Blabbering: Babies!

Welcome to Episode 16 - Big baby blowouts (both barf and bottom), rat wars, and trying to balance career aspirations with a family.

🎙️ Episode Drop Alert: "Pies, Rats, & Baby Spats" 🥧🐀👶 Episode 16 serves up a feast of culinary conquests, unexpected guests, and conflicts. Here’s what’s cooking:

1️⃣ Culinary Adventures: Tilly takes the kitchen by storm with her leek and sausage pie, showcasing the delicious dance of savoury sausages, tender leeks, and creamy mustard sauce. Dive into a day of gourmet experimentation and the quest for the perfect crispy Rice Krispie crunch. 🍴🥧

2️⃣ Uninvited Critters: The family faces a whiskered dilemma as a bold rat makes itself at home, gnawing its way through tranquility and into their murderous fantasies (and pantry). Laugh and cringe as Dan declares war on their tiny, unwanted tenant, exploring every humane (and not-so-humane) solution. 🐁💣

3️⃣ Baby Sleep Challenges: Explore the nocturnal world of baby sleep challenges, from unexpected wake-ups to the quest for the perfect sleep routine. Join us as we share our experiences and insights on navigating the delicate balance of ensuring rest for the whole family. It's an honest look at the trials, errors, and eventual triumphs in the quest for a good night's sleep. 🌜😴👶

4️⃣ Work & Career Reflections: Dive deep into the personal reflections on returning to work, balancing career aspirations with family life, and the quest for professional fulfilment amidst the chaos of parenting. It's a candid look at the struggles and triumphs of juggling professional roles with the demands of parenthood. 💼👨‍👩‍👧

Prepare for an episode bursting at the seams with laughter, culinary triumphs, and the occasional rodent rampage. It's a vivid snapshot of family life, where food, pests, and baby milestones blend into a recipe for unforgettable moments.

🎧 Grab your headphones for a hearty serving of humor, warmth, and a dash of chaos. Join us as we navigate the flavorful journey of family, food, and the unexpected surprises of everyday life.

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Okay, so, what week are we on,

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Tilly: We are week 17, four

months, four week, so yeah, 17.

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I don't know anymore.

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One,

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Dan 1: So we've had a little baby girl

who um, was, She had a bit of a, she

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didn't have a great last few hours.

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She's eventually fallen asleep, which

shows you know, she's now all open

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just as we hit the record button.

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So we're trying to avoid eye

contact, so she falls back to sleep.

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Um,

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Tilly: that boat might have sailed.

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Ship sailed?

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Oh, it ship sailed.

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Um, but maybe her little toys

are for entertainment now.

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If not, I've got a press on.

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Dan 1: She's yawning.

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She might, she might go.

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You never know.

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So,

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Tilly: We live in hope.

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Our feet aren't looking

purple, so that's a bonus.

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Dan 1: so

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Tilly: I was going

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Dan 1: Have any food to

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Tilly: to say, our food is nothing.

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Air.

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Dan 1: Yeah,

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Tilly: I've eaten today.

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I had a yoghurt.

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Dan 1: I mean I've eaten, I've

had like a yoghurt drink and

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then some chocolate, uh, peanuts.

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Tilly: had a cup of chocolate milk too.

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Or I had two, I had two coffees.

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Two collagen

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Dan 1: Whoa!

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Tilly: like an absolute wanker.

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I wonder if the collagen naps

helps my stretch marks at all.

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Who knows.

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Um, yeah, I had two collagen cookies

before, before, pre workout, post workout

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a little protein yoghurt, all about the

protein, ruined it with our Sunday lunch.

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No time.

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Well, I know my husband well, I've

gone leek and sausage pie, made the

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filling yesterday, browned off some nice

peppery sausages, put down the leeks

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in butter, made a creamy mustard sauce.

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Let that thicken up and cool down

overnight, and I've also made a massive

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pan of cheesy mashed potatoes, and we're

going to do a rice crispy crunchy topping,

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Dan 1: I'm looking forward

to the Rice Krispie Crunch

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Tilly: and then we'll

have some peas with it.

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But if you're doing pie and

mashed peas, there's vegetables,

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yeah, peas or cabbage maybe, but

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Dan 1: I

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Tilly: haven't got

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Dan 1: sweetcorn's not bad.

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But

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Tilly: Not with that, I

don't know, it just feels

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Dan 1: peas and sweetcorn

go well together.

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Yeah, okay.

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Tilly: you want it, I've

got tinned sweetcorn, you

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Dan 1: Just on my own.

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Yeah,

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Tilly: I do like, I'll eat sweetcorn out

of the sweetcorn taste better than others.

