Episode 11

10 - Crimbo Limbo with Baby Zola! - New year's eve, her name's out, and we discuss socialising baby with family

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🍼 Episode 10 is here, and our journey with baby Zola continues during the festive season! Join us as we delve into the heartwarming yet challenging world of parenting during the holidays. In this episode, we're sharing:

1️⃣ Parenting and Social Life During the Holiday Season: Dive into our "Crimbo limbo" experiences, balancing parenting with the holiday hustle. We open up about juggling social engagements, relaxation, and the special challenges and joys of this unique time of year. 🎄🎉

2️⃣ Baby Zola’s Progress and Activities: Meet Zola! We're excited to officially introduce our baby's name and talk about her latest developments. Join us as we discuss her growing appetite, feeding adventures, and memorable outings like our trip to see Willy Wonka. 🌟🍼

3️⃣ Family Dynamics and Socialization: Discover how Zola's bonding with family over Christmas. We reflect on the importance of early social bonds and share how she's thriving in the company of loved ones, balancing comfort and independence. 👨‍👩‍👧🎁

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Transcript
Tilly:

Welcome to week 11.

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You can expect this week all things

New Year's resolutions, or lack of for

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us, and New Year with a baby, so in

bed by nine o'clock we're thinking.

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And everything from our Christmas to now,

we're thinking pantomime, family fun, all

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the eating, and vegetating on the sofa.

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Dan 1: So I think we're a go.

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Tilly: Okay, welcome to week

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11.

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Dan 1: Yeah, I think it's week eleven.

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Tilly: Yeah.

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and New Year's Eve.

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Bubba's actually got her

Born in:

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Dan 1: So while it is episode 10,

we're on week 11 because we recorded

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one at Christmas as the bonus episode.

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Tilly: true, very Ow!

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Sorry.

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that, we're in as

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Dan 1: So we're in that, we're in

that Christmas perennium as some

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people call it or crimbo limbo.

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Well, yes, between the arsehole so

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Tilly: not heard that one.

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Dan 1: yeah, Christmas

perennium, crimbo limbo.

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What's the other one people call it?

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There's another one.

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Let's

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Tilly: one.

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So, Dead Zone?

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Yeah, it's kind of

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Dan 1: purgatory thing.

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Tilly: What's all the time of year?

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You don't tend to do very much, do you?

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Yeah,

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get

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Dan 1: ready to go say that

you're gonna do loads of things.

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You do nothing to try and build

up the willpower to do loads of

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things, then inevitably people

end up quitting by February.

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So,

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Tilly: all the

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Dan 1: time this actually comes out,

most A lot of people will have probably

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failed the new year's resolutions.

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Tilly: Yeah, are you

setting any this year?

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We don't tend to.

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Have you got any for this year?

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I don't

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Dan 1: don't, we've had this discussion.

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I don't really like them because

I feel that if it's something that

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Tilly: care enough about,

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Dan 1: you shouldn't need to wait

until the beginning of the year to do.

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Tilly: if we

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Dan 1: you don't care, and

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Tilly: therefore, if

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Dan 1: it's something that you

said at the beginning of the year,

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you don't care enough therefore

to actually see it through.

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Saying that, I

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do need to make some lifestyle

changes as we've discussed in terms

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of before setting out those sort of

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Tilly: in an area service and

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Dan 1: an earlier episode we

discussed those things that we make

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sure we do kind of every morning

Watch out with the clunking.

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Tilly: like?

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Kind of

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those

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Dan 1: things that we try and

make sure we do every morning

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Tilly: Right.

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So mine being

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Dan 1: being Meditation run and

hopefully a little bit of journaling.

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Oh, I also need to do my

cold practice, obviously.

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Love some of that

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Tilly: Huh?

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Not

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just running, work out

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Dan 1: as well But yeah, how about you?

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You got any?

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Tilly: I'm sort of the same

vein as you really, I think.

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You're going to do something, just do it.

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Don't wait until New Year.

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I

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guess like, I've started doing my

exercise, you know, postpartum.

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But I am starting with a new trainer.

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at the beginning of the year.

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So that's sort of like

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my accident has happened.

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to fall into the start of

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the new year.

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Dan 1: Really, I

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Tilly: guess

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well I guess what I'd

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like to do more of in 2024.

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is, I would just like to see more photos.

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And when do I get to see photos?

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Dan 1: No, and I think that's a lot

better to just kind of say things

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that you'd like to do more of.

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Tilly: which is what I think.

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So I think, I'd like to see

more photos because I'd like to

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have all those memories of Zoe.

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Especially for you with your awful memory.

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Dan 1: so I think we've come to

the conclusion that we're giving

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up on this idea of trying to

hide her identity as Moonbeam.

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Tilly: Yeah,

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so the

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Dan 1: her name's Zola, shortened to Zo.

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Tilly: it's for you to name her.

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Well, I

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Dan 1: I manage.

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But you

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Tilly: I get the picture.

