Welcome to The Real Mummy Podcast! Dive into the real, raw stories of motherhood with Lucy Dalton, a registered nurse and mum of two. Through authentic tales, expert insights, and a sprinkle of humour, we explore the highs and lows of the parenting journey. Whether it's tackling sleepless nights, navigating mum guilt, or juggling daily chaos, this is your space for support and understanding. Join us weekly to connect, laugh, and thrive as we embrace the beautifully imperfect path of motherhood. Subscribe and be part of our empowering community!
Latest episodes
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12 min
#51 - Meet My New Baby. She's Called Real Mummy Reads
I've got news. Big news. The kind I've been sitting on for weeks and honestly I'm surprised I didn't crack sooner. I'm launching a brand new podcast. She's called Real Mummy Reads.…
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12 min
#50 - Fifty Episodes, One Big Thank You
**Episode Description:** Episode 50. I can't believe we're here. This one's for you. Every mum who's listened at 3am with a baby on your chest. Every mum who's cried in the car and…
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11 min
#49 - To Post or Not to Post — That's Every Mum's Question Now
I took a photo at a birthday party. Didn't think twice. Then I got a message from another mum and my stomach dropped. Every family now has different photo rules. Every school event…
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12 min
#48 - I Fell for the Mum Wellness Trap and My Bank Account Will Never Forgive Me
I added it up. I wish I hadn't. $400 on ashwagandha, mushroom coffee that tasted like a wet log, magnesium spray, seed cycling kits I didn't understand, and a greens powder that's…
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13 min
#47 - Why Is Your Toddler Like A Tiny Drunk Person With A Death Wish
I survived the newborn stage twice and thought I was tough. Then my toddlers turned 18 months and chose violence. This episode is about the banana meltdowns. The refusing to wear p…
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16 min
#46 - Not Late. Not Behind. Just Not Yet.
My eldest was reading novels at six but couldn't do the climbing wall. My youngest could climb before she could walk but stuggled with her words. Same parents. Same house. Totally…
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15 min
#45 - My Kid Sneezed Into My Open Mouth And That Pretty Much Sums Up Those Years
Remember when you thought your kid just had a cold and then three days later the whole house was dropping like flies? Yeah. This episode is about that. The back-to-back sickness ye…
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16 min
#44 - From Midnight Feeds To Mean Girls
My girls sleep through the night now. They dress themselves. They eat on their own. So why am I more stressed than ever? Because the worry didn't go away. It just changed shape. I…
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9 min
#43 - I Googled Why My Kids Are Obsessed With Cocomelon And Wow
I walked into the lounge and found both my girls on the couch — dead still, mouths open, eyes glazed — watching JJ sing about bath time. Cocomelon. Obviously. And the meltdown when…
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10 min
#42 - I Know My Kids Better Than Google Does… So Why Don't I Trust Myself?
It's 11:30pm. The kids are asleep. I'm in bed Googling whether my four-year-old should be reading yet, and one article says it's a sign of giftedness while the next one says pushin…
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11 min
#41 - The Show Us Mum’s Are Whispering About At School Drop-Off
I need to talk about Off Campus. I have been BURSTING. None of my friends are up to the same episode and I cannot sit with it for one more day. This is the late-night, headphones-i…
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15 min
#40 - The Parenting Milestone That Humbled Me Real Quick
I've toilet trained two kids. Two. And I'm not being dramatic when I say it's one of the hardest things I've done as a mum — up there with a newborn, face-up there with sleep regre…
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15 min
#39 - My Mum Was a Butter Mum and Didn't Even Know It
I had been doom-scrolling at 10pm when I kept seeing one phrase — butter mum. I thought it was about cooking. It wasn't. It was a name for the soft, unbothered, melt-into-summer mu…
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9 min
#38 - My Kids Ate Nuggets Again (And I'm Not Losing Sleep Over It)
My four-year-old judged my cooking last night. Out loud. To my face. So this episode is the full nugget-night confession — the 5:30pm chaos, the kids who change their food rules ev…
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12 min
#37 - Bedtime Makes Me Want To Scream Into A Pillow
It's 8:47pm. The kids are asleep — probably. This episode is the full bedtime play-by-play: the stories that don't count, the teaspoon wees, the water that "tastes old," and the ph…
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14 min
#36 - I Think I'm Officially a Dance Mum Now?
I didn't sign up for this. One toddler dance class to fill a Thursday morning, four years later I'm googling ballet barres at midnight and crying at the end-of-year concert. This i…
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11 min
#35 - Hot Coffee and Giggles (The Bit No One Told Me Was Coming)
I stood in my kitchen last week holding a hot coffee. Still hot. And both my girls were playing together. Laughing. Making up games. No one was crying. No one was pulling anyone's…
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8 min
#34 - I don't want to play with my kids (And i'm done feeling bad about it)
I am finally saying the thing every mum thinks but nobody admits — I don't enjoy playing imaginative play with my kids. From Barbie marathons to being cast as the sick dog in prete…
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11 min
#33 - She Can Read Now and I'm Terrified of the News
I was making toast and made the mistake of looking at my phone. And I saw kids. Kids the same age as mine. And I couldn't move. This episode is me trying to say out loud what I thi…
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10 min
#32 - I Know Instagram Isn't Real But My Brain Didn't Get the Memo
So I watched a reel of a mum doing a full workout, meal prepping 15 organic lunchboxes, and applying a full face of makeup. All before 7am. And I was on the couch in yesterday's sh…