Blabbering: Babies!

Welcome to Episode 22 - Baby's teething... a lot, we're preparing for baby's first 7hr road trip, and Dan is now on shared parental leave.

🎙️ Episode Drop Alert: "Teething Terrors & Cereal Snatchers!" 👶🥣🐶 Episode 22 dives into the tumultuous tides of teething and the tiny triumphs of parenting. Here’s what’s shaking up Tilly and Dan’s world this week:

1️⃣ Teething Woes and Sleepless Nights: As their little munchkin battles the pains of teething, Tilly and Dan share the highs and lows of sleep-deprived parenting.🌙💤

2️⃣ Cereal Snatch and Doggy Delights: Discover how a simple breakfast turned into a hilarious mishap when the baby took control, delighting Fatty the dog with the spoils, while Tilly and Dan share laughs over their quirky eating habits and Fatty's iron stomach. 🥣🐕🍽️🐾

3️⃣ Baby's First Road Trip: Strap in as the family plans their first long-haul journey to visit friends. Hear about the logistics and laughter that ensue when traveling with a teething baby in tow. 🚗🍼

4️⃣ Parenting Pearls and Paternity Leave: Dan discusses the upcoming shared parental leave, revealing his anticipation and fears about juggling baby duties full-time. 👨‍👧📅

5️⃣ Reaching, Grabbing, and Baby Interactions: Witness the adorable milestones as their baby becomes more interactive, reaching out to the world around her with newfound curiosity and excitement. 👶👐

🎧 Tune in to share in the laughs, learn a few parenting hacks, and maybe even shed a sympathetic tear for those teething night trials. #TeethingTerrors #ParentingPodcast #FamilyFun #PodcastLife 🎙️👶🎉

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Hello and welcome to this week's episode.

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This week we're talking about more 30th

birthday parties, lots of teething,

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grabbing absolutely everything, having

a long old journey, and Dan finishing

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up work before we start looking

after Bubba for the next 16 weeks.

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So stay tuned.

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Welcome to Blabbering, a week by

week glimpse into a couple stumbling

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through life with a newborn.

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I'm Tilly.

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And I'm Dan.

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Each week we'll discuss the realities

of raising our baby, talking through

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the highs, lows and honest confessions

of this thing called parenting.

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Parenting won't be easy, but

let's at least laugh about it.

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This is Blabbering.

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Ha ha ha ha ha.

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Dan 1: we're on episode 22.

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So we've got a drugged up

teething baby that's feeding

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Tilly: just life.

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It's just life.

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Mmm, cold coffee.

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She is not happy, girly.

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It's not nice watching everything

because you know she's in pain.

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It's just horrible.

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Makes my boobies leak.

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Dan 1: Yeah, I don't have that reaction.

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Tilly: No, one of the

pinnacles just started leaking.

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Dan 1: What would it be?

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Tilly: tape?

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It's a creature.

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I don't know.

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I read somewhere that apparently men can

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Dan 1: Just like, you know water.

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Tilly: lactate.

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Dan 1: Yeah, I heard

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Tilly: research for

another podcast next week.

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We'll come back to it.

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What do men lactate?

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What do men leak out of their nips?

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Who

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Dan 1: all the time.

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Tilly: knows?

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Um, but yeah, so the past few days

she's been pretty grouchy, isn't she?

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And clingy, like, sleeping's

been a bit more rough, isn't it?

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So we're both pretty tired, so you

can probably hear our voices today.

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But yes.

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This is just the stage we're at.

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Dan 1: Yeah, she didn't

sleep much at all last night.

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Tilly: Yeah, when she's not, when

she's actually not feeling grouchy,

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she's actually been really alert and

engaging this week, hasn't she, I think.

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Like, she's Like, reaching for people

and things a lot more and grabbing and

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definitely interacting, physically.

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Dan 1: A lot of reaching.

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Tilly: I'm sure you grabbed a

load of your cereal, didn't you?

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Yeah, the

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Dan 1: Yeah, the other day I had a bowl

of cereal, and I was trying to take it

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through to the other room to eat it.

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And then, I turned around to

grab the milk, and next thing,

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a hand just reached out for

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the cereal, smashed straight in

my bowl and just cleared out a

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good, 20 percent of the bowl.

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So,

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Fatty, our dog, loved that and was like,

Oh, Choco shelves, don't mind if I do.

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Did

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Tilly: Um, oh, so he's

got a stomach of iron.

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Um, what should we be trying?

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Oh yeah, we're having some veggie,

like, vegetable fried rice.

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Dan 1: you say the stomach of

a lion or a stomach of iron?

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Tilly: iron.

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Dan 1: Stomach of a lion!

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Tilly: We're both zapped, I imagine.

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Um, Although, part of me feels

like lions would be like pretty

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little princesses, if they didn't

have like, pure meat or whatever.

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Dan 1: Probably very used to

a set of, like, microbiome

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Tilly: Yeah.

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Um,

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Dan 1: What are you

talking about, vegetable?

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Tilly: oh yeah, so we're having veggie

fried rice, and I was just trying to

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eat while I was feeding her, and she

just sort of finished, and she just like

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like slow mo, just plunged her hand.

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Dan 1: hand.

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Tilly: into my

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bowl of rice, and just pulled

it out of her fist and sort of

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just dropped it all over herself.

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And I was like, aww,

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Dan 1: Yep.

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Tilly: Um, so what have you got

for your meal today, my darling?

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Choco

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Dan 1: Choco

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shells, and, um, cookie crisps,

but little versions of both.

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Tilly: you've got subpar

milk, haven't you?

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Dan 1: Yeah, I've

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had to use green milk, green top milk.

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Tilly: sit and so I've had

to stalk the house before he

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eats, which is actually very

easy because my dad eats legit

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almost the same thing every day.

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He's a real creature of habit.

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A good couple of pints

of coffee in the morning.

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Dan 1: does drink

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so

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much coffee.

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Tilly: and then he'll go for a poo.

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I know this.

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And then he'll have his breakfast,

which is very cyclical, but currently

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he's in the cycle of, you know,

Berries, banana, yoghurt, granola.

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Every day.

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And I mean every day.

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Dan 1: Pretty healthy.

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Tilly: I mean, there's

a lot of sugary granola.

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You know, a portion of granola you have

in yoghurt is meant to be like, you

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know, maybe 30 grams, maybe 50 grams max.

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Dan 1: No, I have half a bottle of canola.

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Nice!

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Tilly: got similar amounts of

sugar as like your weekend cereal.

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Um, it just disguises itself as healthy.

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Because of oats.

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Lies.

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Yeah, it's like a flapjack, isn't it?

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We always feel like flapjack's

healthy, but it's really not.

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I mean, it's definitely healthier

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Dan 1: mean, it's definitely

healthier than like, just

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Grabbin a, you know, Mars bar

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Tilly: yeah, at least it has

got fibre and stuff in it.

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Yeah, there is like

health properties there.

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I

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Dan 1: versus just chocolate.

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Um, and

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Tilly: mean, not, I'd say a lot, but.

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Dan 1: pizanzas.

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In a

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pizanza, you would have beetroot,

royal onion, mayonnaise,

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Tilly: then his lunch is two sandwiches,

two buckets of lentil crisps, but in his

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sandwiches he always has beetroot, raw

red onion, and, Mayonnaise and cheddar,

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which is a rough sandwich, and it

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gives him indigestion, and

yet he has it every day.

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Dan 1: day.

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Nice.

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But

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Tilly: He's like, yeah,

the raw onions just

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really plays up on me.

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I'm like, why do you have it?

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Why have it

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every day.

