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Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)

Ep. 392: The Surprising History of the Tooth Fairy

Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)

Laura Birek, Shanna Micko

Parenting, Comedy, Kids & Family

4.7 • 531 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In the special segment "Today I Learned," Laura and Shanna discuss the fascinating or unusual things they have learned about recently, including an unexpected baby boom on a remote island in the South Pacific and the surprising history of the Tooth Fairy. Also, Shanna shares the details about her daughter's 7th birthday party, and Laura reports on her experience babysitting Shanna's kids. Finally, they share their BFPs or 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:

  • Throwing kids' birthday parties with DIY flair
  • Fun ideas for a 7-year-old's birthday party
  • Getting kids together for a cozy “fake sleepover” night
  • Reality TV crews, on-set romances and an unexpected family-friendly workplace
  • The origins of the Tooth Fairy and the traditions that came before her
  • Whether or not to send your kids to day camp over the winter break
  • Discovering and using your employer's benefits for subsidized childcare
  • When your child shows sudden changes in independence, fears and anxiety


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Past BFP episodes mentioned in this episode:

  • Ep. 383 - (Shanna and Laura discuss the origins of the 6-7 trend)


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Big Fat Positive with Sean and Laura.

0:05.2

This week we have our weekly check-ins.

0:07.2

We have our special segment.

0:08.3

Today I Learned, where we learn about the surprising origins of the tooth fairy and about an island filled with babies.

0:14.9

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

0:17.2

Let's get started.

0:19.5

Hello, everyone.

0:24.8

Welcome to episode 392. Also, happy new year.

0:30.2

Happy New Year, everybody. Let's get right to it. Shana, do you have a check in for us?

0:37.2

I do. While this episode is coming out a few days after the new year, we're actually checking in about some stuff that happened in December.

0:40.0

So, rewind. This week was a big week for me because it was a lead up to CeC's seventh birthday party.

0:51.0

Yay! I can't even believe that she's about to be seven. It's wild. But this party is coming on the

0:59.2

heels of Thanksgiving. So it's like this like, ah, gauntlet that you always call your May, right? My time of

1:07.9

year this year is my gauntlet. It's like Thanksgiving, birthday party,

1:12.0

you know, all this stuff. So it just wrapped up Thanksgiving and it's like, ooh, I better

1:16.4

lock in on getting ready for this party. Because even though I sent invitations a while ago,

1:21.6

didn't do such a great job getting prepared ahead of time. So this is another classic,

1:27.1

Shauna whipping it together at the last

1:29.2

minute. Well, it's not like you don't have other things going on. You've been busy.

1:35.2

Yes. But I do want to bring up your invitation really quickly because it was epic.

1:41.9

Thank you. Yeah, I don't think I mentioned it on the show yet. No, I don't think you did. And you need to tell people what you made because we got it. And I was just like, oh my God, this is incredible. I can't wait to show the boys.

1:53.8

I love that you had that reaction to it. I made it all worth it. Okay, so a couple months ago, we did a, like, today I learned, or

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