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Like, if you get the green giant, it

tastes different than the sweetcorn.

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I do to it.

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I'd eat that out pudding

from last weekend.

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That chocolate pie.

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Mmm, this is like my ice cream pie now.

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Um, so we've got like,

buttery biscuit base.

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Chocolate Rice Krispies, Salted Caramel,

Chocolate Mousse, Choccy Ganache.

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Do you know

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Dan 1: Fat Dinners and Fat Sundays

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Tilly: might start doing a segment called

Fat Dinners or Fat Sundays or something.

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And just do like, do a little post

of like, what we have every Sunday.

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Because we don't be pretty

healthy throughout the week,

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we don't be absolutely have a,

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Dan 1: You're fairly

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Tilly: I'm healthy, I'm healthy, I try and

make you healthy, you're fairly healthy.

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Dan 1: addicted, But that's

just the way nutrition

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Tilly: Sugar Addiction.

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Which apparently isn't addictive.

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People say sugar's addictive,

but like, the nutritionists

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are like, it's not addictive.

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Dan 1: I just

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Tilly: like syrup skis.

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Dan 1: can't kick it?

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Tilly: Um, I think it's like

anything, it's a habit, isn't it?

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It's like, it's a crutch.

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It's your dad tax.

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Dan 1: my dad taxed for if I ever do

anything, any housework or anything.

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Is

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Tilly: try and kill off fucking rats.

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Dan 1: it's just one.

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Tilly: I

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Dan 1: They end up being, but they, they

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Tilly: mean, let's hope it's one.

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It's done a lot of

damage if it's just one.

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Dan 1: same time.

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Yeah,

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Tilly: It's like, Norwood's

over the back of our sink.

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Ate the sink pipe.

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Dan 1: that's what I'm worried

about, is that it's trying to find

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It's gnawing through pipes for

it to try and get water to drink.

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Tilly: And we wanted to do it humanely.

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We tried the humane traps.

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We tried the little plug in,

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Dan 1: dying now.

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Tilly: plug in like, E.

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P.

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things, which is meant to

just generally do work,

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Dan 1: but Yeah, but I'm

waging war on this rat.

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I'm very close to just sticky sheets.

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Tilly: Not, I can't.

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Dan 1: It's a fucking cunt.

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Tilly: Sticky sheets are so

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Dan 1: really hate this rat.

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Tilly: I know, it is horrible.

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Um, last night was grim, like, Dan

was out last night, so I was upstairs

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with Bubba, and I woke up in the

middle of the night and I could hear

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this, like, scratching, gnawing noise.

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I was like, either someone's trying

to get into our house, I wasn't fully

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awake, so I wasn't fully, like, Um, or

that fucking rat is So I called Dan up

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because I wasn't sure if he was home

yet or someone was trying to get in.

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Turns out he was, he was

upstairs in his spare room.

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he went downstairs to find it.

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So it sort of, I don't know, scare it off.

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And then as soon as you're back upstairs

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Dan 1: Yeah, I even, uh,

unleashed Fatty to try and

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Tilly: I think you're right, from now

on, we don't, if we don't lock Fatty in

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the living room, Fatty has to all roam

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Dan 1: Yeah, well, then the other

problem is, like, we're trying

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to poison the rat, obviously.

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We want him to go and find the

poison and eat it, and if that is,

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you know, roaming around, Yeah,

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Tilly: and asks if Pops

can come round tomorrow.

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Obviously he never, he

never looks at the message.

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So in a minute I would message

Mum and ask Mum to ask Pops.

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Um, so I want him to come help me while

I do tining and see if he can kill a rat.

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Dan 1: I mean, I can just lift the

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Tilly: used to try and

shoot rats in the old house.

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Dan 1: Yeah, I don't think that's

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Tilly: Didn't.

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He just shot at the

garage a couple of times.

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Well, I hope he gets abused.

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I'm sure he absolutely

I'm sure he probably

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Dan 1: can just use the air rifle.

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Tilly: remember damage though.

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We made quite a lot

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Dan 1: air rifle.

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But anyway, I don't think you

could do it in our house anyway.

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Also, I could get the floorboard

up where I know the rat is.

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Tilly: I would like it not to die,

but I think now it has to die.

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Dan 1: don't like it because you can

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Tilly: I would like it to have just been

caught in one of Taking it far away.

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Dan 1: I don't know why, but rats, I

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Tilly: People really

hate rats, don't they?

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But they do a lot of damage.

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I don't generally have an issue with rats.

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But, this one's done a lot of

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Dan 1: Well that's the thing, mice don't

actually do that much damage usually.

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Tilly: Yeah, they just

tend to eat your food.

