Ep. 349: Supporting Your Introverted Child
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Shanna and Laura answer more listener questions in another installment of "Checkin' the Inbox,"
diving into the topics of gender disappointment, surrogacy, introversion and more. Also, Laura talks about throwing a joint birthday party for her sons at the same time she had to care for her ailing cat, and Shanna reports on her kindergartener losing her first tooth. Finally, the moms share their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna's kids are 6 and 9 years old, and Laura’s kids are 6 years old and 4 years old.
Topics discussed in this episode:
-Throwing a joint birthday party for your kids
-Losing a family pet
-When your child loses their first tooth
-Defying gender norms
-Handling gender disappointment
-Being a surrogate
-Traveling during the third trimester
-Knowing when your preschooler is ready to nap
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to Big Fat Positive with Shauna and Laura. |
| 0:05.2 | On this week's episode, we have our weekly check-ins. |
| 0:07.5 | We have our special segment, Check in the Inbox, where we answer questions about gender |
| 0:11.5 | disappointment, surrogacy, introversion, and more. |
| 0:15.2 | We wrap it up with our weekly BFPs and BFNs. |
| 0:17.8 | Let's get started. |
| 0:20.8 | Howdy-Duty, everyone. Welcome to episode 349. Hello, |
| 0:25.8 | Laura, my friend. Hello, Shana, my friend. Hello. I would love to know what's been going on |
| 0:32.6 | in your world this week. So why don't you kick us off with a check-in? Yes. Okay, so you are privy to like 99% of |
| 0:40.3 | this check-in already. It will not be a surprise to you because I've needed support this week. |
| 0:45.1 | Mm-hmm. So, Sean, do you remember how, like, a couple months ago you had a birthday party for |
| 0:51.1 | Cece and then your beloved pet died the next day. Oh, I remember very vividly, |
| 0:57.2 | yes. Well, apparently I thought that was just too cool for you to have all to yourself. And we did |
| 1:04.1 | the same thing this week, Shana. Oh, I can't even believe it. What are the odds? |
| 1:11.2 | And what is it with birthday parties and our pets? |
| 1:13.4 | But, okay, enough of that. |
| 1:14.4 | You need to fill in our audience about what happened. |
| 1:18.1 | So, okay. |
| 1:19.3 | This week was the week leading up to my boys' joint birthday party. |
| 1:25.4 | It was the Star Wars theme. |
| 1:27.3 | I said, like, Sebastian was turning four, so I made |
| 1:30.5 | some force joke in the invitation and he's turning six. So I was like he's turning. So I said |
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