Mum's The Word! The Parenting Podcast - GEORGIA & KELSEY: My Patience Level Was Hanging By A Thread

Episode Date: November 10, 2025

Georgia Jones and Kelsey Parker are back in the studio together for another dose of honest, chaotic, and hilarious mum stories.This week, the girls talk about the constant juggle of mum life, from sprinting to the studio straight after the school run to the guilt (and giggles) that come when you accidentally snap at your kids.Plus, We Listen and We Don’t Judge makes a triumphant return… and the listener confessions do not disappoint! 👀Expect tales of:🍼 A baby and a tub of Sudocrem🛴 A scooter mishap that turned out to be a broken arm🚗 A mum who might have left her baby at home (don’t worry, everyone’s fine!)🏊‍♀️ And one unforgettable “dad fail” involving a swimming pool and… a regular nappyA Create Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello, we're back, people. Welcome to a brand new episode of Mums the Word. I'm Georgia Jones. And I'm Kelsey Parker. And today we chat about the juggle of Mum Life and our chaotic journey is today into the studio. And we also speak about when we snap at our children and their different reactions.

So grab a cup of. Get it comfy. And let's jump in to this brand new episode of Mums the Word. Girls, we both had a bit of a mad mum juggled dash this morning, didn't we? I feel like I'm always on it. Actually, no. I feel like the week, I never know what my week looks like. Yeah.

So, and with me, sometimes I don't forward plan enough. Yeah. So it comes to the day and I'm like, oh yeah, by the way, I am doing the pod today. Yeah. So, and then Will decided that he needed my car. so my auntie had to run us to the kids to school I dropped the kids off and then had to then go to the station which is close to the kids

school so it was a bit of a a bit of a mad dash by this morning cows but yeah and also getting up early because when we do an early pod it's like you have to get I mean because I'm so glam I know you're all looking at you going wow she's really glammed up today no you look beautiful cows just said she got up at like half I have to do with her makeup I sent a picture of my slip back her and was like and that's why I've gone for the slicked look. Yeah, but you know what? I would have done slicked back. However,

I'd put on like this really thick conditioning mask. So I don't even think I could have got away with doing a slicked back look. Because I thought to myself, yesterday me was like, oh, it's fine, I'll put a conditioning mask on. I don't mind getting up early. Do you do that a lot, the conditioning mask? Yeah, I do you actually. Do you? Yeah. Do you feel like they're good? Yeah. I've done like they'll just leave my hair greasy. Yeah, but I've got really dry hair. Oh. So they don't. Yeah. Yeah. I think it depends on your hair type, definitely. Mine's just very coarse and like, course, like, coarser. Courser, yeah.

But yeah, so I was like, gosh, shit, I've got to get up and wash my hair. So I did it all. And then, but then Cooper decided to wake up at 6 a.m. No, he was up early? Up early, yeah. Did he hear you get ready? I think I may be walking up. And I think, because I was awake, he was like, oh, it must be time to wake up.

And I was like, no, darling, it's not. What time does he normally wake up? He actually doesn't normally wake up at about 6.30. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah, so, because obviously I'm solo parenting. in the moment because Danny's on tour. I don't have talked about that yet or not.

No, I don't think she's mentioned that she's so like parenting, isn't she? I'm not, but moaned about how tired I am, have I, to anyone? I don't know. But yeah, so it's that juggle, isn't it? We're doing to count down until when Danny's back. Some people count down to Christmas, we're counting down till when Danny's back up tour. On day of recording, I think I've got 27 more days.