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I

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Dan 1: mean,

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Tilly: half the

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Dan 1: the time I do just

refer to her as them.

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So, that's quite helpful.

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Tilly: So how's your limbo week been?

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Dan 1: Well first let's talk

about what we're eating.

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Tilly: Oh, okay.

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Dan 1: So what have we got for food today?

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Tilly: for food today?

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Leftovers.

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what Everyone eats.

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between Christmas and New Year.

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Although this isn't a festive leftovers.

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We've got some leftover

Stilton Elite macaroni,

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and we've got

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a sort of like,

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it's

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not lasagna but I used lasagna

sheets, that I just smashed up

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last night and made it with some

airy sauce and cheese and stuff.

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Which you'll be

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into.

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Yeah a

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Dan 1: it was bloody good,

well it is bloody good, even

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reheated in the microwave.

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Yeah

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Tilly: the carbs, while it absolutely pees

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Dan 1: it absolutely

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Tilly: it

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down outside.

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Well the

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Dan 1: the big news is

what we're having tonight.

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Tilly: Go on then, you

tell them, you've got

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to

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go.

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no,

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Dan 1: run for it.

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Cause I forget half

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Tilly: Well I don't know

what we're actually having.

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Okay,

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Dan 1: So we're going to have a

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Tilly: banquet.

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Yeah.

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Dan 1: banquet.

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Tilly: A deep fat fire is coming out.

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First time we've gone

out since Sarah was born.

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You're going to get meet a deep fat fire.

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present that your dad

put your mum a year ago.

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Which is basically bye.

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Because it's I've never

been far more better.

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It's

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Dan 1: But yet I've never

bought you sexy underwear.

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Tilly: And you definitely enjoyed it.

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Oh

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Dan 1: Yeah.

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So, and.

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You definitely enjoy this.

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yeah.

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Because you get to make

your favourite meal.

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Tilly: your

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Dan 1: your favourite item.

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Tilly: my favourite items, yeah.

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Prawn toast.

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Prawn toast.

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Dan 1: Because

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we're being celiac, get it

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Tilly: able to get it all done.

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Crispy meat.

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Dan 1: going to make

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Tilly: I'm also going to make

us, so I've got some gluten free,

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Speculoos, So basically

like Biscoff biscuits.

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So I'm going to

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do us a little sort of

trifle y thing with that.

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Sorry

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excuse me, one second.

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That was getting busy.

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So that's, what I'll be able to

eat is going to and weird foods

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you've bought me.

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Yeah,

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Over the years.

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Carnival meats.

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Dan 1: Yep, so it's some

sort of polished delicacy.

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Some

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Tilly: charred meat.

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we're not sure.

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And lots of other things you've bought me.

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And of course, we're

going to go to an LSG.

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Yeah.

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So until he's bought me

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Dan 1: Tilly's brought me a packet

of MSG, because I love that stuff.

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Tilly: stuff in this house.

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Yeah.

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Bye.

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Bye.

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So yeah, delicious.

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Probably a very low alcohol evening.

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Maybe we'll have a bottle of bubbles.

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Yeah, I think

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that

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Dan 1: I think

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Tilly: I think

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Dan 1: me on to, to my low, I guess.

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I think this week my low

is just feeling a bit.

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Tilly: ill,

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And also I

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Dan 1: I think she's not

been feeling that great,

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Tilly: We've all been a bit ill, Yeah.

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I've been a bit snotty.

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I've been

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Dan 1: very snotty.

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Tilly: then you've been, yeah,

pretty phlegmy and snotty, and

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she's just been a bit fussy.

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Yeah, I

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give her a little soap.

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What was it?

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I'm dairy Tom.

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Oh!

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Dan 1: or whatever.

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Tilly: Dairy and

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Dan 1: and tolerant or something.

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Basically,

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Tilly: a comedian gig, like

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Dan 1: up with this thing where

they're basically somewhat dairy

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Tilly: they

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Dan 1: but they live with

it because they enjoy dairy.

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That's basically what I am.

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Tilly: Yeah.

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And it

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Dan 1: it just makes me really phlegmy.

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Tilly: And so the combination of

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Dan 1: of all

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Tilly: Christmas dairy

combined with actually

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Dan 1: having some sort of

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Tilly: me very It's been

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delightful for you to come

you've had a couple of gouts.

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Yeah.

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More in a way.

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Years.

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Yeah.

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Dan 1: And so you've also been a bit

snotty, and then she's been very fussy.

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So she's not been sleeping,

and she's been weeing so

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Tilly: weird.

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She's been so hungry this week.

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Like her, her, some of her appetite has

like massively increased, hasn't it?

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Yeah.

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What's get a couple of

hours between most feeds.

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Yeah.

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We even do a day,

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if we look at that.

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But now She's having a lot more, sort

of, cluster feeding and a lot more,

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just a lot more feeds in general.

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Dan 1: Well, the other factor is that

because she's more fussy, it ends up

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being something that we use to calm her

down a lot more because it basically

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ends up being she wheezes in her nappy.

