Episode 26
25 - Half a Year Hooray!
Blabbering: Babies!
Welcome to Episode 25 - Baby's now 6 months, but our second week of Tilly back at work has not got an as well...
๐๏ธ Episode Drop Alert: "Half a Year Hooray!" ๐๐ถ Episode 25 celebrates the six-month mark of baby's life with laughter, learning curves, and a bit of culinary creativity. Hereโs whatโs inside:
1๏ธโฃ Six-Month Milestone: Dive into the celebration and challenges as baby girl hits the half-year mark, complete with all the playful tugs and giggles. ๐๐
2๏ธโฃ Parenting Under Pressure: Tilly and Dan share their attempts to juggle work, parenting, and self-care, highlighting the hustle of everyday life with a baby. ๐ผ๐ถ Daily Dynamics: Listen in on Dan's new role in handling more household chores and cooking, reflecting a shift in family responsibilities. ๐ณ๐งน
3๏ธโฃ Culinary Adventures: From haggis mac and cheese to caramel peanut pudding, explore the fun and fumbles of their family meals. ๐ง๐ฎ
4๏ธโฃ Sleep Struggles: The couple discusses their ongoing efforts to improve babyโs sleep routines, facing the ups and downs of nighttime parenting. ๐๐ค
5๏ธโฃ Routine Rethinking: With Tilly back at work and Dan adjusting to full-time parenting, they explore finding a new normal in their family dynamics. ๐๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ง
๐ง Join us for a heartwarming episode filled with the realities of parenting, seasoned with humor and love. #HalfYearHooray #FamilyLife #PodcastJourney ๐๏ธ๐
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Transcript
Welcome to this week's episode, guys.
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:time Zoe is turning six months,
that's right, her half birthday.
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:Very exciting.
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:We're also going to be covering feeding
challenges, adjusting to the work home
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:routines, physical and emotional strains
that just life of parents, I suppose.
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:please stay tuned.
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:Dan 1: okay, episode 25.
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:Tilly: 25.
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:Mmm.
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:Oh,
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:baby is officially.
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:six months.
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:as of
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:Dan 1: of
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:Tilly: Yesterday.
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:Two No.
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:Dan 1: No, yeah,
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:Tilly: yesterday.
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:Eleven minutes past two in the morning.
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:Dan 1: She's currently
feeding she's a bit hyper.
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:We keep trying to tire her
out, but she's not having it.
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:She's decided, uh,
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:Tilly: sleep when you
were having Lyon today.
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:And then she slept for an hour
on the way, on the way to the
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:National Trust and on the way back.
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:Oh, she keeps
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:tugging on my nipple today.
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:Like, she's always done a bit of
tugging, but she's now really like,
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:she proper clamps down, like, Mmm,
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:and like,
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:Dan 1: and roll.
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:Tilly: and sort of like, stretches
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:it.
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:And it's just like, oh, pretty sharp
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:pain.
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:Right, can we just, let's see.
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:Come on, sleepy, sleepy time.
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:I'll do some rocking like a crazy person.
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:Alright, so might be a little bit
patchy, Yeah a very patchy episode
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:we're trying to do it quickly.
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:Why are try to do it quickly?
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:Because itate and we've got a
macaroni and cheese in the oven.
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:Yeah, it's already half six.
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:It's late for us.
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:And we've
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:got haggis mac and cheese.
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:which is what your request was
for Sunday lunch this weekend.
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:Any of your faves?
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:Dan 1: Yep.
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:Tilly: And then you've got
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:caramel peanut pudding,
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:definitely.
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:more yours than mine I
think, because it's very
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:Dan 1: So talk to me about the Mac cheese.
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:Tilly: So,
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:creamy creamy macaroni
cheese, classic, you know.
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:But I went for a rogue new
ingredient, I've put some
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:processed cheese in this time.
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:Because it in American, it's
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:meant to improve the texture, because it
never really gets hard like a regular.
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:cheese would when it sets up.
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:So it should stay like a creamier texture.
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:Dan 1: text.
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:Tilly: Because of the good
processed nature of So we'll see.
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:And then on top.
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:delicious haggis.
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:Which goes really nice
and crisp in the oven,
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:doesn't it?
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:It's really nice.
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:And a little crumble of,
because we had some left over,
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:They're very nice though.
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:Because normally I don't
like flavoured crisps.
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:I'm quite boring.
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:I like really salted.
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:Dan 1: I don't
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:Tilly: Because I don't know if there's
any sort of sweetness in them, but
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:these are, those are completely
savory, which is why I quite like them.
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:Dan 1: As Mate said about his
partner, the most white girl thing,
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:she doesn't like flavoured crisps.
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:Tilly: crisps.
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:She
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:doesn't
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:Dan 1: white girl thing.
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:But her partner doesn't
like flavoured crisps.
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:Because I went round to his,
and he had those, you know
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:those Doritos lightly salted.
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:And I was like, what the fuck
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:Tilly: but actual Doritos?
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:Just buy basic tortilla
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:Dan 1: I get that, but anyway,
what's the point of them?
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:Doesn't, they are so lightly salted, it's
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:Tilly: Yeah, I like it heavily salted.
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:That's what I want.
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:I want a heavily salted tortilla chip.
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:That's what I
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:want.
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:Because then it's for dipping.
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:I do like a plain crisp, or a chip,
if we have an American audience,
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:like we have that viewing audience.
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:Yeah, but anyway, you think I'm
weird for liking really salty
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:crisps the most, but there we go.
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:Dan 1: think it's weird that
that's your main flavour, I feel
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:Tilly: don't really,
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:Dan 1: like vanilla with
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:Tilly: I'm just not a
crisp person, darling.
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:I'm not really a crispy person.
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:But I love salt, so if I'm I'm salty.
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:So I don't mind other
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:flavours, They're A little
bit sweet, there's a lot of
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:sweet edges and I'm like,
I've got no time for that.
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:It's completely savoury,
I'm all up for it.
