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Parenting Pobal
62 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago -A podcast for the parenting community - discussing everything about parenting from stuff going on with the kids to things happening with the parents. Touching on the funny, the fantastic and sometimes the serious. To paraphrase Paw Patrol 'No topic's too big, no story too small!'
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Episodes
School's Not Out Forever
September 03, 2020 20:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBWe're back after a year off from podcasting to talk about Olivia's first day in big school (who cried, who didn't, did we remember to pick her up on time...) and Thomas' first day in preschool (the child who repeatedly eats dirt is apparently smart enough to be in preschool nearly a year ahead of schedule). Enjoy it while you can...it's probably going to be another fifty five months before we record another one.
Divide and Cuddle
August 06, 2020 20:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBWe did a semi-Parent Trap and split the kids up. One with the mother, one with the father - a weekend of peace and bliss and fun and memories. The ladies went off for a night in a hotel while the boys basically reverted to caveman norm and lounged about eating junk food. Plus the reason for Karen and Derek getting divorced is revealed...
Is this the end of the endless
July 29, 2020 21:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBThis week we have a chat about prepping for school as best we can with the crazy lack of proper guidelines. Also Derek gets insanely excited about the fact that the kids are going back to creche for a few days each week - something about being able to read emails.
Covid Hiatus
July 21, 2020 20:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBWe're back after a Covid (Karen) Hiatus - not that we had it, just that when you aren't doing anything you don't have a lot to talk about. This week we talk about meeting our parents for the first time in months and the prep for school. There is also a shameless plug for another podcast and a short discussion on how Karen avoided doing the editing - despite it being her turn!
Covid gradutations
June 21, 2020 19:00 - 25 minutes - 17.9 MBIn the middle of Covid we said goodbye to Montessori. When we left the creche back on 12 March, over three months ago, we assumed we would all be back and life would be normal again within a few weeks. Fast forward, a more severe lockdown, restrictions we could never imagine having to endure and no sign of any school setting before breaking for summer, we faced into the reality that Olivia's time on Montessori was to be cut dramatically short. This week we talk about the Covid graduation sh...
Let's talk about racism
June 01, 2020 22:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBGeorge Floyd, he had a name. We need to talk to our children about racism.
Holistay
May 25, 2020 22:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBCovid-19 ruining your holiday plans, have no fear Parenting Pobal is here. We run through some suggestions for a holistay (patent pending) and also touch briefly on the topic of how all this working from home has warped the kids' tiny little minds.
School of hard knocks
May 15, 2020 22:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBAnother week, another episode. This week we talk about a few topics because Derek couldn't come up with a single one that worked. We touch on Karen's anxiety about working from home with a messy house. There is the sad tale of how we handled telling Olivia she wouldn't be going back to her creche. Plus the war of the medicine press/cupboard is brought up in a massive Derek rant.
Consentual Education
May 07, 2020 21:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBThis week we talk about consent and how it is never too early to start teaching kids about having control over what is happening to their bodies. There is also a brief spell talking about how Karen got abused by the Christians on Instagram. Plus the microphones...THE MICROPHONES
Sticklebacks can't eat tomatoes but they make awesome memories
April 30, 2020 22:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBThis week we talk about how life has changed and how the different pressures mean different things for different families. And also sticklebacks. Obviously
Jumanji Led Weaning
April 22, 2020 21:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBWe are still in lockdown, Derek is going cra-cra, we talk about what is happening with the kids and how their eating habits have changed. Pray for Karen, she is having to put up with Derek
What day is it
April 15, 2020 21:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBGoing into week four of lockdown and working from home with kids
Hi Ho, it's off to the kitchen we go
April 01, 2020 22:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBWe're back, with episode 1, season 2, of the least popular parenting podcast online. We were going to avoid it, but we decided to go with an episode on how we are doing the whole work from home thing with two kids that demand all your attention at the worst of times. Tips, tricks, tactics - everything is discussed here.
One Year Done
March 24, 2020 21:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBA year of podcasting - honestly this began as a joke over lunch between the pair of us and now we are a year into it. What the hell! For the first time ever this IS a visual podcast - we have a video of the whole thing that you can watch, just as soon as we figure out how to get it off Instagram (we'll be better with our next one...honest).
Podcasting in the time of CoronaVirus
March 18, 2020 22:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBBlame the title on Derek, but here we are, podcasting in a strange time. We focus on the positives and tips for working from home with young children
Mimicry is the greatest form of flattery
March 10, 2020 21:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBThis week we talk about how kids mimic what they see, both good and bad. The little quirks they pick up, how their personalities form based on what their parents do. There is also the awkward moment when Karen doesn't cop the obvious Denis Leary lyric...divorce is on the cards.
Ya Give Me (Cabin) Fever
March 03, 2020 21:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MB45 episodes in and sure who knew we'd still have things to waffle on about. In this week's episode we talk about some stuff you can do with the kids when the weather or illness means you can't leave the house. Little tricks on how to survive Cabin Fever with two little humans that have the attention span of a gnat and the patience of a ... gnat (look, they can't all be winners). There is also the story about how Derek thought he was dying after returning home from the pub one night - laught...
