Ash has made a mistake this week that you only make once as a parent: accidentally picking up the wrong kid from daycare. Meanwhile, Macy, always one to keep us on our toes, has developed a new and unique sleeping habit. Matty J has taken a moment away from parenting kids who don't want pancakes to audition for a big-time opportunity. Keep your fingers and toes crossed, people! We have a new segment called Petty Couples! Make sure you share your best stories with us 👇 Slide into our DM's @twodo...
May 21, 2024•50 min
It's the Queen of Gosford herself! Lady Julia Morris, the doting mother of two young ladies, drops by post-jungle fever to share the good, the bad and the relatable of parenting. It's safe to say Matty J and Ash had no idea what they were getting themselves into, but keep up and enjoy the ride as Julia chats about how she dealt with divorce and telling her kids, miscarriage and the chaos of menopause. Julia is a long-time Aussie comedian and the much-loved co-host of Australia's version of I'm A...
May 19, 2024•53 min
Happy Mother's Day! We adore you, and yes, we would not be here without you. ❤️❤️ ❤️ The Wicks spend a weekend away from the kids and decide to bring a carry-on friend with them for the trip. Can they get it through customs, though? Oscar has learnt a new phrase except he doesn't realise how rude he is! Matt treats Laura to the highly coveted parent sleep-in but reckons she's getting way more sleep than she thinks. Daddy J also has a new hack to convince Lola to love him and we're not sure how l...
May 14, 2024•49 min
Ash shares something very rare on today's episode – advice. It's time for millennial parents to ditch Stranger Danger and introduce something new to their kids' vocabularly! Matt has a kleptomaniac on his hands. Can you guess which kid it is? Yep. You're probably right. We have a new segment called Petty Couples! Make sure you share your best stories with us 👇 Slide into our DM's @twodotingdads with any parenting question you need answered by a couple of doting dads. If you need a shoulder to c...
May 07, 2024•41 min
Kat Clark is truly a force to be reckoned with. With a platform boasting millions of followers across social media and a thriving skincare business, Kaladé , which she co-runs with her daughters Latisha and Deja. After falling pregnant at the young age of 17, Kat found herself in an abusive relationship, disconnected from her family on an island north of Queensland. Thankfully, she was able to escape her situation, start her life anew, and rebuild it to what it is today. We're immensely grateful...
May 05, 2024•51 min
Matt has had to activate the almighty dad voice to a group of young teens at the footy this week. It's safe to say it put the fear of god into them. Are you a family that loves a good hand-me-down? Well, Ash does, and as a rare treat, he's surprised Macy with something new that she can't take off, even during bathtime. Speaking of bathtime, Marley dropped a bombshell during her night routine that shocked the Johnson household after she shared some new words she learned at daycare. We have a new ...
Apr 30, 2024•50 min
OUR KIDS BOOK IS FINALLY AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER HERE ! Guess who's made her way onto the podcast, FINALLY. Laura Byrne, Matt's lovely wife, is in the house, and it looks like Ash is third wheeling for this week's episode. The Johnson family have a new family member they'd like to introduce you to. Lola has shoved something up her nose, and Laura shares how she juggles mum's life, work and wife's life. Ash also has a dilemma on his hands – which anniversary should you celebrate? Wedding or First...
Apr 23, 2024•54 min
FIRST THINGS FIRST - OUR KIDS BOOK IS FINALLY AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER HERE ! As a fellow girl dad, Tom Birmingham's working life is a world apart from his parenting life. Tom co-hosts one of the biggest (and dribbliest) sports podcasts in the nation and juggles this as a doting dad to Evie, 4, and Zoe, 2 ½, with his wife, Stef. Check out Hello Sport here https://www.hellosport.com.au/ Slide into our DM's @twodotingdads with any parenting question you need answered by a couple of doting dads. If ...
Apr 21, 2024•56 min
FIRST THINGS FIRST - OUR KIDS BOOK IS FINALLY AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER HERE ! It's a tale of two dads trying to catch up one one thing always gets in the way - the kids. We wrote as a story for kids that parents will also love. In other news, we all know that sexy time is a rare treat after having kids. Daddy needed his special time this week; however, some of us had to wait a little longer for it. Matt tolerates Ash's gripe and welcomes back his wife, Laura, with open arms, but things take a tur...
Apr 16, 2024•58 min
Big breath in, big breath out! Matt is solo parenting this week, and the kids are running an absolute muck while Mum is away. Lola's 3 AM wake-up calls have left Matt sleep-deprived, causing accidental moments like reaching for two-week-old milk for breakfast 🤮 Ash, on the other hand, is running after Macy, who's escaped to a place he can't go. Meanwhile, his son Oscar has a black eye, and you'll never guess how it happened... We share your best Toddler Meltdown stories and have a crack at answ...