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:it's like a cheese flavour, I quite
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:Dan 1: You don't like.
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:cheese and onion that much.
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:Tilly: No, because they put sugar in it.
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:Dan 1: it.
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:Sour cream and onion?
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:Tilly: put sugar in it.
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:I like all these.
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:but if they put sugar in them,
I'm like, ugh, I can taste It
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:Dan 1: Just try the
bouncer thing straight off
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:Yeah, she
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:Tilly: is not having it,
can you grab her from me.
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:Yeah,
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:Dan 1: at you bounce!
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:Okay, so we're back on.
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:We've moved the baby girl to one
of those springy door things.
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:I know you're not really meant
to use them, but here we are.
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:Here we are, eh?
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:Tilly: If she gets hip
dysplasia, be like, I can
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:get to hydrotherapy.
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:Dan 1: are we finished discussing
the mac and cheese and the food?
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:Tilly: can talk you through
the caramel pudding if you
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:Dan 1: Oh yeah, talk to us about
the leaky tit on the loose.
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:Tilly: a, just a touch of dribble.
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:That's fine.
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:So you've got these little caramel peanut
cookies, which are a bit kind of like a
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:Florentine.
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:Yeah, so they're a crunchy
caramel peanut cookie, and then
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:I made it like a sort of mousse
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:with peanut butter, caramel, cream, and I
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:just layered them up.
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:kind of a winner for you, really.
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:Mm hmm.
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:Dan 1: do love that.
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:Um,
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:Tilly: be a good one for you.
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:Um, whatever you don't the freezer.
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:Ooh, frozen dessert.
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:A moment so you don't eat it all.
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:Okay,
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:Dan 1: been your second week off.
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:Yeah, and getting into rhythm.
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:Most definitely.
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:Tilly: this week has been
your second week off.
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:second week full week, I guess.
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:First full week at work.
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:Yeah.
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:I think we're still getting to the rhythm.
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:Most
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:Dan 1: definitely
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:Tilly: maybe this week is the
week where we find our rhythm.
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:We can hope.
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:I think I found it more
of a struggle this week.
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:Dan 1: I definitely did, yeah.
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:Tilly: Just
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:feeling like we're trying to balance
everything, Felt a lot harder this
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:week, I think.
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:I don't know, yeah, I think
because my work is quite busy.
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:I've got A lot of projects that are
coming to an end and starting, and
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:stuff, so it's just quite a lot of work.
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:And So I'm struggling
to finish like on time.
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:Dan 1: Yeah.
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:Tilly: Which then it bleeds into
our evenings, which means that I've
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:not been as much of a support to
you in the evenings as I want to be.
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:Or I've not been able to do the
things at the gym that I want to do.
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:Dan 1: do.
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:Yeah.
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:Tilly: So therefore like, yeah, my
self care the care of, My care of
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:looking after You I don't know if I
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:said that in English, but you know what
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:I
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:Dan 1: care.
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:Hasn't
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:Tilly: My couple care.
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:Hasn't been good either.
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:Which I think hasn't added which has added
to the fact that you have felt Okay, It's
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:been a massive change for you, isn't it?
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:Dan 1: you've gone
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:Tilly: Because you've gone from
someone who sort of does work, and then
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:because combination of me being off.
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:and also me breastfeeding, And I'm someone
who normally does the housework and away.
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:and cooking to suddenly
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:So actually, you weren't actually
having to do much other than work.
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:I'm not saying, I'm
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:not
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:Dan 1: I'm not disagreeing.
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:Um, but you know, being doing work,
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:Tilly: like you've gone from, yeah,
being doing work, and then very little.
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:housework.
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:never having to cook.
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:Having to look after Bubs
probably max an hour, most days.
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:Maybe an hour and a half.
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:Dan 1: having to look after the
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:Tilly: Weekends, absolutely
more, but on a weekday.
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:So then suddenly you're
having to look after her.
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:You know, for the majority of the time.
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:Dan 1: the majority of the day, and I'm
doing most of the sort of daily cleaning,
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:Tilly: you're doing dinner
which is very new for you.
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:Dan 1: And that's where I really
struggle in those evenings.
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:Where by your work bleeds later because
it's then, well, when am I making dinner?
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:You still working?
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:Tilly: Yeah.
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:So this week I'm gonna be, I'm gonna
try and be much firmer with this.
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:might start setting myself an alarm
half an hour before I want to finish.
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:So I can start sort of,
start curtailing my day.
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:Because I think if I suddenly realise, oh
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:Shit.
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:It's five to four.
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:I want to try and finish by four.
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:Dan 1: Yeah.
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:Tilly: But I'm still like, in
a part of the project where I
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:can't really just stop right now.
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:So, Then, obviously, then I go, Okay,
well now I am, like, bleeding, like, sort
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:of winding down.
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:But by the time I finish
it's half or quarter to five.
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:Dan 1: project.
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:Yeah.
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:What's up, baby
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:Tilly: And
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:then we're getting into
sort of dinner time.
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:, and she's, and she gets
tetchy at that time of day.
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:So
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:that's when
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:Dan 1: case now.
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:So, she tends
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:Tilly: time, as is right now.
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:So she tends to want me because she
wants a few feeds and then for a sleep.
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:Dan 1: Do you her on the boob one
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:Tilly: Is this going to
work, or do we just stop it?
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:Yeah sure, let's try it
one more time, it's fine.
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:Dan 1: Ok, let's see how
long this lasts then.
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:As she yanks at tit.
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:Tilly: Yeah.
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:But Yeah, so this week I definitely
want to be better at finishing on
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:time, both So I can help out more,
like, help support you more in the
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:evenings, because obviously that's when,
obviously you've had a full day, but at
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:that point you're kind of like, done,
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:which is absolutely Fair enough.
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:She's tetchy.
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:And obviously like I would like, to,
maybe this isn't working, I would like
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:to get my sort of workouts in as well.
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:So yeah, that's sort of what I'm
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:going to try and do this week.