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They don't tend to

actually destroy stuff like

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Dan 1: rats will go through walls,

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Tilly: rats do a

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Dan 1: that's the problem.

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Mice kind of are usually, it's

like a bit of wood here and there.

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reptiles in it.

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and also I, once again, had squirrels

so I'm effectively kept a rodent.

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Tilly: Lots of rodents.

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People have like rabbits and stuff.

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Rabbits are rodents.

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had a gerbil called Jack.

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It's a fancy boy called Yeah,

I don't know why I said that.

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The real name's a bit weird, isn't it?

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Um, it was my boyfriend.

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He's fancy.

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Dan 1: boyfriend.

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No, that's

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Tilly: Um, and Jack

used to eat everything.

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He ate his plastic

running quite soon after.

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No, it's not that

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Dan 1: surprising to me.

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I

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Tilly: a gerbil

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or have something like that

because I mean, okay, they're

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probably gonna have a dog.

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Dan 1: we could do with was.

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I thought we needed to he killed the

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Tilly: is becoming quite the

prolific killer now, isn't he, Greg?

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Yeah, he's killed a lot of birds and mice.

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I know.

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I'm sure he could take one

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Dan 1: could if the rat was about.

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The

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Tilly: he wouldn't catch it.

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He's not fast enough.

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Dan 1: and the other thing

is he'll destroy a lot of

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stuff trying to get to it.

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Tilly: Yeah.

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Cats are more dexterous and dainty.

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Mm

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Dan 1: And, patient hunters.

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Tilly: hmm.

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Dan 1: Fatty is just a chaser.

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Tilly: Should we just get a cat?

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Next episode, we've got a cat.

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Dan 1: This is exactly

like the nursery rhyme.

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The woman who ate a fly.

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Alright, go on, you sing the whole nursery

rhyme then, from the top of your head.

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Come on.

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Tilly: it's quite long.

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Although the woman I listened to the other

day had a really weird cadence to it.

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I don't think

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Dan 1: that I remember.

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That's what I was singing.

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Tilly: was, but okay.

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But that one was really weird, it really

put an emphasis on the fact she'll die.

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Perhaps she'll die!

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Dan 1: The woman who ate

a fly, perhaps she'll die.

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like, all

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Tilly: that's where I'm stuck.

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Um, anyway that's probably enough

of us talking about our rat issue.

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What's happened this week?

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Dan 1: at work.

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Tilly: I did.

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Yeah, I felt more guilty this week.

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Not guilty, actually.

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No, not as in guilt.

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I didn't feel guilty.

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I just missed her more this week.

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I don't but I did.

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Um, yeah.

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I think it's because you're hot.

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Also full.

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Maybe that's what's missing, I don't know.

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I'm a long legged, kind of,

filled up my tits quitter.

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I don't know how it works.

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Dan 1: Did you?

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Tilly: No.

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Well, she doesn't seem to

like my expressed milk.

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Obviously, that's something

we've learned this week.

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to start selling my milk to bodybuilders.

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So, any bodybuilders listening

to this, get in touch.

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I've got loads of milk for you.

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loads of frozen milk full of

growth hormone and you can still

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be called a nasty bodybuilder.

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Um, yeah, so we need to find somewhere.

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I still haven't found anywhere.

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I need this, where is this black market

where there's not any proper like

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roided up bodybuilders at gym I go

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Dan 1: Yeah.

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Tilly: There's one guy who's got

like, it is like, he looks like

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a meme of somebody's leg day.

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smallest legs and the largest,

it's also a good has a very long

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body and short legs in a way.

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really not helped.

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That's what it's like.

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Is incredibly wide now, like,

freely built chest, shoulders,

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back, like, big, very tapered waist.

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buckle legs, and they're really

short legs, so it just looks bizarre.

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Like, it I think he should topple over.

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I the

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Dan 1: Yeah, he's the

biggest guy in the gym.

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Tilly: biggest guy, but he's

definitely one of the biggest

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Dan 1: With his triangular,

that hero shape.

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Tilly: We've also got a lot of, like,

young lads who are just starting

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out and doing really wonderful

stuff, possibly, you know, like,

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Dan 1: Give them the breast milk.

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Tilly: start becoming,

and I could just, like,

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oh, I put the laugh in.

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I could help people bulk up.

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I my talents are, bulking people up.

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Dan 1: Your first full day

at work, you were saying.

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much longer are you planning

on doing when you go back?

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Because how long was it, the again

another almost half day really do at the

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premises, but you might need to, you DV.

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Tilly: boobs are leaking.

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Alright, Bubba.

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Anything exciting with your

week this week, darling?