27 days. 27 days. Longest stint in the world. But yeah, it's that, like, last night I sat down and I thought, right, I'm going to have to really plan tomorrow morning because this is going to be a military mission because I had to make sure I got myself ready then I had to do like the half an hour journey to and from school get back get changed make sure I made my train on time so that I would be here on time and it's just like it is like a military mission isn't it oh yeah last night I remembered that Araeli had swimming lessons

today with school so I had to back the swimming bag to get her out the door yeah and then I realized that her coat was in the back of my car so she's gone with no coat today but i was like to be fair ray obviously their kids are at private school i'm like you're going to get chauffeufed to the swimming you're going to get on the bus to the swimming and back so i don't think they do they don't have lunchtime break today because they go to the swimming to the swimming lessons to the swimming to the swimming pool i was on my journey i was like coops they've got flats higher i was like please don't have a flat tire because it's not in my catalogue to fix a flat tire

It's not in my name for that would be dropped Well I'd come home Hopefully Will would sold it If Will couldn't sell that Well actually I'm really like putting Will down here Hopefully you'll be able to sweat out of that time Yeah It's funny though isn't it

Like I'm so fiercely independent But when the male figure isn't there I mean you would have felt it's when you know Tom died but you suddenly feel really incapable Of certain things like Well the thing is we're Tom he wasn't capable of certain things and he would ring my family to get things sorted oh well okay he'd ring my brother and say sammy can you come around and fix this to see that's it i told you the story of

when he made his chair in his studio it's the funny so he went no i reckon i'll be able to do this so a chair a bit like this yeah so he was like i'm going to put it together so we were like right here we go tom's putting it together oh my god he literally the arm used to go like that and just swing It was like lopsided, but he never let my brother come around and fix that. He was like, no. Oh, we must have been so proud of it. This is the chair that I made, and it's when I was sitting. See, Daddy's quite good at DIY.

Is he? Yeah, very good, in fact. So you can just put it together. You can just see things and get it. Yeah. I did mow the lawn yesterday, Kells. Go you. Thank you.

What is it like this? Yeah. Do you know what afterwards? I looked at it, I was like, well, they're not straight life. Thank God I've got 27 more days for it to be. grow before Danny gets back. I just wouldn't even attempt, though. Get a gardener in.

I'm that person. Just pay for someone else to do it. Absolutely not. If I can do it, I'll do it. And you know what? I needed to do something other than being a mum or working. I was like, I need to do something like practical. It's like something other than being on my phone working or having to mum.

But yeah, my patient, I'm really annoyed with myself because not only am a hormone at the moment. Yep. I am tired. Yes. I am quite exhausted of the monotonous school run. You've only been back three weeks. Yeah. Why not have I've been doing it all by myself.

So like, you know, I've not had a break. So when Danny's around, do you have a little... Well, when Danny's around, Danny normally does drop off and I do pick up. Oh, nice. Or we switch it around depending on who's got what on when. You know, if I'm out in the evening, then we'll switch it around. But at least there's somebody else there Or like, you know

Not having to do bath time every night And at the moment we've not got a bath Because we're having our bathroom re-done So it's just the shower And it's a pain in the ass Trying to wash his hair in that shower I mean, I'm just drenched every night So yeah, it's just all of that

And then so... It's just a lot. So my patience level today in particular Was just like hanging by a thread Yeah And we set off on the school run And he farts about it. You know when they fart about?

And you're like, just hurry up. Put your socks on. Everyone is in the same boat. I know. No, I know. If every mum around the country was recorded at the same time, probably from the hours of half six in the morning till 8 o'clock, it would be the same in every house. Every mom would be saying the same things. Can you get your socks on?

Can you get your socks on? Have you brushed your teeth? Have you done this? Yeah. Is your stuff packed by the front door? Then when they're leaving the front door, you're like, right. Why is your coat? Yeah.

Why haven't you got your car to get on? I'm the only person that can carry stuff about the house. They just walk out with nothing. And I've like, got the bags, got this. Oh, yeah, it is. It's so true. The mud and juggle. But then what happened basically was we left the house.

He was fighting about on his bike. And then... What was he doing with his bike? Oh, he was just peddling so slow that he kept wobbling on it. And I was like, if you pedal slow, you're going to fall off. It's simple. It's physics. Two of a seven-year-old.

