#148 - Parenting Advice From Actual Parents

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Why do I laugh at your dumb jokes? Oh! Oh! Okay, it's. I guess it's a bassinet on the ground. I'm not really sure. It looks like a fun couch that you have at like a hotel. It's like a little tiny area. It's a. A little tiny circle area for a baby. It's a cage with an opening. So this would be for a baby that's not able to move that much. Right. The baby's not like. Can barely. a crawling baby can get through anything anything and you don't even realize and the funniest thing ever is when they have something in their hand they know they're not supposed to have and they go and they're stoked like there's like we have like a little remote to turn on one of our lamps and cole gets it and goes and he holds it up and then i go okay come here give that to me and he goes and he crawls off so fast it's the funniest thing and he's just because he's like i just know i know i'm not supposed to have they know they're not supposed to have it and they just go you gotta you gotta reverse psychology it where you gotta try to give him all the things he's not supposed to have so right and then be like baby toys you're like like a glass bottle it's probably a bad thing to teach early on there's a glass bottle kid yeah here you go some cigarettes yeah um i mean you think about it how insane it must be to be a baby right like because you know what i i try to the the closest you can get as an adult is anytime you just have a brand new experience wasted yeah getting absolutely plastered no but like new experiences but it takes so much to have a brand new experience yeah but that's them all the time all the time because that's like this is my first time touching whatever this is yes this is my first time seeing that thing yes and they really learned the word no pretty fast really but they like they like f with you you'll be like uh-uh they're like you're like no and they're like oh and they do this like little smile like cole's favorite thing truly you don't need to buy toys i mean toys are fun and they're good for like learning and there's some toys it's like if i click this it'll turn on but really get them like a big ass map of california a map of the world start teaching them geography no because they're it's very hard to tear and so they're like and when they do tear it they're like they're stoked they're like i have grown stronger they're literally psyched um i should i should preface this we are oh yeah why are we talking about kids yeah so we have a bassinet here and we're talking about your kid because it's parent week my kid it's parents week at smosh which is something we're doing it's really exciting we have a lot all the channels are doing something special involving parents yeah a lot of people are bringing their parents on spoiler i might be talking to some parents oh maybe spencer's mom whoa maybe arash's mom okay and then i won't reveal the third person there are a few parents that are coming on you named a couple yeah of like a few that are coming on a few that are coming on i met all these parents this past week and i was like oh my god the personalities know who you were they knew who i was yeah all of them did yeah yeah we're like oh my god truly kind of you're shane top yeah i will say spencer okay i spencer's mom uh i won't say this actually yeah i will i i will uh she she was saying like oh spencer's always complimenting how you dress he's like oh shane dress is so cool and i was like damn that's that's really cool why weren't you like spencer's the best say that i don't i don't know i don't want i don't know if spencer's like oh i don't don't put me on blast like that no spencer doesn't care but um trust me i interviewed him and his mom he does not i i'm like everyone's personalities make most makes so much sense when you meet like uh spencer's mom is hilarious she's so i i really related to spencer's mom a lot um she just reminded me a lot of my mom she did like she was just so comfortable telling stories and uh my favorite thing that i learned was like i i i really asked this question like oh is your you know son or daughter your best friend and it really was like a kind of a controversial topic because some moms were like of course some moms i've got my best friend janet spencer's mom's like no she's like i love my son but now i have friends she's like that's weird and then after she was like is it weird that i said that that's weird and i was like no it's not a problem either way but it's so funny to see the difference between moms yeah and like my i relate to that because i think my mom would be the same and then i feel like me as a mom would be like that interesting like i don't think my mom would be like that i don't think my mom would be like that my son's gonna be my best friend i yeah yeah that's not something i don't think my mom would what if i'm like i have a i have a bump in a place like what am i gonna do i think my mom would say like no she has her best friend like that's like oh someone she hangs out with that's her best friend yes her sons are like i'm excited to like their friend we're obviously like i understand saying yes to that though yeah that's just like a how you view it type of situation yeah it's like i wanna i wanna like you know travel with my son i want to do these really cool experiences i want to like read together i want to do all these really fun things but i also want to like be his parent yeah for me and like i said there's like real no like i talked to some moms they're like oh we're best friends and it was like a really cool relationship that they had because i think it has to do with like upbringing and all that stuff but it was so funny how that one question was kind of like oh we are split on this yeah and it it really it was really cool to interview some moms because it made me think about like oh what do i want to be like as a mom and they have like years of experience totally it's wild i mean it's the weirdest thing that like because you know you can't i don't really comprehend it i was talking to someone who uh is a parent but he's like in his 60s this was a few years ago oh and he was talking about how it's like so weird that he's like yeah like the majority of your relationship with your kid is when they're an adult and i was like it's such a weird like i'm like yeah like this to me like you have a kid and it's like but they're only a kid for so long and then they're you know after 18 like you know the the hope is that you spend so much of your life like that you're adults just like you know each other like that and that's so weird someone literally just said this to me and it really does put things into perspective when i'm so in it you know my son is a baby and it really puts into perspective like what is important right now yeah and for me right now is like any chance i can get i want to spend time with my son but not only just like spend time with him but be really really present like i was thinking you asked you and selena asked me a question and i know we're gonna do this later but it was just like what's something that really surprised me uh as being a mom i forget the exact question but it was like i do not simply do not get bored watching him play like and i thought that i you know we've all babysat some kids randomly when we were teenagers or maybe that was just me my mom was like you're babysitting this family i'm like what i'm 10 oh truly you're babysitting these 12 year olds i'm 10 years old you're sitting babysitting this kid and you're like i am bored out of my mind totally but with my son i could watch him play for so i'm like it's just so freaking cute and you never think that you would you you would do that it's it's it's really really cool but yeah i i someone said that it's like they're gonna be adults for so long i know and every phase of their you know kid life and i'm and i mean phase by like month or two weeks yeah it just keeps getting better it's really really yeah um it's been so cool to see like you and h are such an incredible team and like it reminds me of my brothers because so when my brothers had kids i remember always being like so many people in our parents generations talked about kids where it's like oh wait till you have kids what a nightmare everything's over yeah your life is done your body's done shut the doors on your sex life yeah it's just like okay you're never gonna have fun ever again yeah um literally but my brothers they they had kids and like it's just like oh life didn't stop and it they they kind of in my conversation with them they're like oh yeah it's fine and i but you know what i at through line with them and then you is like you and your partner are such incredible teams and you guys have each other's backs and um i don't think a lot of people have that yeah and i think that's what really