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Dan 1: Um, no, not that I, not

that I can think of, of things.

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No, I didn't feel guilty at all.

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No, I was just questioning.

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I was asking if I was

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Tilly: I didn't feel

guilty, I just missed her.

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I

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Dan 1: sometimes.

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I'm

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Tilly: I should be here.

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I just missed him, obviously, when

I was out, sort of, but, the last

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bit, I did not and stuff then.

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Not enjoy being at work, I did.

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But I sort of was longing

to be back with her.

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Um, so that's going to be interesting

when I start doing more work.

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But I guess I'm still going

to be working from home.

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easier.

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So imagine when I'm back from

work, and we're once you've had

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your share of breaks, when you

get back from work, you might feel

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Dan 1: Yeah.

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Tilly: Yes, we've talked more

again about how to try and balance

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our work life going forward.

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Dan 1: Yeah.

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Tilly: condense or not to

condense is the question.

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Dan 1: Yeah.

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And I'm finding it frustrating because

the industry that I want to work

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in isn't exactly the progressive in

terms of projects and stuff like that.

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It's not exactly known, Family first.

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Tilly: It's important to try

and figure out, try our work,

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because I think it's the best way

somebody that's in our family.

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of us, you know, went about the

years that we were in contact with,

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except maybe over the next five,

six years, we as much as we want to.

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But, we, you know, certify a

really strong foundation around

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the we can get want to see.

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We've built that strong foundation,

they've built that, they've got

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very secure attachments, for them.

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Um, do need to work more, we've

got that of, um, security.

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And you know what,

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Dan 1: Yeah.

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and it's very much kind of

fighting that urge, because

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Tilly: that's still young.

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Dan 1: I mean, it's not that young

in my industry, for the level of,

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Tilly: in general, you've still got a

lot left in if you're not built, yeah,

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you're constantly your peers, so what,

they might be lacking in other areas.

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Dan 1: I get that.

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Like, it's this whole thing of,

comparisons to people of joy, and then

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this element of Everyone's, you know,

when you think about all the variables in

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people's lives, everyone's very different

when you then combine them, everyone's

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actually unique when you kind of think

about, you know, all these sorts of

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things, and you combine all those factors

of the things that are important to you,

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there are, there's no one on this earth

that is Two, two of the same people.

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Even twins, you know, while I may

share a lot of physical elements,

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there's a lot of other elements

that are incredibly different.

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And, so, you can't just look and

go, oh, you know, they started

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at the same time as I did.

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But I am just saying that it would be

a long way behind versus, you know,

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had I just sort of grinded it out

for over the last sort of three years

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and continued to over the next three

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Tilly: And also remind me that

we need to move into areas

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where we can progress still,

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Dan 1: No, I think that it

just goes back to this element.

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I think, realistically, you're quite

far ahead in your career for your age.

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Whereas I feel the opposite.

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I feel behind in my career for my age.

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And so the idea of slowing it

down, uh, has been quite a lot.

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And while I grew with it

principally, distracts me.

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Tilly: No, I don't said I'm

far ahead of my career in my

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age, and yeah, in some aspects

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Dan 1: usually the youngest person

in the room by about 10 years.

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Um,

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Tilly: Um, but that's also

because in my industry, I'm

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struggling to get young people.

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That's quite a stagnant industry.

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Dan 1: person in

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Tilly: So I think that's a as well.

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It's just that I'm an amazing

person, so I just progress

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Dan 1: of my skills and my

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Tilly: I have.

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I think that's partially to do with my

skill, my ambition, and partly to do

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with the fact that I'm an amazing person.

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My issue

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Dan 1: but I also think that for you,

you being young, part of benefit and

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skill, because your industry, you know,

chefing and cooking, is a very habitual

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thing that people tend to kind of be

like, I was taught this way 20 years ago,

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that's still the way I'm going to do it.

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And it's like, well, now we need to start

thinking about responsible sourcing of

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food, now we need to start thinking about

carbon emissions, now we need to start

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thinking about dietary requirements.

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And all these people who have

been taught 20 years ago just

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kind of go, I don't want to.

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And so I think for you

that's been a great benefit.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, so I think for me the issue

is, is less so about the idea of

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slowing down my career and more so

the issue of, Already feeling behind.

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Do you want Low's Funnies, or do you

have anything else to talk about?

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You go first while I'm

finding my normal phone.

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Tilly: Was it Monday night?

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Dan 1: Um, yeah I think so.

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Tilly: I think so.

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Um, and basically, this was

when we discovered that my

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breast milk doesn't keep.

