Ep. 55: Laura Attempts Sleep Training
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2019
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Laura discusses her attempt at sleep training her five-month-old baby using the Taking Cara Babies method, and Shanna talks about troubleshooting her baby’s early-morning wakings. In this week’s special segment, “They Said What?”, the new moms reveal the shocking and/or unusual things that people have said to them lately. Finally, they reveal their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna’s baby is 27 weeks old, and Laura’s baby is 23 weeks old.| This episode's show notes - https://bigfatpositivepodcast.com/ep-55/ | Get social - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bfppodcast/ | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/bigfatpositivepodcast/ | Email - contact@bigfatpositivepodcast.com | Our mom-tested ultimate baby registry list - https://bigfatpositivepodcast.com/registry/
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Big Fat Positive with Shauna and Laura. |
| 0:05.0 | This week we have our weekly check-ins. |
| 0:07.2 | We have our special segment. |
| 0:08.4 | They said what? |
| 0:09.4 | Or we experienced some mistaken identities. |
| 0:12.5 | And we have our BFPs and BFNs. |
| 0:14.6 | Let's get started. |
| 0:17.2 | Hey everyone, welcome to episode 55. |
| 0:19.8 | Hi, Shana. |
| 0:20.8 | Hi! Tell us all about what's been going on with you this week. |
| 0:24.8 | So, my baby is, I almost said 55 weeks old, but this is episode 55. Okay. My baby is 27 weeks old, which means she's six months and a week. And we have a couple things to report. |
| 0:38.9 | Well, first of all, a report on me in the real world. |
| 0:41.5 | I had a birthday. |
| 0:43.0 | Woo-hoo. |
| 0:44.0 | Woo-hoo. |
| 0:44.8 | And it was terrible. |
| 0:46.2 | What? |
| 0:46.8 | Oh, my God. |
| 0:49.8 | I cannot believe it. |
| 0:50.7 | I woke up with the absolute worst migraine. |
| 1:12.9 | No. It was a kind, like, I get really, really bad ones occasionally, like not that often. And I was like, this one's going to last three days. I could tell right away. Yes. So not only does having a horrendous migraine bum out your birthday, it's really hard to take care of a baby while you're also, you know, laid up with a terrible, terrible headache. Like, I don't necessarily get like |
| 1:22.3 | the eye stuff, but I get kind of like queasy and just like dizzy and I just want to lay down. |
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