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Dan 1: Indigestion

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is part of the habit

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Tilly: Yeah, I mean, you could even

like, just lightly pickle your onions

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and you wouldn't get the indigestion.

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Anyway, so that's basically what, that's

the food I buy in for him, because

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he's going to eat that every day.

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And then I make him a, his dinner,

and then he's got his dinner

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set while he's here, he'll have

the same dinner both nights.

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Um,

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I'm just going to make more fudge pie.

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Dan 1: Good idea.

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Tilly: um,

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Dan 1: We'll get on to the gosh fine bits.

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What

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Tilly: want?

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Dan 1: have you got?

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Tilly: I have got my, sort of like, skia

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yoghurt, with some peanut butter and some

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protein granola.

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Ooh!

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Ooh!

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Um, and a coffee.

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My second coffee, because teething's real.

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I'm gonna leave.

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So, if

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Dan 1: going to have one of

my Tenzings before we started.

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Tilly: app.

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You

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Dan 1: So, if I start fading

just shout ENERGY at me.

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And I'll boost myself.

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Tilly: chair.

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Yeah, um, okay,

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Dan 1: But on the chat.

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Um, okay.

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Tilly: so I guess basically we're

about to go on our first real long road

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trip as it were with Bubby aren't we?

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Mm hmm.

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Dan 1: Just one choose TV.

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Tilly: Yeah, we've

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timed it well.

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Um, so.

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Friends of ours have just had their

own baby, beautiful little Darcy.

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Dan 1: on the pod?

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Yeah.

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Well

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Tilly: phone.

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Yes.

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Well,

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Dan 1: he will be,

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he's

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Tilly: Okay, so,

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ooh, look forward to that.

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Harry and

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his wife, Gabe,

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Dan 1: And he

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Tilly: who are friends from university,

have had their first daughter, Darcy.

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All is going well, and so they now live up

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in Edinburgh.

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Dan 1: was going to

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Tilly: Again,

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Um,

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and so we're traveling up to see them

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as well as

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our friends, Lou and Luke,

who are actually expecting.

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So it's very baby, baby, baby led trip,

but we've decided because trains are

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mentally expensive and we feel like, I

feel like getting a plane is just not.

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This is, not good for the planet,

that, we're gonna drive, but

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it's, it's quite the drive.

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Without any stops and good

traffic it's what, seven hours?

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And obviously we're gonna have to

do a good few stops with Zo, for

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like changes and feeds and things.

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Because normally you can't

feed on the go, you know?

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How about we like just flop

a tit into her car seat?

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I feel like if you put

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Dan 1: like if you put the

papoose on, and you feed in the

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papoose, and you had the seatbelt

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Tilly: your head.

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Do

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Dan 1: that cancels

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Tilly: it up there.

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Just flop your tits up.

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But she can

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Dan 1: Just

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Tilly: she can hold it.

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Her body won't take it.

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Dan 1: though, is she

can hold her own bottle.

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It might be worth making a

few bottles before we go.

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Okay.

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So how many syringes ready?

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Only

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Tilly: bottle, I think.

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Um, because it won't

last that long anyway.

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Dan 1: I'm

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not that close

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Tilly: botch.

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Dan 1: 2 hours.

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I'm more of a 4 6 0 guy.

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Supposedly you're only

allowed to leave a bottle for

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Tilly: a botch.

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Pretend I'm not

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Dan 1: 2 hours, when you've made

it with formula and stuff, so.

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That's just, that's quite strange

sometimes, like at night, when

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she decides that she's doing

it, and I have like, half a bit.

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If I wake up in like a 4

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Tilly: that.

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You're not being a

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Dan 1: I just give

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Tilly: you have to

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Dan 1: other half.

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Tilly: super careful.

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Dan 1: been

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sick.

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Yeah.

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Tilly: But we're going to set

off really early, aren't we?

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So, she normally wakes up

for a feed between 2 and 3.

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2

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Dan 1: Yeah, so we might

be setting off, uh, at

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Tilly: take Fatty for

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Dan 1: 2 or 3 in the morning, well

a bit later, because I'm going to

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take Fatboy just for a quick walk.

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Way awk!

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Away awk!

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Tilly: a feed, you'll take Fatty.

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We're going to pack up the car tonight.

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And then we'll just bundle her in and

hopefully because she's not with him,

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we'll sleep for a good few hours again.

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And so we'll give her a nappy change,

we'll give her a good feed, get her

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in the car and she should sleep.

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Dan 1: For three to four hours, in

which case we can cut half the journey.

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Tilly: I mean, let's hope so.

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I think probably less of a teething.

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Dan 1: Yeah, but you've got the

momentum factor, remember, like,

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Yeah, I'm being optimistic.

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Yep.

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Tilly: Lou and Luke tomorrow first.

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We're going to go see

them in the afternoon.

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And stay with them that night.

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Which will be lovely.

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Dan 1: Um, I can't

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Tilly: isn't it?

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I can't wait to see Darcy.

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Really excited to see her.

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Because obviously they're going to be best

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Dan 1: Will does.

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Tilly: in age now is like massive.

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Dan 1: Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Tilly: We'll see.

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Yeah.

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Dan 1: Yeah.

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Tilly: live in Edinburgh and

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we

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Dan 1: school!

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I mean, if

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Tilly: doing boarding school!

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Dan 1: to week 4 in

school, I'm not going to

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Tilly: Not even the week

boarding school you want to do.

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I'm not farming out our children.

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Dan 1: say no.

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Tilly: I am.

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Dan 1: Like, if they're in, like,

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secondary school.

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If they're in,

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Tilly: It's been proven to be really

fucking awful for their mental health.

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Dan 1: form.

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Tilly: Six four, maybe.

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Yeah, six four, they're

old enough at that point.

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Dan 1: I think it's quite good

if you're in CIPFORM, because I,

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I, if there are some of you listening,

know this, I hate when people go to uni,

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and can only be there for the weekdays,

and then have to go home, because their

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life's, because they're not like, ready to

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Tilly: there for a week,

their lives, they're

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Dan 1: And like, I spend the most

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Tilly: I'll send them away to family

without us and that sort of thing.

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Dan 1: horrid,

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Tilly: when your kid's like, you

know, I used to go stay with my

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grandparents for a couple of weeks

or whatever during the summer.

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Dan 1: graphics are

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Tilly: Lots of things are enforced,

but you enjoy it when you're

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doing it different, do you?

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Yeah.

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Yeah, colouring and reading.

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Playing with like, my grandparents are

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like, always have this sort of like,

they're not really toys, but here's like,

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you know, a wooden fish that's all built

with random bits so you can take apart

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and put back together, and you know,

you do that, a good four or five times,

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and you maybe, maybe you play Jenga by

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Dan 1: and they do that, and

maybe you take over later.

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That's so sad!

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Find Jenga by yourself!

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Now what do you

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Tilly: So what do you

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Dan 1: find Jenga so stressful.

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It's

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Tilly: was probably one of the only kid

things he had on, like, tape or whatever.

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So

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I'd just go sit in his little,

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Dan 1: people,

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Tilly: he's got like a little

sort of library TV nook.

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Dan 1: video call?

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It's just

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Tilly: I'd go sit there and, yeah, just

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watch James and, the Giant Peach.

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Dan 1: like this game, I still

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Tilly: Where as the grannies it was

always, What you had to do at granny's,

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Every day, without fail, 2 in the

afternoon, afternoon play on radio 4.

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We'd have

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Dan 1: haven't played

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Tilly: to sit and listen to that,

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and she'd fall asleep

listening to it, on the sofa.

