Ep. 107: The Struggles and Snuggles of Toddler Separation Anxiety
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Shanna talks about the ups and downs involved in her toddler’s most recent bouts of separation anxiety and sleep regression. Laura reports on her toddler’s new ability to retell his favorite books and their fun adventure playing in the river in Fresno. In the special segment, “It Takes a Village,” Laura and Shanna ask for listener help with their latest parenting conundrums, including bedtime tantrums and boring mealtimes. Finally, they reveal their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna’s toddler is 18 months old, and Laura’s toddler is 17 months old.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Big Fat Positive with Shana and Laura. |
| 0:04.8 | This week we have our weekly check-ins. |
| 0:06.8 | We have our special segment. |
| 0:07.9 | It Takes a Village where we ask you for help about bedtime tantrums and boring meal times. |
| 0:13.7 | And we close with our BFPs and BFNs for the week. |
| 0:16.2 | Let's get to it. |
| 0:18.3 | Hi, everyone. |
| 0:19.2 | Welcome to episode 107. Hey, Shuna. Hey. How are you doing? What you've been up to? How old is that |
| 0:27.3 | toddler of yours? She's 18 months in one week. And so it's not surprising that this week we're |
| 0:35.3 | dealing with the 18 monthmonth sleep regression, which I forgot about, didn't really know about. |
| 0:44.4 | So I wasn't hip to the 18-month sleep regression. I must have just erased it from my memory from the first time around. |
| 0:52.7 | Well, wait, did Elle even have it? |
| 0:54.2 | Because she was like an amazing sleeper who slept through the night from like prenatal. |
| 1:00.1 | I don't know like how really she just. |
| 1:02.4 | So maybe she didn't have it. |
| 1:03.7 | That could be. |
| 1:04.6 | Her sleep regressions were not as obvious as Cece who's a little bit more feisty. So recently it's just been really hard to put |
| 1:15.7 | her down for a nap and bed time. But naps in particular, it's just like, she tries to fake me out. |
| 1:23.8 | Like we sing for a little bit and then I go to lay, like she reaches for her bed. and I go to lay her down. And then the second I set her down, she's like, and like, you know, gets up and reaches for me. Mama, blah, blah, blah. And I'm like, oh, okay. Oh, I hate when they do that because it's like, you can't, it's like so hard to not pick them up. Oh, yeah. No, I totally pick her up. Like my method of dealing with it is just like, oh, you need one more hug. One more snuggle? Okay. Okay. I guess I'll give you more snuggles. So I do that a few times. And, you know, I like the extra hugs and snuggles too. So whatever, it's benefiting both of us. |
| 2:01.6 | But usually she's been just really, really good at going down. Like, she'll wake up and scream. |
| 2:08.4 | Like, nobody's business. You all know that. But putting her down has always been really easy. |
| 2:13.0 | She likes getting in bed. So this is like throwing me for a loop, right? It's like, oh, I'll put her down |
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