Papa can you hear me
February 24, 2020 22:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBThis week we talk kids and their selective hearing
Second Two
February 18, 2020 22:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBWe talk about Thomas' second birthday, Derek gives out about Karen putting too much pressure on herself for said birthday. There is even a random seqway into the classic novel 1984.
Seven Weeks Out
February 11, 2020 21:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBIn this episode we talk about the big milestone of Karen being seven weeks off her post-natal depression meds. We also discuss how neither post-natal depressions presented with the same symptoms.There is also random stuff from Derek...
No secrets
February 03, 2020 22:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBLet's talk about why it is important to have no secrets with our kids.
My first, my last, my everything
January 27, 2020 22:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBLet's talk about 'lasts'
Love Actually Is
January 20, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBThis week we discuss how kids view Love, the negative responses we got about 'inflicting' our views on our children and various ramblings.
Coronation puns
January 14, 2020 22:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBDerek is delighted with his pun about Karen's recent job change. It is a tetchy subject, the work life balance craic
Conference Call with Japan
January 06, 2020 23:00 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MBWe list of our 40 at 40 - sorry it's so long
The Work Life Bitchin
December 09, 2019 22:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBWe discuss work life balance, or lack thereof, for working parents and some Christmas elf related chats
Ya Basic
December 02, 2019 22:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBThis week we talk about poxy croup, the fantastic Toy Show and a bit of the regular insult throwing around.
The coughing, the coughing
November 25, 2019 21:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBThe episode that was a bitch to edit because Karen coughed after every second word. We also talk about how kids change the relationship...for good and bad.
What the hell are we gonna call this one
November 19, 2019 08:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBParenting Pobal is back! We talk about Fizzlesticks the fairy who has moved into Thomas and Olivias room, tackling the issue of teaching young children kindness, the power of gratitude and we belt out a dodgy rendition of Safety Dance.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
November 11, 2019 22:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBWe talk about more Internet Trolls, some bits about the full moon destroying our sleep and like all good bad managers we give our quarterly reviews later than we should.
The first (hair)cut is the deepest
November 04, 2019 21:00 - 25 minutes - 17.9 MBHalloween chats and Thomas gets his first haircut
Birthday Scares
October 28, 2019 21:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBWe talk about birthdays and Halloween PC brigade nonsense.
Sleep, who needs sleep?
October 14, 2019 21:00 - 31 minutes - 21.3 MBWe're back, we're tired, we need sleep...
Derek chats about mental health
September 23, 2019 20:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MBDerek chats about his experience with the black dog
Iggle Piggle and his multiple accounts on Tinder
September 16, 2019 21:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBWhat comes before part b?
September 09, 2019 20:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBWe talk about birthday parties, play zones and Derek's assumption that the Internet stories about kid parties are all true.
Thomas the tank and his duel with Dettol
September 02, 2019 20:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBWe had a rough experience this week when Thomas accidentally ingested Dettol. We talk about our experience.
Day Tripper
August 26, 2019 19:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MB*WARNING: We mention the Legend of Santa a few times, listen when small ears not around.* We talk about day trips and also moan a little about the lack of sleep.
Sausage A Bitch
August 12, 2019 21:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBWe talk about books to read that help kids understand about the arrival of younger siblings, along with a brief chat about The War (When Karen locked Derek out of the house after a late night at work)
There can only be one Highlander
August 05, 2019 20:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBWe are actually talking books books and more books for kids in this episode....we do get sidetracked into Highlander though
Let's Talk About Sleep, Baby
July 29, 2019 20:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBWe talk about how different the sleeping experiences were between kid one and kid two, segway onto a totally random topic, then bring it back.
Javier Unpronounceablesecondname
July 22, 2019 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBDerek is joined by his friend Javier, a new solider in the war on sleep deprived adults (aka parenting).
Laughing Leo
July 15, 2019 21:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBWe are joined by Karen's dear old daddy Leo to talk about the differences in being a dad back in the day and now. Sadly it wound up being Derek and Leo tag team insulting Karen.
Meet Shocko - aka Derek's mam
July 09, 2019 07:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBDerek is joined by his mum this week. One not to miss!
Aoife's Story
June 25, 2019 08:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBKaren talks with her friend Aoife about all things parenting. They also discuss the topic of stillbirths. If anything discussed in this episode effects you, know that there are a mixture of resources available, we've linked a few below. https://feileacain.ie/ https://alittlelifetime.ie/ https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/az/s/stillbirth/
Father's Day Beach Clean
June 17, 2019 20:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBWe discuss Father's Day and touch on the mad topics about Jane Bond
Shitting Time Is Gaming Time
June 10, 2019 20:00 - 33 minutes - 15.6 MBWe talk about why it is important to have hobbies, using hobbies to teach kids that they can't always have their way - plus Derek brings up a painful story from the early days (Karen still hasn't gotten over it yet).