In the special segment "What the Hack?," Shanna and Laura share some of their favorite parenting tips and tricks, including ideas for cleaning up toys, improving bath time, encouraging cooperation and more! Also, Shanna reports on her questionable attempt to make her husband's life easier, and Laura talks about a big shakeup in her 6-year-old's extracurricular activity schedule. Finally, the moms share their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna's kids are 6 and 9 years old, and Laura’s kids are 6 years old and 4 years old.

Topics discussed in this episode:

-Involving the whole family in big, impulsive decisions

-Knowing when to adjust your child's extracurricular activity schedule

-Tips, tricks and hacks for making parenting easier

-Tricks for cleaning toys, playrooms and kids' bedrooms

-How to easily tie balloons

-Ideas for getting your kids to cooperate during times of transition

-Family time in the backyard

-Date night with your partner

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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