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And I quite liked listening to it,

I still quite like the afternoon

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play on radio 4, probably because of

that, I found it quite comforting.

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Obviously when you read it, it's

quite a long time to sit still for.

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Um, but once I was older and I'd

be there with Flobo, we'd play

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like the games that Granny had.

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See, Granny had like, only

a couple of games she had.

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Sticks and Ladders, which

Flo would always cheat her.

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Always.

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How'd you

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Dan 1: How do you cheat at stakes, man?

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Tilly: would just not follow the dice or

whatever and just, like, slyly go up a

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ladder when she wasn't really meant to.

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It was very blatant, it wasn't subtle.

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Dan 1: Oh, okay.

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Tilly: But then she would

just absolutely deny it.

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She's my mum's mum is a filthy

cheat when it comes to playing it.

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Particularly when she's

against Uncle Joshie.

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Um, or Pick Up Sticks.

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Dan 1: Pick up stakes is the most

bullshit game I've ever heard.

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Is it not just like I think

I've played it once, so I just

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thought, this is just clearing up.

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Tilly: loads and loads of

skewers, like wooden skewers.

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But they're all,

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generally they're all like

painted different colours.

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No, no.

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These

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Dan 1: Yeah.

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Oh.

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Okay, I've done like, pick up snakes

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Tilly: Oh, no.

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This is like,

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loads of them you drop on the floor.

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I can't remember

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Dan 1: have to

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Tilly: game.

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Is it?

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I think you just gotta try

and pick them up moving.

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I don't know what it is.

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Pick them up.

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Dan 1: pick up like a certain colour

without moving the others or something?

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Tilly: Yeah, something like that.

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Yeah, you're picking up sticks.

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Dan 1: It just

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sounds like elaborate cleaning up.

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Tilly: You play that on repeat.

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I think those were only two

games, just those two games.

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So

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Dan 1: So yeah, Zoe's gonna have a great

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time.

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Ha ha ha

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Tilly: is she?

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Granny's in her home.

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Dan 1: No.

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Tilly: Um, she might go stay

with her great granddad.

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Dan 1: Yeah.

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Tilly: I had a great time

when I used to go to there.

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We'd always go to, it's always generally

quite educational stuff, so we'd

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always do like the museums in London.

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Dan 1: I'm not saying it

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Tilly: And like the zoo,

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Dan 1: time, I'm just

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saying that some parts of it,

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Tilly: of it.

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And

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Dan 1: on your

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Tilly: child should be able

to entertain themselves.

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Dan 1: It should, yeah, it should.

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Just solo Jenga versus colouring or

drawing, I know which I would choose.

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Tilly: Well, generally I would do drawing.

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Dan 1: we

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Tilly: them pictures.

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So yes, and I don't know

how we got onto that.

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Dan 1: were discussing if they would go

to the same school, and it would only

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be a boarding school, and then you said

don't need to go to boarding school.

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They're going to go away to my family's

and have a great time like I did as

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a child playing Star Lord Jenga and

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shredding papers.

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Tilly: make a scrapbook.

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My mum would give me a plain, like, book.

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And I'd make a scrapbook of

all the things I did with them.

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And I'd put in like, Like, tube receipts,

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Dan 1: What?

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Tilly: and, you know,

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postcards from museums and things,

and I'd write in that, Me and Granny

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made a chocolate cake today, and I'd

write the recipe in it, and tell you

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Dan 1: tell you what,

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people worry about millennials needing

overstimulation, well here we go,

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Tilly does

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not.

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Give her some tube receipts,

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she's off.

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Tilly: My childhood was

very homemade, alright?

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I wasn't like, posh and bougie.

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A bit rough on my day, but alright.

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Dan 1: just mean, mine was more.

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chasing my old things which

was more down my alley.

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So when it came to entertaining

myself it was more just like me

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being like, I'm off out mum and then

I'll just go around chasing things.

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Yeah.

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Tilly: London, so And they're

both quite serious academics.

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So that's kind of That's

the, that's the vibe.

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Um, but they'll go to like your

grandparents and stuff, and they'll

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be able to buy the Cornwall,

and they'll be grateful, and

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they'll be in love with that.

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You know, you'd rather take them

down to the, the Yacht Club,

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or something real, real

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class now.

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Dan 1: You haven't been yet, have you?

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Tilly: still not been there.

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Dan 1: got a son right, won't be happy

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Tilly: I feel like every time

we go there, we, we plan to

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like bad weather or something.

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Dan 1: the times we've been planning to

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go on one of his mates boat.

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Tilly: are on Monday.

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I mean, actually, I don't

care about just going down to

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the Yacht Club, particularly.

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I mean, what is it, just a building?

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Building in April,

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Dan 1: It's quite nice,

that's right, on the,

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Tilly: though, because

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Dan 1: on the, um, estuary as it were.

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But yeah, it keeps being shit weather or

something happens that means we can't go.

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So, it's the weekend after last weekend.

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Yeah, so I'm now, well, I meant to be

officially off, but I've got a few hours

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of stuff that I need to tidy up before.

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I set the out of office on, but yeah, my

final week before I'm off for 16 weeks on

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shared paternity, shared parental leave.

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So

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Tilly: know what

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Dan 1: who don't know shared parental

leave is whereby you curtail the mum's

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maternity leave and the other parent takes

the amount that they've curtailed it by.

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So, um, I'm going to have 16 weeks of,

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Tilly: mean technically you

could probably take more,

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Dan 1: your maternity eventually.

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Yeah, you could, but you

wouldn't get statutory, so I

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could take up to the full year,

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Tilly: a full year, but

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Dan 1: but I wouldn't get statutory.

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Okay.

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And, uh, and, yeah.

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And the only reason why it's 16 weeks

for me is because that's how long, yeah.

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Uh, no.

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Because you'd finish the nine months.

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So after nine months you

don't get any statutory pay.

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I don't know why it's called

maternity leave, because it's

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just actually unpaid time off.

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Is what it should be called, but I guess

there's some, uh, rights around it, as

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well, you can't be fired in those three

months, whereas I guess if you were just

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on unpaid time off, I mean, I'm not a

I'm not a legal expert, you might be able

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to be fired, but what I'm just saying

is, you've probably got better rights

503

Tilly: rights

504

Dan 1: on those three months of unpaid

maternity than if you just went.

505

I'm taking unpaid time

off for three months.

506

Ciao.

507

So you get nine months of statutory,

but I'm taking 16 weeks because my

508

work allows me to have full pay for

509

Tilly: to my work now.

510

Dan 1: 16 weeks.

511

Tilly: I don't

512

Dan 1: Yeah, burn off.

513

Tilly: going to do.

514

I

515

Dan 1: Sorry, what was that?

516

I don't know, my butt.

517

Tilly: don't know how to shut my mouth.

518

Shut

519

Dan 1: Dropped granola

to turn your bar, brah.

520

Okay.

521

RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH.

522

RAH.

523

HEH.

524

HEH.

525

HEH.

526

HEH.

527

HEH.

528

Tilly: butter stuck my mouth together.

529

Dan 1: Oh well, this'll

probably go on video.

530

Just be cut out of the audio,

because it's a bit weird.

531

HEH HEH HEH HEH.

532

Tilly: Bit attractive.

533

Um.

534

Dan 1: So yeah, so, I'll be um,

Off from the next sixteen weeks,

535

up until the middle of July.

536

Tilly: of primary care giver.

537

Dan 1: Yeah, off work.

538

People keep saying that, people

keep going, so you're off work?

539

And I'm like, yeah, but it's meant to be

more stressful than 60 percent of jobs.

540

And they go, oh yeah, sorry, yeah, 90%.