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:Dan 1: I mean that's going to be
problematic anyway because of the way
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:it's scheduled in terms of like you say,
you're, I'm going to finish a full day
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:of it and she's going to be in touch
with it where she wants breastfeeding but
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:you're going to want to go to the gym.
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:I mean how's that going to work anyway?
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:Tilly: I guess I'll just go
back to the gym in the mornings.
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:Dan 1: Or go to the gym
once she's gone to bed.
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:I went
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:Tilly: I won't sleep though.
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:I'm not really
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:gonna
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:Dan 1: going to the gym at 8.
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:Tilly: No, I
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:Dan 1: you said previously.
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:You were like, oh, I
quite like going at 8.
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:I
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:Tilly: I do not want to
have to be like, sleeping,
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:in good times.
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:That moment is important
because our sleep is disrupted.
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:I wasn't going to bed till ten, maybe so.
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:Ooh!
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:She's real tuggy.
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:So yeah,
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:I guess it's like, wherever
you like, do I do it?
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:First thing in the
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:morning.
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:or try and do it at the day.
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:Who knows?
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:Try and figure that out this week.
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:And then you need to
try and get your stuff
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:in as well this week, don't you?
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:No,
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:Dan 1: Yeah, I'm just trying to work
out whenever I start talking about it.
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:We can cut it off and then talk
about my week and start again.
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:Tilly: Yeah, she's not settling
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:Dan 1: Okay,
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:Tilly: was actually quite
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:Dan 1: We are off ski for take
two, the following day, Okay, so
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:i talked about how my week went
and how i want to make it better.
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:Your turn.
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:Yeah, well, I guess we were
discussing kind of how our last
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:week was actually quite hard and
how it didn't kind of go as planned.
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:I think, yeah, it definitely felt
like quite a struggle last week.
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:Because I guess this is take two,
because we've had to do it the
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:following day, so it's now Monday,
so I'm referring to it as last week.
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:Because on the Sunday, I'd
done loads and loads of DIY.
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:Tilly: DIY.
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:Dan 1: Well not loads of DIY,
but I was gardening, cutting down
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:trees and
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:Tilly: of gardening coming down
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:Dan 1: Sorry, was it?
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:Oh, well, either way.
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:So I was pretty pooped, physically,
pretty knackered, and then she, on Monday,
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:really kind of demanded quite a lot of
attention, and so I was like, I'll walk
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:her around loads, carry her about, and
didn't really think about, like, the toll
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:that would take on my already tired body.
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:Tilly: So
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:Dan 1: So kind of by Tuesday,
I was a bit like, Pretty,
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:Tilly: already.
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:Pretty tired
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:Dan 1: pretty done in already on Tuesday.
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:Tilly: And
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:Dan 1: then yeah, Wednesday it
was all right, came back around on
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:Tilly: Wednesday.
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:We were in my office on Wednesday,
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:weren't we?
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:Dan 1: she was actually really
well behaved in the office.
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:We'll get to that in a bit.
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:And then on Thursday, Yvonne was around
and she didn't really sleep very well.
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:She was a bit, she didn't
have her afternoon sleep.
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:Story of the, story of the season really.
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:And Yeah, the rest of the time it
was alright, but it was, it, it did,
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:it did just feel like quite a lot,
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:Tilly: but it was a big step up.
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:Dan 1: Yeah, so, you know, like you say.
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:Tilly: say, I don't,
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:Dan 1: I won't lie, I don't
really do that much around there.
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:Every so often I do the dishwasher
and, well, I, I meant to do all the
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:dishwashers and I do most of the
dishwashers, but that's about it.
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:Okay, fine.
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:Equal dishwashers?
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:Tilly: say, yeah.
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:Okay,
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:Dan 1: Okay, well now, up until, I
definitely have done more, most of them
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:Tilly: Yeah.
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:Dan 1: And so it's, it's quite an
adjustment because it's kind of, like you
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:say, I didn't really ever, I have that
much time where I'd just look after her.
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:It would only be on the odd occasion
when you'd be going and doing
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:something, or whatever, where I'd have
extended periods looking after her.
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:And so I'm, I'm struggling with the
fact that she, me and her haven't
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:quite got into a routine and got to
some sort of balance that we know.
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:And so, Well, my friend came around
on, on the Saturday and was like,
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:came around for French toast.
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:I was, I'm incredibly grateful that
you did it and I really loved it,
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:but if you could tell I was really
wanting to get the fuck out of the
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:house by the end of, after we'd had it.
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:Cause I was just like, spent
my whole fucking week here.
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:I don't want to be here anymore.
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:I just want to be out of the
house doing something else.
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:And, so I was just pulling him
out of the house, and he was like,
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:Let me see your birthday, and
I was like, Fuck, I don't care.
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:Tilly: I that
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:Dan 1: enough, I wanna go!
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:Tilly: I
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:Dan 1: And I just got a bit stir
crazy with it all, because it is
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:incredibly, like, isolating, in
terms of, you just kind of, wake up,
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:pander to your baby all day, go to bed.
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:And then kind of rinse and repeat and
the only person I see really is you and
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:I don't mean that in a bad way But like
when I'm working I have interaction at
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:least with other people other than you
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:Tilly: Yeah.
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:Dan 1: otherwise it kind of just feels
like I spend a lot of time just Kind of
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:having to be like what should be next?
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:What should be next?
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:What should be next?
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:quite exhausting and doesn't really,
not really I don't know, stimulating,
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:or, I don't know, it doesn't really
create any connection, as it were.
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:You, you don't, that, that sort of social
element isn't ticked, that makes sense.
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:Tilly: it
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:Dan 1: And, I'm not really,
and blokes just don't get it
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:at all, like, he said, he went,
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:Oh, so, you know, what have you
been doing with your time off?
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:You've been hitting the gym,
you've been, and I'm like,
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:mate, you just don't understand.
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:It's not, it's not, it's not time off.
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:It's like, from, from when you start
work at, like, seven, till when you
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:finish work, you just kind of end up
being like, what should I do next?
