Two Parents & A Podcast
Leaving our baby for the first time (+ gaslighting & “kid-friendly” shows to avoid)
Thu, 01 May 2025
This week on Two Parents & A Podcast — I left Tate overnight for the first time ever (!!!) and came home to a house that was fully intact (and OURS — we finally ACTUALLY closed on the house!!!). We talk about how it felt (I have so many emotions now that I’m a mom???), what Harrison did on his weekend with Tate (“dad-ing,” not babysitting), and what he learned. Plus — the power went out across Spain and Portugal (?? but we actually think it sounds kind of fun), we share how we picked Tate’s name (neither of us actually remembers, but apparently tater tots were involved??), and get into why some kids’ shows are actually… not good (*cough cough* Cocomelon *cough cough*). Throw in a Mother’s Day surprise, an idea for Stagecoach next year, and some unwanted bug exposure (GRADUAL, per Harrison) — it’s a good one. WE LOVE YOU GUYS! Timestamps: 00:00:00 Welcome back to Two Parents & A Podcast! 00:02:24 How did we come up with Tate’s name? 00:05:30 No power, no problem - Spain & Portugal power outage 00:10:17 We finally ACTUALLY own the house!!! (Lol) 00:14:51 First time leaving baby overnight w/ dad 00:19:00 The different feelings after becoming a new mother 00:26:35 Tate’s weekend with dad cont. 00:34:50 A mother’s day surprise 00:36:50 Harrison is gradually exposing Alex to bugs 00:40:41 How kids’ shows like ‘Cocomelon’ are actually unhealthy 00:50:28 Things We DMed Eachother: Type A/Type relationship 00:53:55 Things We DMed Eachother: Fyre Festival 2 update & Stagecoach Festival idea 00:57:40 LOVE YOU GUYS! #twoparentsandapod ---------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you to our sponsors this week: * Brooklyn Bedding – Go to https://www.brooklynbedding.com and use my promo code TWOPARENTS at checkout to get 30% off sitewide. This offer is not available anywhere else – you have to use MY promo code on the very last page of checkout to get this discount. * Hungryroot – Take advantage of this exclusive offer: For a limited time get 40% off your first box PLUS a free item in every box for life. Go to https://www.Hungryroot.com/justalex and use code justalex. * Lume – Control body odor ANYWHERE with @lumedeodorant and get 15% off with promo code TWOPARENTS at https://www.Lumedeodorant.com! #lumepod * Blueland – Right now, get 15% off your first order by going to https://www.Blueland.com/TWOPARENTS. * Naväge Baby – Get easy relief for your little ones and make parenting one job less messy… order the new Naväge Baby Aspirator and Inhaler today! You can now find Naväge Baby at Walmart or at https://www.walmart.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to the pod on YouTube/Spotify/Apple: https://www.youtube.com/@twoparentsandapod https://open.spotify.com/show/7BxuZnHmNzOX9MdnzyU4bD?si=5e715ebaf9014fac https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-parents-a-podcast/id1737442386 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Two Parents & A Podcast: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/twoparentsandapod TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@twoparentsandapod Follow Alex: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/justalexbennett TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@justalexbennett Follow Harrison: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/harrisonfugman TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@harrisonfugman ---------------------------------------------------------------- Powered by: Just Media House – https://www.justmediahouse.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: How did we come up with Tate’s name?
Yes.
I got a great DM.
What is it?
Chapter 2: What happened during the power outage in Spain and Portugal?
It said, like on the topic of what we were talking about last week, on being indecisive with restaurants.
Mm-hmm.
I said, what I should do is I should say, I'm taking you to one of your favorite restaurants. Can you guess where we're going? And then you'll tell me where you want to go because whatever pops into your head will be your first choice.
That is such a good idea.
Yeah. We need a word for like good gaslighting. That's good gaslighting.
That's not even gaslighting. That's just like trickster.
Trickster. Maybe I don't even know what gaslighting means.
You use it freely. Do you know where the term gaslighting came from?
Oh, no, please educate me. Considering I can't even ever get it right.
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Chapter 3: What was it like leaving Tate overnight for the first time?