541

And they go, oh yeah,

yeah, I can believe that.

542

I'd much prefer to be in the office.

543

I just mean you're off work.

544

Tilly: one bit of a sugar dream?

545

Dan 1: And they meant in terms of stress.

546

In the office with kids

is the way, isn't it?

547

I just also think

548

Tilly: enjoy it.

549

During the holidays, when people bring

the kids into work, you see the instantly

550

Dan 1: like, who are you fooling?

551

You're just going to spend the day

having to manage your children.

552

Tilly: Depends what age they're like.

553

They're older.

554

They just play on their phones.

555

Or like their iPads

next to them, basically.

556

how's

557

Dan 1: I think that for me the, the,

558

the crux of it is to

make sure that that is,

559

Tilly: is

560

Dan 1: My absolute priority for the

time off is looking after her like

561

there aren't there aren't days where

I'm meant to be looking after her And

562

I'm also meant to be doing something

563

Tilly: to be

564

Dan 1: because like whenever

565

Tilly: important.

566

Because,

567

Dan 1: I'm trying to do work

568

Tilly: do work,

569

Dan 1: and look after her I just find

it so stressful because she just doesn't

570

you know, she just decides that You

know, suddenly she needs to go for

571

a walk or suddenly she needs to, you

know, and she just cries and screams

572

and you're there like, I've literally

30 minutes left to do, I can do this

573

thing in 30 minutes if I'm uninterrupted.

574

And it becomes this game of kind of

575

Tilly: kind

576

Dan 1: over two hours doing

it in five minute increments.

577

And it's just so frustrating,

especially because I'm somebody

578

who likes to just sort of

compartmentalize my work, sit down.

579

Be like, this is the task,

580

I'm in the zone

581

of this task,

582

do it, not be like,

583

Tilly: the other way

584

Dan 1: and now I stop to change

a nappy, and now I stop to make

585

a bottle, and now I stop to

586

go for a walk.

587

Yeah.

588

Tilly: Dad on it's very like single minded

when he's got something on his brain and

589

you're like that's what I mean and that is

like what you're like but you just can't

590

do that when you're looking after her.

591

Dan 1: No.

592

And that's the thing, that's why

I want to get this work out, the

593

little bit of work that got left

out of the way as soon as possible.

594

And then there's not,

595

and, and that's why some

596

people have been like, Oh,

you should kind of take up a

597

project or take up some sort

of thing that you want to do.

598

And I don't really want to

because I'll then have something

599

that I'm like,

600

that I'm trying to

601

prioritize, and then

I'll have her as well.

602

So while I would like to like paint

my bike and stuff like that, I'm

603

going to wait a few weeks, get into

604

the

605

swing of it a bit more.

606

Hopefully her teething will decrease and

607

she'll increase being able to sort of,

have periods where she can entertain

608

Tilly: cafeterias where she's going

609

to play and

610

stuff.

611

But it's a bit like your type.

612

Once you start

613

Dan 1: But it's a bit like you're tired.

614

Once you start painting or once

you start heat stripping, you're

615

doing that until it's finished.

616

Um, and so if she decides

617

that she's going to cry just as I start

painting, or whatever, or just as, you

618

know, spray painting, or just as, I

start heat stripping, you're crying baby.

619

I can shout, I can

620

try and, you know, make

as lovely noises as I

621

can while I'm doing it.

622

Yeah.

623

So.

624

I'm trying to, there are lots of

things that keep popping into my

625

mind, being like, I should try and

do these, this during this time.

626

And I'm like,

627

Tilly: mind.

628

I'm trying to do these things.

629

What are that?

630

I'm trying

631

Dan 1: What I've actually thought is

I'm going to, watch so much stuff.

632

I'm trying to, not just

default to watch, I'm going

633

to try and track

634

how much

635

telly I watch.

636

Because I am worried that

I'm just going to end up

637

Tilly: worried that I just end up Exactly.

638

to

639

Dan 1: Yeah, for you it's different.

640

For me

641

I'm, I'm not very forgiving of

her laziness with the bottle.

642

I'm constantly just

like, making her hold it.

643

Keep adjusting, bring her hands up.

644

Tilly: up.

645

Makes

646

Dan 1: gets annoyed and drops it, and

I'm like, no, you're being lazy Zoe,

647

Tilly: though.

648

I don't think I'd call her lazy.

649

Do I have

650

Dan 1: I don't think I call her lazy.

651

Did I not say you're being lazy?

652

I agree if I say you are lazy.

653

Tilly: be lazy.

654

Dan 1: You put a lot

655

Tilly: she'll be

656

Dan 1: get a bottle and burp

657

Tilly: hold the bottle

and plug it all down.

658

I'll hate

659

Dan 1: Don't be lazy.

660

At five months, you should be able to

hold the bottle and plug it all down.

661

All eight ounces.

662

Burp yourself as well.

663

Yeah.

664

But yeah, you're right.

665

Tilly: but yeah, you're about to start

doing more of the housework as well.

666

Are you looking forward to that?

667

I

668

Dan 1: it'll be interesting.

669

Because I, in all honesty, I

670

have no clue how you managed

to do so much of the housework

671

while you've also got her.

672

Any time I try to do something like the

dishwasher while I've got her, it takes

673

me like an hour just to do the dishwasher.

674

I'm not the fastest at doing it anyway.

675

It probably takes me close

to 15 minutes without her.

676

I can do it in 10,

677

Tilly: in text.

678

Even

679

Dan 1: when I'm not.

680

I spend a lot of time trying to

work out how to optimally re stack

681

Tilly: read

682

Dan 1: Yeah.

683

So then, when you add her

to the mix, you're talking

684

Tilly: talk.

685

Spread it through the week.

686

So often I'll do mine all in

a day, so I'll have like a

687

day where I do my cleaning.

688

Whereas for you, that's probably

not going to work, so maybe

689

you just do one thing each day.

690

Cleaning.

691

Dan 1: a cleaning hour.

692

That

693

Tilly: Exactly, it once a week,

whereas I think for you it needs

694

to be daily, like a, like a,

breaking it down into daily tasks.

695

So being like, Monday I clean

it down to the toilet, and

696

Dan 1: it, so I always go out

for like, take her out on a pram

697

for like 15 minutes, make sure

she falls asleep, then come back.

698

And, what time does she

usually sleep the longest?

699

She

700

Tilly: She will tend to do,

701

depending on how her morning's

been and when her night's been,

702

like this sort of nap now can be

quite long, so sort of like her

703

early mid morning can be like an

hour maybe an hour and a half.

704

Two hours is not very particularly

common, but between an hour and

705

an hour and a half probably.

706

Dan 1: so take her out in

707

Tilly: if that'll be the same, I mean,

it won't always be possible because

708

I'll be at home, so I'll be doing booby

feets, but I don't know if it's going

709

to be the same because obviously she'll

fall asleep at the boob, so I don't know.

710

Dan 1: yeah, yeah, cool.

711

Tilly: it might be something like, I

give her a feed, then you take her for

712

that quick walk and she falls asleep.

713

Because if she does have a

feed, it should be quite good.

714

Um, then you come back and do it.

715

The moment, she's doing more

naps, because she's feeding more,

716

sleeping more, just because she's

717

Dan 1: See you.

718

Tilly: teething and needy.

719

Um, but I think that's the

way you're going to do it.

720

I think that's the way

you're going to do it.

721

Just do like a little task each day.

722

And also that it doesn't feel so

like, ugh, and do loads of stuff.

723

Which I know you're not good at.

724

That gets you down.

