Pretty In Pink Again

Episode Description:
If you’ve ever Googled why your child won’t sleep, wondered whether you’ve created a “bad” sleep habit, or felt like bedtime has taken over your entire house, this episode is for you.
We’re joined by pediatric sleep consultant Samantha Day for a judgment-free conversation about kids’ sleep at every age, from babies and toddlers to school-aged kids and teenagers. We talk about why sleep is so important for behavior, emotional regulation, learning, and development, plus what parents need to know about sleep training, independent sleep, bedtime battles, night wakings, early rising, regressions, separation anxiety, co-sleeping, screens, teenage sleep, and when a sleep issue could be a red flag.
We also get into the part we don’t talk about enough: what happens to parents when no one is sleeping. The exhaustion, anxiety, resentment, relationship stress, and guilt that can come with trying to “fix” your child’s sleep.
There is no perfectly executed bedtime in a real family. Whether you have a baby who won’t sleep unless you’re holding them, a preschooler suddenly waking at 5:30 a.m., a school-aged child afraid to sleep alone, or a teenager up all night on their phone, this is an episode to save, share, and come back to through every stage of parenting.
Pink Spotlights 💗
Each week, we share something making our week a little bit better, from products we’re loving to small habits, routines, and everyday things bringing us a little joy.
T: The famous Lola Blanket. After hearing multiple PIPA guests rave about them, T finally got one as a gift and officially understands the hype. Christina has loved hers for years, and you can use code CHRISTINAT35 for 35% off.
Christina: Getting out of the house. When you work from home, work out at home, and can get basically anything delivered, it’s very easy to never leave. Christina has been using preschool drop-off as a reason to stay out, run errands, work somewhere else, and just be out in the world, and it’s been so good for her mood.
Samantha: Journaling. Putting pen to paper has become a simple form of self-care and a way for Sam to slow down, clear her head, and take a little time for herself.
This is one of those episodes we truly think every parent should hear, because sleep challenges can show up at any stage. If you know a mom or parent navigating bedtime battles, night wakings, early mornings, or simply wondering if they’re doing any of this “right,” send this episode their way. And if you loved this conversation, please take a minute to follow or subscribe to Pretty in Pink Again, rate and review the show, and share it with someone who needs it. Every listen, follow, review, and share helps more parents find these conversations, and we’re so grateful you’re here. 💗
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To learn more about Samantha, her approach to pediatric sleep, or how to work with her, visit her website where you can also listen to her sleep podcast. 
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You can also find us individually on Instagram at @christinatarabishy and @kristinabontempo.
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Episode Description:
September is basically January for moms, and we have a LOT to catch up on.
This week, Christina and Kristina are sitting down for a quick life update after a very full start to fall. We’re talking about the back-to-school reset, getting everyone back into routines, what’s actually making our lives easier right now, and the things we’re officially giving ourselves permission to let go of.
Christina is also fresh off New York Fashion Week and sharing what it was like to return after stepping away from that world for a few years. From how much Fashion Week has changed since she first started attending in 2012 to the trends she actually wants to wear at 40, plus what the trip reminded her about this career almost 15 years in.
And T is officially 40! She’s recapping her birthday weekend, celebrating with family, what surprised her about hitting this milestone, and what she wants this next decade to feel like.
💗 Pink Spotlight
Each week, we highlight a moment, product, or practice that’s bringing us joy:
T: It’s officially time for a fall purge. T is sharing her reset for everyone in the house, plus how she puts together a car bag stocked with all the things you suddenly need once school, sports and activities are back in full swing.
Christina: Chocolate brown suede is everywhere for fall, and after seeing it all over NYFW, Christina is fully on board. Her other fall fashion hack? Renting designer bags through Vivrelle so you can actually live with a style before committing to the purchase. Use code CHRISTINATARABISHY for a free first month of membership.
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Follow Pretty in Pink Again for more conversations about motherhood, friendship, identity, aging, relationships, and figuring out who you are in every new season of life. We're on Instagram @prettyinpinkagain and now on Facebook! 
