12 episodes

This is the Good Job Mom, Good Job Dad Podcast with hosts Ryan and Rebekah Frost. The show where we talk about our journey through parenthood. We have two boys under the age of 4 and are only in the early phases of parenting. We are not going to pretend that we have it all together or figured out. This is about our experiences and the things we are wrestling with and learning along the way. We hope you enjoy the ride as we share our stories and talk to other parents and affirm the never ending process of learning to be a parent!

Good Job Mom, Good Job Dad Ryan and Rebekah Frost

    • Kids & Family
    • 4.7 • 12 Ratings

This is the Good Job Mom, Good Job Dad Podcast with hosts Ryan and Rebekah Frost. The show where we talk about our journey through parenthood. We have two boys under the age of 4 and are only in the early phases of parenting. We are not going to pretend that we have it all together or figured out. This is about our experiences and the things we are wrestling with and learning along the way. We hope you enjoy the ride as we share our stories and talk to other parents and affirm the never ending process of learning to be a parent!

    Getting Older As Parents & When Babies Learn to Crawl

    Getting Older As Parents & When Babies Learn to Crawl

    Why does it feel like we are getting older faster than our kids???
    [5:31] Parent Guilt (Mom Guilt. Dad Guilt)
    [7:22] Our kids inspire us to push our selves
    [8:05] Life with kids is like dating…What?…
    [10:29] As we get older, how do we become a better parent? How do we stretch? How do we grow?
    [11:45] Exercise…
    [15:14] Eating Better
    [18:27] Our youngest is crawling! Time to child proof our home again!
     
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    • 24 min
    Things We Use & Love and Birthdays!

    Things We Use & Love and Birthdays!

    We talk about some of the things we use that have been totally WORTH IT!
    [1:45] Highchairs and Bibs
    IKEA High chair IKEA bibs  IKEA drool bibs IKEA food Smock [8:43] Teething Necklace
    Teething necklace [11:30] Refilable Baby Food Packs
    Reusable baby food packets [14:10] Thermometers!
    Temporal artery Rectal Non contact [14:35] Delux Pack N Play (with all the bells and whistles!)
    Graco Packnplay system [18:36] Breast Pump
    Breastpump Breast pump parts [23:10] We talk about Birthdays!!
    Find us on Facebook and instagram @goodjobmomdad
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    • 34 min
    The Surprises of Parenthood

    The Surprises of Parenthood

    In this episode Ryan and Rebekah talk about what surprised them the most about becoming, and being, a parent. 
    [4:27] Surprise #1: The severe lack of sleep that never ends.
    [10:25] Surprise #2: Our ability to increase our capacity.
    [15:51] Surprise #3: How quickly kids change and develop.
    [21:16] Surprise #4: The overwhelming love we feel toward our kids.
    Find us on Facebook and instagram @goodjobmomdad
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    • 29 min
    Traveling With Kids

    Traveling With Kids

    We are on the road! This episode is all about our experiences traveling with the kiddos. We share our stories from the car and in the air.
    Get ready for mountains of luggage, racing through the airport, and of course a plethora of bathroom stops!

    It always comes down to adjusting expectations and the fact remains -- you will always get there in the end...just maybe not when you thought you would!
    Find us on Facebook and instagram @goodjobmomdad
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    • 26 min
    Getting Sick, Thermometer Drama, Parental Instincts

    Getting Sick, Thermometer Drama, Parental Instincts

    We just got better from being sick…the kinda sick that is not bad enough to stay in bed, but …it’s miserable.
    **NOTE: We are NOT giving medical advice, only sharing anecdotes and our experiences. Nothing in this episode should be considered advice. Please consult a physician with any medical concerns.**
    When one person gets sick…everybody gets sick. The whole ordeal can last anywhere from a week to a month!
    Wintertime, especially the holidays is when people start dropping like flies. 
    Liam and Bekah were both sick up through Christmas Eve this year. We were traveling and staying with family, so we quarantined ourselves. 
    Liam was especially fascinated by “barfing”. He would ask for juice so he could barf more. NO!!! Yuk. He would end up barfing all over the floor and Ryan would end up walking through it. 
    Ryan tried to keep his distance from the sick room only going in when needed. Poor Bekah! 
    The quarantine worked! Nobody else got the flu!
    The thing about toddlers is—you never know if they are barfing from excitement, or if they have a terrible stomach flu.
    Playground equipment is an especially precarious scenario …there was a season where Ryan debated letting Liam play on playgrounds because he did not want to have the consequence of the whole family being sick for three weeks. In the end though, he would let Liam play. 
    No matter what you do, people are going to get sick. 
    THERMOMETER DRAMA [8:45]
    You would think thermometers would be straightforward.
    Not at all.
    There are way too many thermometers to choose from. Our doctor recommended the kind you run across the forehead.  Ryan’s friend recently let him know we had been using the stupid thermometer the wrong way.
    We discuss our troubles with wildly various results using thermometers which adds to the chaos of parenting.
    We now have three different kinds of thermometers. Including an infrared sensor thermometer that would line up red lights on the forehead, but that would also give us unreliable readings.
    One time, our youngest was getting high readings and lower readings, so we decided to go get a rectal thermometer. A horrifying proposal. But we needed to know if we had to take him to the doctor…Ryan bought the thermometer and Rebekah figured out how to use it…all that to say, his temperature was normal. 
    The other thing that is frustrating about thermometers is traveling…when you forget to bring them. We spend more money replacing thermometers that we already own. 
    For Rebekah, the thing about getting sick as the mother, is that it’s not fair because she is taking care of everyone and no-one is there to take care of her….Yup. she threw Ryan under the bus.
    When parents get sick: life is already impossible with life and kids. But being sick adds that extra layer. Everything begins to fall apart, because nothing is getting done. Thats just how it is. It’s part of familydom. 
    What do you do if your kid is starting to feel sick, do you cancel everything? Or what if you find out other families are not feeling well, do you stay away? For us, if it’s obvious stay away. But if it’s mild, then each scenario is different. At the end of the day, it’s about communicating with and informing other parents so people can make their own discussions.  We appreciate it when people tell us, even after the fact, that we’ve been exposed to something because their kids got sick after hanging out with us. We’ve all got kids. Life happens. The more kids you have, the more you realize that you cannot control everything.
    We talk about a story where we took Liam to a playground at a zoo and came back with Hand Foot and Mouth Disease…But the memory was really incredible and he had so much fun playing with the other kids. Ryan says it was worth it, Rebekah is not so sure. We dig into how Ryan gets to go to work the next day, but Rebekah has to take care of the sick kiddos at home. It’s hard to see your kid suffering whil