725

So if you've just got like one

thing that you particularly want

726

to do, you can sort of do it first

thing in the morning and then it's

727

Dan 1: Yeah, I am trying

to change that actually.

728

I don't

729

Tilly: have any things?

730

Um,

731

Dan 1: very good actually.

732

Um, and how about you?

733

Do you have anything?

734

Tilly: this has been my last

week probably of being like,

735

we're off together next week.

736

This has been my last week of

being off, just me and her really.

737

Um, which I feel like I have

mixed feelings about really.

738

I'm looking forward to working

and having a routine again.

739

Because as you know, I'm someone who

like, loves a routine and I'm, I'm

740

a much better person I think, a much

better version of myself in a routine.

741

Yeah,

742

yeah exactly.

743

Dan 1: Like,

744

Tilly: version.

745

Dan 1: yeah, but I mean, often people

say that when they mean like, You

746

know, becoming some sort of Zen

master instead of being a prick.

747

And it's, you know, it's

748

Tilly: No, I think generally, like,

749

personality wise,

750

personality and mood wise,

I'm pretty consistent,

751

Dan 1: Um Yeah.

752

Tilly: generally.

753

I'm not an overly up and down

person, other than a couple of

754

days after giving birth to her,

I was just crying for no reason.

755

That's fine.

756

Um and yeah,

757

Dan 1: the game.

758

so much.

759

Yeah.

760

so much for having

761

Tilly: so I guess it's more like,

I like having like, I can stick to

762

my healthy habits, like journaling,

meditation, exercising, all that

763

sort of stuff, when I'm in a routine.

764

So I'm looking forward

to that element of it.

765

Um, and I like looking

forward to working again.

766

I'm really glad that I'm being, I'm

able to do most of it from home, to

767

begin with, for the first few months.

768

Because I think if I'd had

to go from this, to being

769

back in the office every day.

770

I would really struggle.

771

I just think that'd be too much.

772

I'd be like, oh, I just, yeah.

773

I know I'd really struggle with that.

774

Whereas I know I'm still going to

be seeing her throughout the day.

775

For the little, you

know, half an hour feeds.

776

And that, so I think that

makes me feel a lot better.

777

And also I quite like the fact that

because I'm working from home and you're

778

not working, it means that we can actually

have quite a long evening together.

779

Dan 1: Yeah.

780

Tilly: I'm quite looking forward to that

actually because my, I work earlier in

781

the day and you work later in the day.

782

So I tend to start work about 7

783

Dan 1: Yeah,

784

Tilly: and then finish

around between 4 and

785

Dan 1: yeah.

786

Tilly: Um, and so yeah, that's it.

787

Dan 1: Because I start about half nine,

ten, and finish at like six or seven.

788

Tilly: Yeah, um, and so I'm hoping

that sort of, like you say, I

789

finish it like four most days.

790

Jim and I can finish it four, unless

I've got the first shift turned on.

791

Um, I can go to do my gym sash,

sort of clear my head for the day.

792

Come back about five ish,

and then that's our evening.

793

So we've got like four hours together

794

Dan 1: Yeah, that would be quite nice,

because currently our evening has

795

Tilly: for starting to

build a routine in for her

796

Dan 1: Yeah, it's nothing like

797

washing, massaging,

798

Tilly: so we can like

799

have dinner Probably I think

start our dinner probably earlier

800

Dan 1: Seven or six?

801

Tilly: Or because if we were thinking

if she's gonna start weaning and she's

802

has say has her weaning meal Begin

with as her evening meal because that's

803

when we can do it together.

804

I think it makes the most sense

805

Dan 1: yeah.

806

Tilly: had it like yeah six ish

807

Dan 1: The TV dinners are dead.

808

That's it,

809

Tilly: I think for now, at least

for the majority of the time, yeah.

810

Um,

811

Dan 1: now on, it's at the table.

812

It's family dinner time.

813

Tilly: um, you still have TV snack time.

814

Don't

815

Dan 1: Isn't that all TV time?

816

Tilly: Must be consuming snacks.

817

Um,

818

mindlessly eating in front

819

of the TV.

820

Dan 1: Get that blow up!

821

Tilly: I'll say this in a minute,

say cozy couple to me in a minute.

822

Um, not right now, in a minute, um, But

yeah, cause we'll have to like, you know,

823

have an early dinner with her, and then

we can start building up a sheet and

824

hopefully start putting, even if she's

not in, still while she's in the room with

825

us, we'll start putting her down at seven.

826

With

827

Dan 1: In which room?

828

Tilly: us, but in the next to me.

829

Dan 1: Oh, I see what you mean.

830

Okay,

831

Tilly: And then,

832

well obviously then we'll start

moving her into her own room.

833

But just to begin with,

she'll still be in with us.

834

But like, to start, that I think of

like, us not going to bed with her.

835

Um, so like sort of, having

dinner, then having like a nice

836

like relaxing bath and things.

837

And a feed, and then putting her to bed.

838

And then us having a couple

of hours to ourselves.

839

I know.

840

And also I think it'd be nice to start

doing evening walks with the dog.

841

It'd be nice if we could do sort

of double walks a day with him.

842

Dan 1: Yeah.

843

Tilly: Um, sort of before dinner, going

for a nice little walk or whatever.

844

You all gonna start being cooking dinners?

845

Dan 1: Oh yeah.

846

yeah.

847

so you've got to start buying one of

848

Tilly: I need to, yeah,

849

remember to message mum because

she's got a discount code for Gusto.

850

So, exactly, so

851

Dan 1: of HelloFresh ones as well.

852

Cozy

853

Tilly: of all the fruit,

the reduced prices

854

Dan 1: that's not

855

Tilly: Um,

856

Dan 1: about

857

it.

858

Probably not worth the nine, yeah.

859

Tilly: And then, so yeah, so we

do her, sort of, building that

860

routine of like, you know, bath and

then a feed, or like, give her a

861

little, we start doing more reading.

862

So, sort of, reading to her, putting

her down, and then hopefully she'll be

863

sleeping, and then if she stays asleep

when we go to bed at, say, nine, maybe

864

we'll do something for later, who knows?

865

Probably not, because she's

still waking up a lot.

866

I think it's obviously why she's still

waking up, it doesn't make much sense.

867

So, say we go to bed at 9.

868

If she's asleep, we'll

give her a dream feed.

869

Dan 1: A dream, she

870

Tilly: Dream feed.

871

Dan 1: in my book, does that really exist?

872

So we'll read that one first.

873

Oh, yeah.

874

Tilly: I don't know, you

have to kind of, it's like,

875

it's when you, feed

her while she's asleep.

876

So, I can't do it with a bottle,

but I can do it with boob,

877

I found.

878

So, like, yesterday when you

gave it to me, when I got back.

879

She's staying asleep, but I put her on

the move and then she'll start feeding.

880

I sort of just

881

wave my nipple around her mouth

for a little bit, and then

882

eventually she sort of latches on.

883

Ha ha ha.

884

Dan 1: What a life as a baby hair.

885

It's like something out of a cartoon,

you know, where they've got like this, is

886

it like Tom and Jerry or whatever, where

887

they're

888

just sort of waving a bit of cheese around

889

and then suddenly Yeah.

890

Tilly: And then she'll let it

in and she'll go, oh, okay,

891

mum mum mum mum mum mum mum.

892

Um, so that way often you can give her a

feed without her waking up, but it'll keep

893

her, it'll keep her asleep for longer.

894

It's helping prolong those, those sleeps.

895

So you give her a feed, put her

down, and then, you know, when

896

she wakes up, when she wakes up.

897

Um, so yeah, I'm quite looking forward

to that part about going back to work.