Apr 09, 2024•43 min
Growing up in America, Sean Szeps always wanted to be a mum until he realised that a few things were standing in the way of that dream. Sean is a podcast host, writer, and content creator who has found a platform to share his journey as a gay husband raising 6-year-old boy-girl twins Stella and Cooper. As you can imagine, Sean's road to becoming a dad is full of ups and downs, including surrogacy, overcoming post-natal depression and parenting mishaps. Buy Sean's book 'Not Like Other Dads' here ...
Apr 07, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Matt and Ash hate the Easter long weekend. Kids are jacked up on sugar, daycare charges you the public holiday, and you can't escape it because the roads are packed full of other families trying to escape. The only upside is that the calories don't count during Easter. Ash takes the family to the Royal Easter Show, entering with the best intentions but leaving as a very full man. Matt is trying to find time to have sex longer, but life is getting in the way. In an unrelated topic, he also shares...
Apr 02, 2024•1 hr 1 min
A silent killer is taking on innocent nanas! Matty J arrives home with Nana Johnson and the kids in tow. Unfortunately, Nana makes the fatal mistake of exclaiming aloud, 'Well, that was pretty painless!' Matt isn't prepared for what will happen next. Meanwhile, April is away for work, which means Ash is the primary parent of two kidlets. It's time to bring in backup—mum! By the way, have you ever been on the world's tallest escalator? We share your best Toddler Meltdown stories and have a crack ...
Mar 26, 2024•37 min
James and Clair Buckley's parenting life began when they first met in their early twenties. At that time, James was filming a movie spinoff about the popular TV show The Inbetweeners. Imagine their surprise when they found out Clair was pregnant after only six months of knowing each other! Matt and Ash chat to James and Clair about what it's like to raise kids in England and all the other things that come with being a Buckley. Check out Sickness And In Health Podcasthttps://open.spotify.com/show...
Mar 24, 2024•36 min
After spending a whole week away from the kids, Matt J and Ash have decided to take the whole family on a cruise. This is also the first time the dads have experienced each other's parenting styles in all their glory, and let's just say things didn't go so smoothly. We share your best Toddler Meltdown stories and have a crack at answering your listener questions: What age should you stop being naked in front of your child? What is a lazy game you play with your kids? Slide into our DM's @twodoti...
Mar 19, 2024•45 min
Matt and Ash are back on home soil after a week in Vegas and missing the kids. Matt shares his experience watching The Weasel (AKA Ash) on full display in Las Vegas. When he finally gets home and returns to the game of parenting, his sweet children test his form and throw him several curveballs. Ash takes the title of The Weasel seriously whilst in Vegas and makes some of the greatest weasel moves known to man. Unlike Matt, he doesn't return to his kids but a pitstop on the south coast. We share...
Mar 12, 2024•40 min
Matt and Ash have jumped on a flight to Las Vegas without the kids! (Do people even take their kids to Vegas?) Kayo has invited the dads to get amongst the excitement of the NRL Las Vegas launch, so it's time to get LOOSE. We share your best Toddler Meltdown stories and have a crack at answering your listener questions: Do you miss your kids when you're away from them? Slide into our DM's @twodotingdads with any parenting question you need answered by a couple of doting dads. If you need a shoul...
Mar 05, 2024•37 min
It's spaghetti bolognese night at the Johnson household again , except a new ingredient has been added to the menu... No one prepares you for this when you become a parent. Matt also has a new trick up his sleeve to make Lola love him, inspired by Pavlov's dog. After a wild night at the Blink 182 concert, Ash realises that he can no longer handle hangovers like he used to in his pre-parenting days. We share your best Toddler Meltdown stories and have a crack at answering your listener questions:...
Feb 27, 2024•37 min•Season 2Ep. 8
How much are you willing to spend on a fruit salad platter? Last weekend, Lola turned the big three. When it rains, it pours, leaving poor Lola afraid that no one will turn up to her party, but even Ash makes the trek. Matt may have left the catering at the last minute and may have also spent waaay too much on a fruit platter. Ash is dealing with a gremlin child who crawls into Mum and Dad's bed every night. Oscar has somehow managed to smuggle a foreign crunchy object into the bed that freaks o...
Feb 20, 2024•39 min•Season 2Ep. 7
The plan for today's ep definitely wasn't to talk about shit nonstop.. but here we are. Apologies ! Macy is in the running for a world record for largest poop (based on poop to body weight ratio). There's actually a semi blurred image that we'll put on socials if you're brave enough to look. No judgment. Ash had a little shart incident over the weekend, which (credit to him) hasn't happened in a little while. Thoughts and prayers to his Uber driver. Matt and Laura took the kids to a great new pa...
