San Diego radio moms comparing notes on toddlers and teens.
SD Moms is an easygoing parenting conversation among moms who work at San Diego radio station KSON, trading stories about toddlers, teenagers, schedules and sleep. Pandemic life runs through much of it, so homeschooling and masks share airtime with potty training and a macaroni mishap.
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SD Moms, introduced on air as My SD Moms, is a parenting conversation among moms who work at KSON in San Diego. Jessica, a producer for the station's John & Tammy in the Morning, is at the center of it. Some episodes pair her with Amber, who hosts on KSON. Others bring in Tammy, and in one of those the two joke that John has already tried once to interrupt. The talk is chatty and quick to laugh at itself, and the moms freely admit when a plan is not working. Several conversations happen in the thick of 2020. One reunion starts with the pleasure of seeing a colleague's face somewhere other than a computer screen for the first time in months. In 'It's Time For Back-To-School Social Distancing Style!', a voice with teaching experience argues for a classroom-style timetable at home, down to set times for bathroom breaks and math quizzes. The idea of a designated learning area gets a reality check from someone whose small home has only one real option: the living room. That practical streak carries into 'Talking to Your Kids About COVID-19', where Dr. Natasha Cortez joins and the focus widens to children's mental health, not only their physical safety. The advice includes nudging a restless teenager toward masks and handwashing by asking them to think about grandma and grandpa. Then the register drops back to the domestic and the absurd. 'The Trouble With The Terrible Twos!' features a small boy who proudly slides macaroni and cheese up his nose, a toddler plainly fed up with diapers, and a warning that three-year-olds, the three-nagers, bring more defiance than the twos ever did. The mix of stages helps. A mom deep in naps and potty-training questions talks with one whose terrible-twos years are long behind her, and the contrast gives the jokes some perspective. 'Are You Stuck at Home With Your Kids This Summer?' brings a grown daughter, Taylor, to the microphone, a mom herself with a seven-year-old and a two-year-old. Asked what stuck from her childhood in a house of five kids, she skips the tidy laundry and lands on camping, remembering the long walk out to a sandbar with her dad loading the kids up like pack mules. The point, made gently, is that ten minutes of play can matter more than the dishes. 'The Self Care Episode' jokes that self-care is that strange thing where you close your eyes and nobody bothers you for hours. What follows is an honest account of one working mom's day: two workouts in a week counted as a win, a pickup at the grandparents' house, weekend meal prep, bath at 7:15 and more work once the little one is asleep. In 'Jess and Tammy Talk About The Decision to STOP Having Kids', family size is treated as a private call, with plain advice to ignore anyone who gets judgy. One speaker recalls thinking she was done after her first daughter, then a divorce, then no wish to marry again. Kaiser Permanente presents the show. What a listener gets is company: moms comparing notes, plenty of laughter, and practical ideas offered as experience rather than instruction.
Made for: Suits a parent who wants company more than expertise, someone juggling a toddler, school at home or a family-size decision who is happy to hear peers talk it through with humor. It also suits a listener curious about how families handled the 2020 pandemic day to day.
What sets it apart: Its voices are colleagues from a San Diego radio station rather than parenting professionals, so advice comes as shared stories and teasing, with a doctor brought in when the subject is COVID-19. The lineup mixes moms at very different stages, from a toddler nearly ready for potty training to a grown daughter with two kids of her own.
Amber is a radio hosts on KSON. Jessica is producerfor John & Tammy in the Morning on KSON. They're also San Diego moms! Eachweek, they meet to vent about what’s been going on in their lives as momsand invite you to vent along with them!
Jessica's 2:30 a.m. alarm has a few things to say about your self-care checklist.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Amber and Jessica make at-home back-to-school planning feel practical, candid, and grounded in real family routines.
Back-to-school planning gets an at-home reset as Amber and Jessica shift from summer's free-for-all into routines for kids learning at home. The conversation moves through a workable schedule, a designated learning area, communication with teachers, outdoor time, and extra…
COVID-19 guidance that keeps children's feelings inside the family conversation.
Talking to Your Kids About COVID-19 frames the pandemic as a family issue, not just a list of health rules. It stays close to what children may be feeling as they miss friends, adjust to homeschooling, and pick up on the stress around them.
A tired-parent conversation reframes self-care as one protected calendar slot.
Self-care is treated as a practical problem for an exhausted parent, with Jessica describing the tight stretch between picking up her year-and-a-half-old son Walt at his grandparents' house, getting home between three and four, making or reheating dinner, handling bath and…
Jonquilyn Hill chases one listener question per episode to the experts who can answer it.
Hard conversations, patiently held, with room to laugh.
Care, culture, and the choices shaping Black women's lives.
Root-cause health, explained plainly.
Hope, tested in real conversation.
SD Moms centers on back-to-school planning during social distancing as Amber and Jessica compare a normal school year with a 2020 start that begins virtually on August 31.
SD Moms hosts Jessica and Amber speak with Dr.
Two San Diego moms discuss approaching the terrible twos and share stories about toddler misbehavior like putting food up noses and biting.
Moms discuss the challenges of homeschooling and parenting during the COVID-19 pandemic.
SD Moms frames self-care around Jessica's life as a mother of Walt, who is a year and a half old, and Tammy's life as a mother of five and grandmother of two.
On My SD Moms, Jessica asks Tammy how she knew when to stop having children, while considering whether she and Jeff should have another after Walt.
SD Moms S1E13 pairs toddler biting with producer Jessica’s pregnancy and a Star Wars lightsaber gender reveal.
On SD Moms, Steph describes eight-month-old Claire waking every three to four hours and falling asleep after brief nursing.