is hard right like is like so many so many husbands and stuff are just not like pick helping out and like I know that's it's the case in different ways but like I think there's in reading reddit stories at least which is such a ridiculous thing to bring up but like so many situations where it's parents it's like oh my god so many people just are not a good team it's it's they're not respecting each other and then you get into that yes it is so that it is like really the team and I think I think unfortunately it's like circumstances it's timing but I did a postpartum like therapy group which if you're a new mom I highly recommend it it was really really amazing it was like a bunch of other moms like in it I'm talking like right two weeks in it three weeks in it and the biggest things I learned is that everyone is experienced everyone's experiencing something different but like sometimes it's like okay the the the the partner the husband or the father whatever is like doesn't know how to handle or they're not around or they're struggling but then it's also like sometimes you the mom gets really scared and worried and they have control and they they they kind of like kind of sometimes like gatekeep a little bit of like okay well I'll just do it I'll just do it I'll just do it so the sometimes the baby never makes the bond and then they get resentful because the husband's like she doesn't even know the baby doesn't even know me and like it's so layered and complicated yeah and it's like it's so easy to be like well he wasn't around or she wasn't around but it's like it is so layered and complicated but I realize the biggest thing is like people just don't want to feel alone they don't want to feel like lost and confused and you need so much support when you're raising one baby yeah imagine having twins or triplets like oh my god so much support and I really got really lucky like I have a very very supportive partner and we're just on the same wavelength yeah it just like the timing worked out and I feel really really grateful for it because I can't even imagine I think it would be so hard but like single moms out there my god they deserve they deserve everything they deserve the world because they're doing all that while also making a good life for their kids while also doing it all and it's like well in this day and age like everybody has to continue working like you can't like raise it like you you get like oh my god jobs will be like yeah we'll give you uh two weeks off it's like when I was pregnant people in the UK were like so do you get like nine months so do you get like so do you get five years off like we do no do you get like 10 months to like fuck off do you get like time to like you know fuck off it's like I don't know if you have read up about how things are going in this country I'm back in diapers honey I'm wearing diapers and I'm going back to work this is Ashley Akinetti from the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast Ben I've been reflecting a lot lately on how many big life moments our listeners have been having and I've been reflecting a lot lately on how many big experienced with us yeah it's pretty wild they've watched us go from dating shows to engagements weddings babies buying homes every stage comes with new decisions the milestones are the fun part but the planning is where things get real that's why Klarna stands out Klarna gives people smarter tools to help manage everyday money with flexible ways to pay 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And it's like, you really, really need time. You need time for your mind. And I just, I really wish people would take like mental health more seriously and would educate more new moms about like, this is a lot. And what you're feeling is normal and you are not alone. And I just, I wish there was like one handbook of, of resources for like, you're a new mom. Welcome. And it like opens and it's all, it's everything. Just like truly a guide. Just pictures. A tutorial guide. Yeah. Because it's just like, you really have to seek out information. Yeah. But it's not easy, man. Like it's so hard. I mean, dumb comparisons. Like it's hard to find like valid information on anything nowadays. Like it's so weird how with the internet, there was a time when it truly was like, you could Google things. You could find the resources that you need. And now we're in an era where it's so much harder to find the resources that you need. Yeah. And you really realize it when your mom tries to give you advice about being a mom. And my mom gives me great advice, but sometimes she's like, you don't need a bassinet. Just get, you know, a dresser and you open one of the drawers. Just dig a hole and make sure it's a wide hole and throw them in the middle and they won't be able to get out. She's like, just, I mean, she did tummy time like day four of life. She was like, and I'm grateful that she's able to get out. And I'm grateful that she's able to get out. And I'm grateful that she did because he was like up and about. And some moms are like, how did he do that? I'm like, my mom flipped him on his, like flipped him upside down like days. God. So every, it's like, and it's all so much like you get so much advice, I'm assuming, but it's all anecdotal. It's just like, there's no like research. It's not like, oh, well actually this research, it's just like, well, what we did is this. And every baby is different. Yeah. And I will say my mom's advice is very funny. And like, then I'm also married to someone who's not from this country. His mom's was hilarious. She had like advice about vodka. Like I, it's just, you know, give the baby vodka. There are so many, there are so many different, I know there are so many different things. And, but I will say, uh, and I don't know if most moms feel this, but like you, there's like a little voice inside you. Your intuition is very strong. It's like, no, or it's like, yep. Or it's like, this is what we should do. And you kind of just do that. So interesting. Yeah. It's like, you can read a thousand books, but really when it happens, you, it's your own baby. It's a constant 24 seven. Yeah. I do think I feel that whenever people criticize moms for just any sort of like slip up or anything, I'm like, it is a, it's 24 seven for years. And also they're figuring it out. And they're exhausted. You can read a million books, but it's like your baby's doing something different. They have a rash that you're like, where did you get that buddy? Brand new person. Yeah. But no, it's true. Cause every person is completely unique. So you're faced with completely unique problems. Yes. And they're similar, but it's going to be its own version of it. It's that's so infinitely complicated. It's so wild. But like, you know, our moms are, our moms are boomers. So they have like their own, how do you feel about people who, um, cause I, I see it get brought up on the internet. People who are like, who use kind of being a parent, whenever anyone complains about anything in the world and they go, well, try having kids. I really don't like it. And, and, you know, I think early on the early days I was like, I wish I had time. And it's like, okay. And then people used to sit down and be like, I didn't tell you to do this. I didn't tell you to have kids and not have time. So I had to like catch myself because you're so tired. And someone's like, Oh my God, it was so fun. We went out for drinks and wine. And you're like, Oh, I wish I could do it. And it sucks. It's like, I don't enjoy it. I don't enjoy hearing it. I don't enjoy when my little voice does that too, because it's just like, this is, this is your decision. Like commit 100% to it. But I think what I hear when people do that is like, Oh, they need a break. Totally. Oh, they're exhausted. They're exhausted. They need some time off and they're not getting enough support. There's not enough balance. Right. Yeah. And I, I think my view on it as someone who doesn't have kids is like, when people say like, Oh, try having kids. I'm like, I, I know. I know. I probably, I'd be more tired having kids. I'm also like, in the sense that like, I, I understand that having a kid is probably the most exhausting thing on the planet, but also the most rewarding thing. So like it is exhaustion for something like there's nothing really to compare it to, but it's like, you know, running a marathon is exhausting, but you're doing it because you want it to. And it's rewarding in that way. It's like, you're working, you are home and you are doing labor like in the best way possible. But like you are working so hard. You're doing labor. You're like, you're feeding them. You're cleaning up after you're taking a bath. You're, you're you're putting them in their night thing, you're putting them in the sleep sack, you're getting them calm, and that's just one hour of the day. So it's