Ep. 70: Is It Time for a Babysitter?
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2019
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Laura approaches mom burnout, and Shanna is shocked at her baby’s newest vocabulary word. Also, in the special segment “OMG I’m Freaking Out,” Shanna obsesses about the size of her baby’s feet, and Laura worries that her baby doesn’t show her enough affection. Finally, they reveal their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna’s baby is nine months and three weeks old, and Laura’s baby is eight months and four weeks old. This episode's show notes - https://bigfatpositivepodcast.com/ep-70/ | 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 | Hi, welcome to Big Fat Positive with Shauna and Laura. On this week's episode, we have our weekly check-ins. |
| 0:07.9 | We have our special segment, OMG, I'm freaking out, where Laura wonders, does my baby even like me? |
| 0:14.4 | And we wrap it up with our weekly BFPs and BFNs. Let's get to it. |
| 0:20.5 | Hi, welcome to the show. It's episode 70. Laura, how are you doing? How old's your baby now? |
| 0:26.2 | Hi, my baby is eight months and four weeks. It's one of those weird weeks, right? |
| 0:32.1 | Uh-huh. Where you just get a little bit extra. You get an extra week in. |
| 0:37.2 | But we're good. I think that the major theme |
| 0:40.6 | of this week is that the long-term fatigue, I think, is starting to kick in. For you or the baby? |
| 0:48.9 | For me. I feel you. Yeah. Tell me about it. I think it's just, I'm you. Tell me, tell me about it. |
| 1:00.3 | I think it's just, I'm suddenly realizing, like, I guess suddenly isn't the right word. |
| 1:04.3 | It has creeped up on me that, like, this is forever. |
| 1:08.9 | And sort of the shine has worn off a little bit. |
| 1:10.1 | That's not to say I'm not having fun. |
| 1:15.7 | I'm actually having a lot of fun because my baby boy is like just getting more and more fun. I think that's something that they really don't tell you about babies and kids is like, oh, they get more fun. |
| 1:21.9 | You know, they do more things. And it's just like so fun to watch them learn all these new |
| 1:27.0 | skills. And every time they like figure out something new cognitively, it's just like so fun to watch them learn all these new skills. |
| 1:32.1 | And every time they like figure out something new cognitively, it's just like, oh my God, |
| 1:32.8 | you're so cool. |
| 1:34.1 | You know, it's very, very fun. |
| 1:39.9 | However, I've just realized that I've spent eight months and four weeks, like nonstop, |
| 1:42.7 | essentially taking care of another human being. And I think it's, you know, starting to approach |
| 1:46.2 | burnout phase for me. And I think I'm aware of it. So I don't think I'm there yet. But I am just |
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