The Swan Effect Mums Coffee & Chat - A Parenting Podcast for All

This week we welcome Gem. Gem is a mother to 2 year old Scarlett and is now in her third trimester with her second daughter who is due in September 2021. I originally asked Gem if I could have her as a guest to discuss her experiences of being pregnant during the Covid-19 pandemic. Gem quickly agreed and offered to discuss the tough journey she has experienced before getting to this point also. Gem has very kindly opened up about her miscarriages and truly believes that speaking out to family/close friends and to the baby loss community online has helped her mental health and wants to share her story to reach out to other mums in a similar situation. If you have a story that you'd like to share and would like to be a guest on the show then please email Lynne at [email protected]

This week we welcome Nicola aka Instagram's 'play.at.home.mum'. Nicola and Lynne became friends over the social media when they were both pregnant with their second daughters. This is a whole podcast about the highs and lows of juggling parenting a toddler and a new born with Nicola sharing ideas on how to prepare your toddler for the upcoming birth of their brother or sister and how us mums can try and make life that little bit easier once the baby arrives. Toddlers sometimes struggle with the transformation in the family and Nicola and Lynne share honest accounts on how the new edition to the family affected their eldest children and how they tried to ensure the transition was as smooth as possible. If you have a story that you'd like to share and would like to be a guest on the show then please email Lynne at [email protected]

This week we welcome Lee. Lee is a co-parenting dad who talks openly about how life has been since leaving the family home 5 years ago. There are so many 'part time' dads and The Swan Effect Mum wants to help raise the awareness that there is no such thing as a part time parent. You are their parent all day, every day whether you live with them full time or not. We discuss the complications that can arise with regards to visitation arrangements, childs adjusments to new step parents and a whole load of other issues that can happen when dealing with co-parenting. Lynne, the host has some experience of blended families and together Lee and Lynne put the world to rights. If you are affected by any of the topics in this show then you can contact Lynne and Lee directly for a confidential chat as we both want to help anyone in a similar situation. If you have a story that you'd like to share and would like to be a guest on the show then please email Lynne at [email protected].

This week we welcome Tessa aka Instagram's 'The Sleepy Mammy'. Tessa is a sleep consultant, concentrating on birth to 5 years of age and works on gentle, family focussed & personalised approaches. In this episode Lynne and Tessa discuss the most common area that Tessa deals with... New born sleep advice! We've all been there. The sleepless nights, the sleepy fog that parents walk with for the whole of the fourth trimester (and more sometimes) and here we talk about the top tips for new parents to help ease their new born babies to help soothe them into sleeping through the night. Of course, each baby is different but we hope these tips help you in some way. You can contact Tessa directly by email: [email protected] If you have a story that you'd like to share and would like to be a guest on the show then please email Lynne at [email protected]