It’s been a big week of technology fails, Jayde’s crying going viral and as always, our youngest children are keeping us so, so humble. We dive into…

• Sophie chats parental preference. It’s a lose-lose scenario
• Jayde’s becoming a 90s parent and it was the ice-cream that tipped her over the edge
• Covid Babies are on their way to finishing pre-school and this quote from Dr Becky is taking us back
• Jayde crying went viral… but how is she doing? 
• The traffic light system for nervous system regulation 
• Does music set the tone of the house or overstimulate you?
• Girl’s trip savings accounts - yay or nay?

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Beyond the Bump is hosted by Jayde Couldwell (@londonxboston) and Sophie Pearce (@svpearce)

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Last time we spoke to Leila from Village for Mama, she surprised us with a pregnancy announcement… little did she know that it would be her second set of twins! Today, she dives into life with 5 kids, pregnancy, birth, a supported postpartum and juggling multiple multiples! We chat about…

• How the 20-week scan revealed Leila’s second set of twins and shocked everyone
• The different decision making process for round 2
• Finding and selecting a live in au pair 
• The beauty of a larger age gap between siblings
• Guilt around your relationship with your older children when a new baby is born
• Leila’s birth story with the second set of twins… in two states… on Christmas Day! 
• The importance of temperament 
• What Leila set up to help support her going into a slow postpartum with 5 kids
• Maternity leave policies for multiples (they’re not great)
• Her idea to create a village and helping hand for those who needed it
• Is Leila’s family complete?

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This is an emotional episode of the Bumpie Group Chat and we’re feeling it. Jayde isn’t in a great place right now and she shares the weight of it all. Sophie wanted her feelings back and is now asking if you should be careful what you wish for. We dive into…

• Jayde has a heavy and vulnerable share. Life isn’t in a good place and family life feels hard
• Parenting a teen is like postpartum
• Does the ‘village’ drop off after kids start school? 
• Sophie has been on the verge of tears non-stop since the IUD came out and it led to a panic attack
• A guy posting his own thirst trap - confident or ick?
• Rude or Fabulous? 3 grown men order a juice box 
• Am I The Asshole? When you plan your child’s birthday party and your husband comes in last minute with plans
• Communication and validation for the win

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Can we move past rigid stereotypes in order to better understand and support our autistic children? To dive into this, we speak to Dr Krishna Jadav Carle who explains all the ways in which autism can present in children. She is a developmental paediatrician and Director of ACCESS Paediatric Clinic. In her book, What’s My Colour On The Spectrum?, Dr Krishna introduces the Rainbow Model, a framework to help better understand the huge variety within autism. This is such a valuable episode and we learned so much. We discuss…

• The diagnostic criteria and categories Dr Krishna is seeing in clinic
• How autistic nervous systems interpret perceived threats
• Why are more kids being diagnosed with autism these days? 
• What would a world look like if it was completely supportive of autistic people?
• The biggest barriers to families getting a diagnosis
• The stigma around autism and its stereotypes
• Deep diving into each colour of the Rainbow Model to better understand the huge range of needs of autistic kids
• Masking and delayed diagnoses
• Moving within the framework rather than being limiting
• Safety and dysregulation for autistic children (and their families)
• Strategies to help deescalate and coregulate
• How can we learn more to help our kids?
• Seeing your own missed diagnosis within your autistic children

Links mentioned in the episode:

ACCESS Paediatric Clinic: https://www.accesspaediatricclinic.com.au

Book: What’s My Colour On The Spectrum?

This episode is proudly sponsored by Bonds — check out their brand new Wondergrow range at bonds.com.au or in-store now!

Beyond the Bump is hosted by Jayde Couldwell (@londonxboston) and Sophie Pearce (@svpearce)

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This week on the Bumpie Group Chat we dive into the hormonal rollercoaster of being a woman, from Sophie’s IUD removal to Jayde’s period disc recommendations. Our kids are taking us on a walk down memory lane to our old-school Book Fairs. Oh and we need your play date rules, come and share over in our Facebook group!

• Pearl has said “I love you!” so Soph is taking the win
• Bedtime battles 
• The ‘head fluffery’ of play dates and sibling dynamics
• Apple Sleeves has a music video
• Sophie is off to Harry Styles! And the entire family are tagging along!
• Bringing your children into your world 
• Sophie’s IUD has been out for a week and she gives us an update
• Jayde’s menstrual disc hot tip (learned the hard way)
• Scholastic Book Fair nostalgia

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Beyond the Bump is hosted by Jayde Couldwell (@londonxboston) and Sophie Pearce (@svpearce)

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Terms like ‘the manosphere’ and ‘toxic masculinity’ are thrown around a lot lately and it has many of us worried. How do we raise boys? What does a good man look like? We speak to Dr Billy Garvey, developmental paediatrician and father of three, about his new book and how to raise emotionally healthy boys. Regardless of whether you have a son or not, this episode is filled with parenting wisdom. After we establish that Dr Billy is the intellectual hall pass of half of the BTB team, we dive into…

• What is a good man and what is our aim when raising children?
• The data that shows that even from birth, boys are treated differently to girls
• Emotional nurturing and social conditioning
• Rough and tumble play as a biological need
• Scaffolding and teaching social and emotional skills
• Role modelling affection and consent
• How do men open up to mates if they then don’t have the skills to support each other?
• “Your relationship with them trumps everything”
• The importance of saying sorry (it doesn’t equal weakness)
• Love VS caregiving
• Sexualisation and body image in males
• Bullying and aggression
• Suicide is the leading cause of death in men
• How do we protect our sons from being exposed to ‘toxic masculinity’?
• Billy’s take on the viral show, ‘Adolescence’
• How to spot mental illness in children
• “We need to love them more” - the little ways we can make a big impact

