Taking Kids to a Wedding: What Could Go Wrong? – Ep. 370

August 4, 2025

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In the special segment “Throwback,” Laura recounts the time that her mom saw through the facade of Laura’s toxic ex-boyfriend and planted a seed of doubt about their relationship. Also, Shanna talks about how going to a wedding with her kids involved flip-flops, blue lips, late-night cake and more, and Laura reports on a day-long excursion with her family to a quaint village on Catalina Island. Finally, the moms share their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna’s kids are 6.5 and 9 years old, and Laura’s kids are 6.5 years old and 4 years old.

 

Topics discussed in this episode:

-Celebrating 4th of July with young kids

-Taking a day trip with kids to Catalina Island

-Going to a wedding with your kids

-Laura’s throwback story about a past relationship

-Going on a shopping spree with your kids

 

Products, links, resources mentioned in this episode:

–Catalina Island

–Two Harbors village on Catalina Island

–Narcissistic Personality Disorder

–Verbal abuse in relationships

 

Past BFP episodes mentioned in this episode:

–Ep. 369 (For Shanna’s story about her mom giving Shanna her pants)

 

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