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So some women's breast milk

doesn't keep because it's still

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so we, I defrosted a bag of

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Dan 1: Well we think, so far we think

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Tilly: given her my frozen

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breast milk and

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Dan 1: So I'm therefore validating

the fact that it wasn't that I hadn't

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burped her as my low for last week

where she just kept being sick.

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Tilly: been intimidated.

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Dan 1: Yup.

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Um,

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Tilly: so yeah, and so on both

times she's been really sick after.

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So this was my load this week.

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So it was like a double load because

one, in the moment, you know, we'd fed

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her, put her to sleep, and suddenly she

was like, spluttering and being sick.

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And I'm like, oh god.

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You know, sat her up, gave

the back, you know, screened.

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Well, just to keep her up, off.

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She

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then sick down my back, so I

then had to take my top off.

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So I was then topless, because

we were both we got cleaned up,

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sat on the back got her back to

sleep, and then like, what, five

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minutes later, I was in her bed,

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Dan 1: Yeah and she gets

really sick off it, doesn't

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Tilly: and this was like,

through the nose, out the mouth,

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Dan 1: such force that's

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Tilly: such force, it went

down through her nappy.

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Dan 1: Yeah.

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Tilly: Um, so then, the rest of the night,

because I was scared to lie her back down

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again, I just let her, uh, lie down her

on me, so she was just laying flat down.

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Um, and so that was a very tiresome night.

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And then I felt You know, worried, and

then when I realised that my breast

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milk, it was about guilty and bad.

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Even though I know there's nothing

I can do about it, feel bad.

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I might regret it,

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Dan 1: I wonder if there is any,

any sort of stabilizer that you

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Tilly: it in a bit.

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Um,

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Dan 1: but

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Tilly: yeah.

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yeah, so then I felt guilty

as well, so I felt worried for

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her, sad that she'd be sick.

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It's obviously not really

nice for her to be sick.

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No, I

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Dan 1: I think she She's feeling

Right, think about all the times

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Tilly: great place after the blood scoop.

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Of course she's scotched, Um,

yeah, and then I was tired.

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So that was definitely smug.

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I'd already found out

my low for this week.

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I was like, chick.

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Um, so yes.

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What's your low I'm going to say that now.

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Um, she slips out of the chair.

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Dan 1: Milo this week.

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So what was it that you said to

me this morning about the bouncer?

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Tilly: down there like,

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Dan 1: When we were talking about the

difference between the seat thing and the

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You were saying, the great thing about

the bouncer is that if you're just doing

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something quick, you don't actually have

to strap her So I had her on the floor,

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and it was Thursday morning, you had gone

to the gym, or you'd left for work, and

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I was there trying to empty the bath.

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And then I just suddenly

heard a thud, and a WAAAHH!

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And I spin around, and she's, she's

done her like, kicking with her legs,

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and just kicked herself out, and

then just flopped onto the floor.

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Fortunately, it was on the floor,

so it's not very far to fall.

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But she was then incredibly

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Tilly: See, every, is that even?

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Dan 1: Like you, you've done it

as well though, like you said.

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Tilly: No I've not, I said she's

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Dan 1: No, but you said you

don't always fasten her in.

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so that's what I did.

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Tilly: only time I don't bathe

her in is when she's sat in

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Dan 1: She was literally behind me,

I was just emptying the bathtub.

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I was emptying the bath

to try and give her a bath

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Tilly: having a go, it can happen to us

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Dan 1: and so I felt incredibly guilty

and she was there crying and crying

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but she's very quick to say once

she realizes that she's, you know,

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everything's all right which is great.

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Like I was like, oh fuck this is going

to be like 45 minutes and then within

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like a few minutes she's like, oh.

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Not even that, within a minute she's like,

oh, okay, everything's alright again.

458

Yeah, when I just heard the thud,

then spun round to see her face

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down on the floor, I was like, oh

my gosh, she's smiling at me now!

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smiling at me now!

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Tilly: Okay.

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Yeah.

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Dan 1: Yeah.

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And I was just like, oh fuck,

I'm just trying to run you above.

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Because she was already a bit touchy.

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Cause she, so basically I put her in the

balance of screaming, and I was like, I

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need two hands this You're gonna have to

just cry for a few minutes while I get all

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the shit out of the bath after it rains.

469

And fill your bath, and then we can

put you in and we can chill you out and

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calm you down while I'm a nice bath.

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And then, THUD!

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And I was like, oh, fuck!

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But now you're alright!

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alright, aren't you?

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Yeah, smiley girl!

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Yeah, you

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Tilly: It's fucking irritating.

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It was a good sniff.

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I

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Dan 1: I mean, I've, I've

started to come round a bit more.

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If somebody's sending me something that

is an empathetic voice note, it's nicer.