This episode is proudly sponsored by Babybee. Discover the brand new Alto pram and explore the full Babybee range at babybeeonline.com 

Beyond the Bump is hosted by Jayde Couldwell (@londonxboston) and Sophie Pearce (@svpearce)

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As always, the Bumpie Group Chat is a rollercoaster but we know you’re alongside us for the ride, Bumpies! We vent about our current parenting pickles, we cry with pride about said children then wrap it up by searching for inspo on how to be better parents to our daughters. Wow. We dive into…

• 7 year olds… wtf?
• Third child things… we are not okay!
• We debut Yumi’s first single, Apple Sleeves and it’s a banger
• Sophie had her IUD removed and discusses the ‘why’
• Soph asked TikTok what kept sisters bonded as they grew up and the answers were pretty wholesome
• Jayde compares life as an only child to now as she raises three daughters
• We had a rebrand photoshoot!

This episode is brought to you by WaterWipes™, the only baby wipes certified skin microbiome friendly by MyMicrobiome. Get yours at Coles or head to waterwipes.com

Beyond the Bump is hosted by Jayde Couldwell (@londonxboston) and Sophie Pearce (@svpearce)

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We are constantly asked for advice when it comes to tension with in-laws, grandparents, relationships and more. Setting boundaries is easier said than done! To help us help you, we spoke to clinical family therapist and speech pathologist, Claire Barbagallo, all about communicating with the key people in our lives. We discuss…

• What do you do if your MIL wants to share your children on social media and you’re not okay with it? 
• Shifting from boundaries = conflict to boundaries as a form of healthy communication 
• How to get grandparents on the same parenting page as you
• Your non-negotiable parenting values
• Explaining the ‘why’ to grandparents
• Focusing on the new opportunities that come from a boundary
• When the boundary needs to be repeated
• Communicating with our partner in an argument vs sweeping it under the rug
• Arguments in front of your children - do we address it with our kids?
• Self compassion and regulation as communication tools
• How can we help communicate something a bit more subtly?
• When family or friends parent very differently to you
• Enmeshment and guilt within families

This episode is proudly sponsored by Bonds — check out their brand new Wondergrow range at bonds.com.au or in-store now!

Beyond the Bump is hosted by Jayde Couldwell (@londonxboston) and Sophie Pearce (@svpearce)

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Facebook - Beyond the Bump Community Chats group 

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Mother’s Day has come and gone and we unpack our thoughts around the day - can we take the wins for what they are? We just want to feel seen! We also jump into…

• Sophie’s sinking smoothly into Term 2
• Shout out to the single and solo mums on Mother’s Day
• Craft mum realisations and cutting the parenting labels
• Filling up your cup alongside your child’s feels like a hack
• Screen time for the win, it doesn’t have to be demonised all the time 
• Sophie watched The Sweetest Thing with her whole family… enough said 
• We share Bumpies hilarious inappropriate song lyric experiences  

This episode is brought to you by WaterWipes, the only baby wipes certified skin microbiome friendly, by MyMicrobiome.

Beyond the Bump is hosted by Jayde Couldwell (@londonxboston) and Sophie Pearce (@svpearce)

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We speak a lot about finding a village, but what do you do when you’ve moved across the world and find yourself starting from scratch? Kerrene Taylor (@kerrenetaylor) is an American mum living in Western Australia, documenting the honest reality of becoming a mother far from home - without the village most of us assumed we'd have. We discuss…

• How Kerrene met her now-husband and moved to Perth
• Moving into motherhood without a relationship with her mum
• How Kerrene explored remothering herself before having children
• The term ‘morning’ sickness needs to be cancelled
• Her birth and postpartum journey as isolation crept in
• Finding new friends is like dating (daunting!)
• Becoming diagnosed with PND 
• The spectrum of sleep help
• Experiencing rage for the first real time and its impact on her relationship
• A small window into the maternal experience in Australia VS the USA
• Kerrene’s words of advice for new parents seeking a village

Listen to Kerrene’s podcast, the No Village Club where she shares her journey of building a village where she is now.

This episode is proudly sponsored by Bonds — check out their brand new Wondergrow range at bonds.com.au or in-store now!

Beyond the Bump is hosted by Jayde Couldwell (@londonxboston) and Sophie Pearce (@svpearce)

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he Bumpie Group Chat is back after a two-week break so we have lots to catch up on! We jump straight into…

• How was Jayde’s girls trip to the USA for a country music festival? 
• The lead up to a girls trip might be even better than the holiday itself 
• An emergency evacuation at StageCoach 🫣
• Jayde’s fallen out of love with singer Riley and more in love with her husband, Harry
• Their emotional couples therapy breakthrough
• Sophie’s got a threenager on her hands 
• A Mother’s Day hot take - is just saying exactly what you want a win-win for everyone?
• Tea towels are a girls best friend…
• Kids and mature song lyrics - how are we approaching this!? 

This episode is proudly sponsored by Babybee. Discover the brand new Alto pram and explore the full Babybee range at babybeeonline.com

Beyond the Bump is hosted by Jayde Couldwell (@londonxboston) and Sophie Pearce (@svpearce)

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