Dad stories and confessional + insane parenting facts – The Unhelpful Parenting Podcast Ep. 26

It was our father’s day on the weekend so here are some hilarious dad fails and stories as we laugh together at the parent life realities!

But first, our *croaky* voices are back and still in recovery, just in time for our 11 month old baby to start teething. For obvious reasons, Bec’s yay is baby Panadol – cos what did parents do without it?! And her nay is the teething and how she forgot the molars are the worst. When the molars come through one cusp at a time, it’s like 4 different teeth! Sam starts with his nay, and the cost of renting with kids, and how your priorities shift from fun entertainment features to practical, toy storage requirements. But his yay is father’s day and getting some really quality time with the kids and how much it fills their cups.

Because it was father’s day, Bec promises no eye rolling or comments about how many dad jokes Sam is bringing this week, which she fails at straight away when he announces he has SIX! But they are quite funny so the eye rolling is replaced mostly with laughter.

Then we hit the dad-fessional. Funny stories, fails and laughs thanks to the dads. The stories include:

A personal one from a family member, with a dad promising a theme park visit but delivering with an at home DIY version. He meant well but the kids were devastated!

A dad thinking he was cool taking his daughter to get a nose piercing without talking to mom first. Not a good idea.

A dad who fell over and needed stitches in his head when his wife went into labour. Good news – he made the birth.

A dad who’s signature move is letting it rip during family photos and getting hilarious photo reactions.

A dad getting the pop culture references wrong trying to fit in with the kids.

A lego fanatic dad who got the surprise of his life finding out they were pregnant.

Then we follow Bec down a rabbit hole of lesser known facts and interesting things relating to parenting in this ‘Did you know?’ segment.

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