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Tilly: more, She gets pretty elevated.

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Dan 1: you go to change her,

she gets pretty irate about it.

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Tilly: you feed her

When you finish feeding

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Dan 1: her and she wheezes in her

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nappy

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Tilly: just

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Dan 1: kind of have this cycle until she

gets really tired and falls asleep either

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Tilly: know.

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on the

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Dan 1: or with wee in the nappy, one

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Tilly: the bottom.

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Dan 1: well, or on the boob, mainly on the

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Tilly: I'll say this

for my funny in a bit.

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I've got a good story for you to

tell me while you're upstairs.

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Also

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put some scotch on.

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Ooh.

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It's nice.

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I've quite enjoyed it's

weird week, isn't it.

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You always feel like you're not really

it's nice spending time together.

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Just in case it's

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It's always a bit of a pity, you know,

you sort of do, a bit, but not very much.

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but It's just sort of quite a

slow, spending time together.

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Why is that?

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say

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Dan 1: I think it's a bit

different for us because

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you say we sort of do

stuff, but not very much.

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We've written out like a load of things

that we want to try and catch up on,

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Tilly: used to

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Dan 1: we're not doing very much of that.

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Most people kind of have quite a, well,

I assume this is what I used to do

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Tilly: tend to plan anything, like, apart

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from, and

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Dan 1: agenda of just kind of

watching stuff, catching up with

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people and that sort of stuff.

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Tilly: 2024 in this period.

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Dan 1: Which we should probably do.

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Tilly: I'd like us to do that,

but maybe we'll just do that.

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24.

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Dan 1: Yeah, we're off for the first week.

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Well, I'm off for the first week, and

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Tilly: you're off.

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So, indefinitely.

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Not true.

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Indefinitely.

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But yeah,

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I'm looking forward to sort of, new year.

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it's always nice to

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Dan 1: bit weird to

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Tilly: start something new.

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But yes, we had to see

Willy Wonka, didn't we,

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yesterday?

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She was good.

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She had her little ear defenders on,

which she doesn't really like wearing.

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But she was a lights and colours.

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I

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Dan 1: want me to take them while you eat?

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I

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don't

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Tilly: short.

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Do you want me to

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Dan 1: Well we did, we did my load, just

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Tilly: Oh yeah,

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I guess

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low.

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Dan 1: load

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I guess it's a load that's

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Tilly: I guess it's low slash

Frustration, Frustration, I don't know.

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I find, when we're doing things in

public, and she suddenly starts getting

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fussy, like, when we're in a cinema

essay and she starts crying a little.

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bit, you

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suddenly almost like, when you

start panicking about how you

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can most quickly shut her up.

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You don't want to

inconvenience other people.

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was actually realistic.

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She's a baby.

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People know she's going to cry.

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Dan 1: generally agree but I don't

feel it's the same in the cinema.

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People are born with an experience

for something immersive.

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If I'm in a restaurant, I

find it's very different

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Tilly: Well, I don't know if it's

in a restaurant, but it seems

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like, yeah, in a cinema or like

when I had her at the Panto.

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Dan 1: Yeah, I struggle.

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Tilly: sort of thing.

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I'm like, oh, come on, quickly,

like, quiet, quiet down.

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It sort of, like, stresses

her out very quickly.

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good most of the time.

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I mean, she's a baby in the patient sheet.

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I just did a massive shit ditch in this

one while I need to go change it though.

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Tilly: So yeah.

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figuring

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out like,

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How fast

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Tilly: Yeah.

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Dan 1: quite different for you.

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Tilly: it's a ground

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Dan 1: a bottle and shove it in or like

try and take her out so I can go feed

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her, not feed her, sorry, change her.

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Tilly: Whereas, I guess for you

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Tilly: trying to

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work out

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Dan 1: She can,

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Tilly: how do

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you get your boob out.

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yeah.

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you throw a lot of fibroids

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Tilly: it over, so it's

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Dan 1: so it's probably a lot easier.

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Back in the time when you were.

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Tilly: I was at the primatone, I kept

having to get my boob out to be there.

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My mum kept trying to cover it up.

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I was just

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really, like,

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Tilly: I was just like, wrapping it out.

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She was trying to cover it up all night.

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Aw,

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crap

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So yeah, that'll be a high then.

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Dan 1: got it written down to

make sure I don't forget them.

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So, hi I think she's been a lot

more engaging recently in smiles.

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Tilly: Well,

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Dan 1: before she was ill.

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Tilly: We

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Dan 1: and mimicking.

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Recently I think she's

been a bit slower to

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Tilly: she's been

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Dan 1: a bit more fussy.

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But yeah, she's done a lot more, a

lot more smiling, stretching out.

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And stuff like that, she's very

bright eyed as it were, I've

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definitely enjoyed kind of,

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Tilly: and it sounds a bit

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Dan 1: bit silly because I, I don't know,

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Tilly: don't know.

