Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)1 Jul 2024

Ep. 313 - Parenting Sacrifices You Never Saw Coming

In the special segment "Mom Wins!," Laura and Shanna celebrate their recent parenting achievements, including heroic sacrifices that involve indoor playgrounds and fancy notebooks. Also Laura reports on the skills that her 3-year-old has recently developed that makes him feel more like a big kid and less like a baby, and Shanna talks about how she celebrated her daughters' last week of school. Finally, they share their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna's kids are 5 and 8 years old, and Laura’s kids are 5 years old and 3 years old.

Topics discussed in this episode:

-3-year-old child develop

-When your child feels more like a big kid than a baby

-Signs of toddler independence

-Your kids' last week of school

-Volunteering in your kid's classroom

-Making an uncomfortable sacrifice for your children

-Acknowledging your child's feelings, even when they seem unreasonable

-Playing hide and seek at the park with your kids

-Playing board games with your kids

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

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