Speaker 1: Are you ready?
Speaker 2: Good pickup with Britt Hockley and Laura ben Brady or
Speaker 2: what our windows down? That's my world?
Speaker 3: Reason the dust only good zabs all.
Speaker 2: I've done much But yeah, our big get and what
Speaker 2: I want It don't matter where rades.
Speaker 4: This is the pickup, Hi, guys, it's the pick up
Speaker 4: with Brett Hartley and Laura Ben Oh.
Speaker 2: How exciting. Not only that it's fry ye Laura, but
Speaker 2: it is a long weekend.
Speaker 4: This is the first long weekend that we've actually gonna
Speaker 4: we get a long weekend in almost forever, in.
Speaker 3: Two years, three years. Usually we work on a Monday
Speaker 3: long weekend, but not this one.
Speaker 2: Have you got any plans your solo parenting? Known't you?
Speaker 3: I'm doing absolutely nothing.
Speaker 4: I'm going to thoroughly enjoy having an extra day off
Speaker 4: on the long weekend.
Speaker 2: You know what, I actually have zero plans as well.
Speaker 3: How boring are we?
Speaker 1: Do you?
Speaker 3: I think boring's good though, I'm okay with it.
Speaker 2: In your thirties, it becomes good like it becomes what
Speaker 2: you want.
Speaker 4: Do you know who else are going to be excited about?
Speaker 4: It being a long weekend? It means that daycare is closed,
Speaker 4: so I mean parents don't need to be reminded of that.
Speaker 4: But my daughter, Lola, she's just recently started a new daycare,
Speaker 4: and with Matt Away, I mean, he's in the celeb
Speaker 4: jungle at the moment. I've been having one of the
Speaker 4: biggest parenting hurdles I think I've faced so far with her,
Speaker 4: And I'll tell you about it next. BRIT's something I've
Speaker 4: spoken to you about a little bit, and it's honestly
Speaker 4: taken over my life in the last couple of weeks.
Speaker 3: Is that Lola has started.
Speaker 4: So Lola's four years old now almost it's a birthday
Speaker 4: in a couple of weeks.
Speaker 2: Time she comes around quick. Oh, it's crazy, I just
Speaker 2: had a birthday. Came I thought, I literally just gave
Speaker 2: birth to it.
Speaker 4: How is she for She's she just started a new
Speaker 4: daycare and it shouldn't be a big deal. I know
Speaker 4: that sometimes transitioning to a new daycare can be a
Speaker 4: bit tricky and kids take a little while to adjust,
Speaker 4: but she she's been going to her old daycare for
Speaker 4: almost three and a half years, and I think we
Speaker 4: completely underestimated just how hard this transition was going to be.
Speaker 4: And it's been three weeks now, and it doesn't feel
Speaker 4: like it is getting any easier. What I mean by
Speaker 4: that is is we're at the stage now that when
Speaker 4: I drop her off before work in the morning or
Speaker 4: I pick her up after work, she's screaming, crying, she
Speaker 4: is holding onto the car seat, and it's really it
Speaker 4: escalates when she's at home so she can kind of
Speaker 4: sometimes be okay. When I get her into the daycare,
Speaker 4: it's the crying Mummy, please don't send me back to
Speaker 4: school the next day, and waking up in the nighttime
Speaker 4: begging to not go to school. And I actually do
Speaker 4: not know how to manage this transition.
Speaker 2: I know that you know the daycare, but there's got
Speaker 2: to be a part of you that's like, why don't
Speaker 2: you want to go to school?
Speaker 3: Like has she spoken about it?
Speaker 4: Like, Noah, I don't want to catastrophize. It's nothing to
Speaker 4: do with the daycare, Like the daycare is great. It's
Speaker 4: just to do with it being new and being unfamiliar,
Speaker 4: and you know, it's scary being in a new place
Speaker 4: and having to process making all new friends and Mummy's
Speaker 4: not here, and there's just been so much change for her,
Speaker 4: Like Dad's not home because he's in the jungle. Her
Speaker 4: sister has just started at vacation care school. They used
Speaker 4: to go together, and so now she's just had all
Speaker 4: this change happen at the one time, and I just
Speaker 4: don't I almost think it's been too much for her
Speaker 4: in one go. And I want to talk about this
Speaker 4: because I know that we're coming up to school drop
Speaker 4: offs and like school starting back, and so many parents
Speaker 4: who either have kids who are in kindergarten or parents
Speaker 4: who have gone through this period of trying to get
Speaker 4: their children ready for preschool or whatever, and there is
Speaker 4: nothing more heartbreaking than dropping your kid off somewhere and
Speaker 4: having them crying for you.