898

Really focusing on

building those routines.

899

Um, particularly when we start

transferring her over to her own room.

900

Dan 1: Yep.

901

Tilly: Um, yeah, I think generally

I feel positive about it.

902

I feel ready to go back to work.

903

Dan 1: No eye contact.

904

Baby's awake.

905

Tilly: so yes, generally positive.

906

And whilst we had this week,

907

I've had one of my other friends turn 30,

we're all turning 30 in the same month,

908

so it's a month of 30s.

909

Um, so I went to see her yesterday.

910

which is lovely.

911

Um, I did a little surprise

picnic in the park.

912

so

913

in my family, when you have a birthday,

914

We do like a birthday

chair, so We decorate it.

915

with like streamers and

916

balloons and

917

we go all out and it's very camp and

918

OTT.

919

and

920

so I wanted to do it for her but obviously

I wasn't there for the breakfast,

921

which is what we tend to do it.

922

So I took her to the park and

I decorated the bench while she

923

closed her eyes with streamers.

924

And I got like a candle out, which just

kept blowing out because it was too windy.

925

And we had bubbles and like little

snacks and we just, you know,

926

spent a nice couple of hours just

sitting there having a little drink.

927

And what was actually quite cold and windy

actually, we got pretty chilly by the

928

end.

929

Dan 1: then tonight

930

Tilly: And then tonight we're

actually going back into London

931

for her sort of birthday

dinner, aren't we?

932

Dan 1: a movie

933

Tilly: Um,

934

Dan 1: we're going to be getting in

935

the car at like 3am and

936

Tilly: really knackered.

937

Um,

938

Dan 1: some, you've got a lot of

cooking to do today because you're

939

going to make some cotch pie

940

for

941

Tilly: a birthday cake.

942

So I'm making

943

Tash for her birthday, uh,

almond and orange cake.

944

like a nice rich almond sponge, and

then I'm doing Uh, orange cream cheese

945

buttercream with also some bitter

marmalade in the layers as well.

946

And some crunched almonds.

947

Then I've got loads of like real

camp rainbow sprinkles to cover

948

in because she loves colour.

949

All the colour.

950

Dan 1: more than I love colour.

951

Tilly: She does.

952

Um, so we're going into that.

953

so now we're going to a nice Thai

restaurant and Zoe's coming with us.

954

We're going to get her the party clothes.

955

Uh, and I'm also making for Harry and

Gabe, the ones who just had the babe,

956

the darsty babe, um, some

meals for their freezer.

957

That's what I always do

when my friends have kids.

958

So I just

959

think,

960

Dan 1: maybe, it's just a

961

Tilly: sometimes you can make

meals, but sometimes you're

962

really tired and can't be arsed.

963

but also you want to still try

and get some good nutrition,

964

especially if you are breastfeeding.

965

Dan 1: Yeah.

966

Um,

967

Tilly: Um,

968

and so I'm just going to make them

some cottage pies, because I feel

969

like most people like cottage pie.

970

Dan 1: going to use some of

our vegan protein mix though?

971

Because that way it won't go

972

Tilly: it's like, it's pea, pea mints.

973

Mmm.

974

Dan 1: protein for breastfeeding.

975

That is true.

976

Look at

977

Tilly: Um, which is a

legume, which also means.

978

Dan 1: is the

979

Tilly: So

980

Dan 1: one, really.

981

Tilly: I'm going to do them a few

cottage pies that they can have

982

them from freezer to oven whenever

they fancy it or need a meal.

983

And we've got them a little sort of

projector light that Zoe loved, didn't we?

984

So it sort of projects shapes and

lights onto the walls, and sort

985

of

986

Dan 1: just trying to grab

987

Tilly: spins around.

988

So it's quite good when

babies are learning to track

989

and it just keeps them quite occupied.

990

We found with Zola it was really good.

991

Like when she was young, she didn't

like being, having her nappy changed.

992

It was, it distracted her quite well.

993

Dan 1: Yeah.

994

Tilly: and I went, I went, I

wanted to get them some No Seco,

995

Dan 1: Yeah.

996

Tilly: they didn't have any

non alcoholic sort of bubbles.

997

So I figured when we, we can stop

at a shop on the way and get yes.

998

So today's a lot of cooking.

999

And then I think we should

do a bit of cleaning.

00:35:11,402 --> 00:35:13,031

I'd give us a long list, but

it's not gonna get done today.

00:35:13,173 --> 00:35:14,973

But then we should make sure the

spares okay for my dad because

00:35:14,973 --> 00:35:15,831

that's what he's gonna be staying.

00:35:16,478 --> 00:35:17,193

And then just sort of make sure the

00:35:17,254 --> 00:35:17,693

Dan 1: boring chat.

00:35:17,864 --> 00:35:18,197

Move on.

00:35:18,445 --> 00:35:18,749

Well,

00:35:18,964 --> 00:35:19,164

Tilly: done.

00:35:19,307 --> 00:35:19,564

Alright.

00:35:19,663 --> 00:35:20,881

Dan 1: just list off, uh

00:35:20,881 --> 00:35:22,404

Yeah, it's a quick way

00:35:22,478 --> 00:35:23,193

Tilly: I was just gonna say

00:35:23,697 --> 00:35:24,869

we should do bit of cleaning.

00:35:24,869 --> 00:35:25,093

That's all.

00:35:25,144 --> 00:35:25,449

Dan 1: all.

00:35:25,449 --> 00:35:25,753

innit?

00:35:26,035 --> 00:35:26,477

Tilly: That's all.

00:35:26,477 --> 00:35:26,903

isn't it?

00:35:26,903 --> 00:35:28,180

That's a bit sassy, doesn't it?

00:35:28,189 --> 00:35:29,407

Dan 1: walks until he gets

00:35:29,457 --> 00:35:30,521

Tilly: take Matty for another walk,

00:35:31,264 --> 00:35:31,493

isn't it?

00:35:36,635 --> 00:35:38,026

Dan 1: So, do you have any

highs, lows and funnies?

00:35:38,569 --> 00:35:40,978

Tilly: I sort of said all my good stuff

and things throughout the week, really.

00:35:41,026 --> 00:35:42,902

My lows have been had

seedings, pretty horrible.

00:35:42,940 --> 00:35:48,312

Highs have been, you know, going to see

friends and things and having a nice time.

00:35:48,502 --> 00:35:52,259

Um Her grabbing thing

has been pretty funny.

00:35:52,383 --> 00:35:53,040

What else has she done?

00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:58,564

Her shrieking is quite funny.

00:35:58,726 --> 00:36:00,040

She's doing a really high pitch.

00:36:00,450 --> 00:36:01,812

It's like dog level noise, isn't

00:36:01,954 --> 00:36:03,154

Dan 1: Yeah, it's pretty horrible.

00:36:03,478 --> 00:36:04,154

Tilly: I quite like it.

00:36:04,773 --> 00:36:05,297

It's quite nice.

00:36:05,754 --> 00:36:07,307

She's just starting to

vocalise, isn't she?

00:36:07,507 --> 00:36:07,678

Dan 1: She

00:36:07,678 --> 00:36:10,193

is fortunate she's not done any of

it on the podcast, I was worried that

00:36:10,202 --> 00:36:11,669

we'd just have an hour of her shrieking

00:36:12,069 --> 00:36:12,650

in the background,

00:36:12,926 --> 00:36:13,212

Tilly: stuff on your hand?

00:36:14,707 --> 00:36:15,346

Are that toothpicks?

00:36:15,346 --> 00:36:16,130

My highs.

