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Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)

Ep. 396: Can Laura Pull Off This Birthday Surprise?

Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)

Laura Birek, Shanna Micko

Parenting, Comedy, Kids & Family

4.7 • 531 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In the special segment “What I Googled This Week,” Shanna and Laura reveal the funny and embarrassing things they've asked the internet recently, including a ridiculously juvenile question about astronomy and an out-of-the-ordinary query about a popular theme park. Also, Shanna checks in about a major life transition happening during a chaotic holiday week, and Laura talks about the big surprise she planned for Auggie's 7th birthday. Finally, they wrap up with their weekly BFPs and BFNs, including an outing that made the kids feel like they’d entered a magical new world and a holiday family tradition. Shanna’s kids are 7 and 9.5 years old, and Laura’s kids are 7 years old and 4.5 years old.


Topics discussed in this episode:

  • Experiencing a big work/life change while still in full holiday-parent mode
  • Struggling to get your kids to take medicine
  • Auggie's 7th birthday
  • Pulling off a big surprise for your kid
  • Tips for going to Disneyland in the rain
  • What's the right way to pronounce “Uranus”
  • Do kids these days go to bookstores?
  • Taking your family to a fun holiday light show


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Past BFP episodes referenced in this episode:

  • Ep. 364 (Where Shanna teaches Cece how to swallow pills)
  • Ep. 257 (Where Shanna struggles to get Cece to take medication)


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Big Fat Positive with Shauna and Laura.

0:05.2

This week we have our weekly check-ins.

0:07.4

We have our special segment, what I Google this week,

0:10.4

where we find out why Augie is teaching Elle about astronomy and why she's laughing so hard.

0:16.2

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

0:19.3

Let's get to it.

0:23.4

Hello, everyone, and welcome to episode 396. Shana, it's your turn to go first. Let's get right to it. I'd love to hear your check-in for the week.

0:30.6

All right. Well, I guess the big news is it is officially 26 now. The year has changed.

0:37.1

Yes, it has. What? And this last week of 2025 was a big one.

0:44.1

First of all, I had my last day at my job, which is like weird and hasn't totally set in yet the reality of that.

0:56.1

Yeah.

0:57.2

Remind me, how long were you there?

0:59.1

Eight years.

1:00.2

Yeah.

1:01.0

Yeah.

1:01.3

It's a long time.

1:02.6

Yeah.

1:03.1

Very long time.

1:04.6

But the last day was also kind of eclipsed by the fact that it is still kind of a holiday week.

1:09.3

You know, we had New Year's, New Year's Eve.

1:11.8

And Cece was still sick for a good part of that week.

1:16.8

Like, her flu didn't get better because she got an ear infection on top of it.

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