Accidental Parents: Recent Episodes
Lucas Fowler + Amanda DiMarco
Two high school sweethearts who became accidental parents at 22. Your resource for all things navigating life, parenthood, money, relationships, and more.
Here's our promise that we will not be drinking on the podcast every week... BUT we have had a WEEEEEEK. Lennox got hand, foot, & mouth disease. He hasn't been able to go to daycare. Amanda had to reschedule all work tings. And it was Friday when we recorded — so we figured what better way to spend the first day of our weekend than to drink our favorite cocktails, debrief about out week, & play we're not reallly strangers. Let us know what you think about this episode & leave a rating and review if you liked it!
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We're baaaaaackkk. Welcome to season 2, friends. We're so excited to be back on the mic. Listen in to find out where we've been, what our life has been like navigating two kids, our mission for this podcast moving forward, & answering your questions about how we make time for one another. And if you like this episode, leave us a rating + review!
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Ok guys... AMANDA ISN'T PREGNANT ANYMORE. In this episode, we're sharing the birth story of our second son Ellis Loch. Tune in to find out how Amanda's VBAC went & hear about how these last 3 weeks postpartum have been.
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Ok guys, this is for all of our fellow twenty-something year olds trying to figure it the fuck out. In this episode, we're talking about life purpose, career purpose, finding fulfillment in both when you aren't necessarily sure of who you are or what you want yet. We're talking about money, time, growth, expectations vs. reality, and so much more. If you're navigating your twenties and find yourself unfulfilled or anxious, this one is for you.
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Hello friends! Welcome back to another episode, this one has been long awaited since we probably mention how amazing sleep training is on every podcast episode. Anna is the founder of Little Winks Sleep, a gentle approach to sleep training, and became a certified pediatric sleep coach in 2018 out of the need to give herself & her baby the gift of sleep. Tune in to hear about why sleep is so important for children 0-4, what a gentle approach to sleep training entails, body clocks, co-sleeping, soothers, early morning wakings, & the sleep products that Anna loves! As always, leave us a rating + review if you liked this episode and be sure to... FOLLOW US ON IG: https://www.instagram.com/accidentalparents/ FOLLOW AMANDA: https://www.instagram.com/justmands/ FOLLOW LUCAS: https://www.instagram.com/lucasfowler/ FOLLOW ANNA: https://www.instagram.com/littlewinkssleep/ LEARN MORE ABOUT LITTLE WINKS: https://www.littlewinkssleep.com/ USE OUR DISCOUNT CODE "ACCIDENTALPARENTS" FOR 10% OFF OF SLEEP TRAINING COURSES: https://www.littlewinkssleep.com/
You guys should know by now that as a holistic health coach, Amanda loves a good old wives tale. In this episode we sit down to chat about how we're feeling mentally + emotionally as Amanda's due date is approaching, nesting, our hospital bag preparations, & what the heck we're having?! We go over 11 different old wives tales in this episode & see whether or not all signs are pointing to girl or boy. Have a listen & leave your predictions in our latest IG post!
WE'RE BACK. We're so sorry, we took a week and a half hiatus because life got busy (aka, Amanda is 9 months pregnant & FEELING it). However, today we're back & ready to chat with you guys about red flags. We asked you to send in your red flags so we could tell you whether we think they're actual red flags or if we think you're just overreacting. This might be our favorite episode yet, you guys delivered...
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Our first ever Q+A! We decided to take to IG and answer some of you guy's burning questions. In this episode we share answers on:
-How do you navigate different parenting styles from your partner? Spanking vs. not spanking, BF vs. formula.
-How do you balance the responsibilities of bills, cleaning, & kids without putting stress on one another?
-What's the best biltong recipe?
-How do you go about splitting cost of things (rent, groceries, miscellaneous)?
-How did you navigate being apart & finding your way back to one another? Did you break up knowing you were going to get back together?
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You guys. Amanda says "I realized" 25 million times in this episode. Could 100% make a drinking game out of it. Nevertheless, in this episode, we sit down to shoot the shit, share some life updates, talk about our social media cleanse, & discuss the topic of social media's impacts on parenting pressure. Really, we just go all over the place today and that's the vibe.
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Ok friends, we're getting into it this week on the podcast. Religion, baptizing our son, holidays, our own personal journey's, & our thoughts on it all. This is a topic we feel like every parent has to navigate & we wanted to shed some light on the gray area, not having it all figured out, & helping you own the journey that you're on. Disclaimer: we love & respect your religion/individual spiritual journey and hope you will respect ours, too. Aka, don't slide in our DM's asking us to join your church. Lol.
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Welcome back to another episode of the Accidental Parents Podcast! Today we're interviewing our very first guest, Shari Foos, & we cannot wait for you guys to listen. Shari is a Marriage & Family Therapist and creator of the Narrative Method, a non profit all about sharing stories to foster & discover more meaningful connections. Foos writing has been featured in so many wonderful publications such as huffington post, women’s health, fatherly, & bustle. In this episode, we dive into marriage therapy, what you can expect, why it's so important, & how you can model behavior & communication in your relationship to your kids. If you like this episode, be sure to give us a rating & review and tell us what you what us to cover next!
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Welcome back to another episode, today we're chatting about WFH with littles, and more importantly, keeping your littles entertained when you both work from home. We share SO many details about Lennox's schedule, our work schedules, childcare, how we make it work, & give our tips for entertaining a toddler. We both have different tactics we utilize, so definitely tune in to find out what those are. We hope this helps you see the dynamic we've created & maybe inspire you to create one that works best for you & your fam!
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This episode was one we did a few months back for Amanda's Pretty Naked Podcast, but we thought it was so good that it needed to live here, too. Tune in to hear about our different love languages, how we navigate them in our relationship, & tips for you guys to open up the discussion in your own relationship.
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Happy Tuesday, friends! Welcome back to another episode. Today we're sitting down to chat about the number one question Amanda gets asked on IG — how the heck does intimacy change after having a baby & how can you prioritize it now that you have a little human around 24/7??? In this episode, we tackle just that. We talk how we define intimacy, why intimacy SHOULD be prioritized, getting creative, & how you can actually make time for it.
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Welcome back to another episode of the Accidental Parents podcast. In this episode, we sit down to chat about all things parenting styles. We wholeheartedly believe in an intuitive approach to parenting and feel it's been super fruitful for us. Tune into this episode to hear our thoughts on different parenting styles, what's worked for us, & our tips on being a "chill parent."
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On March 4th, 2022 we walked into the courthouse & got HITCHED. Tune in to listen to us chat about why we decided not to have a wedding & head to the courthouse instead. We also discuss our perspective on marriage itself, why we didn't get married when we first got pregnant, & how to navigate the pressure of society telling you to get married just because you have kids together.
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We're diving right into the topics we find to be a bit controversial, but are so damn necessary to talk about. Today's episode, we're covering all things porn. Our thoughts on it, our relationship with it, & why we think the gray area needs to be discussed more.
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Oh shit, we're really doing this. Hi friends, welcome to our first podcast episode. We're Amanda + Lucas, two high school sweethearts who became accidental parents at 22. This podcast is all about navigating life & parenthood when you least expected it. You can expect topics on young parenthood, relationships, money, pop culture, raising little humans, parenting philosophies and more. We expect to do Q+A's & interviews with other cool parents down the line, but for now, listen to this episode to get to know who we are & why we started this podcast.
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