You can also find us individually on Instagram at @christinatarabishy and @kristinabontempo.
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Episode Description: 
What if getting older isn’t about becoming less relevant, but becoming more yourself?
This week, Christina and T sit down with Emmy Award-winning journalist and former NBC Connecticut anchor Kerri-Lee Mayland for a conversation about reinvention, aging, friendship, career pivots, and why some of the best parts of your life may still be ahead of you.
For decades, Connecticut viewers knew Kerri-Lee from behind the news desk. After more than 25 years in television news, health challenges and the pandemic forced her to rethink the life and career she had worked so hard to build. What came next wasn’t an ending. It was an entirely new beginning.
Kerri-Lee turned a longtime love of interiors into The Kerri-Lee Mayland Company, expanded into writing and lifestyle media, continued learning new skills, and helped create Meet Me on Monday, a Connecticut gathering centered around local businesses, collaboration, and real-life connection.
And at 55, she’s still asking: what’s next?
We talk about what happens when a career becomes part of your identity, the fear of becoming a beginner again, friendships changing as you change, caring less about other people’s opinions, and why women need to stop treating a certain age like a deadline.
Kerri-Lee also shares what she wishes she knew at 25, what getting older has actually given her, and what she would tell the woman who feels stuck, behind, or convinced she missed her chance.
There’s also a very PIPA full-circle moment: Kerri-Lee originally found Christina and T through the podcast, only for them to discover that they had basically been neighbors all along. Since then, she has become one of the podcast’s biggest cheerleaders, a connector of women, and someone we feel incredibly lucky this little pink podcast brought into our lives.
In this episode:
• Leaving behind an identity you worked decades to build
• Kerri-Lee’s transition from NBC Connecticut anchor to interior designer and entrepreneur
• Starting over and being willing to become a beginner again
• Why reinvention doesn’t have an expiration date
• What 55 feels like compared to 25, 35, and 45
• Confidence, beauty, boundaries, and caring less about what everyone thinks
• How friendships and circles change as we do
• Finding new people in unexpected chapters of life
• Why women are craving in-person community
• The story behind Meet Me on Monday
• Building a career that doesn’t follow a straight line
• What Kerri-Lee believes younger women should know about getting older
• Why your most exciting chapter may be the one you haven’t started yet
💗 Pink Spotlight
Each week, we highlight a moment, product, or practice that’s bringing us joy:
Kerri-Lee: Westmore Beauty Body Coverage Perfector. Her secret for covering veins, discoloration, bruises, scrapes, and all the evidence of being slightly accident-prone when she wants her legs looking flawless.
Christina: Fit For You. After nearly five years of mostly working out at home, Christina has officially joined a gym again. She’s been mixing strength and weight training with reformer Pilates and loving having both styles of movement in one place a few times a week.
T: Meta glasses. T and her husband both swear by them. She loves being able to listen to audio without AirPods, but the real win is capturing little moments with the kids without constantly having her phone in her hand. More present, while still getting the memory.
Connect with Kerri-Lee
On Instagram
& her design business
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Follow Pretty in Pink Again for more conversations about motherhood, friendship, identity, aging, relationships, and figuring out who you are in every new season of life. We're on Instagram @prettyinpinkagain and now on Facebook! 
You can also find us individually on Instagram at @christinatarabishy and @kristinabontempo.
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Episode Description: 
Are millennial parents doing too much… or are we just trying to do better with way too much information? This week, it’s just Christina and T, and we’re sharing our unpopular mom opinions without knowing what the other person is going to say.
With Christina parenting a 2- and 4-year-old and T parenting kids from 7 to 13, we’re in very different stages of motherhood, which makes the agree/disagree part even more interesting.
We’re talking overscheduled kids, boredom, gentle parenting, birthday party insanity, mom friendships, childcare, screen time, feeding our kids, mom guilt, prioritizing your marriage and why we might be over-explaining absolutely everything to our children.