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Dan 1: I guess it goes

back to the thing that,

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Tilly: I don't know if

you've seen this before, the

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Dan 1: since we listened to it, I

think before the Christmas one, we

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didn't discuss it in the Christmas one,

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Tilly: there's this kind of old

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Dan 1: adage that

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Tilly: mum becomes a parent when she

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Dan 1: when she finds out she's pregnant.

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And the dad becomes a parent when

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Tilly: baby's born.

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Tilly: And it's kind of very

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Dan 1: true in terms of the

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Tilly: sort of parenting that

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we're going through with oxytocin

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Tilly: you know,

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the emotional change not certain or

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sudden for women, but

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Dan 1: not so it's not

selling for women is

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Tilly: mentally you

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have

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a bit of prep,

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you know, your body's already changing.

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Your hormones are

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ready to help you with that

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Dan 1: with

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Tilly: transition,

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whereas for

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men it's

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it

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transpires.

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Dan 1: So they've really got to invest

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Tilly: terms of building that oxytocin

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And that's

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Dan 1: and that's definitely quite,

I found, I personally found that

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Tilly: in

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Dan 1: in the first sort

of six weeks, definitely.

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Tilly: And

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Dan 1: I found it a bit

easier recently because it's,

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Tilly: know, stuff like being

involved uh, trying to find a

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friend, and she's smiling, and just

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Tilly: things to build those, you

know, those moments where I was

464

:

Dan 1: oxytocin, that ponder,

admittedly whilst being ill it's

465

:

been a bit harder because she's, you

466

:

Tilly: know, she's just been

467

:

Dan 1: a lot more fussy

468

:

Tilly: fussy and

469

:

Dan 1: and I'm the sort

of person who wants

470

:

Tilly: time to

471

:

do things.

472

:

Dan 1: to do stuff like

podcast stuff or whatever.

473

:

And I've just found that she just won't.

474

:

Tilly: Oh, I'm getting

475

:

Dan 1: that time between

sort of feed and change.

476

:

And so I'm finding that quite difficult

because I'm getting a bit as it were,

477

:

because I'm wanting to do podcast stuff.

478

:

And she's something

479

:

Tilly: I mean, another change.

480

:

Dan 1: And honestly, I think

she was on 20, more than 20

481

:

changes a day at certain points,

482

:

because there were times when

she would literally piss every

483

:

Tilly: minutes.

484

:

Dan 1: 30 minutes.

485

:

Tilly: Yeah.

486

:

Dan 1: So yeah, I think.

487

:

I think I've been

488

:

Tilly: better at, at,

489

:

trying to

490

:

engage with her.

491

:

and since there was lots

492

:

Dan 1: and so there was

493

:

Tilly: moments, before

494

:

we

495

:

Dan 1: all came down

with some weird illness.

496

:

How about

497

:

you?

498

:

What's your high?

499

:

I

500

:

Tilly: I think just

having it around family.

501

:

Christmas has been really nice.

502

:

Yeah.

503

:

You know, to share That with her.

504

:

and seeing how, like, happy she

makes our family being around.

505

:

Her being so comfortable

around them as well.

506

:

Yeah.

507

:

Who are really happy and proud that

we've sort of socialised her well.

508

:

not like she's,

509

:

unattached, that

510

:

she doesn't care who she's with,

but she still seeks comfort from us.

511

:

Yeah.

512

:

Um, but

513

:

Dan 1: I think that would

be a fair problem to have.

514

:

Live podcast, podcast exclusive.

515

:

Tilly: one,

516

:

Dan 1: watch it on the video

now, because I didn't see it,

517

:

because I'm on the wrong angle.

518

:

Tilly: you know, we can give it to mum

as she's really comfortable with my

519

:

mum or my, oh, a sister or whatever.

520

:

that's really nice.

521

:

She's

522

:

still kind of connected to where we are,

523

:

which is

524

:

good.

525

:

Dan 1: But then, she's very comfortable

kind of being with other people.

526

:

Tilly: think that's been

what's your Yesterday

527

:

Dan 1: my funny, okay, so yesterday

528

:

Tilly: we were discussing, so we,

529

:

were watching, we've

530

:

been an odd show but we've been binge

531

:

Dan 1: but we've been binge

watching Louisie Farru

532

:

Tilly: we

533

:

were watching the

534

:

Capernaum,

535

:

crying, and

536

:

Dan 1: watching the

537

:

Tilly: moment in

538

:

Louis

539

:

Dan 1: episode, and there was a

moment in Louis Farru whereby,

540

:

Tilly: Catherine Ryan

541

:

her daughter,

542

:

a 13 year old

543

:

daughter, which is the simplest of

544

:

Dan 1: about 13 I think,

545

:

Tilly: are

546

:

wearing the same outfit.

547

:

Dan 1: outfit.

548

:

Tilly: You're

549

:

a happy girl

550

:

today.

551

:

And I found, and I I really

552

:

Dan 1: like the

553

:

Tilly: of

554

:

Dan 1: of

555

:

Tilly: wearing the

556

:

same clothes as your

child for two reasons.