00:36:16,130 --> 00:36:16,522

Joy

00:36:16,573 --> 00:36:16,926

Dan 1: more milk.

00:36:17,305 --> 00:36:17,697

Tilly: back

00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:23,199

Dan 1: Um, okay, so let's see, my

highs, um, I've enjoyed getting back

00:36:23,199 --> 00:36:25,774

into our dog walks every morning.

00:36:25,774 --> 00:36:27,491

That's been quite nice.

00:36:27,491 --> 00:36:28,778

Yeah, I bet.

00:36:30,250 --> 00:36:31,764

Tilly: I've been

00:36:31,959 --> 00:36:35,007

Dan 1: When was on my training course

doing it, we did it every morning.

00:36:36,316 --> 00:36:36,373

Tilly: enjoying

00:36:36,416 --> 00:36:36,512

Dan 1: Fine.

00:36:36,512 --> 00:36:37,464

I've been enjoying it.

00:36:37,902 --> 00:36:39,435

All right, been enjoying it.

00:36:40,607 --> 00:36:41,331

Um,

00:36:41,531 --> 00:36:42,997

and um,

00:36:43,035 --> 00:36:43,988

a little family walks

00:36:44,778 --> 00:36:46,378

and then my

00:36:46,788 --> 00:36:47,369

low

00:36:47,464 --> 00:36:47,702

was,

00:36:48,178 --> 00:36:51,788

well my Yeah, my, my funny,

actually we'll go with funny.

00:36:52,359 --> 00:36:52,521

My

00:36:52,521 --> 00:36:52,778

funny

00:36:52,778 --> 00:36:54,188

was when we had that piss incident.

00:36:54,557 --> 00:36:56,490

Tilly: had that piss incident.

00:36:56,493 --> 00:36:57,016

Dan 1: do you remember?

00:36:57,502 --> 00:36:58,693

Was it Thursday or Wednesday?

00:36:58,693 --> 00:37:02,378

Where I Was changing her.

00:37:02,740 --> 00:37:02,921

But

00:37:02,950 --> 00:37:03,493

sometimes

00:37:03,493 --> 00:37:04,369

it's actually,

00:37:04,683 --> 00:37:07,045

she starts screaming because her

nappy's full, and she doesn't

00:37:07,045 --> 00:37:08,162

want to do another piss in it.

00:37:08,162 --> 00:37:11,912

And so what happens is, you take the

nappy off, And then she starts peeing.

00:37:12,997 --> 00:37:14,407

I didn't realize it was one of those.

00:37:14,407 --> 00:37:16,121

I thought she had just peed in it.

00:37:16,731 --> 00:37:21,778

I took her nappy off, and then, I think

I, I think, What was I trying to grab?

00:37:21,883 --> 00:37:23,026

Tilly: Just playing around

with her for too long.

00:37:23,273 --> 00:37:25,093

Dan 1: Yeah, I was just playing

with her while she was down there.

00:37:25,588 --> 00:37:25,931

And then

00:37:26,178 --> 00:37:26,397

you just

00:37:26,531 --> 00:37:27,893

started peeing all over, didn't you?

00:37:28,378 --> 00:37:29,683

And then there was just a big

00:37:29,997 --> 00:37:30,473

flotilla of piss.

00:37:30,474 --> 00:37:32,269

A big little pond of piss.

00:37:32,269 --> 00:37:32,845

Piss pond.

00:37:33,369 --> 00:37:33,997

All

00:37:34,054 --> 00:37:35,435

on the mat.

00:37:35,435 --> 00:37:37,026

And

00:37:37,545 --> 00:37:37,793

Yep, she

00:37:37,802 --> 00:37:41,535

started dancing in it, it

was like watching, singing in

00:37:41,535 --> 00:37:41,973

the rain,

00:37:42,050 --> 00:37:43,173

but you just kicking

00:37:43,173 --> 00:37:43,573

piss all

00:37:43,573 --> 00:37:44,135

over the place.

00:37:44,340 --> 00:37:44,893

Tilly: the Urine.

00:37:44,912 --> 00:37:48,059

Dan 1: ha ha, singing in the urine!

00:37:51,564 --> 00:37:54,116

Um, so that was my funny, and

then my low was definitely

00:37:54,269 --> 00:37:56,193

yesterday, yesterday afternoon.

00:37:57,107 --> 00:38:02,402

So um, basically, I think almost as

soon as you gave her to me, like when I

00:38:02,402 --> 00:38:04,002

brought her in, she had filled her nappy.

00:38:04,897 --> 00:38:09,402

And, so, I was still meant to be working,

and you were off to go see your friend.

00:38:09,550 --> 00:38:09,821

Tilly: happens.

00:38:09,821 --> 00:38:10,092

Why

00:38:10,116 --> 00:38:12,869

Dan 1: Um, and so I needed to look

after her and try and finish my work.

00:38:13,497 --> 00:38:17,507

Um, and, basically, long, long

story short, that didn't happen,

00:38:17,535 --> 00:38:19,413

hence why I've still got work to do.

00:38:19,413 --> 00:38:20,392

As soon as I brought

00:38:20,564 --> 00:38:21,935

her in, she needed a nappy change.

00:38:22,354 --> 00:38:25,421

So, yeah, as soon as I brought her in

from the car, from dropping you off at

00:38:25,421 --> 00:38:27,469

the station, she needed a nappy change.

00:38:27,783 --> 00:38:28,973

I went to change a nappy, and

00:38:29,245 --> 00:38:30,007

Tilly: nappy, and

00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:34,297

Dan 1: um, somebody sent me a message

on Teams while I was mid nappy change.

00:38:34,297 --> 00:38:36,488

So I just went to go see what that was.

00:38:36,621 --> 00:38:37,412

and between me

00:38:37,478 --> 00:38:38,993

and the, um,

00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:42,593

it was on the table between mine,

the laptop and the nappy changing,

00:38:42,773 --> 00:38:44,453

changing that was the car seat.

00:38:44,453 --> 00:38:45,983

So I couldn't see what was going on.

00:38:45,983 --> 00:38:46,583

And the

00:38:46,583 --> 00:38:49,602

next thing I hear all this

shrieking and I look over.

00:38:50,478 --> 00:38:52,450

And she's grabbed a cold cup of tea

00:38:52,783 --> 00:38:52,926

and

00:38:52,926 --> 00:38:54,145

just pulled it all over her.

00:38:54,145 --> 00:38:55,573

And so she's just

00:38:55,573 --> 00:38:55,669

now

00:38:55,669 --> 00:38:55,973

in this

00:38:56,802 --> 00:38:57,145

pool

00:38:57,145 --> 00:38:58,097

of cold tea,

00:38:58,773 --> 00:38:58,888

just

00:38:59,202 --> 00:39:00,526

having an awful time with it.

00:39:01,412 --> 00:39:02,050

Um,

00:39:02,793 --> 00:39:03,650

and so

00:39:03,764 --> 00:39:03,888

I

00:39:03,897 --> 00:39:06,135

then had to, uh,

00:39:06,135 --> 00:39:07,850

to, to change her out of all her clothes.

00:39:08,393 --> 00:39:10,968

And just quickly just kind of message

the person, just say, look, I'm gonna

00:39:10,968 --> 00:39:12,475

have to get back to my work later.

00:39:12,475 --> 00:39:14,059

I've got to take her out for a walk.

00:39:14,621 --> 00:39:16,316

So I think I spent about

an hour and a half.

00:39:17,245 --> 00:39:19,959

Of the four hours that I was

meant to be working, walking,

00:39:20,578 --> 00:39:21,102

and then

00:39:22,054 --> 00:39:22,131

Tilly: I

00:39:22,197 --> 00:39:22,750

Dan 1: about another two

00:39:22,750 --> 00:39:25,264

of them doing other stuff.