like, and then it's just the most amazing aha moments of your life. You grow a lifetime by being a new parent. It's really, really unbelievable. But if you're not present, you're gonna miss it. You're gonna miss the phase that you're in, and then you're gonna grieve the old phase, and while you're grieving the old phase, the new phase is starting. It's like the wildest experience of my life. It's really, really cool. But yeah, I think if I listened to everyone in the world, I would-- - You kind of have to take your own path on it. - You really do, because there are a lot of people out there that's like, oh, good luck. But my mom loved having kids. My mom had a very, very wonderful, positive outlook on it. And she traveled a lot with us and we were very lucky. So I came from that, so I got to have that. - Totally. - And my sisters both love being parents. So I got to have that. So I don't know what it would be like if I had the opposite. - Yeah, I mean, I feel for people, I know there's obviously countless situations where people have children unplanned, and that's a tough situation. And it's what makes me feel so bad. I feel like societally, it is so hard because it is so expensive, and nothing is set up in our society to make it easier. It almost feels like, it's funny, 'cause you read all these headlines where it's like, oh, the government wants people to have more kids, whatever. But it's like, well, everything in our day-to-day lives tells us not to. - It's wild. - Because it's so hard and so expensive, and people are just trying to stay afloat in general. - It's so weird. - And so people want to have kids. They of course do, but it's like, my God. You have to set aside everything for it. And I feel like every time I read up on how expensive, anything for babies and children are, I'm like, oh my God, it's that expensive? Like, holy crap. - You know what's weird? It's like, it is, and then it like-- - Has anything been surprisingly not expensive? Or what has been surprisingly expensive, and what has been surprisingly not as expensive as you thought it would be? - Surprisingly expensive is formula, oh my God. - Yeah. - Like, you know, breastfeeding and pumping, that's a whole other journey. 'Cause you have to, unless insurance gives it to you for a little bit, and sometimes that happens, you have to buy this contraption that is so expensive. But there's like this cool, like, mom thing, where people really give away a lot of mom stuff. And it is so epic. But like, formula, like, oh my God, blew me out of the water. - Why is it so expensive? Do we know? I mean, I guess, yeah. - There's like a lot of vitamins and minerals, and they want to make it as-- - I just, I don't know. I guess it's like, I think it's kind of bullshit that that's even something we pay for. Like, I'm just like, hey, that's for babies. Maybe we should all chip in, and that should be fine. - That should be for free. - Trust me. I'm like, how are we all born? We were all babies. And like, we have to pay for everything. So that was really expensive. And then also, like, we, I got really lucky that my husband loves making Cole's food. Like, he loves making it. It's like a fun process for him. He loves, like, storing it and making it. And he makes our food and stuff. But I, we went on like a trip, and I was like, oh, let me go and get the pouches. It's, you know, whatever, easy. And I was like, what? I thought the pouches were expensive. To me, there were like three-- - The pouches? - The food pouches. - Oh. - I thought they were really expensive. It's just like, I don't know. All of it's expensive, but it's like-- - That stuff pisses me off. - Yeah. - I'm just like, baby food is expensive. I'm like, come on. - Childcare. - I'm just like, come on, man. - Nannies, daycare. But you just do it. You know, when you have-- - Well, you have no choice. - You just do it. - I'm saying like, I'm criticizing a thing at large of just that I'm like, this is only for babies. Maybe we should do everything we can to make this not as expensive. - I know. - 'Cause this is only for babies. - And now I'm thinking, like, I've got a big baby. Like, he's a big boy. And I'm thinking-- - He's 6'2". - He's 6'2" already. It's crazy. - When you're at the park, people are like, hey, does he wanna play pickup basketball? He's like, no, I'm with my mom. - I can't right now, I'm with my mom. - I always get surprised because, if I have friends come over and hold him, they're like, how's your back? I'm like, it hurts, man. - I'm struggling. - It really hurts. Like, I don't know what to say, but he is a big boy. So I'm just thinking about, when he gets older, how much food am I gonna have to have in the house? - Yeah. - Like, damn. - Yeah. - Things surprise me. And then things are actually weirdly, this is gonna sound weird, but things are actually easier than I thought they would be in a weird way. - Okay, okay. - I thought everything was gonna be really, really, really hard. And things are really hard. But some things are like, oh, okay, that worked. - Yeah. - Cool. - Yeah. - Yeah. - I think you are someone though, I mean, from everything I've seen and talking to you, you are so good at cherishing the good things. And I think that helps you. And I think a lot of the older generations that we experienced growing up really, they got addicted to negativity in some ways. And I know that's, I'm trying not to say that about parents when I don't have a kid, but we just grew up around it so much. - Definitely. - And I think for so many millennials, I think a lot of us were like, having kids was a scary thing. - Definitely. - 'Cause we were convinced in so many parts of the world of like, oh, this is gonna be the worst thing. - Yeah, you know you're coming home late and your mom's like, I have been up. - I didn't experience this. - You haven't? - Yeah. - My mom would be like this. She'd be like, asleep on the couch, like, and then I'd come home, she wasn't asleep. She was like, I have been awake all night long. Like I, my mom was just like, how dare you? And I'm like, I don't want that. Like she just felt like her heart was being torn out all the time. - Oh Jesus. 'Cause you were not. - Whatever, I was home late for like two seconds. - What the fuck, mom? - Truly, I was home late. One time the cops drove me home. Like it wasn't that big of a deal. - Yeah, they gave you a ride. - They gave me a ride home. He was my D.A.R.E. officer, it's fine. - He gave me drugs. - Not even kidding. But like, I get it, my mom had four girls. That is hard. - That's a lot. - Lotta like mind games and stuff. But like, I just was like, oh, that's so hard. But then I realized, oh, this is my own life. This is my own experience. And I got really lucky. Like, my husband is just like down for an adventure. He's just like, yup, hard work, he's like, I'm in. He's like, hard things, he's like, I'm in. And he's the most patient man ever because I'm like, but at the end of the day, it's just like, we enjoy our son so much. We love our time with him so much. It's just like, it's just so much fun. So like the little things, when I get kind of stressed about it, like, well, what is, what is he gonna eat next? And he's like, figure it out, I got it. - But yeah, and I think it's probably so much as easier, like I said earlier, of like, you guys can rely on each other. And I think that's also like, it's just really seems to be the case with like, children of like having people you can rely on. - It's really important. I'm just grateful I'm not doing it alone. Like it's really important. I feel very lucky and I feel super fortunate. And like, I also didn't go into having, being a parent of like, it is a, it is a, it is a 100% guarantee. I think I went in being like, I hope that I can. I hope that my body can, I hope that I'm fortunate enough. Like, I just feel like we, we kind of need to consider that it's not, it's not a guarantee for everybody. It is, it is a fucking privilege. It's a privilege to be able to have a child and afford a child and have a partner who can help you. And I think, I think I just like, I got really like on that before I had kids, I was like, I hope that I can. - Yeah. - And it really bothered me when people would be like, when are you? And I know that bothers a lot of people. - Yeah. I really do. I think it is really great that so many people our age are being like, oh, do I not, do I want a kid? Like, it's just like, hey, if you have, if you have the privilege of having that moment of being like, do I really want that? It's like, unless you really want it, like you don't have to. - I'm in full support of people who are like, I don't want a kid. I'm like, great. - Fucking rocks, yeah. - You do not need to have a kid. It is a privilege and an honor. And I think back in the day, like our parents, it was like, it was part of the list of like things they had or needed to do. And