Ep. 334 - Sharing the Mental Load
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In the special segment "What I Googled This Week," Shanna and Laura share the hilarious and embarrassing parenting-related questions they have asked the internet recently, diving into the topics of infant snot suckers, surprising swimming injuries, movie mysteries and more! Also, Shanna gives an update on the working-mom overwhelm she has been feeling recently, and Laura reports on a big change in her 3-year-old's bedtime routine. Finally, the moms share their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna's kids are 5.5 and 8.5 years old, and Laura’s kids are 5.5 years old and 3.5 years old.
Topics discussed in this episode:
-Handling overwhelm when you are a mom
-Sharing the mental load with your partner
-Having trouble getting 3-year-old to go to bed
-Should my kids share a bedroom?
-Can AI help identify this movie my kid is talking about?
-Weird injuries you get when you are older
-Using a baby product on a cat
-How to get rid of sandbox sand
-Handling kids' bedtime with your partner
-Fun board games to play with your kids
This episode's full show notes can be found here.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Big Fat Positive with Shauna and Laura. |
| 0:05.1 | This week we have our weekly check-ins. |
| 0:07.0 | We have our special segment, What I Googled this week, where we talk about some movie mysteries and tailbone trauma. |
| 0:12.8 | And we close with our BFPs and B events for the week. |
| 0:15.2 | Let's get started. |
| 0:17.7 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to episode 334. And for our listeners in the U.S. |
| 0:23.0 | Happy Thanksgiving week. |
| 0:24.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:25.7 | I hope everyone has a great week reflecting on what makes them thankful in their lives and eating some delicious food. |
| 0:32.8 | And I just want to say I am thankful for you, Shana. |
| 0:36.0 | And all the time we get to spend together |
| 0:38.2 | recording this podcast. |
| 0:39.8 | It's the highlight of my week. |
| 0:41.6 | Likewise. |
| 0:42.6 | And I am very grateful for you and that we are planning to come over to your place for |
| 0:47.7 | Thanksgiving again this year. |
| 0:49.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:50.2 | The girls are so excited. |
| 0:52.4 | I'm excited. |
| 0:53.2 | I love that this is becoming a tradition and it's my favorite. |
| 0:56.5 | It's my absolute favorite. |
| 0:58.0 | But we're getting ahead of ourselves because in this current moment when we're recording, it is not yet Thanksgiving. |
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