Smosh Mouth - #148 - Parenting Advice From Actual Parents

Episode Date: June 15, 2026

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Hello, welcome to Smoshmouth. I'm Shane. And I'm Amanda, or as some people call me, mommy, mother, mamacita, or daddy. It depends on the day. Yeah, for sure. For sure, totally. So we have a... So we have a bassinet on the ground. Oh, that's what that's called.

I think... I thought that was an instrument. Why do I laugh at your dumb jokes? Oh. Oh! Okay, 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.

tell. It's like a little tiny area. It's 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. 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 a we have like a little remote to turn on one of our lamps and Col 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 they just know I know I'm not supposed to have this

they know they're not supposed to have it and they just go ham you got to reverse psychology where you got to 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 smoke up I mean, do you think about it how insane it must be to be a baby, right?

Like, because you know what? I try to, the closest you can get as an adult as anytime you just have a brand new experience. You're wasted. Yeah, getting absolutely plastered. No, but like new experiences. Yes. But it takes so much to have a brand new experience. Like on a roller coaster, you're like, ah!

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 learn the word no pretty fast.

Really? But they like, they like F with you. You'll be like, uh-uh, and 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 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. 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.

Ooh. 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. And did they 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. Spencer's mom No, I won't say this Actually, yeah, I will

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 really cool Why weren't you gonna say that? I don't know if Spencer's like Oh, don't put me on blast like that Whatever, Spencer doesn't care

But um... Trust me, I interviewed him and his mom He does not care. I'm like everyone's personality's make most make so much sense when you meet the like Spencer's mom is hilarious. She's so 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 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. Wow. Because some moms were like, of course. And some moms are like, no, I've got my best friend, Janet. Spencer's mom's like, no. She's like, I love my son, but no.

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, 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 son's going to be my best friend. I, yeah, that's not something. I don't think my mom would. Because what if I'm like, I have a bump in a place? Like, what am I going to do? I think my mom would say like, no, she has her best friend. Like, that's like, someone she hangs out with.

That's her best friend. Yes. Her sons are like her son. I'm excited to like. They're friends. We're obviously like, I understand saying yes to that though, too. That's just like a how you view it type of situation. Yeah.

I want to 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 for me. And like I said, there's like real no, like I talked to some moms and 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 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 mom? And they have like years of experience. Totally. It's wild. No, I mean, it's the weirdest thing that like,

because, you know, I don't really comprehend it. I was talking to someone who 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, 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 hope is that you spend so much of your life like, your 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. What is important right now? 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 going to do this later, but it was just like, what's something that really surprised me? As being a mom, I forget the exact question, but it was like,

I do not, simply do not get bored watching him play. 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, your babysitting this family. I'm like, what? I'm 10.

What the fuck? Oh, truly. You're babysitting these 12 year olds. I'm 10 years old. You're sitting babysitting these kids 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 would do that. It's really, really cool. but yeah, someone said that. It's like they're going to be adults for so long. I know. And every phase of their, you know, kid life, and I mean phase by like month or two weeks. Yeah.

It just keeps getting better. It's really cool. Yeah. 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, I feel like so many people in our parents' generations talked about kids where it's like, oh, wait until you have kids.

What a nightmare. Then everything's over. Yeah, your life is awful. 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, literally.

But my brothers, they had kids and like, it's just like, oh, life didn't stop. And they kind of, in my conversation with them, they're like, oh yeah, it's fine. And I, but you know what I, at least the through line with them and then you like you and your partner are such incredible teams and you guys have each other's backs. And I don't think a lot of people have that.

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. 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 two weeks in it, three weeks in it. And the biggest things I learned is that everyone is experiencing something different, but like sometimes it's like, okay,

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 the mom gets really scared and worried and they have control and they kind of like, kind of sometimes like gate keep a little bit of like, okay, well, I'll just do it. I'll just do it. I'll just do it.

So sometimes the baby never makes the bond and then they get resentful because the husband's like, the baby doesn't even know me. And like, it's so layered and complicated. 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 wanna feel alone. They don't wanna feel like lost and confused. And you need so much support when you're raising one baby. Yeah. Imagine having twins or triplets. Like you need 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 of that while also making a good life for their kids, well also do. 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 get, like... Oh, my God. Jobs will be like, yeah, we'll give you 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, five years off?

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.

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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 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. Yeah. Like it's so hard. I mean, dumb comparisons.