We also get into whether having endless parenting information has actually made us better parents or just more anxious ones. And we save our hottest takes for last: Are the little-kid years actually the hardest years of parenting? And do moms have to enjoy playing with their kids to be good moms?
Some opinions we agree on immediately. Some depend entirely on the age of your kids. And a few might get us in trouble.
In This Episode:
Why kids don’t need to be entertained or scheduled every second
Gentle parenting vs. parenting the actual kid in front of you
Why we don’t need to make every childhood moment magical
Toys, birthday parties and the case against overdoing it
Why you don’t have to be friends with every mom
Mom trips, hobbies and having an identity outside of motherhood
Why motherhood doesn’t need to be the Suffering Olympics
Childcare, mom guilt and the judgment around getting help
Prioritizing your marriage after kids
Screen time and the meals we’re actually feeding our families
Has having too much parenting information made us more stressed?
Are millennial parents explaining too much?
Little kids, little problems. Big kids, big problems… true or absolutely not?
And our hottest take: sometimes we don’t actually enjoy playing with our kids 😬
Tell us your unpopular mom opinion, and more importantly, tell us which one of ours you strongly disagree with.
💗 Pink Spotlight
Each week, we highlight a moment, product, or practice that’s bringing us joy:
Christina: A dry facial brush from Amazon that helps with lymphatic drainage and moving extra fluid out of the face. It takes about a minute, feels amazing, and gives that instantly more sculpted, snatched look.
T: The Shark hair dryer + straightener combo, which is actually a Pink Spotlight coming full circle. T discovered it after our previous guest Meg Hall shared it during her episode, bought it, and now officially understands the hype. A Pink Spotlight influenced by a Pink Spotlight!
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You can also find us individually on Instagram at @christinatarabishy and @kristinabontempo.
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Episode Description:
What would you tell the version of yourself you were in each decade of your life?
Now that we’re both officially in our 40s, we’re looking back decade by decade, from childhood through our teens, 20s and 30s, at the versions of ourselves that got us here. And one thing became very clear: a LOT can happen in ten years. The person you are at the beginning of a decade can be almost unrecognizable by the end of it.
We’re talking about the things we worried about that never mattered, the choices that mattered more than we ever could have known, friendships and relationships, marriage, motherhood, identity, and the very humbling experience of realizing that maybe we don’t need to have it all figured out after all.
From learning that butterflies aren’t always the sign of love we thought they were, to navigating changing friendships, becoming mothers, losing and finding pieces of ourselves, and finally reaching an age where we feel less pressure to explain who we are, this one gets nostalgic, funny, emotional and very honest.
And maybe the biggest lesson? We spent a lot of years auditioning for our own lives, only to realize no one is reading the résumé.
In This Episode:
What we’d tell ourselves in each decade, and why the advice changes depending on which end of that decade you’re talking to
The friendships, heartbreaks and insecurities we gave WAY too much power
Choosing your partner and realizing years later just how much that one decision can anchor your entire life
Butterflies vs. safety and what we misunderstood about love when we were younger
The fear, comparison and friendship merry-go-round that can creep in as life gets more complicated
Motherhood, postpartum and the identity shifts that completely reshaped our 30s
Learning to stop forcing friendships, opportunities and versions of ourselves that no longer fit
Why turning 40 feels surprisingly less like an identity crisis and more like an exhale
What we’d change and, more importantly, what we’d tell our younger selves to leave exactly alone
💗 Pink Spotlights
T: Her biggest flex at 40? Not needing the 60-second explanation of who she is anymore. No résumé, no audition, no list of accomplishments. Just: “I’m Kristina Bontempo.” That’s it.
Christina: Needed’s Perimenopause Multi, because apparently turning 40 also means your multivitamin knows exactly which era you’re in. 😂
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Come hang out with us between episodes on Instagram @prettyinpinkagain and now on Facebook at Pretty in Pink Again, where we’re sharing more of what we’re watching, reading, loving, and talking about off the mic.
You can also find us individually on Instagram at @christinatarabishy and @kristinabontempo.
Hey PIPAS! Send us a text for episode feedback, ideas, and questions!