But then he went into the back of my leg. Oh, see. And that was it, that he hurt me. And that was it. My switch just when... What did you say? I just snapped it. I was like, oh, that really hurt.

And then I felt really bad because, you know, I went... Why? Yeah, but he's hurt you. I'm like, no, because then he looked so devastated because he didn't mean to hurt me. No, and I think boys are very clever. I think... What, you think he went...

He did the puppy dog eyes because he knew. He knew. Will does it to me? I'm like, Will, do you actually think I'm stupid? he will hate this but I said to him the other day I had to go in for something and he does this like

sad face and I'm like the sad face doesn't work with me Bodhi does it this morning I was going to Brody can you get your socks on I was like your uniform so you've taken his uniform

off downstairs so I was like part of your uniforms downstairs I was like but your socks and your pants are up here so can you just do I can't put my socks on

I'm like you can put your socks on I was like mummy's just doing her makeup right now because I need to look good to do the pot that I do because now we put this on YouTube the full episode.

Well, that is why. Because now Dom uploads us. So, yeah, I was like to him, right, can you, I can't get my socks on. I can't get my socks on. And then I start going, well, it's parents evening on Monday. So I better go and have a little word of your teacher. Because if you can't put your socks on, then there's a serious worry in the world. Yeah, when you, when you bring the teacher into it.

And then I didn't even raise my voice and I didn't shout at all. He's going, you're hurting my ear. You're shouting at me. I was like, Bo, I'm actually not even shouting at you. I was like, this is not shouting. Like, really you want to go, this is not shouting. There's a shout. Yeah, yeah, that's what you want to do, isn't it?

You want to see me show. This is me shouting and losing my shit. I don't know whether I ever, like, fully, fully shouted like full volume. I don't think I have, you know. Well, don't think you've ever lost it. Not full, not fully. Mine's more like a look. I remember my mum used to do it when I was little.

And you knew. But I feel like the looks don't really work with my two. Oh, see, I'm quite good at... No, and I do the counting. Oh, I do count in. Where was she the other day? Swimming or something like that. When they can't hear you but they can see you.

And I was doing the, like... I don't know if she was at a party. Oh, actually, I know what we should talk about that I didn't write in that what we were meant to do on our group chat. So we have a group chair and we're meant to write and what we can talk about. Kelsey's a mute in the group chat.

Who go. I... Party bags. Right? So she went to a party. We've gone off on a tangent here, right? I know, but I feel like this is like, this is where I did the counting. Yeah.

So, oh, right. She went to a party on Saturday and she went, she went straight from dancing. So this little girl goes to dancing with her and she, and Aurelia left with the mum and the dad and went to the party. Yeah. So she helped with the set up and whatever else.

So by the time I got there, she'd been there a little while. And Aurelia is an emotional roller coaster. When you're with Ray, you're like, one minute, she's happy, one minute, she's crying. One minute, she's this. You're like, whoa! So, um, she keeps on your toes. She keeps me on my toes.

So I picked her up and she'd got the party bag. And then she started looking through the party bag. And I was like, right? What's she not going to like in the party bag? And I was like, just be grateful. So I went over to a rain and I said, look, we're going to go and say goodbye. What I really want you to do is say thank you. Be grateful because she started, she picked, they had like a squidgey poo and she wasn't happy with the colour.

She had a yellow squidgy poo and she didn't want that colour. And I'm just like, let it go. let it go it doesn't matter it's a party bag you've been to the party you've had a fantastic time be grateful so as we walked over she then started crying no she did not what and i was like yeah she goes and she was like i don't like i said to the mum do not change her party back i'm so glad you said that to the mum because i think what a mum would do is then go oh don't worry i'll get you a new one no no no i said she's having that party bag. She's very grateful and thankful

that you've actually invited her to this party. Thank you. Aurelia's run off at this point because she knows that she's going to be in trouble too. So she's like, sat there crying, the dad's gone over. I'm like, she's fine, good in the car. And I said, I'm telling you now, I said, you're not having that party bag. Well done, Kells. Listeners, that we've agreed or not agree with this. Oh, I strongly agree.

