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Mom Confessions: Failing the Sniff Test - Ep. 413

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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