Aging & Raging

Snip snip and we ain’t takin bangs! This week’s episode is all about.... Vasectomies! One of the Nursing & Cursing husbands is gettin fixed-listen in and find out which one. Does your partner have one? Do you wish he did? Or wish he didn’t :/ Know anyone with a vasectomy baby? And do they *really* tell the guys to ice their balls and take two full days of rest?? we are real suspicious. 🧐

You know how having kids makes you feel like you have lost control of everything? Your home. Your time. Your body. Your money. Your bowels and bladder. Wait?! What. Yes this week’s episode is all about we can’t hold it anymore. We’re losing our shit. No, literally. Welcome to Shart Week. Your underwear’s not safe.

Moms! We missed you! We left you hanging and we are so sorry. One of us had a baby, two of us moved to Florida, and one of us…well. Heads up for the absolute biggest Plot Twerk™️ the thread has ever known. Let’s just say, Kate hasn’t been the only one up all night. 😮‍💨😮‍💨 Listen now to New Dick, Who Dis?

Hi Mamas!!! We miss you so much!!!  This ep is a lil check in/check up and a welcome to our mini season 6 🥳🥳🥳🥳 How was your summer? It’s ok -SAME. If even a mask and 6ft of personal space can’t keep your toddler from somehow being the loudest, closest person in your life, WE UNDERSTAND.   We’re not ok. Somehow there was no summer and there is no school. Just a groundhogs day montage of masks, misery, coffee, wine and zoom. SIGH And 50 weeks later, Kate is *still* pregnant. And we’re back with some Nails n Fails. All of which are fails. Damn you 2020. 

Well mamas, we made it to the season finale of Modern Civilization /Life as We Know It. I mean, the season finale of Nursing and Cursing Season 5. And everything is fine. Totally fine. To celebrate, we are bringing you something brand new : OUR KIDS!! In this episode, we ask the kiddos :is mom cool? What’s this podcast all about ? Does she ever get grumpy ? Some of them gave us the cold hard truth, and others clammed up, scared of retribution. And Sarah coins a phrase that will make her a millionaire, or at least get her fine ass trending on Twitter. Love you mamas so much-what a ride this season has been. See you in the fall! Until then, let’s all manifest a quick and safe delivery for Kate’s babe and A FULLY FUNCTIONAL IRL FALL PLAN 4 SKOOLS!

Parenting is hard enough when you and your partner agree on things(still waiting for that over here, but whatevs) But what about those parenting issues you just *dont* agree on. From: are the kids developmentally on track, to should we say yes to a bedtime snack? Shit is hard. Do you compromise ? Disagree in front of the kids? Have a low grade hissing fight later? Or shrug and give in ? As usual, We have no idea. And for our loyal listeners, friends and fans, we are sharing some big news at the bottom of this episode. As always, we love you and thanks for the ride of our lives ❤️

Welcome to the No Zone! Mom, can I ...? Nope. No. Not today. I said no. Don’t ask me again. This is your first warning ....cut to us handing out negative consequences for poor choices all damn day. Anyone else feel like they’re just constantly saying no and taking shit away? Kate calls it normal. Ali calls it violent communication and Molly says she needs to process her past. Same ol same ol around here! And welcome back to fails : we got some damn doozies for you this week. WE LOVE YOU!

Hey Mamas! This week, Nursing & Cursing is turning our voice OFF and turning ON the voices of Black parents, hosts, educators, authors, scholars, reporters and doctors through podcasts that teach. We’ve compiled a list of other podcasts (and there are so many more) that are helping us stretch and open to new perspectives, voices, ideas, and action steps. Please join us in the learning so we can be better teachers for our babies! Love, Nursing & Cursing

Hi Mamas. Wow. This week has been a painful and powerful reminder that some conversations with our kids are scary and uncomfortable and can’t wait any longer. Yes -we are talking about race and racism. As 5 white moms, we know that we have a true responsibility to help our kids confront and contextualize today’s realities in the hopes that tomorrow can be better and more equal for all. This week, we were honored and excited to welcome author (and FATHER 👋🏻OF👋🏻SIX👋🏻) Jelani Memory to our show. Jelani wrote the book that we all need right now: A Kids Book About Racism. It’s a truthful, simple, warm, and engaging book aimed at younger kids that has been helping us spark honest conversations with our children. We got Jelani’s perspective on today’s unfolding events and why it’s so critical to be having these conversations with our kids over and over again as we help them understand and process the world around them. Then we let this bad ass dad go get his 6 kids to bed 😉.

