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Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)

Ep. 395: Stroller Envy

Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)

Laura Birek, Shanna Micko

Parenting, Comedy, Kids & Family

4.7531 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In the special segment "Gripe Water," Shanna and Laura share the hilariously petty parenting problems that have been bothering them lately, diving into the topics of stroller envy and screen time. Also, Laura reports on the people, gifts and baked goods that made her Christmas special, and Shanna talks about managing a hectic, cooped-up holiday week with a sick kid. Finally, they wrap up with their weekly BFPs and BFNs, including a fun family outing and an indoor activity that unexpectedly became a big hit. Shanna’s kids are 7 and 9.5 years old, and Laura’s kids are 6.5 years old and 4.5 years old.


Topics discussed in this episode:

  • A low-key, rainy Christmas week and what it’s like hosting visiting family (and dogs)
  • Parenting your sick child during the holidays
  • Stroller envy: missing the days when you had a mobile cart for all your kid gear
  • Managing kids’ video game obsession, meltdowns, and tough transitions


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, welcome to Big Fat Positive with Shauna and Laura.

0:05.9

On this week's episode, we have our weekly check-ins.

0:08.2

We have our special segment, Grypewater, where I share something I wish I had,

0:12.5

and Laura shares something she wishes she didn't.

0:15.5

And we wrap it up with our weekly BFPs and BFNs.

0:18.3

Let's get started.

0:26.5

Hello, everyone. Welcome to episode 395. Hi, Laura, my friend.

0:34.4

Hi, Shana, my good friend. Hi. All right, we start every episode with our weekly check-in,

0:39.1

so why don't you kick us off? Okay, so I always feel weird when this time of year rolls around for our show, because our show, as everyone knows, is on a bit of a delay, and we

0:44.0

end up talking about the holidays during our normal recording sessions in current time as we're

0:48.9

recording, and then they air four weeks later, and everyone has moved on. So I apologize in advance about talking about

0:55.8

Christmas because it just so happens that right now in the timeline Shauna and I are existing in

1:00.9

is the week of Christmas. And our children are off of school and we are celebrating. And yeah,

1:09.7

I just wanted to talk about that, basically.

1:11.5

Yeah. Celebrating and surviving, maybe.

1:16.4

Enduring. Enduring Christmas. You know, honestly, this week was pretty great for us. I have to say that we had a very chill Christmas, very low-key.

1:26.0

We only had two visitors. We had Grandma Sherry who drove up with her

1:31.2

dog Luna. And Luna is like this absolutely gigantic black lab. Like she must be mixed with a

1:38.6

great dane or something. She's enormous, but she is the sweetest little cuddlebug. I love her. So Sherry and Luna were here. And then Corey's enormous, but she is the sweetest little cuddledug. I love her.

1:44.9

So Sherry and Luna were here.

1:46.8

And then Corey's brother, Dan, came with his dog, Phoebe.

1:51.3

And so it was a fun few days with them visiting.

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