I think a lot of them wanted to do it, but it's very, it's, it's very cool to be a mom and then see my mom be a grandma. - Yeah. - Like it's, it's very generationally. If you, if you want it and you decide to do it, you enter another level of like life of like human. It is so overwhelming. - Yeah. - It's so overwhelmingly emotional to watch your mom with your, with your baby. It is like, oh, and it's also so funny. - Yeah. - 'Cause you watch her do like the weird, my mom has had this like song that she does to every grandchild. She'd be like, track, track to Boston, track, track to Lynn, watch out, watch out. And she says the name and then she's, don't fall in. And then she like flips them upside down. - Is that only her song? - I think it's like a song. - Okay. - I don't know. - We'll have to look it up, but like all these little songs you like kind of you like your your childhood comes back like she did that when you were a baby yeah she's like it's really amazing to see and you're also just like you feel like you're like outside of like a snow globe like looking in it's so weird wow it's really cool it's really really cool yeah it's it sounds like such an insane experience man but and your mom's a your mom's a grandma yes yeah i have nieces and nephews and i mean is your mom like different as a grandma or is she the same um i i she's definitely got a different vibe to her with the with the grandkids i mean they're all the grandkids are all like they're all getting into like middle school now it's crazy i think it happens so fast it all happens so fast um but i mean she's like stoked she like loves just like spending any time with them but it's kind of funny to see your grand maybe it's just my mom she like tries to lay down the law sometimes with them and i'm like good luck buddy yeah like she's gonna get you but i'll tell you what it's also fascinating like with my nieces and nephews like how different they are and they grew up in like the same situation like they all like grew up together but i'm just like wow like same parenting style same everything but just you are a whole person like and i do believe in both nature and yeah fascinating that i'm just like what who would have predicted like all right but uh it's i love it like i love seeing like unique personalities come out of people and stuff and uh i'm really excited for when they're all adults you know like i think that is so fun that's gonna be really fun and cool oh yeah just like oh cool you get to hang out with these are you gonna be like the uncle that's like you can call me at any time i mean i think i'm that like i think i can be that yeah like absolutely um i had an aunt that was like if you don't want to tell your mom where you are you want to call me and i never did because i was like you don't even live in this state yeah like i don't know what i could really offer them but and luckily my brothers and my sister-in-laws are so cool that i they are i met them yeah you have met them i met them in denver it was very cool but they're very chill but i really just like i'm very grateful like i'm very lucky that my family's dynamic is all very chill and i think it's gonna be that way um forever i don't foresee drama really occur i don't foresee drama i don't foresee drama i don't foresee drama but uh very lucky this is ashley canetti from the ben and ashley i almost same as podcast ben i've been reflecting a lot lately on how many big life moments our listeners have experienced with us yeah it's pretty wild they've watched us go from dating shows to engagements weddings babies buying homes every stage comes with new decisions the milestones are the fun part but the planning is where things get real that's why clarna stands out clarna gives people smarter tools to help manage everyday money with flexible ways to pay cash back that builds automatically everything in one place and support that makes everyday decisions feel less overwhelming since life moves so fast the right tools can help you feel more confident download the clarna app today or visit clarna.com to learn more california resident loans made or arranged pursuant to a california finance law license and mls number one three five three one nine zero clarna balance cash back points limitations terms and conditions apply so we got confirmation that that is a real song trot trot to this is ashley canetti from the ben and ashley i almost same as podcast ben i've been reflecting a lot lately on how many big life moments our listeners have experienced with us yeah it's pretty wild they've watched us go from dating shows to engagements weddings babies buying homes every stage comes with new decisions the milestones are the fun part but the planning is where things get real that's why we're here to help you get started if you have any questions feel free to reach out to us we're here to help you Number 1353190. Clown a balance account required to be eligible for cash back points. Austin. I think it is. Yeah, that makes sense. She's been singing it. By the Black Eyed Peas. Her and Fergie are really tight. You know what is really fun with kids is eventually being able to play video games with them or just shared interests or whatever. It's so fun. H and I are like. It's so cool. We're not even debating about it, but H is like, he's going to play video games. No, no, there is simply nothing you can do to stop that in this day and age. Which is so hard. Like what? That is literally the world now. It will be impossible. Do you know what? Fine. But you know what I really want? I want to read like really epic. I want to start a series with my son. Yeah. And he can start to read and read like really epic series with him. Oh, yeah. Like every night we do like a few pages. Oh, absolutely. No. That's the best thing to do. That's my dream. Like how old can he be until we start like reading Lord of the Rings or something? Lord of the Rings might take a bit because it might be Lord of the Rings might just bore him when he's a kid. But there's tons, dude. Like he'll hit a certain age where like. Yes. I don't think he is to be that like there's plenty of really cool like children's books. But when he gets to like, I don't know, like somewhere between seven and nine years old, you could probably be reading like Percy Jackson and cool stuff. I'm just so excited to like introduce him to that nerd culture. But I'm into like sci-fi, dragons, witches. Totally. I'd be shocked if he's not into that stuff. Yeah. I mean, unless he's like rebellious and because you guys are nerds, he's like, no. No, I think he's into it because I always do a lot of weird voices and he likes it. My new voice is like, what is it? That's a spicy meatball. Oh, and he loves that. He loves it. Yes. Because you do like a bunch of different characters. I do a bunch of different characters. The interrogation. He's stopped. He's not into it anymore. You're not into it. I'm like, where were you Friday night? He doesn't like it anymore. Have we talked about that on Smosh Mouth? I don't think so. Yeah. So you were interrogating him for a long time. I don't know what it is, but he likes to be a little spooked. Yeah. He likes to be scared. He's like, where were you Friday night? And he's like, oh. Yeah. He loves to be spooked. I wasn't anywhere. So I used to do interrogation and then I would do like, are you a traitor or are you a faithful? See, I'm laughing at that. Everybody finds that funny. He loved it. So much. But he likes to be accused. Yes. And now I go, are you a spasimitabole? Wow. And he loves that. He loves it. Oh my God. I don't know what it is. It's like, my husband and I call it the new laugh unlocked. We're like, new laugh unlocked. Because he moves on pretty quick. So it's like interrogation only lasted like a week. Traitors lasted a week. You got to keep coming up with new material. Yes. All the time. That's brutal. All the time. But what will always come. What will always get him is, I'm going to get you. Oh. He flips out. Does he like run away? He's like. And then he goes. He starts crawling away. I'm not even kidding. I go, I'm going to get you. And he goes crazy. Sometimes. One time he went so hard. He like kind of hit his head on the floor and I was like. Don't react. Don't react. Don't react. And then he gets up and he goes. And I'm like. And then he goes. Okay. Well, I guess it's fine. But I love it. And then when H does it, he does it like a little too scary. I'm going to get you. He literally goes, I'm going to get you. And Cole's like. He's like, no, not for real. And Cole like crawls up me. And I'm like, babe, you're scaring him. And he's like, but I'm going to get him. I'm going to. I want to get him. I want to get him. I want to get him. But he does it too high up. See, levels matter. You're six, five husband. Literally. Arms outstretched. Your husband. H does what you should do to scare off a