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:What do I do now?
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:What do I do?
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:And I know, and I know that you
completely get it, because you
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:obviously did it, but it's just kind
of, People just always have, and
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:I think blokes more, because women
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:are a bit more clued up in general.
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:Probably
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:Tilly: not many men tend
to do what you're doing.
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:So actually most men, will just be doing
what you were doing previously, whereas
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:actually, you know, you're actually like
time there involved is like the sole
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:person, there's very little actually.
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:Dan 1: Yeah, and so, yeah,
like, people ask me kind of,
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:what am I doing my time off?
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:And I'm like, mate, I don't get
that much time where I can be
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:like, This is what I'm good at.
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:I'm, I'm trying so hard to build
in some sort of sleep routine
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:so I can have pockets around the
place to just do minimal things.
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:But yeah, it's not.
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:So there's always this kind of
expectation of you've just kind of
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:got time off and that's not really,
it's not really how it works.
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:Yeah, Tilly's looking because
we've got the baby on the
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:monitor and she might be staring.
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:Tilly: be staring.
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:She looks pretty, pretty awake.
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:And she
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:Dan 1: We're to pause and return.
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:Tilly: duvet sneaking that mum is there.
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:She's really thrashing.
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:I think we're going to come
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:I guess
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:Dan 1: Yeah.
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:So I guess to round up before we
move on to the next bit is I think
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:the bit that I struggled a bit with,
and I struggled with today as well.
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:Is that I kind of wake up in the
middle of the morning and I gear
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:myself up in the morning to kind of
try and stimulate her in the morning.
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:Come back of lunch and then her have
a nap and then it comes to lunch time
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:and she just doesn't want to sleep.
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:And then she's then just tetchy all
afternoon and I'm also just kind of a bit
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:dumb of it because I'm like, I've kind
of tried to stimulate you all morning
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:with the hope that you sleep and she's
like, I don't really want to sleep.
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:But she's tired.
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:So she's in a tetchy in my kind
of like, yeah, over it phase.
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:Tilly: Also,
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:Dan 1: And so all I think is like just 17
and a half more years and she's at uni.
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:Yeah,
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:Tilly: I also think, as part of you, I
think your temperament in a way, you're
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:someone who quite quickly I don't know
if it's sort of done with things, or you
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:can at least, you can quite quickly, or
like, maybe not quickly, but once you're
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:done with something, you're done with it.
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:Dan 1: I'm trying to be
a lot better at that.
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:Tilly: and then you, I think
often you can quite easily slip
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:into sort of resentfulness.
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:Dan 1: wouldn't say
resentful, uh, like currently.
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:I get what you mean,
but I wouldn't say that.
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:Tilly: I can see, like sort of the way
you're getting, like, in the evenings
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:and things, you're just like, I think,
how do I describe it, how do I best
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:word it, I'm not trying not to offend
you, because I'm not worried I don't
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:think you're obviously offended,
but yeah, no, I like that sort of
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:Dan 1: It's almost like you
shouldn't record a podcast 15
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:minutes before you go to bed.
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:Tilly: You're someone, and this is
just in general, but this is obviously
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:exemplified when you're tired and you
have been doing a lot of stuff, but
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:if you think someone is just like,
445
:things aren't quite fair, or
you've done a bit too much, or,
446
:Dan 1: I have to tell
myself to get in my lane.
447
:Tilly: Then yeah, you kind of forget a
bit like, why would I have to do this, you
448
:know.
449
:Um,
450
:Dan 1: Yeah.
451
:I have to tell my ego to shut the fuck up.
452
:Tilly: think that's what's
going to be hard for you.
453
:Because obviously you've actually gone
most of our relationship, with arrived
454
:and, I've looked after you quite a lot.
455
:Dan 1: Yeah.
456
:Tilly: You've felt pretty good,
457
:Dan 1: Yeah.
458
:Tilly: you know, cooked your food,
done the housework, washing, just
459
:generally quite cared for you.
460
:Because that's the, that's just,
that's the, that's the thing.
461
:part of my character, not saying
this because any flaw of yours and
462
:so I think that's, it's a massive
adjustment to someone who's putting
463
:on sort of, not like weight on you,
but like, you're fairly doted upon.
464
:Definitely
465
:Dan 1: department.
466
:It's not that I can't do these things.
467
:Like I used to do them for me,
but I haven't had to do long time.
468
:And so no, it's Yeah, that's the hard
469
:Tilly: And, you're having to do
them to, Closer to my standards
470
:rather than your standards.
471
:Dan 1: It's like,
472
:Tilly: Because you'd have
to be living in a mess
473
:for quite a long time.
474
:Dan 1: I'd like cleaner
services once a month.
475
:Tilly: I'd be like,
476
:Dan 1: You're like, I want
them sprayed every day.
477
:I'm like, spray?
478
:What the fuck is spray?
479
:They're just gonna throw water around
and whip a cloth about the place.
480
:Tilly: I don't even mind you doing that.
481
:But you still need to leave
the sides really soggy.
482
:Like if we did it in a way
that sort of dried it up.
483
:I honestly, I'm not, I'm not that
GM of a paper that I would mind.
484
:As long as it looks clean, I'm like, fine.
485
:I don't really care about the germs.
486
:but I just go in there and there's like
dripping surfaces, and you're like,
487
:Dan 1: it'll evaporate, it's fine.
488
:Tilly: UK, not Africa.
489
:Dan 1: Uh,
490
:so another factor actually I was
491
:Tilly: trying to
492
:Dan 1: to settle her to go to sleep
normal now, so we're recording
493
:this now, sans bebe, which is rare,
usually with a baby attached to us.
494
:And so she's currently trying to sleep
downstairs and so our intermission
495
:was trying to get her back to sleep.
496
:Tilly: she's Because we've co
slept with her until now, really.
497
:Like, she's been
498
:Dan 1: But we still can't go to sleep.
499
:Tilly: No, no, we do,
that's what I'm saying.
