Making Progress With Your Selective Eater – Ep. 352
March 31, 2025
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In the special segment “Mom Wins,” Laura and Shanna celebrate their recent parenting successes, diving into the topics of handling your child’s selective eating and managing your kids’ relationship with your pets. Also, Shanna discusses some changes that have inspired her to focus on her own needs, and Laura reports on giving her 6-year-old a long-overdue haircut. 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:
-Taking care of your mental health when you’re a mom
-Working on mindfulness and self-care
-Giving your kid a haircut at home
-Handling your child’s selective eating
-How long does it take to make progress with a picky eater?
-Managing your kids and your pets
-Helping your kids and pets get along
-Bailing on social activities
-Feeling impostor syndrome
-Taking your kids to Travel Town in Griffith Park
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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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