And I said, your brother is going to have that party bag now. You're going to give that party bag to your brother. And do you know what? She actually said she actually felt. happy with that. Because actually the pressure of the party bag was too much for Eralia. Right. And she said I actually, I feel good

that you've actually, I've given that to my brother, so I've been kind and she said that it makes my head go funny mum. She actually said that to me. Yeah, maybe it's just the overwhelming. She's overwhelmed by it. What's like on a birthday when she gets presents or Christmas? No, she's actually, she's actually okay. It's like, maybe it's when it's something she's... It's tut.

She just, it loves a bit of tut. It's tut the same as tat. Yeah, tuit. Tutt, shit. Shit equals shit. Just shit in the bag. There literally was a shit in the bag as well. Yeah, there was actually shit in the bag.

I actually agree with you on that parenting method. Some people won't. They think it's too harsh, but I can't do the gentle parenting. We spoke about it before. I just think there needs to be a consequence. And also, you've been to that party and you're not grateful. You've had everything at that party. And also, my kids don't really go with it.

out. Like, I'm not saying they're spoil, but, you know, they do work hard. They got a new lububu. Oh, did the, oh God, you're kids into labubo? Yeah, well, well, I've missed, I've, I've, you're lucky on that one. Yeah. Bodey wouldn't, obviously, he's just into the labubu. So, last week, it was, could, if she worked hard all week, she'd get a labubu. She actually conned her granddad. Her granddad bought the labubu. Oh, not me. Granddad's are the worst. Granddad. Granddad are the worst. Do you know, my dad was not. like that with me growing up with you yeah oh no i mean i'm i was his little princess but i didn't just he wouldn't just take me to the shops and buy me a toy whereas cooper oh yeah god yeah

never seen my mom's not like that because she has them a lot she's not that man like that just lets them have whatever they want yeah yeah but johnny lets them have what they want and he loves buying so she they know that with johnny so for me you worked hard you got the lububu you went into a party and You've been ungrateful. Yeah, so you get it taken away. Yeah. Do you know what? I have taken a leaf out of your book actually,

and I thought about you, and it's why I did it. So the other day, I was walking around the house and there was Cooper, there was a pair of socks thrown in one corner. There was a wrapper of some snack somewhere else. And I was like, Kelsey, I remember Kelsey saying to me, like, you've got to start them doing the job so that they don't become reliant on us as women doing everything for them. And I was like,

train their men up. Yeah, I need to put this into action. So I did. And I've started doing it. I've started being really, really good with it. Of like, the minute he takes his socks off or whenever I see something, I'm like, Cooper, you know exactly where those dirty socks go, go and put them in the wash basket. And he does now.

It's just little things though, isn't it? Yeah, but it's so simple. But it is so easy as a mother just to scoot around after them. And do it all. And just scoot it up, pick it up. Because, you know, sometimes you're going to have a battle. Sometimes it'd be like, at Cooper, I don't know where the wash basket is. I mean, you absolutely do.

You've done this task before, so that's a lie. Don't lie to your mother. Yeah, so I've started doing that, Kowles, and I, yeah, I really appreciate you for saying that to me. We're training these boys to be men, to look after their women. We are. But going back to the snapping, I definitely think, Arraya just looks at me and goes, oh, what are you going on about? Does she?

Whereas Bodey, it's that, like, what Cooper did to me. Cooper will go, my mum's been really horrible to me. Oh, I know, yeah, but God, it really hurt. And then you feel so bad. I do, I did, I did feel really bad. And he'll go, I'm the worst little boy ever. Oh, they just know the right things to say. Oh my God, you're not the worst little boy ever.

Manipulation. Yeah, I know. Oh, God, starting young, Jesus. That's what I say, I'm being manipulated right now, aren't I? This is manipulation. I think part of it. I'm a sucker for it. I am, because actually I would say, I think part of it is, potentially playing his mum.

