Mom Confessions: Failing the Sniff Test – Ep. 413

June 1, 2026

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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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