Speaker 3: And you got to hold it together.
Speaker 4: You've got it, because you've got to be the strong
Speaker 4: one who's trying to show them everything's okay. And you
Speaker 4: do it as a mum. You hold it all together.
Speaker 4: And then you get in the car and you cry
Speaker 4: in the car because you can't cry.
Speaker 3: In front of them.
Speaker 4: But it's almost this impossible situation where I'm like, well,
Speaker 4: I have to go to work.
Speaker 3: I don't have a choice about that.
Speaker 4: Yeah, but I also don't want to be leaving my
Speaker 4: child to be crying at daycare by yourself. Because you
Speaker 4: just feel like you're doing such a terrible job.
Speaker 2: And I guess the question is you know that it's
Speaker 2: normal for kids not to love change and it takes
Speaker 2: them a little minute to assimilate into the new environment.
Speaker 2: But then on the other hand, we're always told that
Speaker 2: kids are really malleable and they accept change pretty well,
Speaker 2: pretty quickly. So the question that you have to ask yourself,
Speaker 2: I guess, is like, how long do you wait of
Speaker 2: the crying before you say, you know what, she's not
Speaker 2: going to adapt and I take her back to the
Speaker 2: old daycare.
Speaker 4: Well, this is the big question, right, I'm like, is
Speaker 4: this just resilience building? Is this something that we should
Speaker 4: just like suck it up and she will eventually get
Speaker 4: over it and be okay because we know the school
Speaker 4: is a fantastic school, or do you cave even go okay,
Speaker 4: We'll go back to the old daycare because you were
Speaker 4: just so happy and it was so easy when you
Speaker 4: were there.
Speaker 3: I don't know.
Speaker 4: I genuinely don't have the answers, and I don't know
Speaker 4: whether a three almost four year old needs this type
Speaker 4: of resilience building. I almost think it's too much for them.
Speaker 2: Believe it or not. I also don't know, but we
Speaker 2: do have this amazing woman, Michelle Mitchell. She's a parenting expert,
Speaker 2: she's a friend of the show. We've spoken to before.
Speaker 2: I think we get her on next week and actually
Speaker 2: asked because this is a really big decision that you
Speaker 2: need to make in the next week or two, and
Speaker 2: I think it's great that we can get some advice
Speaker 2: from Michelle.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and also for any other parents who are going
Speaker 4: through the same thing, it's truly heartbreaking. It's a really
Speaker 4: hard time to know whether you're doing the right thing
Speaker 4: by your kid.
Speaker 3: The last thing we want to do is be causing
Speaker 3: permanent damage.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well we're thinking of Lola this week. Anyway, I'm
Speaker 2: glad you get Monday off with it. Hey, I want
Speaker 2: to talk to you about something wild. Meghan Michael. The
Speaker 2: world loves to hate us. She's in the headlines every
Speaker 2: single week, but I've not ever seen something quite like this.
Speaker 2: Rumor has it that Meghan and her team have approached
Speaker 2: a publishing firm about publishing a divorce book. Now, Meaghan
Speaker 2: and Harry are not divorced, so there's some questions that
Speaker 2: have been raised about is this real? Could this possibly
Speaker 2: be something that she would have done hoping it didn't
Speaker 2: get out. Is she planning for a divorce? But I'm
Speaker 2: thinking this seems too crazy. I'm thinking it's more likely
Speaker 2: that a publishing firm are like, I'm just going to
Speaker 2: try and get ahead of this way.
Speaker 4: Well, getting your new sources from is really the big question.
Speaker 3: Are producer grace right? Okay? Fact checked?
Speaker 4: I do think I've been getting it from Facebook, and
Speaker 4: Facebook no longer has fact checking on it.
Speaker 3: They're like, have you had it here first? They're getting divorced.
Speaker 2: I don't actually use Facebook, No, but I I almost
Speaker 2: want to squash this. I think it's highly unlikely that
Speaker 2: Meghan and her Tiam have done this. I think it's
Speaker 2: probably more likely that there's a publishing firm that's like,
Speaker 2: you know, I'm going to get ahead of it. I
Speaker 2: reckon they're rocky. I'm just going to tell her that, hey,
Speaker 2: if you ever do divorce, we could do.
Speaker 3: Something with it.
Speaker 2: You can make money. Make sure you come to our
Speaker 2: firm first. You'd be crazy to be Meaghan and Harry
Speaker 2: like to be in Meghan's position, go to a publishing firm,
Speaker 2: try to secretly get a book deal about a divorce.
