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Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)

Ep. 81: Baby Separation Anxiety: What to Do and What Not to Do

Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)

Laura Birek, Shanna Micko

Parenting, Comedy, Kids & Family

4.7531 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week, Shanna feels stressed about her 12-month-old daughter’s newfound separation anxiety, and Laura talks about her visit to a co-working space that provides childcare. In the new segment “It Takes a Village,” Laura and Shanna ask their listeners to help them solve their current parenting conundrums. Finally, they reveal their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna’s baby is 12 months and one week old, and Laura’s baby is 11 months and two weeks old.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Big Fat Positive with Shauna and Laura. This week we have our weekly check-ins. We have a brand new special segment. It takes a village where we need your help listeners. And we close with our BFPs and BFNs for the week. Let's get started. Hi, welcome to the show, everyone. This is episode 81. Hi, Shauna. Hey. Tell us about your week. How old is your baby now? She's 12 months in one week and we're doing well. I forgot last week to give a little update about her 12 month appointment. So I just want to comment a couple things on that. First of all,

0:38.4

you know, last time she was rocking the 80th percentile for weight. Oh, yeah. And so she's gone

0:44.2

down to 50th percentile. Oh, interesting. Which is interesting. And I'm really hoping that it

0:49.8

helps curb all of the comments from strangers about how big my baby is.

0:54.8

You're gigantic baby.

0:56.5

Yeah, I talked about that in a they said what segment a few episodes back.

1:00.4

So I haven't been getting as many comments on her size.

1:02.7

They do all still think she's a boy, though.

1:05.3

I don't know what it is about my neighborhood.

1:08.1

I think I even sent you a picture, Laura.

1:10.1

I was walking Cece in her bright pink car.

1:13.5

She had like a pink hat on.

1:16.2

You know, she was just like screamed girl.

1:18.8

And the woman at the register was like, hello, young man.

1:22.9

So odd.

1:24.0

I mean, hey.

1:26.3

Context clues, people. Like, gender's a construct, but also, like,

1:30.2

she's wearing bright pink. I don't know. They tell you about the other day, my baby was wearing,

1:35.7

like, he was like wearing a tweed overall and an orangeish, like a beige shirt. And two people

1:43.9

thought he was a girl, which, you know, it's fine,

1:45.9

but someone came up and was like, hello, princess. And I was like, huh? He's wearing tweed.

1:54.9

Oh, people are so bold in their gender assignments. It's wild. Same thing. I was standing on the corner waiting

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