557

:

Firstly,

558

:

it promotes this idea

of dressing your child

559

:

Dan 1: to be

560

:

Tilly: a, an accessory of yours.

561

:

secondly, it's for them from

562

:

Dan 1: their own

563

:

Tilly: their own identity

564

:

Dan 1: like clothing or whatever.

565

:

She's trying to now.

566

:

She's trying to

567

:

Tilly: all right, my brother.

568

:

It's all right, you've been good,

569

:

you won't be on the podcast.

570

:

Dan 1: And

571

:

Tilly: and so,

572

:

Dan 1: That's my

573

:

Tilly: and

574

:

so

575

:

Dan 1: I was saying

something along those lines.

576

:

You, you were saying, well,

577

:

Tilly: it's a child and they want.

578

:

to

579

:

Dan 1: You know, wear the same

580

:

Tilly: Yeah, I'm a little

bit older, I think.

581

:

yeah, then that's fine.

582

:

Dan 1: And, and I said, no,

I'm not going to allow it.

583

:

I want them

584

:

Tilly: to be original and unique.

585

:

Dan 1: unique.

586

:

No, no.

587

:

So turned to her and she just

spat up a load of vomiting milk

588

:

Tilly: And I

589

:

Dan 1: moment.

590

:

Tilly: like, okay, you

591

:

may disagree with that, I'm sure it's a

dress exactly like her daddy, but it was

592

:

the perfect timing

593

:

might want to be unique.

594

:

to Turn around and then bleh.

595

:

Yeah,

596

:

Dan 1: me,

597

:

Tilly: we, we, we don't

want her to be a doll.

598

:

We barely ever put her

in a matching outfit.

599

:

She's not looking too bad today.

600

:

She didn't break in today, actually.

601

:

Yeah, people gave us a lot of girly stuff.

602

:

which I

603

:

didn't expect.

604

:

No, I knew.

605

:

so I didn't want us to find out

gender, because I knew we'd get it.

606

:

Yeah, but I

607

:

Dan 1: I thought, given that,

you know, she was, she would

608

:

Tilly: been a rhyme by

609

:

Dan 1: the time people

started sending gifts.

610

:

Tilly: thought

611

:

that those

612

:

who bought their gifts

before would get new

613

:

Dan 1: her gender

614

:

Tilly: it to us.

615

:

Yeah, a lot more wasted.

616

:

Yeah,

617

:

which I thought was

618

:

strange.

619

:

I didn't

620

:

think that, yeah, in 2023, given how

621

:

kind

622

:

of progressive

623

:

a lot of our

624

:

family is.

625

:

Dan 1: is.

626

:

Tilly: and,

627

:

and the, we places that we,

628

:

less aggressive when it comes to gender.

629

:

yeah.

630

:

Like I'm

631

:

Dan 1: not, you know, I'm

not stupidly povert, I'm not

632

:

trying to raise some sort of

633

:

Tilly: don't mind.

634

:

Dan 1: absolutely gender fluid.

635

:

I'm just trying to keep her completely

open to be exactly who she wants to be.

636

:

Tilly: that

637

:

Dan 1: that be tomboy,

girl, boy, you know,

638

:

Tilly: whatever, whatever

639

:

Dan 1: she decides is her path.

640

:

Tilly: Support that.

641

:

little monkey feet.

642

:

Yeah.

643

:

I have big monkey feet.

644

:

Dan 1: So what

645

:

Tilly: your funny then?

646

:

My funny is funny and scatting one.

647

:

Oh, okay.

648

:

We

649

:

Dan 1: We can thank

Franck to scale after this

650

:

Tilly: so it's actually while

you were up here getting stuff

651

:

ready, mum gave me a call.

652

:

So I went to see granny.

653

:

We were just chatting away.

654

:

And suddenly Zoe's just such a

big shit that it woke Fatty up,

655

:

like, bounding over and sort of looking,

like, and then she does another one,

656

:

he's like, oh, and he was just so like on

alert about your massive loud pose that

657

:

you were doing, it just kept on coming.

658

:

Yeah, it was a proper big shit.

659

:

Yeah.

660

:

Yeah.

661

:

You were very happy with yourself.

662

:

I can

663

:

imagine.

664

:

Because you were squirming away

665

:

before.

666

:

Not unhappy, but just literally.

667

:

Dan 1: I hope

668

:

Tilly: So that was pretty good.

669

:

I enjoyed her, her pre

waking fatty hour, you see.

670

:

You did.

671

:

Dan 1: Hi guys, thank you

very much for listening.

672

:

We really appreciate it.

673

:

And if you're enjoying it, please

let us know by leaving a review

674

:

or sending us some feedback.

675

:

The email is blabberingpod at gmail.

676

:

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677

:

We'd love to hear your stories, any

feedback, any news, any thoughts.

678

:

Also, you can find us on Instagram.

679

:

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680

:

We're active on there as well.

