
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We can finally call it - Daily Baby's grown into the 000s!
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The birth certificate arrived!
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Coming down after IsoBirthdayPalooza and conveying a sense of baby's squishiness over the internet.
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A cuddly koala just wants to snuggle and we just want to let him.
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He looks like his dad, until one morning, for a moment, there's some mum in there too.
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A State of Disaster is declared, but the Daily Baby laughs when tickled. Follow Vaya: @dailybabypod on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
50 episodes! Thanks for those who have reached out to give me such lovely feedback about this podcast - it's much appreciated.
In this episode: raspberries are universal, and spaetzle is a lot of effort.
The trough after the peak. Wagging mothers' group and enjoying baby laundry.
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A new nickname, a dancer, a brighter day, and carving out an evening pocket for myself.
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Good results for both of us and I talk about avoiding a certain parenting task...
Also this was recorded before Victoria was declared a State of Disaster, if you can't tell!
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A day that involves going from crying to laughing. Actual CROL.
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Basking in the literal sunshine and the baby inflates his lilo.
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Never wake a sleeping baby - unless they need to eat!
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Pathology, family love and flipper sounds.
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When he's hungry, he's hungry.
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We are great annd wriggly and we're not going to worry about weight (his, not mine). Follow Vaya: @dailybabypod on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
What, they don't just automatically send you a Medicare card?
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What a new mum cliche - sore nipples! OUCH. But then the sleepytime baby noises almost make me forget...
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Another day, another bath in a different room of the house! And another way to carry the baby!
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A day out at the GP with immunisations and new outfits.
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Taking on two work shifts with a 7-week-old is FINE.
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Saying yes to work and then enjoying baby squonkles...
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Celebrate your wins! I cleared off half of the dining table!
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Chatting settling techniques on a day the bay wouldn't have a bar of it.
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When you hit six weeks post-partum you get to do a lot of cool stuff again.
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Coming to you from the Possum Ward of the Royal Children's Hospital after a swift and smooth surgery for the baby. Feeling the love!
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Trying to step through how time evaporates every day,
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A new parent's rite of passage.
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The maternal health nurse noticed something at the baby's weigh-in.
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The ever-changing nature of pandemic life... further lockdowns toy with my mood but there's also some nipple-based fun.
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Five weeks into new parenthood and I'm already cracking into the Ben & Jerry's... but phone calls are comforting too.
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Everyone's got a lot to deal with right now - but I want it all to be about ME!
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Involving the baby in a simple daily task drew me out of the Lockdown Blues.
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It's not ideal, but it happens. Pick the point during the Night Feed where I cease to make sense and nod off...
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We hit the big 3! Plus bonus Daily Baby snuffles from the middle of a Night Feed.
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Vaya checks in from the graveyard shift and explains what 90% of post-natal life entails. Bonus cameo from the Daily Baby!!
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A new love for hand-me-downs.
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A shower, and other things that are making me feel a million bucks #AsABusyMother...
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The Daily Baby is back up to birthweight!
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Pacing the nursery to lull the Daily Baby to sleep...
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More cluster feeds and our first weigh-in with the Maternal Child Health Nurse in person...
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Fitting in two podcasts with a newborn!
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Captive by cluster feeds! But we had a brief window for a psych appointment and learned a new mindfulness tool using the Daily Baby himself...
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A packed day! Cluster feeds, a trip outside to nature, and a twenty-minute meltdown (from mum, not baby) - but we levelled up.
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A wave of loneliness hits, probably due to a combination of hormones, lockdown, general mental health issues and housebound life with a newborn...
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As we enter Week 3 of newborn life, the Groundhog Day has established itself and we are well and truly living the Bill Murray life. Also - this ep features a guest appearance via adorable squeaks and snuffles from the Daily Baby himself!
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A lovely walk in the sun is restorative; despite well-meaning advice. And Vaya tries to lull herself to sleep.
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The Daily Baby is 10 days old - time to put him in a basket and play Anne Geddes!
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How many yawns can you count in five minutes? Plus topping up with formula and EBM on the road to regaining baby's birth weight.
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We get through the first week but not without a quick hit of the Baby Blues...
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An extra snippet from Week 1 with a newborn because I mathsed incorrectly. An important snippet though as it covers the pressure of feeling the need to get feeds 'right'.
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I have a five-day-old! It's bliss... I know this mood won't last though!
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We luck out with the feeding situation; meanwhile Vaya is terrified of sneezing...
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What day is it? Two nights at the hospital felt like two months! But we're home after a rocky morning and tucked away in our cocoon.
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The first full day of the Daily Baby's life on Earth - we spend it shuttling between the Maternity Ward and the Special Care Nursery.
Vaya steps through from Day 1 of having her first baby! Every weekday you'll hear a few minutes from the life of a brand new mother navigating the ups and downs of fresh parenthood...
And this is Day 1: actually delivering the Daily Baby!
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I'm Vaya - a 37-year-old mum-to-be from Melbourne Australia. I'm about to birth my first human and I'm a bundle of nerves!
Join me each weekday as I share snippets from my day with a newborn.
Resources: Handy video tutorial for antenatal expressing of colostrum.