Seriously. We just got discharged from the hospital Wednesday. They schedule our first appointment for Tuesday of the following week - exactly 9 days later when my wife is most exhausted and we're still figuring out feeding. Then it's another one at 1 month, then 2 months, then 4... I get that monit...

This kid has been talking about it for THREE DAYS. "Dad came in second place, I'M THE CHAMPION." Has it written on a sign on his door. My competitiveness tells me to demand a rematch but also this might be the most confident I've ever seen him about something and it's kind of awesome? Letting him ha...

Got a Fitbit last year specifically to track stress levels (heart rate variability). Sounds stupid but data helps me see when I'm running on empty. Also set up automated Google Home reminders at 5:45pm every day: "Leave work in 15 mins. Commute starts now." Sounds dumb but it actually helps me clos...

lol okay so my son wanted to do a cooking activity with me last Saturday. I'm thinking we'll make cookies or a pizza or literally anything. Kid opens the pantry and goes 'can we make lucky charms?' Apparently pouring cereal into a bowl and adding milk is a 'meal' he prepared. I gave him points for ...

First time camping with kids (6yo and 3yo) and we're starting small - just in the backyard this weekend. Got the tent, sleeping bags, flashlights. Planning to make s'mores. What's the one thing everyone forgets that makes the night miserable? Also my 3yo is still in diapers at night - do I just acce...

This might sound dumb but I'm genuinely excited. My son has been glued to screens for like a year and my wife and I were getting worried. Last month I bought him a beginner's rock climbing wall for the garage (nothing fancy, just one of those $300 ones from REI). Figured he wouldn't care but he's be...

We had to sit down with our 12yo yesterday and talk about online predators because he made a "friend" on Discord who kept asking personal questions and wanted to video chat. He thought it was totally normal. We logged in and looked through the messages - it was CLEARLY inappropriate. I'm not trying...

We're paying $2,400/month for one kid at a supposedly mid-range place in Ballard. TWENTY FOUR HUNDRED. That's almost 30% of our household income. I've heard horror stories about the in-home places too - kids getting sick constantly, owners who don't really care. Has anyone found a legitimate afford...

Found a cool wooden lure at an estate sale for like three bucks and it got me interested in old fishing gear. Now I'm down a rabbit hole of eBay auctions and vintage fishing blogs. My man cave shelf is getting full but who cares right? This stuff is awesome.

There's a summer camp in our area (Boston) that teaches Unreal Engine to 14+ kids. My 14yo is interested but it's expensive (~$2k for 2 weeks) and I'm wondering if it's actually worth it or if he'd learn the same stuff from YouTube tutorials. Anyone have kids who did these summer coding programs? Di...

My 5yo saw some weird puppet video on YouTube Kids (which is supposed to be filtered!) and now she's having nightmares. Like actually scared to go to sleep. We haven't let her watch YouTube much since but I'm paranoid about what else is on there. We switched to Netflix Kids and Puffin Rock exclusive...

I know some of you purists love your offset smokers and that's cool but man this thing has changed my life. Just loaded it this morning, set it to 250, and I'm smoking a brisket with basically zero effort. Went and played golf with the guys and didn't stress about temperature fluctuation once. Best ...

Following up on my earlier post where I was stressing about this. I finally did it. Proposed going 4 days/week starting next quarter. My boss didn't say no, which I guess is good? But he didn't say yes either, said he needs to "explore it with the team." Now I'm spiraling about whether I seem uncomm...

Quick win: We finally got through mediation and the new 50/50 schedule starts next month. Monday-Wednesday with me, Thursday-Sunday with mom, alternating holidays. Took forever and cost a lot but having a predictable pattern that's actually written down is going to change everything. If you're in th...

Third-grade parent-teacher conference. 2pm on a Thursday. DURING A WORKDAY. How is this still a thing? Why can't schools do evening conferences or weekends? My company gives us 'flexibility' but taking 90 minutes off to drive across town, sit in a parking lot, and have a 15-minute meeting about how ...