Ep. 411: When Is It Time to Quit?
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Laura checks in on her 7-year-old's Little League season, and Shanna reports on a volunteer experience at her daughter's school that is somehow both underwhelming and overstimulating. Also, in the special segment "Loose Ends," Shanna and Laura give updates about topics they've talked about previously, including needy phases, screen time, hair care and more! Finally, the moms share their BFPs and BFNs for the week, including an exciting event in Southern California and an ordinary kitchen tool that can make food exciting for kids. Shanna's kids are 7 and 10 years old, and Laura's kids are 7 years old and 5 years old.
Topics discussed in this episode:
• Letting your partner take the lead on kids' activities
• When your child refuses to go to their sports games and practices
• Volunteering at your kids' school
• Does Laura feel like switching her kids' school was worth it?
• Handling your child's needy/clingy phases
• Dealing with screen time setbacks
• Tips for managing fine hair
• Volunteering as team DJ
• Fixing a broken tooth
• Taking your kids to an exciting car racing event in Southern California
• How an ordinary kitchen tool can make food fun for kids
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Past BFP episodes mentioned in this episode:
• Ep. 388 - Laura shares her decision to switch her boys' schools.
• Ep. 392 - Laura discusses Sebastian's emotional/needy phase.
• Ep. 393 - Shanna talks about the fine hair subreddit.
• Ep. 395 - Laura reports on the PlayStation being introduced to her kids.
• Ep. 401 - Shanna talks about taking on the role of softball team DJ for the spring season.
• Ep. 408 - Shanna reports on losing a tooth crown while flossing.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to Big Fat Positive with Shana and Laura. |
| 0:05.2 | On this week's episode, we have our weekly check-ins. |
| 0:07.7 | We have our special segment, Loose Ends, where we give updates about separation anxiety, |
| 0:12.5 | new schools, and more. |
| 0:14.3 | And we wrap it up with our Big Fat positives or Big Fat negatives at the week. |
| 0:17.7 | Let's get started. |
| 0:20.3 | Hi, everyone. Welcome to episode 411. Hi, Laura. Hi, Shauna. |
| 0:26.1 | Hi, why don't you kick off our first segment with your weekly check-ins? All right. Well, I'm going to |
| 0:32.3 | give you the 4-1-1 on this episode 411. Oh, nice. |
| 0:44.0 | So actually, I know this is an audio-only podcast, but I am going to open it with a photo that I'm going to send to you. |
| 0:45.8 | And you can describe it for our listeners. |
| 0:56.7 | Aw, this is a photo of Augie in his Little League uniform, white pants, red belt, red jersey, posing with his baseball bat, |
| 1:02.4 | his black cap, staring at the camera. I'm assuming this is Picture Day for Little League, |
| 1:09.7 | and you have received the wallet size photos. So cute. Oh, we received the little package. We have like a little cardboard display and we have the team picture and we got all, you know, |
| 1:14.7 | I think Corey signed up for like the cheapest package, you know, but we got our little wallet sizes or whatever. |
| 1:21.6 | And it's really convenient because we got them, you know, right after he officially quit baseball. |
| 1:28.6 | Oh! |
| 1:30.9 | What? |
| 1:32.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:33.8 | Oh, I was going to ask how Little League was going. |
| 1:38.0 | I guess it's not. |
| 1:39.7 | It's going for someone else, but not us. |
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