Ep. 342: Sibling Roughhousing
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In the special segment “Mom Confessions,” Laura and Shanna share their recent embarrassing or hilarious parenting experiences, diving into the topics of desperate decisions and rough realizations. Also, Shanna reports on a surprising new development in her family's life, and Laura talks about how the roughhousing between her sons has intensified. Finally, the moms share their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna's kids are 6 and 8.5 years old, and Laura’s kids are 5.5 years old and 3.5 years old.
Topics discussed in this episode:
-Different ways of moving on from grief
-Family pets
-Roughhousing between siblings
-Mom confessions
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone. I just wanted to jump in before we started this episode to mention that we recorded this episode well before the big fires that have been raging in the L.A. area. |
| 0:10.2 | Shawna and I and our families and our homes are all safe, and we want to thank you all for your messages checking in on us. |
| 0:16.5 | We did record a bonus episode talking about the fires and interviewing Gia Gambaro Blunt about what |
| 0:21.8 | parents can do during this time and how to talk to their kids during this crisis. You'll see that |
| 0:26.6 | in your feed. We've also set up a web page, big fat positive podcast.com slash fire, where you can |
| 0:33.1 | find ways to give help or receive help if you need it. We hope all of our BFP listeners are staying safe and we love you all. Let's get on with the show. Welcome to Big Pat Positive with Shauna and Laura. This week we have our weekly check-ins. We have our special segment, Mom Confessions, where you get to find out if we are abandoning, gaslighting, or failing our children, and we close |
| 0:55.2 | with our BFPs and BFNs for the week. Let's get started. Hello, everyone. Welcome to the show. |
| 1:01.1 | This is episode 342. Hi, Shawna. Hello. Let's get right to it. I'm curious what you've been up to this week. |
| 1:08.0 | Okay. Well, this week brought yet another hump loop. |
| 1:13.3 | I don't know. |
| 1:13.8 | In the roller coaster that is my life here at the end of 2024. |
| 1:19.0 | You do know a bit about it, but I'm going to fill in our listeners. |
| 1:23.5 | Okay. |
| 1:24.0 | As you and listeners know, our family completely unexpectedly lost our dog Sasha last week, and it was very sad. |
| 1:32.3 | And we processed that all week. |
| 1:34.3 | And we have been feeling all the feels about that all week. |
| 1:38.9 | And one way I've been comforting myself is I've gotten on the apps, Laura, I've gotten on the apps. The Tinder? |
| 1:47.4 | Hinge? What are we talking about here? No, no, no, no. The pet apps, pet finder, looking at dogs, |
| 1:58.1 | animals. I don't know. Just seeing what kind of dogs are out there at the shelters, |
| 2:03.7 | not even like I'm ready to have another dog. You know, I'm just like, it's just nice and fun to |
| 2:09.9 | look at cute dogs. A lot of them like look a little bit like Sasha, a little bit like chilly, |
| 2:14.0 | and I'm just like, oh, they're so cute. And of course, the girls want to see. They come look |
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