Food poisoning, pacifier weaning & dressing up for flights?!

Dec 18, 2025

52 mins

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Episode Description

This week on Two Parents & A Podcast - Wednesday morning was… action-packed, to say the least. Long story short: do NOT recommend getting food poisoning while pregnant. (Long story long: watch the episode.)

From there, we recap our Happy Everything Toy Drive from this past weekend (a huge THANK YOU to everyone who came, helped, donated, or sponsored — we’re still blown away!!!). Then we spiral into a bunch of travel topics (ever notice how podcasters love to talk about planes??): balancing work travel and parenting, meeting people IRL at the airport, and a heated debate over whether you should dress up for flights (spoiler alert: NOOO).

Next up: a PSA for dads — you are in charge of mom’s stocking. We break down how to actually make it good (and not an afterthought!!). And we also share 5(ish) creative ideas for weaning off the pacifier. Important note: we haven’t tried these yet — they’re methods we’ve heard work and are about to start figuring out ourselves!!

Finally, in Things We DMed Each Other: positive stats that helped ease working-parent guilt, plus Toyota’s new self-driving pod for kids???

LOVE YOU GUYS!

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Welcome back to Two Parents & A Podcast!

00:00:41 Food poisoning during pregnancy

00:13:42 Happy Everything Toy Drive recap!

00:15:51 Balancing work travel and parenting

00:17:46 Can you actually find a date at the airport?!

00:25:53 Should you dress up for flights?

00:31:57 Are we wearing fur hoods wrong?!

00:32:41 Our holiday travel plans

00:33:25 Stockings for moms

00:36:22 5 creative ways to wean off the pacifier

00:42:40 Things We DMed Each Other: Positive statistics for kids of working moms

00:45:12 Things We DMed Each Other: Toyota’s self-driving pod for kids

00:50:34 LOVE YOU GUYS!

#twoparentsandapod

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