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UnavailableDivorce, Step Moms, and Getting Along for Your Kids with Bio-Mom Abi and Step-Mom Katy
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Divorce, Step Moms, and Getting Along for Your Kids with Bio-Mom Abi and Step-Mom Katy

FromThe New Mamas Podcast


Currently unavailable

Divorce, Step Moms, and Getting Along for Your Kids with Bio-Mom Abi and Step-Mom Katy

FromThe New Mamas Podcast

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Length:
72 minutes
Released:
Jan 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Biological mom Abi and step-mom Katy are choosing to "family" for the sake of their children. Katy met Will on a dating app and learned that he had 4 kids (ages 8, 8, 5, and 3).  There can be a lot of stigmas around divorce and the relationship between the biological mom and the biological father's new partner. Abi talks about meeting her ex-husbands new parter, Katy, for the first time and how she instantly felt a connection and how they were able to build trust.  During the episode, Abi reads a letter she wrote to her ex-husbands new partner when she first got divorced. Abi and Katy discuss their relationship and how they choose to co-parent. In this episode, Katy and Abi get practical about:Being a united front in both householdsHow Katy asked really great questions about parenting stylesExpectations around screen time and disciplineCommunication and how Abi doesn't mind being the "bad guy" when it comes to disciplineInvolving grandparents and in-laws Katy owns a farm called Sticky Holler Farm in Arkansas. She's on Instagram as @stickyhollerfarm.  Support the showConnect with Lina on @linaforrestal on InstagramFollow the @newmamaspodcast on InstagramRead Lina's Blog: www.linaforrestal.comSupport the Show: Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/newmamaspodcast)
Released:
Jan 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (11)

Host Lina Forrestal brings you the New Mamas Podcast, a space created to give first time moms a voice and to have honest and raw conversations about motherhood. Lina and her guests are normalizing conversations around traditionally taboo topics: post-partum depression, post-partum anxiety, surviving the newborn phase, body image issues, co-parenting, divorce, and more. This podcast is meant to feel like a big virtual hug for moms everywhere. Instagram: @linaforrestal @newmamaspodcast Contact: lina.forrestal@gmail.com