In this episode we are stepping back and thinking about what we want the end result of all this parenting to look like. What do we hope our children take away or look back on with fondness? What values do we hope they carry forward? We are talking long term family values and goals. It’s SO easy to get caught up in the day to day and the minutiae of parenting and surviving, join us as we spend some time getting philosophical and talking about they “Why?” of it all! Follow along with us @themotherhoodtrenches on Instagram or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com - we love to hear from you!

This week we are taking a sneak peak into our meal plan for the week! We both love seeing what other families make and eat so we are sharing last weeks and this weeks meal plans from our houses. We also share how much and what our various kids ate from what we served and how we tweak our meals to be a little more kid friendly without making the dreaded separate meal! Follow along with us @themotherhoodtrenches on Instagram or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com - we love to hear from you!

For this week’s episode, we are talking through our favorite “underrated” parenting milestones so far! We aren’t talking about the big hitters - first steps or first words. But the small things that you don’t anticipate and make a big impact in your day to day! Follow along with us @themotherhoodtrenches on Instagram or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com - we love to hear from you!

Join us this week for a light and fun episode! We decided to take a break from heavy topics and see how well we know each other - Newlywed game style! Keep an ear out for one of our favorite guest stars making a return visit to moderate and see who comes out the winner. Follow along with us @themotherhoodtrenches on Instagram or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com - we love to hear from you!

In this episode, we talk about Molly’s experience with her miscarriage. We discuss the day Molly found out and the weeks that follow. Also, we talk about Molly’s feeling today. WARNING: The topic of miscarriage is obviously discussed at length in this episode. Please respect your own mental health by skipping this episode if that is something that will be difficult to listen to. Follow along with us @themotherhoodtrenches on Instagram or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com - we love to hear from you!

In this episode, we look back at our trying to conceive (TTC) phases for each of our kids. We touch on how we felt emotionally during the process, the challenges we faced, and then how we celebrated and shared the news! We know trying to conceive can be a challenging time so be aware that we discuss pregnancies, announcing pregnancies and also briefly mention miscarriage. Follow along with us @themotherhoodtrenches on Instagram or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com - we love to hear from you!

This week we are sharing a fun and special announcement! Listen in to hear our big news and our thoughts/feelings on the change. Check out our Instagram page @themotherhoodtrenches and leave us a comment or send us a message! You can also find us at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com. We love to hear from you!

In this week’s episode, we are talking all about parental preference in children. We talk about how our kids have preferred one parent over the other throughout the years, and how we have handled that ourselves and with our husbands. Check out our Instagram page @themotherhoodtrenches and leave us a comment or send us a message! You can also find us at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com. We love to hear from you!

While Felicia is feeling under the weather, Molly’s husband Garrett is filling in the co-host seat. Molly and Garrett talk about the challenges of parenting together while they have very differing personalities. They also touch on what they enjoy most about being parents and a strategy to get Garrett to embrace social media once again!

Felicia and Molly are back in the studio after a long unplanned hiatus! In this episode we are giving some general life updates and jumping into a not-so-quick quick fire round of questions about our summer plans. In this episode we mention a series of “18 summers” content and our mixed feelings on that. Here is a link to an example of some beautiful well-meaning content on that topic: https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChDJyi6jYtL/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

We are going to dive into our parenting strengths and weaknesses. First we talked about things we would like to improve on when it comes to parenting, and now we are moving on to things we feel we really excel at! As a little bonus, we share with each other observations we have made about positive traits we each have as moms. Follow along with us on Instagram @themotherhoodtrenches or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com!

We are going to dive into our parenting strengths and weaknesses. First we talk about things we would like to improve on when it comes to parenting - everything from small issues to the bigger things that we would like to tackle. Follow along with us on Instagram @themotherhoodtrenches or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com!

Join us for our absolute favorite topic - a birth story! We talk about how the newest crew member came into the world. We also reflect back on our past births and process through some feelings. We also touch on what we might do differently if we had another go at it! Links: The most amazing bralette - https://www.ae.com/us/en/p/aerie/bralettes/seamless-bralettes/aerie-seamless-strappy-padded-bralette/2693_3279_121?menu=cat4840006&ip=off&cid=PLA_Aerie_Brand_Womens_Bralettes&utm_source=google&utm_medium=pla&utm_content=aerie&utm_campaign=nogender_bralettes_general&utm_term=brand&gclid=CjwKCAjwybyJBhBwEiwAvz4G7zODz5fx901AQ40lJFD0DVAB92nLsPZDcJF49RxPec0HhztAXkToEhoCkJMQAvD_BwE Follow along with on Instagram @themotherhoodtrenches! We also love to hear from you in our email as well - send any questions, comments, or suggestions to TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com!

We are back with the start of Season 2! In our first episode of the new season, we are giving a quick update on what’s been going on during our hiatus. Lots of big changes that we are excited to catch up on! Follow along with on Instagram @themotherhoodtrenches! We also love to hear from you in our email as well - send any questions, comments, or suggestions to TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com!

This episode is all about our favorite ages and stages! As parents that are early in our journey we didn’t have 18 years of material to choose from, but we feel like there is a LOT of nuance in these early years for us to dig into! Listen in as we touch on baby milestones, hearing your toddler put together a sentence, the delight a 4 year old finds in life and having deep conversations with your preschooler. We also get into our LEAST favorite ages, but we are guessing there are no surprises with our choice 😏. Follow along with us @themotherhoodtrenches on Instagram or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com - we love to hear from you!

This week we are talking about our most embarrassing guilty pleasures! Guilty pleasures take on a new role in our lives post kid when there are so few things that are just for us! We have some doozies like eating candy in bed, listening to pop punk from 2005, watching the same tv shows over and over, and reading threads about the Duggar’s on Reddit 🙃. Follow along with us @themotherhoodtrenches on Instagram or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com - we love to hear from you!

We are talking all about internet mom’s groups - the good, the bad, and the ugly! We are both in many different mom’s groups on Facebook, and we love them overall but there are some pitfalls that we wanted to discuss. So we dive into the pros and cons and everything in between! Follow along with us on Instagram @themotherhoodtrenches or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com, we love to hear from you!

A mixture of Covid and being very tied to our little ones in this phase of motherhood has us dreaming of destinations far, far away. In this weeks episode we are talking about what components make up our dream vacation; including who we are traveling with, what the food scene is like, and whether we are relaxing or hitting the pavement for some intense sight seeing! Follow along with us @themotherhoodtrenches on Instagram or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com - we love to hear from you!

In this episode, we give a general update about what has been going on with each of us over the past few months. With young kids, time flies fast - so it feels like a lot of big changes have happened since our last update! One of us is wrapping up breastfeeding, and the other is moving! We have lots to talk about in our Winter Life Update.

In this episode we are talking about our second go round of the postpartum experience! We tried to incorporate some lessons learned from our first experiences (Setting up lots of visitors! Latch the baby whenever you can! Ditch breastfeeding altogether for your mental health! Leave the stupid nightgown at home!) but of course each experience creates unique challenges. Listen in for how we handled newborn formula feeding, a COVID hospital stay, and introducing your new baby to your first born. Follow along with us on Instagram @themotherhoodtrenches or send us an email at TheMotherhoodTrenches@gmail.com!