Have you ever found yourself suddenly the default parent, with your partner nowhere in sight and you’re left to tend to the baby?
Or maybe you find yourself asking your partner to watch the baby and if now is a good time to shower.
I’ll never forget the time I couldn’t find my husband one sunny Saturday. Left to do our baby’s bottle and nap time, I was enraged. When did I become the default parent and why?
When I saw Renee’s TikTok about her husband making pancakes, I knew this was a conversation we needed to have on the pod!
Renee Reina is the mom friend you always wanted. She is a writer, content creator, Doctor of Psychology, busy body, mom, self-proclaimed over-sharer, and is the host of the top-ranking parenting podcast The Mom Room.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Why Renee doesn’t want her husband to make pancakes on Saturday Mornings
- How expectations, desires, and wishes differ
- Renee’s strategy for smoother weekends
- Tracy’s “pancake” story
- Expressing our needs to our partners
- The “me” parts and coming to the “we solution”
- Why you want an equal partner (rather than delegating tasks)
EPISODE LINKS
Renee’s Instagram
Renee’s TikTok
The Mom Room Instagram
The Mom Room Website
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I'm Not Your Shrink is a podcast aimed at helping you feel connected to yourself, to others, and to live a life aligned with what matters most to you. I bring you clinical knowledge and evidence based research, along with experiences of sitting in the therapist chair along with being a wife and mother. I'm joined by subject matter experts to talk about everyday issues we all face to change the dialogue in your life.
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