Ep. 383: Why Are My Kids Saying 6-7?
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
In the special segment "Internet Insanity," Shanna and Laura dive into the 6-7 trend and finally get to the bottom of what this Gen-Alpha slang means and where it comes from. They also share other gems they've found on the web recently, including surprising toddler comfort items, one-of-a-kind jewelry made from an unexpected source, and more! Also, Laura celebrates the release day of her new potty training book, and Shanna worries for her future now that her 6-year-old has started sleepwalking. Finally, they share their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna's kids are 6.5 and 9.5 years old, and Laura’s kids are 6.5 years old and 4.5 years old.
Topics discussed in this episode:
-The release of Laura's book "Good to Go: A Fresh Take on Potty Training for Today's Intentional Parent"
-When you catch your child sleepwalking
-What to do when your child has a night terror
-Jewelry made using bodily fluids
-Cute and hilarious emotional support items for toddlers
-Why are all the kids saying 6-7, and what does it mean?
-Using an unusual method to help teach your child to read
-A household product that brings Laura disproportionate joy
Products, links, resources mentioned in this episode:
-"Good to Go: A Fresh Take on Potty Training for Today's Intentional Parent" by Gia Gambaro Blount and Laura Birek
-Toddler's emotional support helmet Instagram reel from Brie Matthews
Past BFP episodes mentioned in this episode:
-Ep. 382 (Where the outtake of Shanna and Laura talking about 6-7 is from)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to Big Fat Positiveist Shana and Laura. |
| 0:05.9 | On this week's episode, we have our weekly check-ins. |
| 0:08.2 | We have our special segment, Internet Insanity, where we get to the bottom of 6-7 and more, |
| 0:14.5 | and we wrap it up with our weekly BFPs and BFNs. |
| 0:17.6 | Let's get started. |
| 0:20.0 | Hello, everyone. Welcome to episode 383. Hi, Laura. Hi, Shana. Hey, hey, hey, hey, my mom BFF. How are you doing this week? What's going on? Well, it's been a big week over here because it is the week that my book came out. Woo! Yeah. Yeah. And there might be some |
| 0:42.5 | weird background noise because I think I've got like paparazzi helicopters circling because I'm so |
| 0:47.0 | famous now that I have a potter training book out. No, I have no idea why these helicopters |
| 0:51.9 | are circling, but but we got to record. |
| 0:54.4 | So sorry if there's some weird noise going on, guys. |
| 0:57.4 | But yes, my book came out this Thursday. |
| 1:00.2 | So I have been in a major promotional push. |
| 1:04.5 | I mean, honestly, for the last few weeks, but, you know, really ramping it up, trying to get as many pre-orders as possible. |
| 1:10.5 | I feel like I've just been, you know, eating ramping it up, trying to get as many pre-orders as possible. I feel like I've just |
| 1:11.4 | been, you know, eating, sleeping, drinking, pre-order push, you know, like everything has been about, |
| 1:18.2 | like, got to get this book in as many hands as possible and just trying to do as much social |
| 1:22.7 | media as possible, which I'm not a natural at, Shauna. I am not like... |
| 1:27.1 | Come on, you're good. Well, that's very sweet of you. But like my idea of social media is like |
| 1:33.2 | posting my latte, you know, very much like a cu pick of my kids. I don't have a strategy, |
| 1:40.5 | so to speak. And I don't know. I'm just, you know, I am a elder millennial and I came up with |
| 1:47.1 | Instagram before there was a strategy. And now that everyone's like, well, what's your niche? |
| 1:51.8 | I'm like, well, now it's potty training. But before it was knitting and like before that, |
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