Advocating for Your Child at the Doctor's Office - Ep. 394

In the special segment "Never Have I Ever: Parenting Edition," Laura and Shanna reveal the unexpected things they've never done before having kids, including a desperate attempt to complete a puzzle in inclement weather and a disturbing doctor's appointment that ended in tears. Also, Shanna talks about her attempts to have a low-key Christmas, and Laura reports on her family's festive week of ice dancing and dreidel spinning. Finally, they share their BFPs or BFNs for the week. Shanna's kids are 7 and 9.5 years old, and Laura’s kids are 6.5 years old and 4.5 years old.

Topics discussed in this episode:
• Last-minute holiday decorating and keeping expectations low
• A kid getting sick right before Christmas and deciding when to go to urgent care
• Taking your kids to festive holiday events
• Celebrating Hanukkah with friends
• When you realize you are doing something wacky and unreasonable as a parent
• Tough doctor visits with kids
• Navigating fear, consent and advocating for your child in a medical setting
• How kids misunderstand medical “threats” and why wording matters
• A funny public moment involving a kids’ character and an unexpected song choice
• Volunteering at your kid's school and reading a funny picture book to your kid's class
• A parenting win: getting your kid re-engaged in an extracurricular activity

Products, links, resources mentioned in this episode:
• Disney on Ice (disneyonice.com/en-us)
• How to Play Dreidel (myjewishlearning.com/article/how-to-play-dreidel)
• Kanoodle - Brain Teaser Puzzle (amazon.com/Educational-Insights-Kanoodle-Twist…)
• Museum of Illusions (museumofillusions.com)
• Blippi (blippi.com)
• "Fat Bottomed Girls" by Queen (youtube.com/watch?v=VMnjF1O4eH0)
• "The Book That Almost Rhymed" by Omar Abed (amazon.com/Book-That-Almost-Rhymed/dp/0593406389)

Past BFP episodes mentioned in this episode:
• Ep. 379 (bigfatpositivepodcast.com/ep-379) - (Shanna talks about going to the Museum of Illusions)
• Ep. 358 (bigfatpositivepodcast.com/ep-358) - (Laura talks about Auggie quitting parkour and starting jiu-jitsu)

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