We know we aren’t the only ones trying to be productive parents and make good use of ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL this time at home with our children, right? What’s it gonna be, kid? Losing the training wheels? Potty training? Swimming without your floaties? What do you do when YOU’RE ready for a milestone, but your kid ISN’T? Oh, and get a load of Christine’s fail ... hint: It’s the sequel to kicking the bed.

Hey mamas! How you doing this week? We are barely hanging on and so grateful to you for being on the journey with us. This week Kate crowd sources some of life’s big decisions. As a New Yorker with 3 kids and a baby due days before school starts ...what should she do this fall? When she left her house in March she figured she’d be back in 2 weeks and setting up the crib. But things are looking unclear. Should she go back to the city and suck it up? Or stay where she is and accept that this year is gonna look and feel very different from what she imagined ? Help a pregnant sister out.

Welcome to the ep you never knew you needed: Quarantine Game Night!! This week we take a quick break from spiraling /staring into the abyss/ making whips /crying jags/ and laundry and play our version of 20 Questions and Would You Rather. Our bras are off, our souls are crushed, our minds are fried, and we invite you to pull up a lawn chair 6ft away and JOIN US!!! We love you!!

Oh, hey. Still. Here.At.Home.With.Our.Kids. You??? This week we are asking the hard -hitting questions like: is a vaccine coming? Should masks be mandatory? Will there be a second wave? Can I have another whip? Are you watching Normal People? AND HOW MANY KIDS IS THE HARDEST NUMBER IN LOCKDOWN!!? Is it 2 sibs who constantly bicker? 3 kids where one can be left out? Nope. We crunched the math and the hardest number is O N E. Cuz the buck stops with mom for EVERY-FUCKING-THING. Sarah takes us through a day with a full time job and a full time toddler. Phew. Love you mamas-you’re holding up half the sky.

Hoooooolllly shit we are still doing this???? Remote learning. Mmm.. ..it was cute 2 months ago, but we are into our second locked -down-with-our family-menstrual cycle now. The kids are over it (those that were ever on board to begin with ), and we are FRIED. Are you a teacher? A parent with school age kids, or today’s current nightmare : BOTH (so sorry Molz). Parents, teachers, kids ...we salute your efforts but what say we wrap this thing up? See ya in September for a do-over? Cuz mama is about to say some grown up words on your next classroom zoom. And have you guys had whipped coffee yet? Cuz we are chugging it and accomplishing nothing at 90mph.

Pregnant mamas! The world is ending. Healthcare is a minefield, the economy is a garbage fire and your laundry pile is sky fuckin high. You feelin #blessed yet?? How are you coping with being pregnant right now? Is this your first kid? Your 5th? Is this baby a bright light at the end of a tunnel or the cliff edge you’re suddenly racing toward? or all of the above. If your pregnancy cravings include some effing alone time and a meal you don’t have to make yourself-we are with you and we get it.

Hi Mamas. 👋 We’re still out here cooking Three. Meals. A. Day, stuffing our faces with that quarantine trail mix (that we’re not supposed to touch til dark days), and sharing space with husbands who, it turns out, aren’t *as* good at multi-tasking as we are. Tune in to hear our biggest marital blow ups since quarantine began, putting a spotlight on how bitchy the N&C wives can really be. 😬

Momrades! We are back with another corona special and this time we are comin atcha from la cuarentena in Spain. Our friend and special correspondent Bonnie is a Canadian living in Spain with her husband and toddler-she’s been living the quarantine lyfe a little longer than most of us and offers a glimpse into what we might be able to expect as this thing moves across the states. Hint : we will need art supplies and bidets if we are gonna make it. Love you all and here with you always.

The sequel is always worse than the original and this ep is no different. It’s Coronavirus II. Last week we were worried our trip to Mexico would be cancelled....my lord what a quaint time. This week, life on earth has been cancelled- but for some reason we still have to make dinner and do laundry. Even the fall of man can’t cancel chores. Thank god for screens, friendship, wine and coffee. Wherever you are we got you. See ya in hell (aka quarantine with da kids).

This week we discuss what’s on everyone’s minds. The mother fucking corona virus. Yes, the respiratory virus is a health crisis, but being quarantined with your partner and kids is a MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. The trips have been cancelled, the hands have been washed-ish, we have all the toilet paper. Now all we gotta do is survive being in lock down with the people we love the most. THOUGHTS AND FUCKIN PRAYERS.