Ep. 133: Parenting Decisions You Can't Go Back On
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
This week, Shanna has regrets about some of her parenting decisions, and Laura finds out why she’s been feeling so much intense baby movement during her pregnancy. Also, in the special segment “Mom Confessions,” Shanna and Laura dive into the topics of hiding from your kids, shower secrets and more! Finally, they reveal their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna’s toddler is 2 years old, and Laura’s toddler is 23 months old. Laura is 32 weeks pregnant.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to Big Fat Positive with Shauna and Laura. |
| 0:05.3 | On this week's episode, we have our weekly check-ins. |
| 0:07.7 | We have our special segment, Mom Confessions, where we talk about hiding from our kids, |
| 0:12.6 | shower secrets, and baby bump weirdness. |
| 0:15.6 | And we close with our BFPs and BFNs for the week. |
| 0:17.9 | Let's get to it. |
| 0:20.8 | Hi, everyone. Welcome to the show. This is |
| 0:23.2 | episode 133. Hello, Shana. Hello. So, I want to hear your check-in for this week. How old is that |
| 0:32.6 | toddler of yours and what's going on? Well, she is two. And maybe that is why I feel ravaged, overwhelmed, |
| 0:43.3 | drained. I mean, could I go on Thesaurus.com and find any other words to describe how I feel |
| 0:49.0 | is this because she has hit the terrific tremendous twos? |
| 0:56.8 | You busted out your thesaurus, too. |
| 0:58.3 | It took me a second, though. |
| 1:03.4 | Yeah, well, you know, I don't know. |
| 1:10.5 | I have to say that one thing that's really going on with me this week is that I'm blaming myself for a lot of this. You know, I sometimes feel like I pushed her |
| 1:13.6 | beyond what she was ready for in some ways. Like I thought she was ready to get out of that crib, right? |
| 1:19.4 | And then put her in a toddler bed. And no gate on her door. And potty training when she showed like |
| 1:26.4 | the first interest. So all of these things combined |
| 1:29.1 | when there's problems with them, they all kind of just crashed down at once. And she gets out of her |
| 1:34.2 | bed too much and just breaks down crying and skips naps. And, you know, we're having trouble |
| 1:38.8 | potty training on and off and on and off. And sometimes I'm like, why didn't I just make this |
| 1:43.5 | easier for myself and |
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