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Like, if somebody's sending me

something that's, yeah, Baker, if

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somebody's sending me something about

something emotional, it's nice because

484

you can actually hear tone, you can

feel the emotions in someone's voice.

485

If someone's just sending me something

in general, like, I don't know,

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they're just out on a walk and they

decide that they're just going to

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record their voice instead of just

sending me a message, that annoys me.

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Whereas if it's like, you know,

you told somebody something about

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you're having a rough day because

of this or because of that, then

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it actually takes time to actually.

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speak it to you.

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You can tell that they're actually

emotionally engaged, whereas you can

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kind of fob people off the message.

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Tilly: anyway, so I think you've already

heard of me giving her a tip on how

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to properly which is very cute, and

so we've got some people who like,

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Dan 1: Yeah,

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Tilly: because they

haven't done it before.

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They all little raspy bone on their

neck, you know, um, so that's good.

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I yeah, that's my hair.

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What's yours?

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Dan 1: um, Mai Hai.

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Oh, sick.

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Well, that's exciting.

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Fortunately, she was, uh, just

sick over the child benefit form

505

that I still need to submit.

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that's a good reminder.

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Thank you.

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Yeah, good reminder.

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Just sick straight over

the child benefit form.

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So, uh, Mai Hai.

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That's the one that I'm short of.

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But I think, I'm pretty happy to

find out that, um, one of my friends

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from school is moving nearby and

Baby daughter in a few months time.

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So that's quite fun.

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moves in.

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Maybe we'll actually go to their

house this time, unlike friends

517

that move around the corner.

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And we did go and see them, even

though they're just around the corner.

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Life's busy.

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Isn't it, baby girl?

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Life's busy.

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Yeah, I think sometimes in this

podcast, our tone and pitch and

523

cadence will just randomly change

because need to be engaged and smile.

524

So we might be talking about

something that's really negative,

525

and we'll be smiling away

because she's smiling at us, hey?

526

Smiling away.

527

So that just, again, adds

to the listener experience.

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Tilly: absolutely,

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Dan 1: Along with the adjustable volume

because mummy keeps moving away from the

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Tilly: I'm feeding or, um,

okay I'm a now I'm a fidgety,

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Dan 1: fidgeting.

532

Tilly: trying, might pass.

533

I, when I notice, I correct now.

534

What's the noises?

535

Um, okay, what funny?

536

Oh, my funny first.

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Dan 1: You're funny, Buzz.

538

Tilly: So, my funny this week

is Oh, I can't think of one.

539

Can I think of one?

540

I'll week or last week.

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Dan 1: blonde woman.

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Uh, well,

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Tilly: was just post recording last week.

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Who knows?

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I really enjoyed when we were all sat on

the sofa just speaking fancy in the face.

546

In because I don't know where he is.

547

Um, all that's left to say is

we're watching some probably

548

trashy action, knowing us.

549

And she was just sat on me

and she was there just doing

550

a little booting in his face.

551

And he could not give a lesson of shit.

552

She was having a great time,

booting him in the face.

553

And thank god he's so passive.

554

Oh, another high this week.

555

some lucky moments.

556

I think their bond is growing now.

557

This morning and the other day,

he'll come close And she reaches for

558

Dan 1: Oh.

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That's nice it, baby girl?

560

Tilly: baby kind of

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Dan 1: Um, my funny, I think it is again,

just after recording, we um, I think,

562

did you go to the gym after recording?

563

So it's just me and her there, and

I was trying to do some editing or

564

something, or you might have been

doing some food prep sort of thing.

565

And.

566

cozy.

567

I had her sat in like a nook in

the sofa, all set up and cozy.

568

She was asleep for about 15 20

minutes, and then just did her thing.

569

Hey, yeah, you!

570

Yeah, you, baby girl!

571

She did her thing where she

just Wakes up screaming, and

572

then just fell back to sleep.

573

Like, I'm talking 80 90 out

of scream sort of a normal

574

Tilly: she gets really irate, like,

the way she's like, how dare I wake up.

575

Dan 1: But then just goes

straight back to sleep.

576

Did this a few times, didn't you?

577

Yeah, he did.

578

A bit longer each time, and then

you suddenly just let out a load

579

of farts, a load of farts, and then

you fell back to sleep, didn't you?

580

You were just really gassy in

your sleep, and then farted loads.

581

Go back to

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Tilly: She's got eyes

this morning, actually.

583

We're lying next to each other.

584

She's taken to really

starfishing in bed as well.

585

She's just spreading out completely.

586

Dan 1: our bed.

587

Yeah Yeah, because we're so

588

Tilly: Um, she's getting better.

589

Like I said, she's settling now.