00:39:25,264 --> 00:39:26,921

Don't pull the cables.

00:39:27,616 --> 00:39:28,816

Doing other baby stuff.

00:39:29,559 --> 00:39:31,635

Um, and so yeah, I think

I got a whole of like

00:39:31,712 --> 00:39:32,112

an hour and

00:39:32,112 --> 00:39:33,540

a half done for the whole afternoon.

00:39:33,978 --> 00:39:35,293

That's sort of about three hours.

00:39:35,931 --> 00:39:36,188

But it,

00:39:36,283 --> 00:39:39,003

eventually you fell asleep,

and then I got to do some work

00:39:39,003 --> 00:39:39,145

at,

00:39:39,945 --> 00:39:43,612

But, yeah, it was very stressful, because

those are the times that I'm talking about

00:39:43,612 --> 00:39:47,973

where I'm like, I'm meant to be doing

something else, I need to do this stuff,

00:39:47,983 --> 00:39:49,783

and she's like, but I need your attention

00:39:49,793 --> 00:39:50,393

now!

00:39:50,726 --> 00:39:51,669

And I'm like, oh, I

00:39:51,707 --> 00:39:51,916

can't

00:39:51,916 --> 00:39:53,269

do both, fuck off!

00:39:54,077 --> 00:39:58,151

Tilly: fuck off

00:39:58,402 --> 00:40:02,593

Dan 1: any projects like

that on, while I'm on leave.

00:40:04,593 --> 00:40:06,159

Tilly: Skiddly up a pa!

00:40:06,159 --> 00:40:07,202

Sketch up!

00:40:07,469 --> 00:40:10,183

So, this week I mean, she's been

finding her poos, hasn't she?

00:40:10,183 --> 00:40:10,840

Because of the teething.

00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:22,112

Dan 1: Yeah.

00:40:22,798 --> 00:40:26,189

Tilly: and she did one poo, and I

was like, okay, it didn't explode,

00:40:26,189 --> 00:40:28,941

it contained it, it got off

quickly, it's all good, happy days.

00:40:30,503 --> 00:40:32,636

And then sort of like an hour later,

she was like, ugh, again, and sort of

00:40:32,636 --> 00:40:34,670

pushed out another one, I was like,

okay, and then she, ugh, pushed out

00:40:34,670 --> 00:40:35,731

another one, it really gets changed.

00:40:36,855 --> 00:40:38,274

Got on the changing mat, she

looked like she'd finished, she

00:40:38,274 --> 00:40:39,236

was sort of smiling and relaxed.

00:40:40,636 --> 00:40:40,731

So

00:40:40,731 --> 00:40:41,551

then I started to clean her,

00:40:41,998 --> 00:40:44,389

and just as I was sort of like, about

to pull the dirty nappy away, it just

00:40:44,589 --> 00:40:46,751

started like, pouring out of her arsehole,

00:40:47,208 --> 00:40:47,360

like a

00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:48,427

little poo fountain.

00:40:48,505 --> 00:40:48,887

Dan 1: Really?

00:40:48,887 --> 00:40:49,269

Oh.

00:40:49,269 --> 00:40:49,651

Oh.

00:40:49,651 --> 00:40:50,033

Oh!

00:40:50,033 --> 00:40:50,415

So

00:40:50,649 --> 00:40:51,005

Tilly: Oh.

00:40:51,005 --> 00:40:54,084

and then it just kept ringing, I was

like, no, because I'm worried it's going

00:40:54,235 --> 00:40:56,146

Dan 1: Yeah, it's a little creased

00:40:56,191 --> 00:40:56,322

Tilly: battery?

00:40:56,322 --> 00:40:58,701

Yeah, so I was like, I sort of lifted

her up while she was doing it, so

00:40:58,701 --> 00:41:00,722

make sure it flew away from her, so

she doesn't get all up her back and

00:41:00,970 --> 00:41:01,770

stuff, because it was pretty full

00:41:01,770 --> 00:41:02,179

already.

00:41:02,260 --> 00:41:02,793

Dan 1: Yeah, I know.

00:41:02,831 --> 00:41:04,279

Sometimes it looks like it's

going to overfill because

00:41:04,698 --> 00:41:05,565

they're real, like, liquidy,

00:41:05,722 --> 00:41:06,170

Tilly: Yeah.

00:41:06,517 --> 00:41:07,219

Dan 1: sloshy boobs.

00:41:07,219 --> 00:41:07,559

Um,

00:41:07,559 --> 00:41:08,579

I still have

00:41:08,884 --> 00:41:10,227

Tilly: but managed to somehow

keep her baby grow clean.

00:41:11,584 --> 00:41:12,346

Dan 1: Well done.

00:41:13,089 --> 00:41:13,108

Yeah.

00:41:13,851 --> 00:41:16,146

Sorry, I've got her set up into

balance in a very weird way.

00:41:16,155 --> 00:41:17,374

I meant to put her arms through.

00:41:17,836 --> 00:41:18,646

Tilly: She's smiling, she's happy.

00:41:19,103 --> 00:41:21,503

Um, so yeah, I think that's probably

my big poo story of the week,

00:41:21,503 --> 00:41:24,160

but generally the whole week I've

sort of been waiting for Poonami.

00:41:24,674 --> 00:41:26,151

I feel like I'm like, I don't

want to put anything white

00:41:26,179 --> 00:41:26,960

because I feel like it's coming.

00:41:27,246 --> 00:41:28,836

Well, the other day I was like, I

really wanted to go to the shop.

00:41:28,874 --> 00:41:31,417

So I know as soon as I put in

the bouncer, like the bouncer,

00:41:31,565 --> 00:41:31,651

Dan 1: Look at Pooh.

00:41:31,855 --> 00:41:34,122

Tilly: poo poos, because that

often that sort of movement

00:41:34,336 --> 00:41:34,889

Dan 1: The jiggling.

00:41:34,889 --> 00:41:36,746

Shakespeare,

00:41:36,798 --> 00:41:37,960

Tilly: don't want to

get halfway to Tesco's.

00:41:38,093 --> 00:41:40,884

And I'll be like, And I'll

be like, Sometimes you don't

00:41:40,884 --> 00:41:42,152

notice when she's in that.

00:41:42,152 --> 00:41:44,182

We've kind of leaked

through before, haven't we?

00:41:44,182 --> 00:41:47,226

I sort of just didn't go for

the shots for that reason.

00:41:47,226 --> 00:41:49,509

I braved it to Lidl

because it's much closer.

00:41:49,509 --> 00:41:51,538

In fact, I did brave it to Tesco.

00:41:51,538 --> 00:41:54,493

Um, so yeah.

00:41:55,446 --> 00:41:57,065

Been a sort of week of

waiting for poos, isn't it?

00:41:57,431 --> 00:41:59,408

Dan 1: Yeah, it has

been a lot of like, Not

00:41:59,693 --> 00:41:59,922

daily.

00:41:59,970 --> 00:42:01,960

Tilly: Although tell, tell them

about your poo, like the poo last

00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:02,817

night, it was quite impressive.

00:42:03,522 --> 00:42:03,808

Dan 1: Uh, so

00:42:03,931 --> 00:42:04,351

last

00:42:04,351 --> 00:42:04,646

night,

00:42:04,836 --> 00:42:06,408

during all the teething

and stuff like that,

00:42:07,236 --> 00:42:07,703

She,

00:42:07,703 --> 00:42:10,017

um, she finally got to sleep, and then