Like it's hard to find like valid information on anything nowadays. I know. I know. 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 right information. 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 bass in it. Just get, you know, a dresser. And you open one of the drawers and you change them in the drawer. Make sure it's a wide hole and throw them in the middle and they won't be able to get out. Truly, she's like just. I mean, she did Tommy Time like day four of life. She was like, 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, Dave. God. So every, it's like. And it's all, and so much, like,

you get so much advice, I'm assuming, but it's all anecdotal. It's just like, there's no, like, it's not like, oh, well, actually this research. It's just like, well, what we did is this. And every baby is different. 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 advice was hilarious. She had, like, advice about vodka. Like, 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, 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. That's so interesting. Yeah, it's like you can read a thousand books. Yeah.

But really when it happens, you, it's your own baby. It's a constant 24-7 thing. I do think I feel that whenever people criticize moms for just any sort of like slip-up or anything, I'm like, please. It is a, it's 24-7 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? A brand new person, yeah. But, no, it's true because every person is completely unique. So you're faced with completely unique problems. Yes. 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, because 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, 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 say that 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 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 think my view on it as someone who doesn't have kids is like when people say like, I'll try having kids. I'm like, I know. I know. I probably, I'd be more tired.

Try having kids. But I'm also like in the sense that like 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 changing their diaper.

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. Right. So it's like in that. 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 if you're not present you're gonna miss it yeah 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 right it's like the wildest experience of my life totally it's really really cool but yeah I think if I listen 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. Yeah. Like, ugh. But my mom, 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, like, I had, I came from that. So I got to have that. Totally. And my sisters both love being parents. Yeah.

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 that I feel like societally, it's, 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 because like you read all these headlines where it's like,

oh, like 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 like people want to have kids. They of course do.

But it's like, my God, it's, you have to set aside everything for it. And I feel like every time I read up on like how expensive anything for babies and children are, I'm like, oh my God, they're that, it's that expensive. Like, holy crap. 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? Surprising and expensive is formula. Oh my God. Yeah. Like, you know, breastfeeding and pumping, that's a whole other journey because 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's stuff. And it is so epic. But like, for you. 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 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 that should, maybe we should all chip in and 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. Yeah. 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 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. Child care. I'm just like, come on, man. Nannies, daycare. But you just do it. You know what you have? Well, you have no choice. You just do it.

I'm saying like, I'm criticizing a thing at large. Yeah. 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. Because this is only for babies. And now I'm thinking like, Like, I have, I've got a big baby.

Like, he's a big boy. And I'm thinking, he's six to. He's six two already. It's crazy. When you're at the park, people are like, hey, does he want to play pickup basketball? He's, he's like, no, I'm with my mom. I'm with, 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 going to have to have in the house?

Yeah. Like, damn. Yeah. Things surprise me. And then things are actually weirdly, this is going to sound weird, but things are actually easier than I thought they would be in a weird way. Okay.

Yeah. I thought everything was going to like 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, like, cherishing the good things. And I think that helps you. And I think a lot of, a lot of the, like, older generations that we experienced growing up really, like, they got addicted to negativity in ways. And I know that's, I'm trying not to say that about parents when I don't have a kid. But, like, we just grew up. We grew up around it so much.

Definitely. And I think it, like, for so many millennials, I think a lot of us were like having kids was a scary thing. Definitely. Because it was like we were convinced in so many parts of the world of like, oh, it's going to be the worst thing. Yeah, you know you're coming home late and your mom's like, I've been up. I didn't experience this. You haven't? 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've been a wait. all night long. Like I, my mom was just like, how dare you? And I'm like, I, I don't want that. Like, she just felt like her heart was being torn out all the time.

Because you were. 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 dare officer. It's fine. He gave me drugs. Not even kidding. But like, I get it. My mom had four girls. That is hard.

A lot of, like, mind games and stuff. But like, it's, yeah. 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, yep, 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 yeah but 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 yeah so like the little things when I get kind of stressed about it like well what is what is it 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 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, I, I, I'm just grateful I'm not doing it alone. Like, it's really important. I, 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. Yeah. I hope that my body can. I hope that I'm fortunate enough. Like, I just feel like we kind of need to consider that. It's not a guarantee for everybody.

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 just like, I got really like on that before I had kids. I was like, I hope that I can. 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 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 to do.

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 overwhelmingly emotional to watch your mom with your, with your baby. It is like, oh,

and it's a, also so funny. Yeah. Because you watch her do like the weird. My mom has had this like song that she does to every grandchild. She'd be like, check, check to Boston, chat, chat 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. It's like a Boston thing. We'll have to look it up. But like all these little songs that you like

kind of, you like, your your childhood comes back. Like she did that. that when you were a baby. Yeah, she's like, kukuk, kuk, kuk. 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, it's- Is your mom like different as a grandma or is she the same? She's definitely got a different vibe

to her 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 to think. It happens so fast. It all happens so fast. 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 going to 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.