500
:Like.
501
:Like, we have been trying to
like, we have been transitioning
502
:her more into the next to me.
503
:So she'll often spend like, the first half
of the night in the next to me, and then
504
:the second half's a bit of touch and go.
505
:Dan 1: Yeah.
506
:Tilly: Whereas now we're sort of,
we'd always go to bed together.
507
:So she might be the next to me,
but we'd all go up together,
508
:to go to bed together, go To
509
:Dan 1: To bed a tha.
510
:To bed a tha.
511
:To bed a
512
:bed a
513
:Tilly: said it too many times now.
514
:Dan 1: Bed together.
515
:Tilly: Thank you.
516
:Whereas now we're putting her down, and
then we're having like, we're attempting
517
:to have a bit of evening to ourselves.
518
:Basically it's, you know, it's very
broken up because we keep having to get
519
:up and put, re putting her down, but.
520
:Sign that process and then tomorrow
you're buying her a mattress.
521
:Pick her a mattress.
522
:Dan 1: Yeah, we're just whacking
her straight into a cot bed.
523
:We're not fanning about with all
the different There's like seven
524
:different sizes that you can
Well, there's not, there's four.
525
:Tilly: We just got the one
that my sister gave us,
526
:Dan 1: mood.
527
:Yeah, I know.
528
:Yep, that's because it's a cot bed.
529
:They stay in it till like three.
530
:Well, some say four, but looking
at the length of Zoe, it's
531
:Tilly: Pops it up.
532
:It's fine.
533
:She'll be kicked out
of her sibling anyway.
534
:Dan 1: Yeah she's got that bed
up in the loft that she can have.
535
:Tilly: is it actually
full bed or just part of
536
:the bed?
537
:I'm Well, if not a dad can build a ward.
538
:So
539
:Dan 1: So yeah, that's,
that's being nice though.
540
:When, like, what tends to
happen, is we put her down.
541
:Fifty minutes later she
kind of wakes up and cries.
542
:You go back up, you settle her again, you
put her down, and then she's kind of down.
543
:Tilly: Yeah,
544
:Dan 1: So,
545
:Tilly: and then she tends to disturb
once we go to bed, which makes me think
546
:I'm over the past week I've realized
more and more that I think we're waking
547
:her up more than I think she'd actually
sleep better without us once she was down
548
:Dan 1: you'd still have
those two breaks, but yeah,
549
:Tilly: Because I think like when
we go to bed, or you know, we're
550
:rolling over or you're snoring or
551
:Dan 1: yeah, I can't wait
to be able to snore again.
552
:Tilly: I mean, I'm still there.
553
:Dan 1: Ugh, get rid of you as well then.
554
:Tilly: You can go sleep in the cot.
555
:Me and Zoe will just stay in the bed.
556
:Dan 1: bedroom house?
557
:I've got my baby in one bedroom, me in
another bedroom, my wife in the other.
558
:Tilly: Yep.
559
:So I do think she will
actually sleep quite well.
560
:Separate from us.
561
:Like, once we get her better at
settling I think we should try putting
562
:her in a little sleep sack again.
563
:Dan 1: I don't know if, she might be too
long for it, but we can give it a go.
564
:Tilly: Also, we might be able
to get a summer one soon.
565
:Like, you know, the other
ones without the arms are just
566
:like a little wife beater sleeping bag.
567
:Dan 1: The dream.
568
:Tilly: I think she'll
569
:like that because she obviously likes
flailing her arms around quite a lot.
570
:Dan 1: Yeah.
571
:Tilly: She's quite a blailer.
572
:Dan 1: But like, the whole
benefit is with their arms back
573
:there, they the large benefits.
574
:But you can get them when you zip on and
off the arms, so we can give that a go.
575
:Tilly: Yeah.
576
:But otherwise for
577
:Dan 1: But otherwise anything else you
got to discuss for the week just go on.
578
:Tilly: work, didn't we, on Wednesday?
579
:Dan 1: yeah, yeah, so, I think,
I think in terms of highs, lows,
580
:funnies, that was, that was my high.
581
:I think it was very nice just to
be able to, she, she was absolutely
582
:great the whole of Wednesday.
583
:Yeah, I know, but I
don't know many people.
584
:Tilly: To start, it's been like, driving
out to see your mum for a morning, or My
585
:Dan 1: My mum's incredibly busy.
586
:Tilly: I mean?
587
:Like that sort of thing.
588
:Dan 1: Speaking of which, Will's
mum did say, Oh, you can just
589
:come round whenever you want.
590
:So I'll just start going round to
591
:Tilly: her, go see, go see Margaret.
592
:Yeah.
593
:Dan 1: Yeah?
594
:I might just start doing that, yeah.
595
:How come your car's clocked up so
much miles given that you're always
596
:working from home most of the time?
597
:Well, she's constantly on a baby tour.
598
:Tilly: she's off
599
:Dan 1: Going round to
other people's houses.
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:Tilly: You can go see her and Lil.
601
:Jess is off on a Tuesday.
602
:You can go see Jess on Tuesdays.
603
:it's
604
:Dan 1: A little tour.
605
:A little solar tour every week.
606
:Tilly: My dad's always free.
607
:Yeah.
608
:Dan 1: The solar circus.
609
:Tilly: But it's quite a risk,
and my granny, you can just see
610
:my dad and my granny in Rwanda.
611
:Dan 1: yeah, so she was
actually really great there.
612
:Do you have a high?
613
:Um,
614
:Tilly: yeah, I think
615
:my high was on Saturday,
it was really nice weather.
616
:And when you were out with Will
having some family free time.
617
:Dan 1: so.
618
:Tilly: Me and Zoe.
619
:Had a nice time in the garden, sort of.
620
:I was like, we're trying
to clear out our garden.
621
:No, we're not really
doing it properly, are we?
622
:We're just trying to make it more
usable, because currently it's
623
:just been a bit of a wasteland.
624
:Dan 1: Yeah.