681

:

So you could DM us and Yeah, if

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682

:

a rating if you've got a bit more

Please leave a review the words are

683

:

very helpful and give us a follow.

684

:

Cheers.

685

:

Enjoy the rest of the episode

686

:

You haven't done the intro

yet for Skiddly Bop Bop.

687

:

Tilly: We're moving into sketch hour.

688

:

Dan 1: Okay, we're moving into full blown

689

:

Tilly: sketch hour.

690

:

Skiddy op pa pa pa, sketch hour!

691

:

old

692

:

Dan 1: how long I'm going

to have to keep that up

693

:

for.

694

:

Tilly: know.

695

:

So, yesterday, the

696

:

Skidamundi

697

:

Dan 1: cinema, baby

698

:

Tilly: girl, who they're what?

699

:

Dan 1: Skiddly Wonka.

700

:

Tilly: How far

701

:

was it?

702

:

10 minutes It wasn't

703

:

that far at all.

704

:

Yeah, it was

705

:

Dan 1: maximum 20 minutes in.

706

:

Tilly: lasted the adverts.

707

:

Yeah, so she hadn't pooped

708

:

after

709

:

Dan 1: nearly two.

710

:

Yeah, because she hadn't pooed

711

:

Tilly: That night.

712

:

She often doesn't poop

713

:

Dan 1: does a poo either

714

:

Tilly: in the night or

715

:

Dan 1: or in the pooed that

716

:

Tilly: poop at night.

717

:

And

718

:

Dan 1: And I think the earliest

she'd pooed was that morning, the

719

:

morning before, so it must have been

720

:

Tilly: about a day and a half.

721

:

Dan 1: So we knew a big one was

722

:

Tilly: and then I

723

:

was

724

:

Dan 1: was just sat

there in the cinema, and

725

:

Tilly: I was hoping,

726

:

Dan 1: her and feeding her milk.

727

:

Tilly: as

728

:

impossible, she was

729

:

Dan 1: that she was hungry, it

was the reason why she was crying.

730

:

Tilly: While I

731

:

Dan 1: I was holding her bottle,

I just felt this huge rip and

732

:

Tilly: the sculpture just lying in,

733

:

Dan 1: in in the hand.

734

:

Tilly: As

735

:

Dan 1: the cinema was going on, and I

was like, Oh fuck, she's about to just,

736

:

Tilly: have

737

:

Dan 1: bawl her eyes out as soon as

738

:

Tilly: done.

739

:

And so I started

740

:

trying to move, and then

741

:

she started crying while I was

742

:

Dan 1: to carry her.

743

:

Got out, and she had absolutely filled her

744

:

Tilly: her napkins, and

745

:

through to

746

:

Dan 1: the men's toilets,

and they're on the changing

747

:

Tilly: tables.

748

:

Dan 1: And it's all like, she's

managed to poo so much it's

749

:

come out the front of the nappy.

750

:

Tilly: Which is a rarity.

751

:

and lo And,

752

:

Dan 1: lo and behold, We

didn't have wet wipes,

753

:

which was

754

:

Tilly: to make sure that we do.

755

:

After they've gone way down.

756

:

Yep.

757

:

I need to remember to

grab the spare wet wipes.

758

:

Dan 1: And so I to use these little

759

:

those

760

:

Tilly: little cotton bud things.

761

:

They're not cotton buds.

762

:

No, that's going out.

763

:

It's cotton wool.

764

:

Dan 1: Those discs, cotton discs.

765

:

My shots came with ear buds.

766

:

That would take That would

767

:

take

768

:

a very long time.

769

:

Tilly: very long time.

770

:

and So

771

:

that was

772

:

That

773

:

was quite a lot of cotton

774

:

Dan 1: of cotton disks, and

it was a very wet poo, so it

775

:

ended up leaking up over the

776

:

Tilly: that and

777

:

Dan 1: and trying to clean the, not the

changing mat, but the changing table,

778

:

Tilly: and trying to clean the

779

:

Dan 1: changing table with the,

780

:

Tilly: with the wipes, It was,

781

:

Dan 1: was a lot,

782

:

Tilly: it was a lot, but

783

:

it

784

:

was

785

:

funny, Funny in the end.

786

:

Dan 1: in the end.

787

:

Tilly: Yeah.

788

:

So

789

:

lots of just

790

:

lots of poos.

791

:

She's

792

:

had some pretty,

793

:

big poos this week actually.

794

:

She's had quite a lot of big poos,

795

:

So do you like fondling her

nappy like you fondle poo?

796

:

I don't dog poo.

797

:

You do fondle it.

798

:

In the back, but

799

:

you do fondle it.

800

:

Yeah, so when he

801

:

poos,

802

:

our dog,

803

:

eats 60 kilos,

804

:

Dan 1: kilos, doesn't just drop

805

:

Tilly: like

806

:

little mouse droppings.

807

:

proper big.

808

:

Roundup

809

:

Man poo.