And I do believe in both nature and nurture. I think both of them play huge parts. But it's just, like, fascinating. But I'm just like, who would have predicted? Like, all right. But it's, I love. 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 and exciting. That's gonna be really fun and cool. Oh, yeah, just like, oh, cool, you get to hang out with these people forever.

Are you gonna be, like, the uncle that's like, you can call me at any time. I mean, I think I, 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. And luckily, my brothers and my sister-in-laws are so cool that I don't think. They are. I met them. Yeah, you have met them. I met them in Denver. It was very cool.

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Back to the show. Let's do it, buddy. Yeah. All right. Cool. So we got confirmation that that is a real song, Trot Trot to Boston. I think it is. Yeah, that makes sense.

She's been singing it. By the black-eyed peas. Her and Furgey are really tight. You know what is really fun with, like, kids is eventually being able to, like, play video games with them or just like, shared interests or whatever. Oh my God. 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. And I'm like, no, no, there is simply nothing you can do to stop that in this day and age. Which is so hard. Like what?

He's going, 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.

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, 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 like that. I'm just so excited to like introduce him to that nerd culture that I'm into, like, sci-fi, dragons, witches, 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 spice, meet the bull. Oh, and he loves that. He loves it.

Yeah, because you do like a bunch of different characters for him. I do a bunch of different characters. The interrogation has stopped. He's not into it anymore. 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 spoohing. 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? And he loves. 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 spassimitabole?

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 New Laugh Unlocked. We're like New Laugh Unlocked because he really, he's, he moves on pretty quick. So it's like interrogation only lasted like 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 get him is, I'm going to get you. 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'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. I go, I'm going to get you.

And then when H does it, he does it like a little too scary. I get you. He literally goes, I'm going to get you. And Cole's like, he's like no not for real crawls up me oh and i'm like babe you're scaring him and he's like but i'm gonna get him i'm gonna i want to get him but he does it too high up see levels matter your six five husband literally arms outstretched i'm going to get you your husband your h does what you should do to scare off a mountain lion no he actually does he'll go rah like that and col's like

sometimes he's down but I'm like you have to get on his level or as 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 slow. He likes more of like a goblin. I go I'm gonna get to me. He's doing like like Yeti. I'm going to get you.

He's doing vampire. He's doing Nospheratu. Yeah. Oh. And 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 colds down here. Oh yeah. Jesus.

Yeah. It's like what the heck. Yeah. Get on his level, man. Do you think 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. The devil. Churnabog? Night on Bald Mountain. That shit rocks.

It was so scary. I love 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. Like, Ariel, like the sea witch? Oh, Ursula? Yes, but Ariel. I meant Ariel's story of the sea witch felt like it was offensive. I was like, whoa.

That's Ursula. Like, you're like, shake her name. She has a name. She's a person, sort of. But yeah. Scary shit. I mean, we'll definitely show him scary shit. I mean, Gerdes 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 good. Yeah. Is that wrong? No.

You need to be a little scared. You can't just have like a, la la la la. Yeah. What was your first scary movie? Do you remember? 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 going to get scared? Like, whatever, depending on the thing. Me too. But I would watch scary. movies. I can't recall, like, what was the first one? All I know is I watched that goosebumps episode

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 or like a commercial for Chuckie. Like it'd be like tonight at seven. It's like it's child's play and it'd be like Chuck. I was like he looks freaky.

Chuckie. I don't like how he looks. Chuckie is terrifying. Are you afraid of the dark did a lot of dolls 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, this is weird. It's, it's yeah, it's scary though. That and and the original it I remember I never watched that one. So scary. Yeah. Like,

gutter children. Like, what? So scary. Yeah. So, yeah, I probably won't show him those, but like, 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. A 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. Right, right. That's like how do you thread that needle

where you show them that movie at just the right? You know what I actually think is 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 going to 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 is, is Pokemon. You're not going to know what I'm talking about here, but people go, what's your favorite 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? 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, I went down the road of like detective grisly crime. Well, we should bring on our guests 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. He slapped Garrett. RIP. 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 is 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 who 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, like, I guess at two months old, they're like, all right, there you go. And then they just like 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. Yeah, you were a pro earlier. Well, clearly. Yeah, so like a lot of my favorite shows,

like cartoons growing up are like, Rocco's Modern Life or Hey Arnold. Rocko's Modern Life. B-52s. Yeah. But yeah, just from an early age, I was just dropped in front of a TV and then like kind of left my own device

to watch kid stuff. And then when my dad was around and he would watch movies, I grew up on 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 Copeland Oh my God It's um Oh I don't know that Oh oh oh Lethal weapon

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 So Okay So you stopped Mel Gibson after that happened

No my That's why 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. He didn't watch that movie. What a classic. I remember 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, ah, this movie's amazing. So Mel Gibson can hear women's things. And I'd be like, yeah, I can pick 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. Um, so, uh, Alex, you have a son as well. You have a son. Yeah. Um, and you guys, he's, he's, 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's, it seems like it's been chill. Yeah. How would you, how would you like rate your overall experience as being a parent. In one word or like still like, thanks for joining us on this podcast. What's going on?