625
:Tilly: And we'd like Zoe to like,
you know, play around in the
626
:grass and stuff in the summer.
627
:So we're sort of on a quick mini
refurb, refresh of the garden.
628
:And so I was pulling loads of weeds and
whatnot and clearing the edges down.
629
:She just sat there in her
little sort of bouncer.
630
:That was really sweet because she'd never
really, she's never felt grass before.
631
:And so she just has, you know,
there's quite long grass.
632
:And so she had her feet in it.
633
:She's sort of swishing her
feet in it, hanging out.
634
:And then sort of like, it's a
completely new sensation for her.
635
:And then reaching down, trying
to grab the grass as well.
636
:So that was really nice.
637
:That's quite sweet.
638
:She was having a whale of a time
in her little cute little sun hat.
639
:And then, I bought a little rug,
so I sat on the rug next to her.
640
:And I had a lolly while
she sucked on a carrot.
641
:Yeah, it's just a nice little bit
of time in the sunshine outdoors.
642
:She's always happy we're outdoors.
643
:Dan 1: Yeah, way happier.
644
:Hence why, hence why so far I
think my average steps has gone
645
:up about 200 percent since looking
Because I'm just constantly
646
:like, okay, fuck this, out we go.
647
:Even though I didn't
648
:Tilly: the week.
649
:So your high was my, work
day, on the Saturday.
650
:Yeah,
651
:Dan 1: that much.
652
:My happiness.
653
:Tilly: I swear the woman
told me it was Wednesday.
654
:Why?
655
:Well, if someone told me, I'm not
going to bother looking it up as well.
656
:I much.
657
:I do care that you don't care for
my my my happiness that much I do
658
:care about your happiness that much.
659
:My 'hahhinesss'.
660
:Dan 1: We'll just have to go
cinema and watch it together.
661
:I I think it's already stopped showing.
662
:I think it comes out in the sky anyway
in like four weeks, three weeks time.
663
:I'll just make us some popcorn.
664
:You'll be fucking making
more than that after that?
665
:Spooky.
666
:Yeah, and um, we
667
:Tilly: think you finally got a pretty
nice breakfast and, slap up lunch.
668
:Dan 1: our dessert, didn't we?
669
:Tilly: Oh yeah, from the weekend.
670
:Dan 1: Yeah.
671
:Tilly: Yep, yep,
672
:Dan 1: It was very tasty.
673
:Very tasty.
674
:The caramel peanut crunch.
675
:And my My low, I think, was
that Monday that we discussed,
676
:Tilly: Yeah,
677
:Dan 1: when just being pretty, pretty
knackered and having to kind of,
678
:Tilly: I think Saturday night
was quite low for you as well.
679
:I felt like you were
pretty low Saturday night.
680
:After
681
:Dan 1: What, after all the gardening,
682
:like a putz o'd,
683
:Tilly: Yeah, you're pretty, yeah,
684
:Dan 1: yeah, I was pretty
685
:Tilly: pretty grumpy pants,
686
:Dan 1: Yeah, a little bit.
687
:Tilly: I was like, you weren't even,
you weren't awkward at all, you
688
:were nice and jolly in the morning,
and you're still grumpy pants.
689
:Dan 1: I didn't get to do all the
basketball that I wanted to do, well,
690
:because there was so many fucking kids
who were like, oh, can I play with you?
691
:Tilly: you went to posh one, you gotta
692
:Dan 1: Yeah, I know.
693
:Well, we haven't tried
out the Henley Court.
694
:You can't just tell rich middle
class Henley kids, Fuck off, you
695
:cunt, I wanna play basketball.
696
:Especially when there's only one hoop.
697
:Whereas here, there's
like, two to four hoops.
698
:So you can just be like,
no, this is my one.
699
:Whereas there's only one
hoop in the whole of Henley.
700
:Tilly: even two, like one at each end of a
701
:Dan 1: Nope.
702
:There's just one hoop in the
middle of a fucking field.
703
:Tilly: don't
704
:Dan 1: It's nearly as Lambo one.
705
:The only difference is there's
asphalt up to the hoop.
706
:So the Lambo one is just fucking grass.
707
:That's atrocious.
708
:But the, but yeah, you miss it.
709
:It rolls down the hill in the
field and you've got to like, chase
710
:after your ball before it ends up
fucking in the Thames or some shit.
711
:Surreal.
712
:So I won't be playing there again.
713
:Wasted time.
714
:Yeah.
715
:Yeah.
716
:And don't forget the Rambo knife I found.
717
:Yeah.
718
:Tilly: broken chairs.
719
:Dan 1: Broken chairs, yeah, yeah,
and beer bottles and glass, just
720
:general, you know, remnants.
721
:so yeah, I was a bit annoyed about that.
722
:I was I wanted to play basketball
and do this stuff, and then it's
723
:a really good plan, and then came
back, and I was, I was, I was more
724
:in the mood to do our national trust.
725
:But then I saw the time, and I was
like, there's no point driving an hour,
726
:it being like the end of Easter, and
so it'd be rammed, because National
727
:Tilly: be random discussions.
728
:You'd think
729
:Dan 1: you'd think we should have.
730
:I just tend to find that if you don't
get there early, it seems to be full.
731
:No?
732
:Tilly: since we've had 11
733
:Dan 1: Oh yeah, I guess, but it seems
to be kind of, 11 till 1 is the,
734
:probably more like half 10 till.
735
:Half two is the really busy time.
736
:Yeah, yeah, I think in
hindsight you're right.
737
:I just assumed it'd just be absolutely
packed, so I just couldn't be bothered
738
:with screaming kids at the end of
Easter and parents just trying to
739
:Tilly: mean there's never that
many kids at a National Trust.
740
:Dan 1: I think Easter,
surely not, maybe not.
741
:Tilly: No.
742
:Dan 1: Anyway, so we did the National
Trust on Sunday instead and did all
743
:the gardening on Saturday and I just
wasn't Yeah, I wasn't really ready
744
:to do all the gardening, but I just
tried to crack on and do it anyway.