Feb 13, 2024•41 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Our first bonus ep for 2024 and first doting mum on the pod! Sorry to make you all wait so bloody long for this ep featuring the one and only Amy Gerrard - but here she is. Amy is a hilarious pod host, writer entrepreneur, mum to three beautiful kids and wife to a hunk of a husband. We chat about life before kids, dating, how she new her husband was 'the one', the reality of parenthood, tips for dads, juggling three kids and plans for the future. Follow @twodotingdads on Instagram here. Or slide...
Feb 11, 2024•52 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Ash has reached his Facebook marketplace limit - he now flat out refuses to have any involvement with his wife's transactions. He's even gone as far as locking himself in the toilet when he hears a buyer knock on the door. Good news is April's never made more money flogging off their old furniture. One of Matt's mottos when it comes to parenting is 'always follow the path of least resistance'. Over the weekend, this path led him down to his local cafe with Lola who brought along a slightly inapp...
Feb 06, 2024•35 min•Season 2Ep. 4
We start this episode with an update regarding Lola's hatred of her dad - the poor, desperate, lonely Matty J. You know which dad has kids that don't hate him - Ash. It might be because he's an all-round great guy or maybe it's the fact that he's saved his kids countless times from the ferocious animals that reside in Warriewood (geckos). Also worth noting that he caught and released a mouse during the week. Doctor Dolittle eat ya heart out. Matt found himself in an awkward situation at the park...
Jan 30, 2024•35 min•Season 2Ep. 3
We're bloody lucky to be releasing this ep today - whilst Ash was mid-jog through the lovely streets of Warriewood, he was approached and threatened by none other than... Mr Freeze himself !!! Luckily he runs like the wind and survived to tell the tale. Ash has also found a New Years resolution list that is arguably one of the world's best. Matt has moved into the bach pad (spare room downstairs) after Laura contracted mild pneumonia and a horrendous cough. Dont worry.. after many sleepless nigh...
Jan 23, 2024•43 min•Season 2Ep. 2
WE'RE BACK BABY ! Matt's transition into Ash has continued as he realised that Christmas is actually the most stressful time of the year and he's happy to see the back of it. The fact that he and Laura decided to remove Lola's dummy during this month might have had something to do with it. For reference, it's going terribly. As you can imagine, Ash had a lovely time with his extended family during Christmas. As he always says - the more family, the better! Nan had nothing but praise in regards t...
Jan 16, 2024•41 min•Season 2Ep. 1
It's our last ep of the year! Don't cry because it's over - smile because it happened. But fear not, we'll be back in Jan with more parenting tales. In today's ep, Matt has been struggling with Lola who has had her dummies ripped from her life. They took the cold turkey approach, which went down like a lead ballon. Ash has had another run in with a mouth salesman (dentist) who tried to sell in a crown for Oscar. Not on Ash's watch! Just when Matt thought the meltdowns were ending, a lovely famil...
Dec 19, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Lots to get through in this ep - she's bloody jammed packed! Firstly, Ash's haemorrhoids are back and he's shittng out leaves. We've launched the world's (unofficial) sexiest calendar - Choreplay 2024. Entering the calendar industry hasn't been smooth sailing e.g we left it bloody late to get them printed before Christmas, printed prices are at an all time high and being sexy for 12 photos is exhausting. Good news is that there's still a few left online if you want to be slightly aroused. Matt g...
Dec 12, 2023•48 min•Season 1Ep. 42
It's another bonus ep. And we know what you're thinking. Shit, these boys dish out more bonus eps than Ash gets hemorrhoids. You're absolutely right. And for that we say, you're welcome. Today we sit down with radio star, comedian and tv host - Nick Cody. We chat about how he accidentally became the nanny of two kids when he was a teenager, disciplining American kids at summer camp, why he thought he'd never be a dad, the nightmare of juggling a new born and morning radio, why he got off the gro...
Dec 10, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 41
We kick off this episode with an update on Mr Freeze - unfortunately he didn't like the idea of the family home being sold so he decided to ward off potential buyers at the open house with a samurai sword. Stay tuned for more details. Turns out Marlie still needs a bit of practice as mum - she took her baby doll down to the beach and drowned her in front of other shocked parents. Remind Matt never to take lifelike dolls down to the beach again. April had a session with the girlies on the weekend...
Dec 05, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Would you believe it - we've got international !? Well.. not us, our guests. Today's bonus ep features social media sensation, comedian, singer, actor and doting dad. Trey Kennedy ! We chat about the worst thing to happen to him in high school, blowing on on social media, texting Shawn Mendes, turning social media into a fully fledged career, birth plans in America, brining the fam out to Australia and the struggles on adjusting to life with a new born. Get tickets to Trey's stand up show, Grow ...
Nov 28, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 39
