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Raising CJ

Alex & Bethany semi-pro baby parents

a Podcast documenting one couple's experience raising their daughter

Episodes

20 of 22 episodes

E20 Stuffy Attachment & First Word (10 Months 1 Week)

We follow up from our last episode and talk about how CJ has been post Tubes procedure. Bethany and Alex accidentally get into a flue shot d...

Mar 6, 2018

E19 Tubes (9 Months 3 Weeks)

We start to have doubts that Cadence will ever learn how to crawl forward. We're worried she's inherited out worst traits; uncoordinated (Be...

Feb 20, 2018

E18 Don’t Worry Bee Happy (8 Months 3 Weeks)

Baby CJ continues to only crawl in reverse. She really advances with eating solid foods. She's finally healthy and enjoys her first full wee...

Feb 6, 2018

E17 The Longest Cold (7 Months 3 Weeks)

Baby Cadence has had a cold, well two separate colds back to back, for five months. That, plus Hand Foot and Mouth has made for a really int...

Jan 23, 2018

E16 Sicky Sicky (7 Months)

Baby CJ has been battling some illnesses for quite a while now. It's taking a toll on the family. We try yet another road trip tactic in an...

Jan 9, 2018

E15 First Date Night (6 Months 2 Weeks)

Our baby can sit up all by herself. She's also started the "backwards scoot crawl." CJ starts doing something we're calling a "war pat." We...

Dec 26, 2017

Holiday Special 2017

We get holiday cheery and talk about baby Cadence's very first Christmas! We're so excited to give her gifts that we spoil the surprise and...

Dec 13, 2017

E14 Jump Around! Jump Around! (5 Months 3 Weeks)

Our baby loves her new jumper! It's the greatest thing since babies. We talk about CJ's interaction with our pets. Bethany provides a little...

Nov 28, 2017

E13 All Ladies Promenade (5 Months)

Baby CJ is very close to sitting up on her own. She learns a new interesting sound she can make. Dad had to go away for three nights on a bu...

Nov 14, 2017

E12 I Put the Baby to Bed! (4 months 3 weeks)

We finally pulled off just "putting the baby to bed." We've successfully done it 6 nights now! We compare Huggies and Pampers in the ultimat...

Oct 31, 2017

E11 CJ’s Baseball Stadium Adventure (4 Months)

Bonus Sub-Title- Sleeping Through the Night! Our baby starts sleeping through the night. However the four month shots might ruin the whole t...

Oct 17, 2017

E10 Toots Don’t Equal Poops (15 Weeks)

Baby's first cold, Alex's first father's day, CJ's first time in the pool. It certainly was a week of firsts. We get some great parenting ad...

Oct 3, 2017

E9 CJ Starts Daycare (13 Weeks)

In this episode we talk about the experience of leaving your child at daycare for the first time. We try to get serious about tummy time. CJ...

Sep 19, 2017

E8 Baptized & Immunized (11 Weeks)

Cadence is both baptized and immunized. Vaccination shots are hard on the whole family (but very necessary). Bethany prepares to go back to...

Sep 5, 2017

E7 Our Baby Looks Like a Human (8 Weeks)

There's a lot of activity going on in the household. That's life with a baby. CJ attends her first protest at 7 weeks old. Two new segments...

Aug 22, 2017

E6 Just Put the Baby to Bed (6 Weeks)

We talk milk: breast feeding, bottle feeding, we learn about paced bottle feeding. I guess some parents get lucky and are able to just put t...

Aug 8, 2017

E5 The First Week (At Home)

CJ is home! Our house has a baby in it. We thought we had everything we would need, but Alex gets sent to Target almost every day. We discus...

Jul 25, 2017

E4 Labor and Birth

CJ is here! We take you through our experience giving birth to our first baby. Child labor can go so many ways. Long or short, painful or ea...

Jul 11, 2017

E3 The Lactation Room

Bethany fights the good fight for a lactation room at work. Extended family try to "plan" their visits for an un-planable event. Will Alex h...

Jun 26, 2017

E2 The Pregnancy

In this episode of Raising CJ, we take you through our pregnancy trimester by trimester. Is being pregnant a walk in the park or super diffi...

Jun 2, 2017