590

That's what I'm

591

Dan 1: sleep training wise this

something that's quite a long topic

592

So I won't go into all of it But

there are three main methods if you

593

want to kind of keep the bond quite

strong in terms of you can either do

594

like this Weird kind of camping out y.

595

You can do like, you can do like this

Thurber kind of thing whereby you, you let

596

them cry for very small periods of time,

then keep coming back to see them and try

597

and diminishing the amount, increasing the

amount of time and making sure, listening

598

to the cry and being attentive to whether

it's a proper cry or, or it's one of

599

the ones where she just goes, Wah, Wah.

600

Sometimes you do that, don't you?

601

Sometimes you like to bake fry.

602

Um, and then, the, another one is called

like, I can't remember all three, but

603

another one is called like camping out.

604

Which is effectively what you do is,

you put the baby in their bed, yeah,

605

you put you in your bed, and then you

sleep somewhere that's next to them.

606

And then you slowly move further

and further away, until the point

607

they are, until you're both in

different rooms effectively.

608

And so, We're, our transition has started

even further away than that, isn't it?

609

She was at the point where she would

just fall asleep while feeding on your

610

boob, and then you'd take her off.

611

So now you're trying to have her fall

asleep off your boob, and then once

612

she's, once you're good at that, baby

girl, yeah, you're pretty smiley right

613

now, once you're good at that, we're

gonna try and get you starting to fall

614

asleep in your next knee, which is

currently attached to our bed, so you'll

615

still be in physical contact with us.

616

And then we'll detach the next

to me and put the little blind

617

thing up so you can see us but

you might not be able to feel us.

618

And we'll slowly start moving

the next to me out of the room.

619

Tilly: another lovely high

from last night's sleeping.

620

It was really sweet.

621

So because it was just me and

her and Ben last night, we

622

Dan 1: Yeah.

623

Tilly: room.

624

So I put her down next to me.

625

She was sleeping on her side.

626

Um, and I was sort of

on my side facing her.

627

And then my cheek.

628

I know it wasn't deliberate.

629

But

630

Dan 1: Yeah, so let's see.

631

So, quick roundup then.

632

My high is the fact that I'm going to

have another daddy friend in Reading.

633

Your high is multiple.

634

You've got the on cheek,

you've got the voice notes.

635

My funny is farting yourself awake.

636

Well, screaming and screaming and

then farting and then being alright.

637

And your dribbling low.

638

Have you still

639

Then, what was your funny?

640

Yeah?

641

Was it, was it the fatty

laughs, or was that your, I

642

don't know, one of your highs?

643

Tilly: Um, you listen to

it, you guys know my house.

644

Dan 1: And then, uh, my low was the

bathroom floor thud when you kicked

645

yourself out of your little bouncer.

646

And then your low was,

647

Tilly: realised is that she can't have

my breast milk when it's been frozen.

648

So I've now got like, a drawer

full of bags of breast milk.

649

That's actually useless.

650

Even if, I guess if the worst

comes to worst, and we can't sell

651

it and she can't drink it, we'll

just keep it for bath times.

652

Skiddle your papa.

653

If she gets past it,

654

Dan 1: Or we can save money on dog food.

655

Tilly: Your papa.

656

Skatcha!

657

So

658

Dan 1: So, have you had

any scout chats this week?

659

Yeah.

660

Did you do any playouts

661

Tilly: a little bit of poop that

came out and I was like, it's not

662

worth me changing a whole baby bro

for like a little slither of poop.

663

So then that's probably not great

parenting, but that's real parenting,

664

Dan 1: To the gym.

665

And I was actually meant to be having

an interview with my friend who, um,

666

is also due to become a dad soon.

667

So I wanted to do a little

interview to add to the podcast.

668

And just before you went to

the gym, you were like, Oh,

669

I think she's just in a poo.

670

It's a wet one, but I

don't think she's finished.

671

I was like, okay, well,

I won't change her yet.

672

They pick you up, we start going

up to, then my friend calls, and

673

he's like, oh, you ready to go?

674

And I was like, yeah, just one minute.

675

Tried to obviously set it up, and it

transpires that you can't just record

676

somebody over the phone because they're

worried about you, or privacy issues, or

677

just randomly recording conversations.

678

So, there I was struggling with all the

text while you were kicking off because

679

you had loads of diarrhea in your nappy.

680

And then eventually I kind of just

packed it in, changed your nappy,

681

and I was like, okay, that's fine.

682

It was full.

683

It was sloppy and full.

684

And then changed you.

685

And then, 10 15 minutes later, AGAIN!

686

But the problem was, because you had been

so feisty about the first one, I hadn't

687

sealed the second nappy on properly.