I think the other part is he's quite a sensitive little boy. And because he's a good, good lad and doesn't really get into trouble too often, I think that probably lends its hand to him being another child as well. But he doesn't really get told off that often. So I think when he does, it's a big deal for him. Yeah. And it's like... Because if you did have two, you would be shouting a lot more.

Yeah, all the time. I know, that's it. That's the thing. Because they'd be bickering now. And mine actually, yeah. Whereas he, you know, he's a solo player. Yeah. So, I know.

And also, I think when you've got a sibling, you either bat it off and be like, I think with siblings, they try and play. Play each other off against. Yeah, to be like, oh. Like if, I'm telling her radio off, Bodie's like the golden child. Yeah.

He's like, I'm so good. And then likewise, oh, mommy, what did you say about me? Oh, I didn't do that. Oh, okay. Me and my sister still do that now. Do you? Yeah, on like, mom and dad's births. I'll ring Mum in the morning.

Happy birthday. Did Lauren ring it? Is Lauren Rung you yet? And mum's like, no, you're the first. I was like, yes, that means I love you more than Lauren does. That's why I got the Unput Christmas when my brother's bought my mum a coffee machine. Oh yeah. Didn't bring me in on it.

Didn't include you in it. I was so upset. I was like, now I look terrible. Mom, what do you want? What do you want for Mother's Day? Mom, I'll get you anything you want. Keep sharing. I always buy mum and dad cards that say from your favourite daughter.

Oh, yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. I'm here for that. Yeah. I actually go around all the family and say, I know I'm your favourite. Yeah. Listen, you don't need to say it. I can tell. Even to my auntie, even over your kids, I know you love. Olivia and Reese, who I am. Do you think people have favourite children? No, I think you have... I'm not going to ask you directly. No, I think you have a favourite at that time. Yeah, so like one day it'll be one of them because they're behaving. Yeah, but also, I just think your kids are so different. Like, even with me and my brothers,

We are all such different characters. Yeah. My mum definitely, I know I'm the favourite, definitely couldn't favour one. No. And you're all different. And I do feel like my mum's, my mum had my older brother, Sammy,

when she was like 18, 19. So their relationship is like completely different. Yeah. And my brother is so caring and always been, she said even as a child, a bit like what Bodie is with me. Like, have you got your keys, mum? Have you got this?

Like Sammy used to be like that. And that's what Bodie's like. with me. Mom, have you got your keys? Mom, have you got this? Like, he always worries about, actually, so does Arolia to be fair. Like I said to what, oh, my con is to be emot. Have you had the MOTD? Have you had the MOTD? Oh, my God. That's good that she remembers. Yeah. Cooper gets his teacher to write notes because he's worried he's going to forget. So he often has a little note in his bag of like, it's school, it's muffty day, non-school uniform day on this date. Because he knows you though, right now.

I think he knows I forget as well. I think he's like so conscious that, oh, mommy will forget, so I need to have it written down. I'm on it. Mom, can you put this in the calendar, please? Can you put it on the shared calendar? Shared calendar, thank you. I've got a wall calendar. Right, should we do?

We listen and we don't judge. We do a little bit. Oh, it's back. It's back. We're doing it again. Shall I start? Yep. When I left my son unattended for a minute,

he ate half a tub of pseudacrow. Oh, he ate it. He ate it. Oh, I thought he was going to be covered in it. No, I ate it. I wonder if she, I thought, God, I must take him to hospital. Would you?

Would you take him to hospital if he... I don't know. Also, I feel like they would... I think it's strange that he... Et it. Et it and didn't cover himself in it. Because normally they just smother themselves, don't know. I imagine it was a bit of birth.

Yeah, like... But also, right, isn't it funny that, like, little kids like that, sit and eat a tub of medicated cream? Yeah, you try and give them like a carrot and they're like, absolutely not. But you'll eat the pseudacroo. But pseudor cream, no, Soudre cream or Soudicrem?