It was a guy back in the day and he had a gas lantern and he would turn it brighter and less bright. And his wife would always be like, is that less bright? And he'd be like, no, it's the same. But he was gaslighting her. He was turning it up and down.
Oh, my God. Yeah. So I gaslight you. I actually gaslight you. With the temperature of our bed.
Really?
Yeah.
How do you, what do you do?
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Chapter 4: How did Harrison feel spending a weekend with Tate?
When you tell me you're like, turn it up, turn it down. I say done. And you're like, oh, perfect. So I actually gaslight you.
You're not actually adjusting the temperature?
No.
Why? I'm making it too cold.
Because it's on auto adjustment. It auto syncs to our sleep.
It auto regulates depending on your body. Okay. Einstein, I sleep on a heating pad. So it's jaded.
Is the internet going to get mad at me for that? No. Okay. I hope not.
All right. Let's start. Are we rolling? Yeah. Okay. Welcome back to two parents and a podcast. Why are you checking your phone?
You've been, you've been looking at the agenda.
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Chapter 5: What was the Mother’s Day surprise?
It's just like, I think I said, I like the name Tate one day. And then you were like, oh yeah, I love it.
So I don't think that's what happened.
Okay.
Where did we go on our first date?
Well, I don't know the name of it.
Okay.
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Chapter 6: Why are certain kids' shows like 'Cocomelon' considered unhealthy?
I know they had tater tots and it was down.
What did we order for our first meal?
Tater tots.
Valentine's Day, we went back there.
To get the tater tots. They were off the menu.
And they were off the menu. And I think that at that point, we started calling her tater tot in your belly. And I think tate came from tater tot.
Now, listen, that's a cuter story, but I've always loved the name Tate because I went to high school with a girl named Tate. And I liked her smile and I loved her as a person. And I think I said that's in the running for me and you loved it. And then for Valentine's Day, that solidified it.
So is my story a gaslight?
No, no, no, it's not. It's not a gaslight. That's not the right. No, because you think your story, you're not telling me the story to like.
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Chapter 7: What emotional changes did motherhood bring?
And why was it off? It said most of Spain and Portugal, including major cities like Madrid. The power is off. They didn't tell me how long.
And so then works canceled too, right?
Of course. What are you going to do? Just go into work? Well, I guess going into work could be a lot of fun. If you don't like your setup at home, you can just go bring some beers and hang at the office.
Yeah, unless you had an electronic door to get in the office. I mean, electricity powers a lot.
Yeah, but I'm not saying like 30 days without electricity. I was saying like four days.
Oh, I'm down. And especially if I knew when the power was going to come back on. That would be the most fun scenario. I was like, hey, power's going to be off Monday to Friday. I'd be like, done. Done. Then you'd know there's a light at the end of the tunnel, pun intended.
I apologize to the listener if they're hearing my ice click, but I am drinking out of an unbelievable cup from Aishens, which I think is one of the coolest restaurants I've ever been to in Okarchi.
Yep.
Okarchi, Oklahoma.
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Chapter 8: How did the house closing impact us?
All right, let's move on to the big news.
Well, I thought we're going to talk about IRL. We haven't even talked to IRL. That's the big news. What is it?
That we closed on the house officially. You guys, I messed up. So Jules and I were out here titling episodes like we got the house and technically like we did sign the papers to get the house, but we hadn't paid for the house. And so Harrison was on edge. And he was like, stop titling episodes that we got the house.
But now we've officially gone to the title place, signed the docs, transferred the money, and now we own the house.
Yeah. So today's Tuesday and we closed on Friday. Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, I think like it's kind of like taking a business mindset into – uh, into real life where like a deal isn't done until docs are signed and money is wired. And like, I've always lived that way because I've seen enough things fall apart at, at the one yard line.
And so with this, like it was just, it was like, so I don't know, it was such a weird feeling for me because like we talked about it so much online and, And then like the way it was messaged, I do think was, you know, accurate from the perspective of we bought it without an option period because we did, we like did the option period before we actually put the offer in.
That was like part of the weird negotiation that, that we had. Like we had the inspector come beforehand. We had them run title beforehand and uh, surveyor, et cetera, et cetera. Uh, so what was I saying?
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