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

This week Kelsey Parker sits down with Lee Parkinson MBE. Teacher, three-time Sunday Times bestselling author and one half of Two Mr Ps in a Podcast for a chat about school readiness, raising triplets and why we've all been worrying about the wrong things.Lee gets real about becoming a stepdad at 21, the scan where the nurse went silent before revealing it was triplets, and the "bath, bottle, bed" routine that got all three sleeping through by six months.Then it goes deeper: why 63% of children aren't ready for school, how scrapping Sure Start centres left a hole nobody filled, and why the little things like doing up their own shoes & putting on a coat actually matter far more than reading or counting before day one.Plus the lighter stuff: the ex-pupil who bought him a pint 15 years on, getting his MBE ("the world's worst kept secret"), and the show-and-tell Tupperware box that accidentally exposed an affair.Grab a cuppa and get comfy.A Create Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelsey Parker sits down with Shaughna Phillips for an honest chat about motherhood, grief and the beautiful chaos of raising two little girls.Shaughna gets real about the jump from one to two, why baby Sofia has just had to "slot in", and why she's chosen to keep three-year-old Lucia home instead of sending her to nursery, five years full-time is all she gets, and she's determined to be selfish with it.Then it goes deeper: losing her dad to pancreatic cancer at 22, the promise she made to keep his diagnosis from her mum, looking after him through his final months, and how grieving him as a daughter became something else entirely once she became a mum herself.Plus the lighter stuff: Love Island auditions and every green light going her way, a pension committee job with 900 applicants after she left, and the psychic who told her Lucia "came out the sunroof."Grab a cuppa and get comfy.A Create Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Georgia Jones sits down with comedian and mum-of-three Hannah East for a chat that goes so far off-piste they have to remind themselves they're actually recording a podcast.Turns out these two go way back: Georgia handed Hannah her prize at Miss Scarborough nearly two decades ago, and they've somehow retraced almost the exact same path from pageants and presenting to parenting content ever since.Hannah gets real about building a following of hundreds of thousands from filming herself in wigs in her bedroom, the lactating video that changed everything after nobody cared about her fitness content, and going from five-people-and-a-bottle-of-red comedy gigs to a sold-out theatre tour her dad genuinely thought was a trip to the pub.Plus all the good stuff: why Center Parcs is basically contraception parks, dressing your kids in high-vis so you don't lose them, the mental load nobody warns you about, husbands and their paddle elbow, and exactly what to do (and never do) in a school WhatsApp group.Oh, and one of them may have fallen into a bush.Grab a cuppa and get comfy.A Create Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Mum’s The Word, Kelsey Parker is joined by Matthew and Ryan Mackinnon, the couple behind the podcast Daddies Overnight, and their story is unlike anything we’ve heard before.From building a life together online to suddenly becoming parents through adoption, Matthew and Ryan open up about what it really means to become dads overnight… and why nothing could have prepared them for it.They share the honest reality of choosing adoption over surrogacy, the unexpected challenges that come with both, and the moment that completely changed their perspective on becoming parents.From misconceptions about adoption to the emotional weight of the process, this is a side of parenthood that isn’t talked about enough.Kelsey also dives into the emotional complexities of fostering and adoption, including the guilt, the gratitude, and the heartbreaking reality of taking a child from a foster family who loved them deeply.Plus, the trio talk about life now as parents, from surprisingly perfect sleep routines (yes, really) to the moments that make it all worth it, and whether they’d ever do it all again.Expect laughter, honesty, and a powerful reminder that there’s no “normal” path into parenthood.Grab a cuppa, get comfy, and join Kelsey, Matthew and Ryan for this eye-opening episode of Mum’s The Word.A Create Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this special Mother’s Day episode of Mum’s The Word, Georgia Jones is joined by someone very important… her mum, Mumma Jean.From brutally honest baby stories to embarrassing teenage moments, nothing is off limits as Jean spills the truth about what Georgia was really like growing up, including the time Georgia used to hold her breath until she passed out and the boyfriend disasters Mum never forgot. They also talk about the realities of motherhood across generations, Jean’s experience of miscarriage before and after having her daughters, and the moment she realised Georgia had found her confidence, pushing her to enter Miss York, which eventually led to Miss England and Miss World.It’s funny, emotional and full of family stories as they reflect on childhood memories, parenting styles, and what Mother’s Day really means.Expect laughs, a few embarrassing revelations, and a lot of love.A Create Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.