Speaker 2: When you're not even divorced. That's wild talk.
Speaker 4: I mean, look, to be fair, is this are you
Speaker 4: in talks with a publisher. I'm kind of like, I mean,
Speaker 4: I don't believe it for one second. I think it's
Speaker 4: the opposite. Like I would say that if this has
Speaker 4: been the rumors floating around, it would be a publishing
Speaker 4: house that's gone to the first and said, hey, hey,
Speaker 4: if it's ever on the cards, come to us, we'll
Speaker 4: pay you this exorbitant fee. But also if it was
Speaker 4: the flip side, maybe she's happily married. It's kind of
Speaker 4: like just doing a prenup, isn't it. We know we're
Speaker 4: not going to get divorced, but just in case, sign
Speaker 4: a prenup because what's yours is mine and what's mine
Speaker 4: is mine. Whereas in this case, she's like, I know
Speaker 4: we're not getting divorced, but if we were, let's make
Speaker 4: some money off it.
Speaker 3: Let's cash on in.
Speaker 2: It could be smart because imagine the prenup that he had,
Speaker 2: like he was well and truly in the royal family
Speaker 2: when they got married, there would be so much protection
Speaker 2: around that. So maybe she is just being like, this
Speaker 2: is my form of a post prenup.
Speaker 3: A post nup.
Speaker 4: Okay, the question is if they were to get divorced,
Speaker 4: would you purchase the book? I would, I'm interested? Would you, yeah?
Speaker 2: I would? Did you purchase Harry's book?
Speaker 4: I like a bit of royal drama. My mother in
Speaker 4: law is like a She's sick for the Royal family.
Speaker 4: She's a real Royalist, so we have many Royal family conversations.
Speaker 4: But I don't quite understand the hate for Megan. I
Speaker 4: don't quite get why it's so. I genuinely feel really
Speaker 4: sorry for her. I'm sick of reading about her. Not
Speaker 4: because I'm reading about her.
Speaker 3: I just can't imagine what that.
Speaker 2: Does to a person. The world just loves to hate her,
Speaker 2: and I don't even think they know why they hate
Speaker 2: her now. I just think it's like, oh, that's just
Speaker 2: what we do. We just hate Meegan and Harry. Like
Speaker 2: I have not read or heard a positive headline about
Speaker 2: them in years, and I find that really sad.
Speaker 4: Do you know the only reason why I think that
Speaker 4: this like this rumor is getting legs and the reason
Speaker 4: why people believe that maybe they did approach a publishing
Speaker 4: firm just in case, just in case the divorce might
Speaker 4: be on the cards in the future. Is because they
Speaker 4: seem to do a lot of interviews selling their story.
Speaker 4: That's why people, I think a will be like, oh
Speaker 4: God enough, Like there's a lot of them talking about
Speaker 4: the breakup from the palace and their life issues and
Speaker 4: everything else. I think that people almost like wouldn't put
Speaker 4: it past them to do it, And that's why the
Speaker 4: rumors gained legs, even though it doesn't seem like it
Speaker 4: could be true.
Speaker 2: Yeah, because they don't know how to make money now
Speaker 2: they're like, oh, better go to Oprah.
Speaker 4: I don't care enough about it to have strong feelings
Speaker 4: put it that way. But then also came out and
Speaker 4: confirmed that no offer was ever made, no manuscript was
Speaker 4: ever produced, So I think it's all just fluff.
Speaker 3: It is time for one of our favorite segments.
Speaker 2: We get to give away some pat cash we do
Speaker 2: and we get to celebrate your little wins of the week.
Speaker 3: Now, this is our very first little Wins of twenty
Speaker 3: twenty five.
Speaker 4: It is, and we're going to give away five hundred
Speaker 4: dollars Chemist Aware House voucher. To win this, all you
Speaker 4: have to do is give us a call and tell
Speaker 4: us not the big, not the huge successes. I don't
Speaker 4: want to hear about graduations and birthday parties and baby reveals.
Speaker 2: I mean, that's all wonderful, but it is too beer.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and everyone celebrates those things, but not us. We're
Speaker 4: here to celebrate the small stuff.
Speaker 2: You know what me this week, I had, Laura, You
Speaker 2: know this has been a huge part of my life.
Speaker 2: This week, I had a plant that tragically died. Tragic
Speaker 2: it like, horrifically died. I was like, there is no
Speaker 2: bringing this back to life. Put it outside, forgot about it.
Speaker 2: It is sprouting again.