What do you say? Suda crem. Suda cream. Okay. Suda cream. We're going to have a fight on our hands then, Kells. No. But no, no, do it happens.

Listen, it happens. Yeah, I feel like we've all been there with creams being left unattended. Suderone. Suder cream leads out secure, even. I have that daily of like, not obviously, Aurelia eating my makeup. Just actually, I come upstairs and she's wearing my makeup. I'm like, you shouldn't,

today she's gone to school with lip hair. applying her on and lipsit. Stop it. She's actually really good as well. But you come up, you're like, what? Like, she'll be in a white outfit and red lipstick. You're like, what are you doing? Oh, yeah, but she's a stage.

She's a stage girl. She's ready. She's grown up, we're just ready. And so my son fell off his scooter and I said, rub it better. He'd actually broken his arm. Can I say something? This happened to me.

Not with Cooper. When I was a little girl, I fell off a horse. and I knew I'd broken it because I heard it crack when I fell off but I got back on the horse and finished the lesson Well they say don't they when you fall off that hole you got to get back on it And I finished the lesson I had about half an hour left You are brave girl thank you got in the car with mum And I just burst into tears and mum was like darling what's wrong

I was like mommy I heard a crack Anyway we went and it was broken I'd broken my arm So no judgment actually because sometimes you don't And I think if you're not having the physical injury, then how would you know? And always with kids, you always try and like dumb down the injury a little bit, don't you? Because sometimes if you go, oh my God. You say this, but some parents I see, I'm like, just tell them they're okay. Yeah.

Because I think, you know, even as like us, like if you don't, if you overthink things, like say your period, oh, my period's going to be so bad, my cramps going to be so bad. this is going to be so bad it will be that bad if you go i'm going to be okay i'm going to be fine like that's what i try and it's like the placebo effect isn't it it's like if you give someone a tablet and go that's going to make you feel better they're like oh i do feel a bit better and then you like actually it was just as sweet it's it's so it's a lot to do with like men's how you feel mentally this one cows i left my three month old bless this woman i left my three month old in the car seat by the stairs and got everyone else in the car, drove to the petrol station and realised

I'd left him at home. Never driven so fast back home. He was fast asleep in his car seat by the stairs. He didn't know any different. I've seen this on Instagram where they've left the baby outside though. Oh, God. In the car chair. I feel like with the car chair it's easily done.

It is. You've got other kids. Yeah, that's why I feel really sorry for this woman because I bet she was at the end of her, she was on her last thread of nerves. I bet she was just... Anyway, if it makes you feel any better, I did it the other day with my dog.

I was going after the school run on a dog walk and didn't take the dog. So I was driving to school and I rang my mum and I went, I'm coming on the dog walk, but I actually haven't got a dog right now. I forgot it. So I forgot the dog. Donnie's at home.

I mean, like, I have no judgment on this woman. I know social services. would say different. But, no. It was the, anyway, it was all okay, wasn't it? I mean, thank God she hadn't driven like an hour. It was all okay. I think after now you would actually realise.

Imagine her stomach when she actually realized that. She must have gone into sheer panic, sheer panic. And then to get back and then the baby's streaming. Sound asleep. Sound asleep. God, I'll ask one, Kel. So this is a dad foul. My husband took our daughter swimming and put them in a regular nappy.

Have you been there? Do you know what? The only thing that's ever happened was I, it was one of my friends and she put her daughter into a pool without anything on and she pooed in the pool. And then the pool had to be shut down

everyone's like, the pool police! Who's pool was it? I did think to myself, you plonker, why on earth? But with them regular nappies they literally go, do they? There? Just like proper swell up.

They swell up. They swells. So imagine the daddy's on the swimming lesson or whatever and being like, Oh. Why is my baby so heavy? Yeah. Why is she sinking?

Oh, dear. Well, I hope this child didn't poo because that would have been an absolutely disaster. No protection. No protection at all. And also the whee's basically in the pool by then. I mean, the amount of people that must be in the pool anyway with swimming in it.

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