Bonus: To Socialize or Not to Socialize (At a Distance)

Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)

Laura Birek, Shanna Micko

Parenting, Comedy, Kids & Family

4.7 • 531 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In part eight of their “Momming During Coronavirus” bonus series, Laura wonders if it’s time to start expanding her family’s quarantine bubble, and Shanna reports on the more superficial self-care routines that are brightening her ongoing lockdown. They also include listener stories about celebrating their babies’ first birthdays and first steps during this pandemic. They also share several BFPs that have arisen amidst the chaos of the last week. It’s been 10 weeks since the coronavirus pandemic has shut down schools, workplaces and all non-essential businesses in Los Angeles, where Shanna and Laura live.

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0:00.0	Hi, welcome to Big Fat Positive with Shauna and Laura. This is our bonus episode number eight for the COVID coronavirus pandemic that we're currently living through, where we come to you in real time to talk about what the heck is going on in this topsy-turvy world of ours.
0:19.3	Laura, I want to know, because I haven't seen you forever, what's going on? How are you guys handling things the last couple weeks? How are you doing? Yeah, so it's May 20th, two days before my birthday. Oh, yeah. Oh, gosh, what a special way to spend your birthday. Yes, yes. It's just everyone's number one choice of how to spend your birthday.
0:38.8	I was talking to my cousin, whose birthday is a few days before mine. And he was like, everyone was
0:43.2	asking us when we were going to do for a birthday. Oh, I should say he and his wife have the same
0:46.6	birthday. Oh, okay. What are you going to do? And he's like, well, seriously considering staying in
0:51.3	and not seeing anyone. Such homebodies.
0:55.5	Yeah.
0:56.8	But yeah, so as you know, a lot of states are opening up.
1:02.0	You hear all these stories about states starting to, you know, start school again, daycare is opening up, shops opening up, Los Angeles, on the other hand.
1:15.5	We have extended our stay-at-home order till July, through July.
1:20.9	Through July. This is what I was going to ask you. I wasn't even sure if it was to July
1:24.5	or through July because I just like didn't want to Google it because I was just like, does it matter? Like at this point. So, yeah, it's, it's getting hard. Like,
1:35.5	it felt like I could handle the social isolation for a couple months. And I have, you know,
1:42.7	we've gone what now, March, April and almost all the way through May, right? Yeah. And I have, you know, we've gone, what, now, March, April,
1:44.6	and almost all the way through May, right? And it's, it's not great, but it's been fine. Like,
1:51.9	I've gotten into a bit of routine. We've talked about on the show that, you know, we're making
1:56.9	it work. But the day that they announced that, I got a message from you. You were like,
2:03.7	guys. And it was to me and Jen, our friend Jen. And you were like, anyone else losing their mind?
2:10.9	That day I was okay. But like the next day I was like, I'm not okay. But interesting, because I didn't
2:16.1	know that because you seemed so fine when I sent that, and I
2:19.7	like plummeted that day.
2:21.3	That news just shook me.
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