mountain lion. No. He actually does. He'll go. Like that. And Cole's like. Sometimes he's down, but I'm like, you have to get on his level or you scare him too much. Because you're doing like a sinister. I'm doing it like here. I'm like. So I do this. He likes more of like a goblin. I go. He's doing like, like Yeti. He's doing vampire. He's doing Nosferatu. Yeah. Cole's like. But you said Cole loves scary stuff. Cole loves scary stuff. And Cole loves like, like going after H at any time. He'll like climb up his head and like pull his hair. Oh God. He gets really into it. Wow. Yeah. But it's like. If you're this high and Cole's down here. Oh yeah. Jesus. Yeah. It's like, what the heck? Get on his level, man. Um, do you think, uh, how, how young do you think he'll be when you'll show him like a scary movie? I think about it all the time. Trust me. I'm like, because this is weird, but Disney movies for kids nowadays are scary as hell. Yeah. We just had to watch Fantasia. Dude, Fantasia. Fantasia. The devil. Chernabog. Night on Bald Mountain. That shit rocks. Dude. It was so scary. I loved that as a kid. And I was like, this is part of our life. It is literally hell. he's like taking souls from a village he is i mean hunchback of notre dame oh yeah that one's messed up that one is that is probably the most messed up one but like bambi that was a one and done when i was a kid i was like never again fuck this shit it was awful so sad they're all scary ariel like the sea witch oh ursula yes but ariel i meant ariel's story i don't know why the sea felt like it was offensive i was like whoa that's like you're like she has a name she has a she's a person sort of but yeah scary shit i mean we'll definitely show him scary shit i mean verde shows me like his favorite movie from belarus and i'm like that was the scariest thing i've ever seen so it's like i definitely want to show him some disney movies okay scary movies are they're they're good yeah is that wrong no you need to be a little scared you need to be a little scared you can't just have like a yeah what was your first scary movie do you remember um other than fantasia like that's just childhood i'm trying to think of like really what was like some of the first scary stuff i watched i was very scared i would get very scared i'd be like oh like am i gonna get scared like whatever depending on the thing um me too but uh i would watch scary movies i can't recall like what was the first one all i know is i watched that goosebumps episode uh where my phone was ringing he's like goosebumps and someone's like are you scared it's me a vampire i remember watching that goosebumps episode the night of the living dummy and that's what made me scared of dolls for so long was just that episode of goosebumps which isn't scary i'm sorry but dolls are terrifying yeah but then i would see like a trailer or like a commercial for chucky like it'd be like tonight at seven it's like it's child's play and it'd be like chucky i was like he looks freaky and i'm like oh my god he's like he's like he's like he's freaky chucky i don't like how he looks chucky is terrifying um are you afraid of the dark did a lot of doll stuff on nickelodeon but i think my first like classic horror was psycho oh my dad showed a psycho when i was young yeah and i remember just being like scary this is weird it's it's yeah it's scary though that and and the original it i remember watching oh i never watched that one so scary yeah like gutter children like what good so scary yeah so yeah i probably won't show him those but like no i definitely want to show him some disney there's also some good i'm trying to think of like good pg like scary movies that aren't like that don't have like all like too much other stuff princess bride is i'm pretty sure pg oh princess bride's a perfect movie it's so scary boo but there's also there's also the thing of like showing a kid a movie when they're old enough to appreciate it but you don't want them to be too old like right right that's like how do you thread that needle where you you show them that movie at just the right you know what i actually think is the the age the media age and we're about to have a guest on here in a second yeah we are who i think actually is gonna be able to speak to this better than either of us yeah probably but i think the age that your favorite things happen as far as video games movies books all that stuff is eight years old it's like eight years old it's like what was your favorite what's your favorite childhood tv show it's like whatever you watched when you were eight years old okay and it's like kind of the same you know where you see it with which is pokemon uh you're not gonna know what i'm talking about here but people go what's your favorite pokemon pokemon but no but i mean like what's your favorite pokemon generation and people go oh it's this one it's like it's always the one that when you were eight years old what was i what was eight to 12 is when movies tv shows and video games slap harder than they've ever slapped yeah i kind of agree with you i think i watched psycho when i was eight and then like it like i went down the road and i was like oh my god i'm like oh my god i'm like oh of like detective grizzly crime. Well, we should bring on our guest so that he can respond to this. We should bring on our guest. Because at Smosh. All right, come on out. Yeah, here's our baby. We have only you and one other person here. We only have two parents on Smosh. Yeah, not many. And it's me and Alex Aguilar. That's right. Alex, come on out here. Come on out here, Alex. Alex, thank you for joining us. Happy to be here. Fans have probably not gotten to see you since some of the TNTLs where you came out and you slapped people and all sorts of stuff. It was good stuff. Yeah, you slapped Garrett. R.I.P. He's alive. By the way, I should let you guys know Alex has some of the darkest humor here at Smosh. It's very, very funny. He's very funny. And he's also a dad. He's also a dad. And you are also a massive movie fan. It's like you and Luke, who I feel like have seen just every movie. We've gone to the movies together. Whoa. What is that like? Does the movie shut down? They're like, everybody else, get out of here. Get out of here. We have two pros. I think the last movie we watched together was Muppet Treasure Island. In theaters. That movie's so good. I've never seen it. Okay, so when you were eight, do you think that eight to 12 is like peak media time? So you're talking to somebody whose parents literally put them in front of a TV at two months old. So I actually. There's a parenting technique for you. Awesome. Yeah, no, my family, I guess at two months old, they're like, all right, there you go. And then they just like. Whoa. TV was like my family for a while because of that. And I'm not raising my son like that at all. No, no, no. No, you're not. Yeah, so I disagree. I think for me it was around five or six because of how early everything started for me. Yeah, you were a pro earlier on. Well, clearly. Yeah, so like a lot of my favorite shows, like cartoons growing up were like, Rocco's Modern Life or Hey Arnold. I love Rocco's Modern Life. Rocco's Modern Life. Rocco B-52s. Yeah. Yep. But yeah, just from an early age, I was just dropped in front of a TV and then like kind of left to my own device to watch kids stuff. And then when my dad was around and he would watch movies, I grew up on like a lot of, I hate to say it like this, but Mel Gibson, like. Hey. That was the era. What was the movie? The Braveheart? Not that one. It's the cop one. Oh my God. Oh, I don't know that. Oh, oh, oh. Lethal Weapon. I grew up watching a lot of Lethal Weapon and Die Hard. Die Hard, of course. So I grew up with that because of my dad and then my mom left my dad. Okay. So you stopped Mel Gibson after that happened? That's what you're like, I'm done with Mel Gibson. He left Mel Gibson as well. You didn't watch What Women Want with Helen Hunt? God, what a classic. I didn't watch that movie. What a classic. I remember my mom was like, my mom was watching that. Of course. No, such a classic thing would be my mom would be watching a movie like that or What Lies Beneath. Best movie ever. Some movie along those lines. And I'd come out and she'd be like, oh, this movie's amazing. So Mel Gibson can hear women's thoughts. And I'd be like, yeah, I picked that up from this one scene I'm watching. And he's hearing Helen Hunt's thoughts and then he tries to get with her. He actually paints his nails at one point to try to get into the woman's mind. I'm like. Oh my God. And I loved it. So Alex, you have a son as well. You have a son. Yeah. And you guys. I would say he's about four months older than my son. Yes. And I feel like talking to both of you, you guys, it seems like it's been chill. Yeah. How would you rate your overall experience as being a parent? In