688

I thought I'd get away with that, because

she doesn't really do two poos in a row.

689

Usually it's like, oh,

it's a piss, it's fine.

690

And so you then kicked off again,

and you had poo all down your side.

691

Shit, there's some poo

in the bouncer as well.

692

Tilly: It's like boo water.

693

Dan 1: Yeah, because you've

started diarrhoea ing now,

694

haven't you, with your teething.

695

Tilly: Teething.

696

I found something on Instagram

about like, the teething stages.

697

I think she's at stage

number one, possibly.

698

That's like swollen gums.

699

Dan 1: Okay.

700

Tilly: Stage number

two is when she becomes

701

Dan 1: Aggie.

702

You're gonna become Aggie for us, are you?

703

Tilly: Once they've broken

through, she's alright.

704

Yeah, she's Or she could

stay at this long time.

705

I don't really know.

706

My just wait and

707

Dan 1: we got Nylabones

from the dogs left over.

708

I'll just give you some Nylabones.

709

yeah.

710

gonna like, gum shields.

711

Put little gum shields in for the feeling.

712

So yeah, you had a big poo explosion.

713

And, so, another sloppy one.

714

And I had to change baby crow.

715

you were very tired by

the time mommy came back.

716

Because you had done lots of

Shits and screams and you're

717

just like I'm done with this.

718

I'm exhausted.

719

Okay, so here's one about potty

training, which we've got coming up.

720

We'll do two on potty training.

721

So, this is from Jenny Y on mum.

722

com.

723

One of mine, who shall remain

nameless, had a really hard time

724

potty training, especially pooping.

725

Ugh.

726

He was a hider, and there was a

rule in pre k where he went when

727

kids had to be potty trained.

728

He would constantly hide behind the

train table in the playroom to poop.

729

And his teacher knew what he was up

to every time he went back there.

730

I always felt terrible when I would

go to pick him up in the afternoon and

731

saw a plastic bag out in the hallway.

732

Whenever I saw that bag, I knew he had

pooped in his pants in the playroom.

733

His teacher just adored him

though, so she put up with it.

734

I was mortified.

735

Imagine that, just a little.

736

People struggle so hard to

teach their dogs not to do that.

737

Kid Poo, he's so frustrating.

738

Okay, worried about the wrong thing.

739

This is Jane Kay.

740

Again, on mom.

741

com, we potty trained V,

the old three day method.

742

Lock yourselves in the house for

three days, sort of, with no pants,

743

and then slowly make your way out

into the world with underpants

744

on for short periods of time.

745

Our first outing was an early dinner

at an Italian restaurant nearby.

746

Yeah.

747

Tilly: park, there's shit in a park

748

Dan 1: Yeah.

749

So, our first outing was an early

dinner at an Italian restaurant nearby.

750

We were so worried she might have

an accident and asked her every

751

two seconds if she had to pee.

752

Nope.

753

Nope.

754

She did totally fine.

755

No accident.

756

Except But while eating a piece of

calamari, her gag reflex got the better of

757

her, and she threw up all over the table.

758

Sadly, she has done this

many times in her life.

759

It was just funny because that

hadn't even occurred to us.

760

We were so worried about the

potty accident possibility.

761

Oh, there you go.

762

Yeah, we've got, we'll go for one more.

763

Jill K, mum of two, the party pooper.

764

We were hosting an outdoor party when

my daughter suddenly yelled loud enough

765

for everyone to hear, I have to go!

766

I have to go!

767

And proceeded to pull her

dress down over her head and

768

pee in the middle of the lawn.

769

Thankfully, the concept of

privacy eventually caught on.

770

Tilly: I rate that.

771

In fact, if any of our friends

kids did that, I would rate it.

772

I wouldn't even be annoyed if

the kids pissed on my lawn.

773

Dan 1: I'll do that, look, fair

enough, she announced it, I blame the

774

parents for not having the potty ready.

775

Tilly: be annoyed if they pooed

on the lawn, I'd be like, Ah,

776

Dan 1: Yeah, I mean, our lawn gets put

on by the dog and we just pick it up.

777

Tilly: sisters love waiting outside.

778

I remember when I was staying with

them after lockdown for a bit, looking

779

outside and Chloe just squatting in the

lawn, just watching me as she waits.

780

Like I'm an adult,

781

Dan 1: sure she's going to

be very glad that that's made

782

Tilly: I don't think she'd mind.

783

Dan 1: And on that one we'll say ciao,

784

Tilly: bye.

785

Bye,

786

Dan 1: bye, adios,

787

Tilly: Hi, my lovelies.

788

Thank you for listening.

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