745
:But then it meant that I was
pretty checked out by the evening.
746
:Tilly: Mm hmm.
747
:Dan 1: by the evening.
748
:And,
749
:Tilly: And then you asked me to
dinner because Pops was on me.
750
:Dan 1: you were telling me
that the pork was gonna die.
751
:Well, it was already dead.
752
:That it was gonna go off.
753
:Tilly: didn't.
754
:I said, I said it is a day past its, a
day past its Elbow Day, which is true.
755
:I thought it was meant
756
:Dan 1: No, that's not true.
757
:Tilly: was the 30th, Saturday the
758
:Dan 1: No, I then told
you that after I cooked
759
:Tilly: But I,
760
:Dan 1: cooked it on the day of it,
761
:side by day.
762
:Tilly: before that, before you
said that, I was like, you could
763
:put it in the freezer if you want,
you can't bother it, and you went,
764
:no, no, I'm going to cook it.
765
:Dan 1: Yeah, I'm glad I did.
766
:It's really nice, I just didn't
fucking wanna kick it that evening.
767
:Tilly: Okay, so it was on you, I
gave you a get out of jail free
768
:card, and you chose still to do
769
:So I ain't taking any
of your little bitching.
770
:Dan 1: ha, ha.
771
:Uh, Okay, Bye.
772
:I'll just take my bitch and elsewhere.
773
:Someone who's more receptive.
774
:Tilly: Oh my god, it's past nine o'clock.
775
:Dan 1: Yeah, well let's wrap this up.
776
:Okay, what was your Do you have a low?
777
:Have done your low?
778
:Tilly: I think in general, I just worked
too long like I said earlier in the
779
:evenings last week and so just generally
the collectiveness of just not feeling
780
:like we had much evening and it was a bit
781
:Dan 1: So my funny was on Friday.
782
:This was You didn't, if you
remember, I took her out for a
783
:bath after we did the weaning.
784
:Tilly: And
785
:Dan 1: Now this was, no,
did it, was it before?
786
:No, it was after,
787
:Tilly: was before,
788
:Dan 1: it was
789
:after the sun cream, because we covered
her in sun cream for me to get by
790
:her sun hat, and are you right there?
791
:Tilly: my nose.
792
:Ha
793
:Dan 1: Okay.
794
:Tilly: ha ha ha ha
795
:Dan 1: And so we then decided that
we had to wash her off because
796
:we like rubbed it in her hair,
because her hair is pretty thin.
797
:And she didn't have any,
anything to go over her head.
798
:That was what we were doing,
going to buy a sun hat.
799
:And so when I came back to wash her,
and then put her in the bathtub,
800
:and, you know, I called you up, but
before that, so, I had, I was trying
801
:to put her in the bucket thing.
802
:Well, first she was in the seat, in the
803
:bucket, but, but the seats,
The bucket's too small for the
804
:Tilly: It isn't.
805
:Dan 1: Yeah, so I took her out and I
kind of worked out that I could put my
806
:hand underneath her bottom And that way
she could sit in the tub because the
807
:problem is more that she like falls this
way or falls that way But if you've got
808
:your hand there, you can kind of keep
keep her roughly stable But then she
809
:let out this absolutely massive fart
all over my hand I was like, oh no,
810
:Tilly: she
811
:Dan 1: as she sharted on my hand, so I
pulled my hand out to check and then she
812
:just went, splat, straight in the water.
813
:So there wasn't any poo on my hand
and I had to quickly write her
814
:and she just came up like really
startled, eyes flickering everywhere.
815
:I was like, well that, phew, I didn't get
shit on my hand and she, she, sometimes
816
:that she really kicks off from it, but
she just kind of looked a bit worried and
817
:then went back on playing with her toys.
818
:Tilly: played with
819
:Dan 1: Definitely helps
to have toys in a bath.
820
:Tilly: the most funny
821
:Dan 1: So yeah, that was my funny,
her, well, me thinking she'd shouted
822
:on my hand, pulling my hand away and
then finding out that she, and then her
823
:just sploshing her face in the water.
824
:top
825
:Tilly: I think I generally just
find it, really funny that, when
826
:she's, she's obviously figured out.
827
:my boobs are here, and even
when it's closed over them,
828
:my boobs are still there.
829
:starts to start clawing at my top, she's
like, she pulls my top down, sort of pulls
830
:down, sort of looks, tries to look down,
sort of looks down at my boobs like that.
831
:Which is quite funny now, so she's like
a little bit of a perv which is sometimes
832
:she's, I'm sure she's not, but sometimes
it looks like she's trying to fiddle
833
:with like the clippy bit of my maternity
bra, she's like sort of clamping at it.
834
:Yeah, and she does like real like She
sort of semi milks my boob now, doesn't
835
:she Yeah.
836
:Sometimes she does a double hander.
837
:She sort of pulls it into her,
like, pulls it into her mouth.
838
:Sometimes
839
:Dan 1: And sometimes you can see her
like Clamping on, basically milking it.
840
:She'll just grab some of your,
your boob, And then squeeze it
841
:Tilly: just really gently
strokes my boob, sort of.
842
:She brushes it like this,
843
:Dan 1: foreplay before the clamping
844
:Tilly: down.
845
:Get
846
:Dan 1: Yeah, get, get it warmed up.
847
:Get it ready for the clamping.
848
:Tilly: And then grab the nipple!
849
:Get the nipple
850
:Dan 1: Give me more!
851
:Let down!
852
:Let down!
853
:Alrighty, do you want
854
:Tilly: So yeah, this one was
painful, quite That's me done
855
:Dan 1: Hi guys, thank you
very much for listening.
856
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857
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858
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860
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861
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862
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863
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864
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865
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866
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867
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868
:Cheers.
869
:Enjoy the rest of the episode
870
:skiddly bop bop bop?
871
:HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA off.