one word or less. Thanks for joining us on this podcast. What's going on? It's good. It's good. It's. There's a lot of. There's a lot of like highs and a lot of surprising highs and some like, oh, I. This is going to be fun when it's over situations. Yes. Definitely. I actually just came from a trip abroad with. I saw that. a kid. I wanted to ask you about this. We went to Spain. Whoa. Okay. Talk to me about that. It's. He. The best thing about it was other kids were there and they were much worse than he was. So comparatively, he was an angel. Okay. He likes to stare whenever. Other kids are like doing other shit. Same with my son. Like he just kind of like. It's like his face like, I can do that? Or like, am I not allowed to do that? And I just kind of like hold him. I'm like, I'm not going to do that. Don't do that. What was it like traveling to Spain with him? Honestly, pretty easy. Okay. It's. I was afraid that his sleep schedule was going to get all messy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And it didn't. He slept a good chunk on the plane, just like sprawled on both me and my partner. But then once we got there, it was like pretty easy. Now that we're back, his sleep schedule was a little messed up. Like when we first got here, he like went to bed and then at 2 a.m. he woke up thinking it was the morning. Of course. And then it got pushed. And as of today, so a few days. Yeah. Of coming back, he finally went back to his sleep schedule. Yeah, because you and me are pretty on it about sleep schedules. And that's not every parent that I didn't realize that. Like I talk about my sleep schedule. It is just a part of our daily lives. And I didn't realize that not every parent does that. I heard the. Where like some parents did have a sleep schedule, but it backfired horribly on them. Like one of my neighbors, I think that's what happened. They were very strict on their sleep schedule, but then it backfired where like that kid woke up earlier because of that sleep schedule. And then their morning started at 4 a.m. So, yeah. Let me tell you, sleep schedule is literally one of the biggest parts of parenting. It is truly, I think it's one of the. of the biggest parts yeah it it determines your entire day it's like an excel navigating for another human being's sleep schedule just i'm like i can barely well their sleep schedule depending on what they do that depends on your life your whole life not even sleeping but how your day is going to go yeah yeah it's wild how was it for you when you came back to work here like after being gone so i had uh so i came back and then i left again right so that was my whole thing because i had the uh parental leave from smosh and then the i came back and then the state parental leave i was able to dip out again and then come back it was strange because i i came back and i like so i left sort of like as a surprise to everyone because i my son came like a like a week early than expected like a week or two and then i kind of like i was literally setting up meetings for the next day like oh i'm gonna do this with uh this freelancer and i'm gonna do this i'm gonna have this meeting and then seven o'clock comes and then uh my partner's water breaks and or not well her water never broke actually but like she uh she was like i think i'm ready and i'm like oh okay i have meetings i can't we can't i have a very fun uh very funny uh we had tickets to go see uh princess mononoke that night and now and i'm like are you sure because i don't can i we have an hour before the movie just i gotta make sure we gotta cancel these a-list tickets and we did uh we we canceled the tickets and then that night i texted uh my team and i was like hey guys uh i'm not coming in tomorrow um i'm i think i'm done and then and then i came back and it was pretty okay it was i'm leaving again because then around that time with smosh summer games um i left during the perfect times i think uh when it got hectic for the art department i was like oh i gotta go just peaced out um but i i think i like my team and like my team was very supportive oh yeah uh here so i it was really easy to come back and it's still like really easy um not just my team but like smosh i felt the same exact way because you kind of hear horror stories uh like back in the day of like oh especially for the female it's like don't tell them until it's really like late in the pregnancy or blah blah blah like they're gonna cut your pay or whatever and i genuinely felt so supported like it was like anything you need anything you need yeah in fact they're like you could be more of a diva and i was just like i yeah okay but i miss my i miss my work and then i miss my so i found it to be tough i think if i left again it would be really hard i think so too it's one of those situations where i'm like i i like i enjoyed my like work from home time uh before he was born and then when i got back i was like i don't know if i can do this like i don't know it's i'm i'm rambling but yeah it's uh i totally understand yeah yeah it's it's it's kind of a wild experience for you know the dad and the mom too but what i really want to ask is when are you going to show your son something scary maybe you have the answer and i i just don't know i i think my i was like when you guys were talking about it i was like i think it was four when i watched uh child's play i watched chucky when i was four because my mom that makes sense yeah i also have like a vague memory of also watching evil dead at four which is great that's also fun yeah that's crazy were your parents watching it with you no yeah yeah my mom had a kick of showing me like horror movies like she made me watch the exorcist at four or five and it was just like god bro she was like haha look at how funny this is and i'm like that movie that's the devil that's real but also growing up as a catholic i was like yeah you're watching what no that is the funniest thing because my my mom my family's catholic uh or we were catholic growing up but uh my mom when we were watching the exorcist i remember as a kid she'd be like and and it's crazy like this could be like yeah for sure yeah like no i i get it i get i also grew up catholic and the exorcist was like my mom was very against my dad showing it to us but my dad would show it to him they might get possessed my dad didn't go to church he was like your dad was all into technology yeah he didn't care like i don't believe he was like science is what's happening science is scary aliens are what are happening yeah he showed you aliens he was like this is real he did there's an old clip you've probably seen it there's this old clip from the premiere of alien when it was in theaters and they're interviewing people as they leave and they interview this guy and he's there with his like 10 year old son they're like oh did you guys enjoy the movie he's like yeah he's like and you you think it's appropriate for your 10 year old son he's like he's like i do well he needs to know that this this could happen out there about alien you know i don't know i love that it's so funny i've never seen that it's such a classic i need to see that it's this old school clip this is from the 70s this guy's got this big old mustache he needs to know what he needs well he needs to know that this could happen like what the this is ashley kennedy from the ben and ashley i almost famous podcast ben i've been reflecting a lot lately on how many big life moments our listeners have experienced with us yeah it's pretty wild go from dating shows to engagements weddings babies buying homes every stage comes with new decisions the milestones are the fun part but the planning is where things get real that's why clarna stands out clarna gives people smarter tools to help manage everyday money with flexible ways to pay cash back that builds automatically everything in one place and support that makes everyday decisions feel less overwhelming since life moves so fast the right tools can help you feel more confident download the clarna app today or visit clarna.com to learn more california resident loans made or arranged pursuant to a california finance law license and mls number one three five three one nine zero clarna balance account required to be eligible for cash back points limitations terms and conditions apply both of you is there a movie that you are so excited to show you like to watch with your kid this is ashley kennedy from the ben and ashley i almost famous podcast ben i've been reflecting a lot lately on how many big life moments our listeners have experienced with us. I have a, so there's a, there's a book that came out like a few years ago that I was able to get for, for this. Like, it's like from A24. It's this entire book of like growing up watching movies with your kids. Whoa. Um, and it starts like from age two, these are the movies you should, you