In the special segment “Mom Confessions,” Laura and Shanna share the embarrassing or hilarious parenting experiences they have had recently, including an interaction with an unsuspecting stranger, an incident with a curious cat and more. Also, Laura celebrates her 10th wedding anniversary with an out-of-the-ordinary trip, and Shanna recaps a nail-biting end to her 7-year-old's softball season. Finally, the moms share their BFPs and BFNs for the week, including a piece of office equipment that had to be rationed like screen time. Shanna's kids are 7 and 10 years old, and Laura's kids are 7 years old and 5 years old.
Topics discussed in this episode:
• Taking your first overnight trip as a couple after having kids
• Self-driving cars: would you try a Waymo?
• When your child is facing a big moment and you're a nervous wreck
• Kids with ADHD and visual tracking challenges in sports
• Cats and kids: an unpredictable combination
• Regulating your own emotions on a bad parenting day
• Sleep disruption from enlarged adenoids in kids
• Electric pencil sharpeners: a surprisingly divisive household item
• Face painting at kids' sports events
Products, links, resources mentioned in this episode:
• The Line LA - Hotel that Laura and Corey went to for their anniversary
• Waymo - Self-driving cars
• Hard Fork - podcast that radicalized Laura on self-driving cars
• Gwen - Restaurant that Laura and Corey went to for anniversary dinner
• Martin Riese - Water sommelier
• "Mom" by Meghan Trainor - Cece's walkup song
• Spotify Jam
• "Mr. Sun" by Raffi
• "Grumpy Monkey" - Kid's book Shanna mentions
• Robot Electric Pencil Sharpener
• Face Paint Pens (Jim & Gloria)
Past BFP episodes mentioned in this episode:
• Ep. 407 - Where Shanna first talked about the Savannah Bananas San Diego trip
• Ep. 410 - Where Laura first discussed Sebastian's ENT follow-up and upcoming ear tube surgery
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