Speaker 4: Nothing like neglecting a plant for it to really thrive
Speaker 4: in the outdoors.
Speaker 3: Put a house plan outside. It does better.
Speaker 4: Thought it anyway. Look number one call. We've got little
Speaker 4: Leita on the phone. Our first little win.
Speaker 2: Hi, Lalita, Hi, watch your little winn of the week.
Speaker 3: Love.
Speaker 4: My little win was it was bucketing down for hours,
Speaker 4: but I managed to take a full line of clothes
Speaker 4: off the line before it happens.
Speaker 1: Ah.
Speaker 3: There we are a little win, right there.
Speaker 2: Get a bit more time when it starts spitting, right,
Speaker 2: like if it's if you get that like twenty seconds
Speaker 2: of spitting first.
Speaker 1: That's it.
Speaker 3: That's right. The leader.
Speaker 4: It really is a small win, but we can go
Speaker 4: to number two. Jacqueline, what is your little win of
Speaker 4: the week?
Speaker 5: Hi, my little win of the week is at thirty
Speaker 5: five weeks pregnant, I can finally rest my water bottle
Speaker 5: on my belly. My hands are free.
Speaker 2: I feel like you don't get a lot of time,
Speaker 2: like you what three weeks worth of really being able
Speaker 2: to sit there and use it as a plate?
Speaker 3: You belly is a plate. It's good when you can
Speaker 3: put a cup and then just have your straw. Is
Speaker 3: that what you mean?
Speaker 4: You just absolutely handless, can drink out of your water bottle.
Speaker 5: Yep, I can scroll on my phone and yep, have
Speaker 5: my front green on my belly.
Speaker 2: Handpa, that's a pretty good win. I haven't experienced it yet.
Speaker 2: I'm not haven't been pregnant yet, but I think that
Speaker 2: that would be cool.
Speaker 3: I mean great.
Speaker 4: Also, put your chips there and you don't even have
Speaker 4: to get them. You can just put your face straight
Speaker 4: into the bag.
Speaker 3: Whatever works for you. Lost all right? How we have
Speaker 3: Samantha as well. Samantha, what's your little winn of the week?
Speaker 1: So, my little winter of the week is I managed
Speaker 1: to fit eleven tim pems in my mouth in eleven, Samantha.
Speaker 3: That's a win for your husband.
Speaker 1: Well, actually it's got a story. I'm not into men.
Speaker 3: Oh that's yeah, but you a Grace is really excited
Speaker 3: over here.
Speaker 2: I'm sure in some capacity to win for your partner
Speaker 2: in any way.
Speaker 1: I've always been told I had a big mouth, but
Speaker 1: I never really know it's until I put it to test.
Speaker 3: Okay, I'm so glad you find it wasn't a.
Speaker 1: One minute fit. It was like it did, takes about
Speaker 1: fifteen minutes to shove them.
Speaker 3: In and take pet Can I ask you how this?
Speaker 2: How this came up, Samantha, Like, were you just sitting
Speaker 2: there one day and thought, I wonder how many tim
Speaker 2: tims I can get in my mouth?
Speaker 1: Oh? No, I was having a challenge with my eldest
Speaker 1: daughter and I was like, listen, boo, mom has got this,
Speaker 1: and you know I wipe that table claim.
Speaker 3: I'm actually just really thinking about this. Eleven is so many.
Speaker 3: It's like literally the pack.
Speaker 1: No, it's a pack I had lock.
Speaker 3: Wait, it's the whole pack.
Speaker 1: There's eleven eleven the whole pack.
Speaker 4: Did you have to take them out of your mouth
Speaker 4: to eat? Because like, I don't know how you would
Speaker 4: then chew.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we had to like pull them out one by
Speaker 1: one were breaking off as well, so it was Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was a really attractive thing.
Speaker 3: Did you get a photo? There is a video orbit,
Speaker 3: Can you please send it to us? Yeah, it's part
Speaker 3: and parcel of us needing to give you a prize.
Speaker 3: Who can go on the pick up?
Speaker 4: We've got a new rules all right? Well, look, who
Speaker 4: do we think it's gonna be? I think we probably
Speaker 4: have a clear winner here, do we?
Speaker 3: I think?
Speaker 1: So?
Speaker 3: Okay, you call it. This is your week. You can
Speaker 3: pick this week? All right.
Speaker 4: Look, I think if you can fit eleven Tim Tams
Speaker 4: in your mouth, you should also get five hundred dollars.
Speaker 3: Has been a chemist warehouse. Samantha. Congrat Samantha. See Samantha congrats.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 3: Well that is it from us, guys,