Bumpie group chat: a bunch of updates, a question about play dates and the old scholastic catalogue gets us again!
5/28/202621 min
This week on the Bumpie Group Chat we dive into the hormonal rollercoaster of being a woman, from Sophie’s IUD removal to Jayde’s period disc recommendations. Our kids are taking us on a walk down memory lane to our old-school Book Fairs. Oh and we need your play date rules, come and share over in our Facebook group!
- Pearl has said “I love you!” so Soph is taking the win
- Bedtime battles
- The ‘head fluffery’ of play dates and sibling dynamics
- Apple Sleeves has a music video
- Sophie is off to Harry Styles! And the entire family are tagging along!
- Bringing your children into your world
- Sophie’s IUD has been out for a week and she gives us an update
- Jayde’s menstrual disc hot tip (learned the hard way)
- Scholastic Book Fair nostalgia
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First 90 secondsJayde Couldwell· Host0:00
This episode is proudly sponsored by Il Tutto and their new Boba Ori Teddy Fleece Carrier.
Sophie Pearce· Host0:07
We would like to acknowledge the Bundjalung people, traditional custodians of this land where we record this podcast, and we pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging.
Jayde Couldwell· Host0:16
[upbeat music] Hello, yummy mummies.
Sophie Pearce· Host0:23
Hello, yummy mummies. Welcome to Beyond the Bump, a podcast brought to you by Jade Caldwell and Sophie Pearce. This podcast is targeted at mums, mums-to-be, and women in general.
Jayde Couldwell· Host0:34
And gents, feel free to have a listen too.
Sophie Pearce· Host0:36
It's a place to have real discussions and ask real questions, no matter how hard, with honest and authentic people. The aim is to have you feeling lighter, more supported, and more understood after every listen.
Jayde Couldwell· Host0:48
Now, we can't promise that it will always be kept PG, so please be mindful around little ears.
Sophie Pearce· Host0:54
Here we go.
Jayde Couldwell· Host0:56
Here we go.
Sophie Pearce· Host0:57
Hello, Jade.
Jayde Couldwell· Host0:58
Hello, Sophie, and all our bumpies listening. How are you this week?
Sophie Pearce· Host1:03
I am good this week. I feel like I've got a few updates on top of last week's updates.
Jayde Couldwell· Host1:09
Oh, do tell.
Sophie Pearce· Host1:10
So the first one is very positive.
Jayde Couldwell· Host1:12
Mm-hmm.
Sophie Pearce· Host1:12
I was telling you how my three-year-old was full-blown power playing me, and in the three and a half years that I've been raising her, she had decided to never tell me that she loved me- Yeah ... and that she was waiting till she was four. I do not know if she listened to the podcast, but that night she