should try to watch with the, with your kid. I want this book. And literally the first page that opens up for pay for year two for like when he's two years old is Fantastic Mr. Fox. And I was like, Oh, great movie. It's like watching like movies and also like shorts. I think there's an entire like section for the Wallace and Gromit shorts. Whoa. So I was like, Oh, these are, this wouldn't be a bad idea. So like, that's amazing. I was thinking about that as Fantastic Mr. Fox is just so visually gorgeous or Totoro. I think my, my partner and I are very much into a Ghibli movies and yeah, well, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Um, and, uh, yeah, it's like Ponyo or Totoro would be like, those are incredible. Yeah. Yeah. I have no idea. Have you ever seen Ponyo or Totoro? Um, no, I haven't. You should watch them with, when, when Cole's the right age. I would like to, I think age has, I would like to watch that. I would like to watch like really beautiful, fantastical movies. Like Fantastic Mr. Fox sounds amazing, but there's, there's a movie Watership Down. I mean, I grew up with like older, older movies. Like I watched the secret garden and he's really sad and dark. I think Courtney showed me that movie and I was like, Oh my God. It's really damn. Yeah. Okay. It's really dark. Yeah. But like Fern Gully, Fern Gully is essentially Avatar, but animated. Oh, I don't know why. I just remembered a scary movie I watched when I was a kid. Small Soldiers. Wait, that's his Gremlins with toys. Gremlins is also another movie that I watched too young, but I didn't watch Gremlins until recently. I was like, damn, this is not for kids. Small Soldiers. Small Soldiers is awesome. I remember it so well. It's awesome. It's so funny, but it's kind of a relic of the past. Like it does not, nobody talks about it anymore, but it's ridiculous. Super young Kirsten Dunst. The last person I talked to about that movie is actually Luke Baker. That makes sense. Yeah. I don't know. I really do also want to show him Fantasia oh Fantasia is amazing you know Fantasia yeah that's a movie that I was considering showing him as his first Disney movie yeah I'm being honest it because it's just visuals it's just and it's symphonies and it's orchestra and the music is so beautiful yeah I might consider it we have a bunch of questions right I have the questions right here because we and uh H actually answered some of these okay this I think this is a really good question and I'll read H's answer and then I want to hear yours what's a super tiny life hack that makes a huge difference with a newborn his answer is not really tiny but we we actually bought a second freezer okay that's it's not a tiny life hack but this is what he put in here you have a second freezer we bought a second freezer our my mom asked like my my parents asked what they could do to help and H was like we need a second freezer and I was like no we don't it was the greatest gift really it was the best gift I've ever had it was the best gift I've ever had it was the best gift I've ever had it was the best thing ever because we meal prepped for weeks out we did so many like breakfast burritos quiches like breakfast sandwiches and we put it in the freezer so that when I was on maternity leave for all the many hours that's what we were eating that was like the greatest thing and for me my my greatest life hack and I think a lot of people know this is every corner in every room that you have or you know in little in like little corners just put like a little area that has some toys in it when they start crawling so that in every room you just have a little bit of something just a little bit and I remember my friend told me this and I was like no I'm not doing that the toys are going to stay in one place and then I started like we have a bookshelf right and I emptied out the bottom part and I just put some blankets some books and like a little thing that has like fun little toys or whatever and then a map and and I just did that in like little corners and it's so great because it's like they can go to those little spots in the house that's amazing so that's that's my tiny life hack but my husband wrote a very big yeah a second freezer but he's he's a he's a food person no I mean you've talked about how he meal preps and that's amazing um Alex Alex was anything that you I think for our life hack it just it depends on like the knowing other parents with babies who are like maybe a year older getting all that like getting diapers I think that was our our big thing we're like we we my partner has a friend whose baby like just went through the diaper like ages pretty fast like by the time we were ready for for our child that baby was already at size three or four so we like her her friend was just like we have all these boxes of huggies so here you go so we still have huggies in our closet like wow size four ready to go and it's like all right and that's our that's our hack and you gave me diapers I did give you diapers I forgot about that yeah diapers is such a hack honestly any any parent or family that you know just be in contact with them because they inevitably have all of our stuff is secondhand they inevitably have stuff for you yeah and diapers is I mean you need them you need a thousand of them because I think we go to Costco for we've run out of the diapers that we have for that size so we're like we go to Costco and it's like 40 bucks for a box so we're like all right well it's amazing how many diapers does a baby go through in like a week depends on the age yeah yeah when they are newborns 10 10 diapers a week so 10 diapers a day 10 diapers a day yeah so 70 a week yeah because we did the math also while we were in Spain we're like how many diapers is he going through right now a day and it's like seven and that's including the night diaper yeah yeah whoa that's yeah that's like now oh my god yeah that's crazy I knew it was a lot I was like I know it's gonna be a ton it's just like and how many are in like a big package that you buy 50 something 50 something yeah oh so it's but not even covering a week yeah so we buy like whenever Costco has those deals like buy two or like this this one has like $10 off like we we look at the limit of like you can only buy three per person I'm like all right gonna go in this one time get them go out and then come right back in to buy another yeah yeah oh my god that's a Costco trip yeah that's also a life hack literally it's just like get whatever you can from people that you know yeah okay what's something that you experienced that you weren't prepared for at all hmm so that he would talk immediately he just spoke to me in a different language hello Alex hello Alex when he was little I think the sheer fear of like I'm gonna fuck this up uh like whenever he would like like like nestle up to me like it's like under my chin I'd be like oh that's cute and then the the fear in the back of my head I'm like oh I'm gonna press the soft spot I'm gonna I'm gonna press the soft spot and it's just like finding out about these little things that are like that are a little dangerous because he's like fragile and I'm like I can't be trusted with this guy I relate to that so much I I call them intrusive thoughts the the intrusive thoughts I had some really weird ones I had real weird ones about him I had nightmares about dogs I had nightmares about random dogs that I don't even know that would like eat him I just had that thought like I I I like had these thoughts of like I love you so much and then my brain would automatically think of like the worst thing that could happen to him it was the same thing with my cats where I was like I love my cats to death but then I like I would look at my cats be very wary of him and I'm like oh no this is this the intrusive thought was like they're gonna they're gonna like try to slice them up yep with like the paws yep but now like a year later I'm like oh no Luke is gonna pull the intrusive thoughts start to like yeah but I was I agree I was not prepared for how intense they were H wrote I was not prepared at all for how good the sleep quality was considering everyone else's experience my husband's up having a blast let me tell you he's having a great time your husband's sleeping great I think because he's going to bed just like oh like he's so exhausted yes wow okay he thought like we hear from everyone like you're never gonna sleep and in the beginning it is kind of like that you don't actually it's crazy what you can get done with no sleep but then you you do actually start if you do the sleep schedule you do actually start to sleep so for us we like had an alarm because like we we had to feed him yes like in the beginning we had to feed him like every two or three hours same so we had an alarm ready and we'd be the ones waking up before he did yep so same like it was just it was our