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Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)

Ep. 336 - No Going Back: Parenting Through Big Leaps and Milestones

Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)

Laura Birek, Shanna Micko

Kids & Family, Parenting, Comedy

4.7533 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In the special segment "Dear Past Me," Shanna and Laura turn back time to give their former selves parenting advice based on what they know now, including wisdom about first-trimester morning sickness, toddler meltdowns and more. Also, Shanna's 5-year-old reaches a milestone that there's no turning back from, and Laura kids take a big leap in their room-sharing journey. 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:

-When to switch your child from a five-point harness to a booster seat in the car

-Getting a bunk bed for your kids

-Managing your kids sharing a room

-Activities that trigger the memory of pregnancy nausea

-Handling your child's inconsolable meltdowns

-Developing trust with your child

-Letting go of diet culture and appreciating your body

-Whether or not to buy expensive outdoor toys for your kids

-Weird places cats hide

-Is my child tall enough to go on the Millennium Falcon ride at Disneyland?


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 Shana and Laura.

0:05.0

This week we have our weekly check-ins.

0:06.6

We have our special segment, Dear Past Me, where we give ourselves advice from the future about big-ticket items and big feelings.

0:13.9

And we close with our BFPs and BFNs for the week.

0:16.3

Let's get started.

0:19.0

Well, hello, Shana.

0:23.8

Oh, hello, Laura. You caught me off guard with that tone.

0:31.9

I'm just mixing things up, you know, because it's kind of a mixed up week over here. But it is episode 336, and it's so nice to hear from you. Hello. Likewise. Likewise, hello. Hello. Hello. Okay. So why don't you jump straight into your check-in?

0:41.9

I will. We achieved a bit of a milestone this week and what I've, you know, been a little nervous about, but we went there.

0:50.2

Okay. Tell me more. So, you know, my mom has been in town and we all wanted to go to the park.

0:57.8

And I'm like, every time we have someone in town and there's more than four people, we end up having to take two cars to the place.

1:07.1

And I was like, hmm, I think Cici might have finally reached the threshold for being able to sit in a booster seat with a seatbelt instead of her large Kiko kid fit thing with the five point harness, which takes up a ton of room in the back seat.

1:27.3

So I was like, I wonder if I

1:29.8

measure her height and her weight and she's reached that threshold, what if we remove that big

1:36.9

five-point harness seat, put in two of L's booster seats, and then there will be room in the middle

1:42.1

in the back. And I can ride there and my mom can

1:44.4

ride up front and Steve can drive and we can all go together and you know seatbelts and car

1:50.4

seats and stuff I always try to go as long as possible with like the safest thing possible.

1:57.4

I mean I think Elle was in a five point hardest until she was like seven and 11 months or something.

2:03.9

She's like, Mom, enough already.

2:05.9

But, you know, the safety guidelines say that if there are certain height and weight, it's okay.

2:10.2

And so I'm like, okay, you know, I think it'll be all right.

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