872
:Okay
873
:Tilly: me a pop bar
874
:Now I need you to not do your
slow slow middle class talking
875
:and you to do fast fast talking
876
:Dan 1: Okay, here we go.
877
:The shitty work day.
878
:This Oh, wait, no
879
:Tilly: shitty
880
:Dan 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, the shitty work
day by Erin T, mum of three, on Honest.
881
:com.
882
:Probably the worst was when my
baby had a massive blowout right
883
:before I was leaving for work.
884
:Poop all up his back, into his
hair, leaking out the sides of
885
:the diaper, so he needed a bath
and I needed to change my shirt.
886
:I realise till halfway through my work day
that I had a stream of poop down my pant
887
:leg that I had missed in all the madness.
888
:Tilly: all ha
889
:Dan 1: Oh, that'd be rough.
890
:Okay.
891
:So Jessica T, mum of two.
892
:Tilly: number two.
893
:Yeah, you
894
:Dan 1: Yeah.
895
:Yeah.
896
:I don't want to be outnumbered.
897
:Anyway, you never forget your first.
898
:When I was a first time mum, I was on
my way back to a mummy and me class,
899
:which was already daunting since getting
out of the house was hard enough.
900
:When I finally get to class and go to
bed, Pull the baby out of the car seat.
901
:She had not only blown out of her
diaper, but it was all over the car.
902
:The mummy and me instructor looked at me
in shock and asked how she could help.
903
:I could already see it in her
eyes, but she told me it was
904
:the worst blow she'd ever seen.
905
:The poop was everywhere.
906
:It was up her front, up her
back, and all over the car seat.
907
:I wouldn't be surprised if there was
even some on the roof of the car.
908
:I was so embarrassed and sad.
909
:And felt like an
unsuccessful first time up.
910
:But was thankful for the group around
me gathering together to clean up
911
:my baby girl and her surroundings.
912
:Nothing bonds a group of
mums like a bad blowout.
913
:Okay, you Is that fast enough you?
914
:Now, if you could try not to
yawn in these, that'd be great.
915
:Tilly: No, I've got one
coming, I can feel it rising.
916
:I can feel one coming.
917
:When we had our first son, my
wife and I were totally clueless.
918
:We spent 30 minutes pondering
whether or not we had him in a
919
:car seat properly at the hospital.
920
:Dan 1: going to read the
title of the person, I'm
921
:Tilly: G Wiz, it's
922
:Dan 1: Alright, so what's on again?
923
:Tilly: just read it.
924
:Dan 1: fine.
925
:Tilly: For the first couple of months, he
kept having pee leaks around his stomach.
926
:It wasn't
927
:all
928
:Dan 1: Pee leaks around his stomach?
929
:Is that me?
930
:Tilly: coming out of his stomach.
931
:Dan 1: Oh, I see,
932
:Tilly: think it's just like
pee coming out of his stomach,
933
:Dan 1: Oh, yeah, it's like,
934
:Tilly: It wasn't all the time, but
enough that we were wondering why.
935
:We brought it up to the pediatrician.
936
:She asked if we'd point it out.
937
:I know.
938
:Dan 1: on?
939
:you too tired to
940
:Tilly: We bought it up at the pediatrician
and she asked if we'd point it down.
941
:We both looked at each other wondering
what she meant when suddenly it
942
:clicked, for me at least, to point
my little guy's little guy down.
943
:Seen such an obvious conclusion after
we were told and since babies, or
944
:diapers that matter, don't come with
those types of instruction manuals
945
:I always tell first time parents
of boys to point that thing down.
946
:They get Michael G, dad of two.
947
:Dan 1: fucking obvious,
especially from a dad.
948
:Tilly: I just don't think it's what
you think about, I think you're just
949
:beautiful enough, you wouldn't need to
fold down The willy then, don't do it.
950
:I'm
951
:Dan 1: old rules.
952
:the head of the boy, right out
of the then see what boy he is.
953
:And
954
:Tilly: a boy
955
:Dan 1: course, see what other
changes that, that lead you to
956
:Tilly: can be a danger
zone if you are quick.
957
:Each boy had multiple to two diapers.
958
:I said multiple times, especially
when it's cold, when the little guys
959
:would know exactly when the diaper
wasn't there, and close and choose that
960
:specific moment to begin releasing.
961
:Dan 1: these.
962
:Tilly: It must be some
kind of prank to them.
963
:They would always giggle as
pee splattered everywhere.
964
:Dan 1: as
965
:Tilly: But As a parent, you know
that you need to leave the house
966
:ten minutes ago and have no time
to clean, and do a wardrobe change,
967
:That already took you 15 minutes to
find that matching sock the first time.
968
:Who's a show up matching socks?
969
:Not me.
970
:I learned early on that rushing
the preparation of the diaper
971
:change is a foolish mistake.
972
:Always have the next diaper undone
and ready to put on the little one.
973
:As soon as that sole diaper is
off, you better have the new
974
:diaper or wipe ready to cover up.
975
:Also, as time goes on, you
will know the face of the baby
976
:mate right before they release.
977
:Study this face.
978
:You have a split second of what could
be a matter of life or death, alright?
979
:Chill out, it's a bit of a
980
:Dan 1: this going?
981
:Okay, this is
982
:Tilly: Oh, oh,
983
:Dan 1: funny.
984
:Tilly: no, we're done now.
985
:Dan 1: No, no, come
986
:on, those were rubbish.
987
:Okay, last one.
988
:If it's shit, it's shit.
989
:Try and
990
:read a bit ahead and don't fall asleep
991
:Tilly: That's just the instructions.
992
:Dan 1: it.
993
:Okay.
994
:Tilly: That's done now.
995
:We're done.
996
:Dan 1: Okay, fine.
997
:Well guys, we resign.
998
:We forfeit.
999
:Tilly: Yeah.
:
00:40:59,902 --> 00:41:01,588
Dan 1: Good night all ciao.
:
00:41:01,657 --> 00:41:02,019
Bye.
:
00:41:02,568 --> 00:41:03,676
you listened to it that time