schedule that was like it was because of us it was and did your did your like parents disagree with it did they say anything about it they didn't disagree with it they're like I think their biggest uh disagreement was like why is he sleeping in the same bedroom as you guys and oh maybe that's why you guys are sleeping I was like well that's a it's a whole thing yeah man but we slept well we still sleep well like it's that's one of those things where like everyone tells you like you're never gonna sleep I literally had a talk with a freelancer today and like how's your sleep schedule did you sleep at all I'm like yeah I'm still sleeping fine yeah yeah so am I I think that's why he I wonder though too some people because I know we've had this convo on a show before of like some people when they wake up in the middle of the night they cannot go back to sleep so if you're someone who can wake up and go back to sleep easily maybe it's easier but me you're someone who when you wake up you're up yeah that was the hardest thing I'm up for a bit too like we had the same thing was we had an alarm because your pediatrician is like you have to wake up to make sure they're gaining enough weight whatever and my mom really struggled with that when she helped she was like why would you ever wake up a sleeping baby yeah so it's kind of like old way new way but wow I found it really hard the lack of sleep I really struggled with it yeah these answers are wild in what ways do you see yourself in your son already that was one of Selena's questions this question is so great I was throwing out like my husband wrote is very funny I did I haven't thought of that actually I I guess little actions that he does that he just kind of like plays with fire I guess not like actual fire but just there's things there's like things he does I'm like that I feel like I would do like just just getting close to me and then try to grab my hair and then I'm like don't do it and then he'll like look at me for a split second and be like yeah yeah yeah again and then same thing with the cats like I will like hold his hand and like all right don't grab too hard he'll like he'll and he'll start laughing as he's petting him and then he'll do this and I know you can't be doing that and then he gets upset so I let him go and he does it slowly I'm like that's good and I'm like okay the thing is I but what if you know you're you're just kind of like I what happens yeah you're just curious I won't cause an effect that's what I want yeah I think that is true like when you're a kid yeah you want to see things happen H wrote when the bass hits the body grooves so I can explain that um H loves like techno dance house music yeah so he plays it a lot and it's the funniest thing is Cole will be eating and then he plays it and he'll be like that's awesome or he'll be like holding on to something eating something and he'll be like and it is it's so real he'll literally move his body isn't it fascinating that like i i i need to ask like i need to look this up of like what is in our brains that makes us do this because it's like you see babies dance and i'm like there's something that happens to us i i know i don't it's the wildest thing i've been wanting to do that but like i can't see my my child like dance as much i play so we we have a lot of vinyl records at my place and then i just play music i try to play as much music as i can he just kind of like accepts it as like extra sound and like i just hold him next to the record player i'm like okay you have to hear everything and he just gets so fascinating with like the the record smell the visual of it every baby is different it's so funny fascinating yeah i i cole is gonna be in warehouses until 6 a.m probably do we want to do one more question yeah one more let's do one more question oh what are you so excited to teach your son oh karate taekwondo fight me you're ready pick up the sword i'm three oh yeah yeah you would i've read the anarchist cookbook sure um no i think what i'm trying to do right now actually is uh teach him another language which is oh it's a it's a lot let me tell you same three languages we're trying to do that that's whoa wait my partner's french uh and i'm uh it's spanish french spanish and english yeah how is that going if you're only doing spanish i'm trying so hard and i like i i like lose it it's hard yeah it's hard because we're doing russian but h is not really doing russian with him because he's speaking english with him but then my mother-in-law is yeah i'm like i try and i catch myself speaking in english and i just repeat the same sentence in spanish and it's i just forget because i'm so ingrained in speaking in english and i think my big issue is that my i would speak spanish with my family and since they're not around i'm like why am i speaking it exactly yeah but i'm trying real hard to do that so he he can understand spanish and then same thing for my partner she speaks french and she's much better at it than than like trying to teach him that it's hard so it's yeah that's like the big thing i'm trying to have you noticed him say anything that you're like agua water oh yeah and like he like when we offer him water he's like agua agua and then he like he will drink a little bit of water and just like throw it at you but but he will drink spanish is winning yeah but then he but then uh my partner says like i think something along the along the lines of going to sleep but as like more childish is like uh something like dodo and then he likes saying that as he's like we're all right we're getting ready for bed a dodo and then it's it's like okay so it's happening because for us like we're like oh it's not happening but then the other day we were like no way is he keeps saying dada right for dada but then sometimes he'll go da and we're like you mean like duh like like yes he's like vodka vodka vodka come vodka come sit next to me little's dance he'll randomly say like i'm like you're like you're speaking english but you just so i don't know what's happening come on vodka it's okay and i'm like oh god are we those parents that are like he said da but he's saying dada i don't know guys at some point my partner and i were talking about like oh he's saying mama and dada and it's like but those are sounds like he doesn't understand what those yeah phrases mean when he said no we're like oh it's just a sound but he would do no and then just shake his head and i'm like he knows what it is he knows what no is you you can you can you can tell the difference yeah i think with mama he i think he knows he knows he for sure knows i need to sleep tonight so he knows mama he knows it's fascinating stuff man but yeah you guys are doing great i hope so i think you guys are doing great it's really really really fun it works for us alex and i yeah for you too but yeah it's parents week and we got these didn't mention we didn't mention we have pins but we're wearing we're wearing pins which you know in the future you'll be able to figure out what to do i think these will be available at smosh.com yeah mine says cool parents watch smosh you want some cool get these as a gift for your parents they're really cool i don't understand mine yeah mine just uh they're okay so we will be playing mahjong on smosh games channel this week that makes some moms might be playing yes yes i'm not gonna say whose moms but some moms might be playing each other with their children on their teams i love that um and then also uh i know we threw this out last week but uh send us your hometown drama go to the smosh subreddit send it there you probably could send it in our community posts and everything as well you want to read your wherever you want drama let us know your hometown drama we're gonna do a whole episode where we cover can i do that yes there's so many dead people in my hometown from when i was in high school there's only been a couple of people in my hometown from when i was in high school people who've been like here at the office was like oh i'll send in hometown drama are murders okay and i'm like well let's we also have a murder that happened in my hometown too okay well let's get you know i think that's what drama dramas are about in america that yeah and let me tell you parents love to watch messed up stuff that's how we get through the night that is very true like the exorcist yeah let us know what you want us to show our child let us know what the first horror movie you watched was how old were you yes when you watched your first horror movie and what was it and also if you want to watch the first horror movie you want to watch the first horror if you're a parent what's the first horror movie you showed your kid or are going to show your kid or or not or or not anyways alex thank you for joining us happy to do so thank you alex and thank you for watching and we'll see you later bye