Two Parents & A Podcast
Life with no nanny, moving abroad & the raw chicken incident
Thu, 12 Dec 2024
Welcome back to another episode of Just Alex! First up, we’re talking about what it’s really like to go from having a nanny to being on our own—spoiler alert: the house is a disaster. Harrison talks us through his visa renewal process (he got it!!!!) and we touch on our potential plans to move abroad anyways?! We just got back from our LA trip where a restaurant served Harrison raw chicken… Yep, that happened. So we spent like 20 mins recounting our worst restaurant horror stories!!! We wrapped it up with a few quick new parent topics - dream feeding, bringing babies to bars, tipping babysitters, and bringing your newborn out in public. As always - thanks for listening - WE LOVE YOU GUYS! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00:00 Welcome back to another episode of Just Alex! 00:00:45 When is it socially acceptable to start saying happy holidays? 00:03:20 Our first week without the nanny 00:07:00 We’re moving abroad?! 00:13:45 Trial and error on traveling with a newborn 00:15:40 Why and when should restaurants comp meals 00:28:00 Waffle House fantasy football punishment 00:30:55 How to go to any concert for less than $100 00:37:05 Why don’t men wash their sheets? 00:38:40 Dream feeding 00:40:00 Do you tip babysitters? 00:41:08 Should babies be allowed in bars? 00:41:47 Listener question - taking your newborn out and about 00:46:05 LOVE YOU GUYS! #justalexpod ---------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you to our sponsors this week: - RoBody: Go to https://www.ro.co/ALEX to find out if you’re covered for free. For boxed warning and full safety information, go to https://www.ro.co/safety. Prescription only. - Gift luxury this holiday season without the luxury price tag. Go to https://www.Quince.com/alex for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! - With StoryWorth I am giving those I love most a thoughtful, personal gift from the heart and preserving their memories and stories for years to come. Go to https://www.StoryWorth.com/alex and save $10 on your first purchase! - Magnetic Me: Go to MagneticMe.com today – new customers will get 15% off their first order! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to the pod on Spotify/Apple Podcasts: https://open.spotify.com/show/7BxuZnHmNzOX9MdnzyU4bD?si=5e715ebaf9014fac https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/just-alex/id1737442386 Follow Just Alex Pod: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/justalexpod/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@justalexpod Follow Alex: Alex's Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/justalexbennett Alex's TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@justalexbennett Follow Harrison: Harrison's Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/harrisonfugman Harrison's 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: What is it like to live without a nanny?
Yeah, it's a disaster. It really looks like the house of a toddler.
She's a newborn.
But what do you think we actually would have done?
If your visa didn't get renewed, we'd stay here in America and you'd go back to Canada.
Chapter 2: Are they really moving abroad?
So, the question then becomes, when you get raw chicken, what should the restaurant do?
Comp the entire meal and it is not close. Welcome back to another episode of Just Alex. Happy holidays. So you transition to happy new year?
100%.
So when can you start saying happy holidays? And then if you're saying it ends January 1st, how long do you say happy new year for?
I think you say happy new year all of January.
You give happy new year a month? That's ridiculous.
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Chapter 3: How can you travel with a newborn?
Or at least like the first week or two.
I think first week, no brainer. I think the second week, you're kind of stretching it.
Chapter 4: What should restaurants do when serving raw chicken?
I'm not gonna be mad if I get a happy new year the third week. I'm not gonna be mad.
I'm gonna be like, yeah, you gotta get something new to focus on.
Well, I'm not gonna be focused on the new year.
But if someone's coming in. And then, and sorry, when do you think you should start with the happy holidays?
I think that people, I think that Thanksgiving to me is not in part of the happy holidays. But I do think when you start saying happy holidays, you're also saying I'm shutting my laptop. I think they very much so go hand in hand. Like, Have you seen those memes where people are like, happy holidays and we'll touch base after the new year? That vibe? I think that starts around Thanksgiving.
Okay, so you're saying you start the happy new year after Thanksgiving.
I guess. Or the week of Thanksgiving. Listen, I don't start throwing happy holidays around until December.
Okay. You? I think that... Into the Thanksgiving week, it's like, hope you have a great Thanksgiving. Then Thanksgiving week, happy Thanksgiving. And then I think the week after Thanksgiving, you say, hope you had a great Thanksgiving. And then after that week, you transition to happy holidays. Happy holidays, you ride till Gen 1. Gen 1, you go, happy new year. Happy new year, really a week of it.
I think past a week is a bit of a stretch.
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Chapter 5: Do you tip babysitters?
No. Who's grace? Who is grace?
Chapter 6: Should babies be allowed in bars?
Hast du nie einen Weihnachtsabend gesehen?
Ich liebe Weihnachten. Ich bin auf Weihnachtsfilmen.
Hast du den Grinch oder den Weihnachtsabend gesehen?
Ja, ich glaube, sie sind alle ein Schnitzelfest.
Du denkst, Weihnachtsabend ist ein Schnitzelfest?
Christmas Vacation, ich weiß, dass ich für das waschen werde, aber ja, ich mag nicht Weihnachtsfilme. Ich habe Elf die ersten zwei bis drei Mal gesehen, aber ich finde Elf, Priscilla hat Elf gesagt, ich finde es ein bisschen seltsam. Ich mag es nicht. Ich weiß nicht. Ich mag diese Filme nicht. Ich mag nicht Weihnachtsfilme.
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Chapter 7: How do new parents manage outings with their newborn?
Hast du vor Weihnachten mit Vince Vaughn gesehen?
Also, ich habe das mal gesehen und ich möchte es definitiv noch mal sehen. Das ist das, was ich durchführen kann. Und wenn ich sage durchführen, dann werde ich wahrscheinlich noch auf meinem Handy für 75 Prozent davon sein. Ich liebe sie einfach. Ja, wie die beiden Weihnachtsfilme, die du am Sonntag gesehen hast. Ich brauchte NFL Red Zone auf meinem Laptop, um im Raum zu sein.
Es war die Weihnachtszeit und die Family Stone.
Ich kann den Family Stone nicht abschließen, weil es so schmerzhaft wird, wenn ich davon ausstehe. Also habe ich wahrscheinlich 70 Prozent davon gesehen. Aber ich weiß, dass es ein Klassiker ist, aber ich werde es nicht abschließen. Okay. Was haben wir vorher darüber geredet? Nicht vorher, bevor wir an diesem Thema geredet haben. The house being messy, this house, yes. It's just a pigsty.
But we're just embracing that. And giving ourselves grace, yes. And just loving this time with Tater. Because this is what I said to Harrison yesterday. I'm not going to look back at this time and think, oh, the house was so clean. Oh, I got to go on my walks every day. No, I'm going to look back on it and be like, wow, we had so much fun, the three of us as a family, while she was a newborn.
Right?
Yeah, I agree.
Okay, so...
A moment for you, a round of applause. Harrison's big, big, big news. So we were riding in the car on the way to the airport. I was dropping you off. No, we were Ubering to the airport.
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