    • 30 min
    Rebekah Launched a New Product: Your Generous Home

    Rebekah Launched a New Product: Your Generous Home

    Rebekah just launched an online course focused on helping new moms with “everyday hospitality”
    **COURSE DETAILS AND DISCOUNT CODE BELOW**
    ….but first:
    We got started very late. 11:00pm…because we had a hard time getting both boys to sleep! 
    Ryan took Liam out to Trader Joe’s for groceries and the cashier gave him some candy (She asked first, which was awesome!) and the sugar rush added a couple hours to the bedtime routine. Bummer.
    Finally after Liam did fall asleep, Ryan came into the living room and Ari our 10-month-old decided he did not want to go to sleep. So we decided to go with it, watched some TV shows, and made some pop-corn. 
    But the big topic of this episode is the LAUNCH of Rebekah’s brand new online course, YOUR GENEROUS HOME.
    This project is several months in the making. Bekah has been putting this together for the past 6 months. 
    YOUR GENEROUS HOME can be found at www.yourgeneroushome.com
    Your Generous Home is a course that teaches "Everyday Hospitality" for busy moms with limited time, space and resources. Rebekah started this course for moms like her who want their homes to be a generous and welcoming place for family and friends without going crazy in the process
    The course is a video course about what Hospitality is. How we think about it and approach it (Perfection, expectations, and performance). 
    Rebekah has taught and spoken around the world to many different groups of people, but this is the first time she has done a video course. 
    The course dives into issues like, the things that are stopping you, and practical lessons like having dinner guests with children in the house. Rebekah breaks down the tasks in the course to make it easier for moms to get things done without having a melt down.
    Checklists are provided to help you think through what needs to be done before, during and after guests come over.
    Self assessment test: Questions about your specific stage in life to evaluate where you are at as an individual to give you a better picture of what your capacity is and what you are capable of in the moment. 
    Ryan asks some interview questions…it gets awkward for just a minute…
    Ryan asks why this subject matter. Why everyday hospitality?
    Rebekah: At the core…we all want to connect. As a young mom it’s harder to get out of the house and build connections and the easiest solution is to make your home the place that people come to. 
    We live in a 1-bedroom apartment, so we are very limited on space. We have also lived in a variety of situations and spaces where we have had to be creative with how we bring people into our home. Rebekah is no stranger to this and developed a sense of “Creative Hospitality” and learned to use what she had to make connections with people over food, coffee, or tea. Each place gives new ideas. Mainly, it’s all about your heart of generosity. This resonates with people who come to visit. 
    Ryan asks how this works while having kids:
    Rebekah: It’s more complex. Things do take longer. More planning. 
    Even though we live in a 1-bedroom, we have not let that stop us from having people stay with us. Family and friends…including a guest who stayed with us for 6 weeks. 
    Rebekah begin to realize that people would be surprised and what she would take on. Which is part of what drove her to create a course to show how limitations are not disqualifies, but opportunities to get creative. 
    Focus on what you DO HAVE not on what you DON’T HAVE. Hospitality is one the ways you can foster community and connection and battle against lonliness. As a mother, you can make a difference in the world through fostering connection through hospitality. It’s so accessible to everybody!
    Ryan asks what the most surprising thing for Rebekah in the process of putting this course together.
    Rebekah talks about how self-disqualification was a major struggle, because of the amazing people she has around her who are also doing such a great job. B

    • 27 min

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12 Ratings

12 Ratings

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