Mum's The Word! With Georgia Jones & Kelsey Parker

This week Georgia Jones sits down with Stevie White from Jaackmate's Happy Hour for a chat about stepdad life, baby loss and finding your way back after grief.

Stevie gets real about meeting Isaac at three, the sloth teddy that sealed the deal, and the moment Isaac called him "Dad" completely out of the blue.

Then it goes deeper: losing baby Noah to a termination for medical reasons at 23 weeks, the rare DNA translocation no doctor had seen before, finding out on Christmas Eve, and the brave decision he and Ariane made about their family afterwards.

Plus the lighter stuff: a 28-hour charity stream for Sands, a hair transplant gone Buzz Lightyear, and the Cromer Marathon he won't shut up about.

Grab a cuppa and get comfy.

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Kelsey finally shares her pregnancy news properly, opening up about why she kept it private for so long, what "rainbow baby" really means, and why she believes this pregnancy is a gift from Tom and Phoenix.

Aurelia's already picked the name, Will's basically the newest star of Kelsey's socials whether he likes it or not, and Kelsey's convinced pregnancy has cracked open her third eye.

Georgia and Kelsey also dig into the UK's new social media ban for under-16s, from VPN workarounds to the "man in the white van" comparison that changed how they think about online strangers.

This episode covers the big stuff:

Kelsey's rainbow baby reveal, the medium who told her Tom is "holding" Phoenix, and why she refuses to be anxious this time round
The under-16 social media ban - VPN loopholes, gaming chat room bullying, and whether it'll actually change anything
Plus the everyday chaos: deleted screen time reports, toddlers who can unlock an iPhone but not their shoes, and faking the reading log since week two

They also run through the top five things their friends without kids will never understand. Spoiler: the mental load, the cancelling, and being told "you're tired" all make the cut.

Grab a cuppa and get comfy. This one's a good one.

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This week Georgia Jones sits down with Atomic Kitten's Natasha Hamilton for a chat about motherhood across four decades, perimenopause and reclaiming her music career on her own terms.

Natasha gets real about becoming a mum again at 43 after IVF, the emergency surgery that followed, and what it was like being a 20-year-old pop star with postnatal depression and a newborn on a world tour, back when the right support just wasn't there.

Then it goes deeper: the mental breakdown that led her to therapy, parenting a 24-year-old and a toddler at the same time, the terrifying social media experiment that changed how she protects her daughter, and why HRT gave her her life (and her marriage) back.

Plus the music: her new EP Extraction, the deeply personal track White Feather written for her late grandmother, and the family-filled video where her daughter plays a young Natasha.

Grab a cuppa and get comfy.

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Find Natasha:
EP – Extraction, out now
Substack – https://natashahamiltonnotes.substack.com/
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/natashahamilton/
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This week on Mum's The Word, Kelsey Parker is joined by psychologist and author Dr Charlotte Armitage, the woman behind Generation Zombie and founder of Be Device Wise, for an honest look at why she's gone completely screen-free at home.

From shocking Ofcom figures (some kids on screens eleven hours a day) to the dopamine trap, the ADHD overlap, and the real dangers reaching children in their own bedrooms, Charlotte breaks down the science every parent needs to hear, plus why it's good for kids to be bored and how to set boundaries from a place of love.

Grab a cuppa, get comfy, and join Kelsey and Charlotte for another episode of Mum's The Word.

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This week on Mum’s The Word, Georgia Jones sits down with award-winning broadcaster and Relatively host Catherine Carr to talk about the relationship we rarely know how to talk about: the one with our siblings. Her debut book, Who’s The Favourite?, busts the myths and shares the science behind the brothers and sisters we love and occasionally want to throttle.

Why might siblings be the longest relationship of your life?
Why is no child ever born into the same family?
And why do labels like the golden child, the funny one or the baby follow us into adulthood?

Catherine and Georgia get into birth order, the truth about only children, whether firstborns really are cleverer, sibling rivalry, and the stat that 74% of parents admit to having a favourite.

Plus the beautiful idea that reframes it all: that family isn’t a hierarchy, it’s a constellation.

Find out more:
Listen to Catherine’s podcast RELATIVELY
Get the book WHO’S THE FAVOURITE?
Follow Catherine on Instagram @tall.lady.carr

Grab a cuppa, get comfy, and tuck in.

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