B*tching and Bolusing

The complexities of relationships in interabled families

Relationships sometimes become unnecessarily complicated when disability is involved. Sometimes people don't know how to react to the news of disability, they oftentimes hold grief for who they imagined your child would have been without disability. As parents, navigating the grief of others can be a burdensome task that halters our own healing, growth, and acceptance. It is important that we lead by example and show our children how to set healthy boundaries that can better empower them and that prevents any development of internalized ableism. On this episode of The Bitching and Bolusing Podcast we discuss what those boundaries can look like, and how to recognize relationships that may be harmful to families with disabled children. We also discuss how to encourage healthy friendships for our children that omit any "caretaker" undertones.

Separating a child’s disability from a parents identity: Featuring Wes of Disabledland

When parents have children with disabilities it can be challenging to figure out what your identity is. Oftentimes, sometimes unintentionally, parents tend to take on their child's disability as their own identity. This, however, can not only be detrimental to the family and child, but it can also be detrimental to the disabled community. In this episode on The Bitching and Bolusing Podcast we sit down with Wes from Wes of Disabledland and discuss some hard hitting, sometimes uncomfortable topics and insights. Wes offers us his views on how there should be a shift within the parenting community that could better empower the disabled community, and how both communities are not one in the same. 

 

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Fathers Day Special: Suffering in Silence

When it comes to birth trauma, the focus is often on the mother. More times than not, however, the fathers experience a similar level of trauma that can even result in PPD, PPA, and PTSD. On this episode of The Bitching and Bolusing Podcast, Courtney and Brittney sit down with their husbands to discuss their experiences with trauma after birth injury and life inside the NICU. The dads get vulnerable and discuss how their lives have been altered by such trauma, and how--at the beginning--they felt as though they had to suffer in silence. Courtney and Brittney hope that this episode helps to open up conversations between couples of all types who have experienced a traumatic birth, a traumatic NICU stay, or who are faced with trauma related to their children's disability or medical complexities.

Happy Fathers Day!

Privacy & Autonomy of Disabled Children on Social Media: a fight worth b*tching about

As parents and caregivers, we want to share our journey and raise awareness for our children. But sometimes this can come at the cost of our children's privacy. On this episode of The Bitching and Bolusing Podcast, Courtney and Brittney talk about the importance of maintaining privacy and autonomy for children on social media, and the possible long-term implications of sharing too much. 

Welcome Episode - What are we bitching about?

Episode 1 introduces you to Courtney and Brittney. We explain what to expect from future episodes, and we talk about our own journeys into motherhood with interabled children.

So come Bitch and Bolus with us!