810

:

Well, yeah, like,

811

:

think about,

812

:

you know, it's

813

:

Dan 1: bigger than a tennis

814

:

Tilly: his head.

815

:

It's for Roundup Man shirts.

816

:

Yeah, it's proper, it's proper

817

:

poo.

818

:

and,

819

:

it's like a morning poo.

820

:

Oh yeah,

821

:

when you're doing your first big one

822

:

day.

823

:

yeah,

824

:

You

825

:

Dan 1: don't you?

826

:

Tilly: you?

827

:

Morning poo.

828

:

And so,

829

:

I'll

830

:

often then, after that,

I will just hold it

831

:

Dan 1: it in my hand, not

like by the end, but like,

832

:

let it just sit in my hand as it were,

because it's quite nice and warm,

833

:

Tilly: sometimes I do scrunch

834

:

Dan 1: it into a ball,

835

:

Tilly: just leave it in my hands.

836

:

Yeah, Will's face when you're doing that.

837

:

Will came for a walk.

838

:

Will's a

839

:

dunker.

840

:

Dunker.

841

:

But I

842

:

Dan 1: mean, we've got

pretty strong bags, so I'm

843

:

Tilly: that tall.

844

:

And it

845

:

warms

846

:

my hands a lot.

847

:

Do you want me to do it?

848

:

No, because it doesn't

849

:

Dan 1: the nappies are so thick, and

850

:

Tilly: not outside in the

851

:

Dan 1: cold when I change her.

852

:

We tend to

853

:

Tilly: sometimes, to be fair.

854

:

Our house

855

:

Dan 1: Our house can be, but

in those instances, I'm usually

856

:

Tilly: up.

857

:

Dan 1: house is generally

warmer than the outdoors.

858

:

Tilly: warmer

859

:

recently.

860

:

Yeah.

861

:

I think the insulation's helped.

862

:

Yeah,

863

:

Dan 1: Zoe?

864

:

Tilly: yeah.

865

:

Dan 1: no.

866

:

Well a very

867

:

Tilly: Getting towards touchy.

868

:

Getting towards, oh yeah?

869

:

no.

870

:

Yep,

871

:

so, we've got a few there.

872

:

old

873

:

online.

874

:

Dan 1: Oh

875

:

Tilly: here's a good one.

876

:

Dan 1: one.

877

:

Got two

878

:

Tilly: actually,

879

:

Dan 1: do do a Christmasy

one even though this

880

:

Tilly: So, first

881

:

Christmas

882

:

Dan 1: we were six and a half years old.

883

:

old, a tiny little Santa for

884

:

little the tree.

885

:

the

886

:

Tilly: tree.

887

:

Dan 1: went to the mall to have

him get, well, well, in the

888

:

Tilly: Shopping

889

:

Dan 1: centre.

890

:

the shopping to go take a photo of Santa.

891

:

was, sat Santa's

892

:

There she was, sat on Santa's lap,

893

:

Tilly: camera

894

:

Dan 1: the camera clicked, he

gifted us with a poo explosion right

895

:

exploding right on Santa's lap.

896

:

erupted, the

897

:

the photo was hilariously,

898

:

Tilly: hilariously

899

:

Dan 1: A quick cleanup followed.

900

:

Even

901

:

Tilly: Santa was

902

:

Dan 1: safe from a diaper disaster.

903

:

Get him a little poo

904

:

Tilly: So yeah, at least we

didn't do something like that.

905

:

Next year, if she's chubby

enough, I'm 100 percent dressing

906

:

her up as Christmas pudding.

907

:

Yeah, and then

908

:

you get

909

:

Dan 1: then you're gonna take a

910

:

Tilly: innit?

911

:

When they're older and they want

to do it, I think it's alright.

912

:

Dan 1: Yeah, if they

913

:

Tilly: to.

914

:

do it.

915

:

I don't think they need to

force her into doing it.

916

:

She's like, she's not going to do it.

917

:

At like, what, 14 months?

918

:

Dan 1: Yeah.

919

:

Tilly: Yeah, that's right.

920

:

You'll be 14 months.

921

:

Chubby, chubby.

922

:

chubby,

923

:

chubby, you going to enjoy

getting chubby, aren't you?

924

:

I'm going to

925

:

try

926

:

Dan 1: and quickly re read that so

I don't make so many fuck ups in it.

927

:

That's

928

:

Tilly: Yeah, I think that's.

929

:

Dan 1: I won't

930

:

Tilly: do

931

:

Dan 1: Okay,

932

:

Tilly: it.

933

:

Dan 1: Okay, on the Where is it?

934

:

Where

935

:

here we go.

936

:

It

937

:

was

938

:

that

939

:

picture day and we wanted

a natural naked shot.

940

:

Our three month old son,

941

:

Just as the photographer said

smile, he unleashed a pee fountain,

942

:

Tilly: under the

943

:

Dan 1: camera.

944

:

and the camera.

945

:

The

946

:

The photographer stunned lady with picture

947

:

itself.

