Big Fat Positive: A Pregnancy and Parenting Journey

Ep. 334 - Sharing the Mental Load


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In the special segment "What I Googled This Week," Shanna and Laura share the hilarious and embarrassing parenting-related questions they have asked the internet recently, diving into the topics of infant snot suckers, surprising swimming injuries, movie mysteries and more! Also, Shanna gives an update on the working-mom overwhelm she has been feeling recently, and Laura reports on a big change in her 3-year-old's bedtime routine. Finally, the moms share their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna's kids are 5.5 and 8.5 years old, and Laura’s kids are 5.5 years old and 3.5 years old.


Topics discussed in this episode:

-Handling overwhelm when you are a mom

-Sharing the mental load with your partner

-Having trouble getting 3-year-old to go to bed

-Should my kids share a bedroom?

-Can AI help identify this movie my kid is talking about?

-Weird injuries you get when you are older

-Using a baby product on a cat

-How to get rid of sandbox sand

-Handling kids' bedtime with your partner

-Fun board games to play with your kids


This episode's full show notes can be found here.


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Big Fat Positive: A Pregnancy and Parenting Journey is produced by Laura Birek, Shanna Micko and Steve Yager.

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