948

:

We all couldn't giggling.

949

:

The

950

:

lesson

951

:

Tilly: she learned was

952

:

Dan 1: always have a diaper on

953

:

on during

954

:

Tilly: Be less dramatic.

955

:

It'd be like a little Yeah, popping

up a bit when it's full, so we'd get a

956

:

little spout of milk out of my nipple.

957

:

Yeah, you've done

958

:

that a few yeah.

959

:

I mean, it's a really thin, like, shot

960

:

of milk.

961

:

Because the holes are quite small,

it's like a really thin, like

962

:

sprayed

963

:

Dan 1: her in the

964

:

Tilly: on the face, Yeah.

965

:

Milk facials you've had a

few She obviously gets a

966

:

lot of milk from her hair.

967

:

you get too excited for a girl,

she's like, and it all sorts

968

:

of like, slides down her mouth.

969

:

You've become a lot more drooly this week.

970

:

Yeah,

971

:

I

972

:

Dan 1: think her teeth

973

:

Tilly: chewing her hand a bit.

974

:

And

975

:

her clothes.

976

:

Dan 1: Like, if she has a

muslin, she'll put it in her

977

:

Tilly: teeth, baby.

978

:

Yeah, it is.

979

:

I have a look at your

980

:

channel?

981

:

Can

982

:

Dan 1: a look at your gum?

983

:

I

984

:

can't see no

985

:

Tilly: very happy bird.

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Dan 1: She's been very happy today.

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Ooh.

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Ooh.

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Tilly: it.

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Dan 1: Right then.

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Tilly: Do we have any army caring

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Dan 1: parent

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Tilly: I'm

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a

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caring parent.

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but because he's

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been waking up so much.

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during the night I have been

like, I could just dump her in

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the room in the cot sometimes.

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Dan 1: that before.

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No, no, it's my

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Tilly: I said I'll put my head on

my bed it's no mattress, so she'll

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be laying on bare wooden slats.

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I wouldn't do that to you.

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Dan 1: I'm a caring parent, but I've got

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Tilly: look straight ahead,

because we do not know it,

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Dan 1: So much so that you've

just stopped giving her to me

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Tilly: to get past it

and look straight ahead.

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Dan 1: Yeah, so I'm feeling

a bit flat because I didn't

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get much sleep last night.

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You were a bit, you were

being a bit precious last

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Tilly: well, Yay!

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you?

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said you'd be awake at one

in the morning, didn't you?

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You're that wide awake

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have A late edition funny.

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Oh, okay.

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Not quite about her, but about Christmas

So we'd, on Christmas Day, there 16

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of us, I think in total, wasn't there.

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So, like,

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three of my sisters were

there, and they had their kids

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so that was, two nieces and a

nephew, so a five year old, a

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three year old and a two year old.

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We give them all their

sort of their main present.

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Then we also got like a little

cabaret selection box, you

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know the classic ones you get.

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So they'll open up a selection

box, there's Maisie, who's

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the eldest, who's five,

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and obviously had a few of these already.

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They opened it up.

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so I just threw it on the table

And was like, so disgusting.

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She's like, I've already

got loads of these.

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And I was like, all right.

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I mean, since when has a kid

not wanted more chocolate?

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But it was a very funny

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reaction, I did enjoy

it, she's very sassy.

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Whereas Frankie's reaction,

he's our nephew, he's three, he

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opened it up and was like Yes!

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I've already got loads of chocolate!

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I that is what I thought more the better.

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It's

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Dan 1: Exactly.

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But I guess not for Maisie if

she wants to smash Davo on tape

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Tilly::

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Dan 1: baby.

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Tilly: Oh, you did a little dance, yeah.

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Bubba's doing a little dance with you.

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party tonight.

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Fried food?

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Games?

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Really?

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Yes!

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We'll get

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some.

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fried flavoured chicken milk.

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Crikey,

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Dan 1: to try and play

Guess Who, aren't we?

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Tilly: might just be fried food in this

programme you found for us to watch.

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Dan 1: Yeah, because Guess

Who's going to piss me off.

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Tilly: who?

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It just baffles him, I don't understand.

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I was saying

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you're all mad, I just, can't

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I

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Dan 1: think people have

explained this game to

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Tilly: was just thinking, it's

amazing, like little kids play it.

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Dan 1: What do you do?

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Tilly: You ask questions.

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Yeah.

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Dan 1: Because I didn't quite link

it to the idea of 20 questions.

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Is

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It's

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Tilly: crying?

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No?

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Are you going to dance?

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Are you always crying?

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No?

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Are you going to dance some

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Dan 1: and going to shout.

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Tilly: then,

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Dan 1: sign off.

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Well.

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Tilly: I guess we will

chat to you next year.

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Dan 1: It'll be next year by the time

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Tilly: Yeah, but I mean, we'll, for us,

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Next year.

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Bye!

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Ha ha ha ha

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Tilly: Hi, my lovelies.

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Thank you for listening.

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