It's good. 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 a kid. I wanted to ask you about this. 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, okay. He looks to stare whenever, like, other kids are, like, doing other shit. 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. I was afraid that his sleep schedule was going to get all messy 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. As of today, so a few days of coming back, he finally went back to his sleep schedule. Because you and me are pretty on it about sleep schedules. And that's not every parent that I didn't realize that. 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 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, like, had, 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, 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 biggest parts. Yeah. It, it determines your entire day. It's like an Excel spreadsheet. Navigating for sleep. Another human beings. sleep schedule.

I'm like, I can barely keep track of mind. 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. It's wild.

How was it for you when you came back to work here, like after being gone? So I had a, 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 came back

and I like, so I left sort of like as a surprise to everyone because I, my son came 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 going to do this with this freelancer and I'm going to do this. I'm to have this meeting. And then seven o'clock comes and then my partner's water breaks and or not, well, her water never broke actually. But like she was like, I think I'm ready. And I'm like, oh, okay, cool.

I have meetings. I can't. I have a plan. Well, actually, very funny. Very funny. We had tickets to go see Princess Mona Hockey that night. And now, and I'm like, are you sure? Because I don't know.

Can I meet? We have an hour before the movie. I gotta make sure we gotta cancel these A-list tickets. And we did. We canceled the tickets. And then that night I texted my team and I was like, hey guys, I'm not coming in tomorrow. I think I'm done.

And then I came back and it was pretty okay. It was leaving again because then around that time was Smosh Summer Games. I left during the perfect times, I think. When it got hectic for the art department, And I was like, ooh. I gotta go. It's been just pieced out.

But I think I like my team. My team was very supportive. Oh, yeah. Here, so it was really easy to come back. And it's still, like, really easy. Not just my team, but, like, smosh. I felt the same exact way, because you kind of hear horror stories, 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 like I enjoyed my like work from home time

before he was born. And then when I got back, I was like, I don't know if I can do this. I don't know. It's, I'm, I'm rambling. But yeah, it's, I totally understand you.

Yeah. 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? Yeah. When do horror movies? answer and I just don't know. I think my, I was like, when you guys were talking about it, I was like, I think it was four when I watched Child's Play. I watched Chuckie when I was

four because my mom decided to do that. That makes sense. Yeah. I also have like a vague memory of also watching Evil Dead at 4, 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 4. or five and it was just like she was like ha ha look at how funny this is and I'm like that movie is so scary that's the devil that's real but also growing up as a Catholic I was like you're watching the end of this day I'm a Catholic too no that is the funniest thing because my mom my family's Catholic 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

really like yeah for sure Yeah. Like, no, 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 was, you show it to him, they might get possessed. My dad didn't go to church. He was like, man, I don't care. Your dad was all into technology.

Yeah, he didn't care. He was like, science is what's happening. Science is scary. Aliens are what are happening. Yeah. He showed you alien. Be afraid of aliens. 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 this like 10 year old son they're like oh did you guys enjoy the movie he's like yeah and he's like and 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 but hey 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

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that you are so excited? decided to show, like to watch with your kid. I have a, so 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 824. It's this entire book of like growing up watching movies with your kids. Whoa. And it starts like from age two. These are the movies you should you should try to watch with your kid. I want this book. And literally the first page that opens up for year two for like when he's two years old is fantastic Mr. Fox. And I was, I was like, oh, I didn't think about that one.

That is a great movie. It's like watching 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. Yeah, or Totero. I think my partner and I are very much into a jibli movies. Oh yeah. Well, you are wearing a ponier shirt. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And yeah, it's like, Ponyo or Totooro would be like...

Those are incredible. Yeah. I have no idea. Have you never seen Pony or Totoo? No, I haven't. You should watch them 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, oh, fantastic Mr. Fox. Sounds amazing, but there's a movie. Watership Down. I mean... Yeah. God.

I grew up with like older, older. movie. It's like I watched The Secret Garden and that movie's really sad and dark. I think Courtney showed me that movie and I was like oh my god. It's really damn. Yeah. 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 just gremlins with toys. Wait, I remember. The Gremlins is also another movie that I watched too young, but I know. I didn't watch Gremlins until recently. I was like, damn, this is not for kids. Small soldiers.

I remember it's so funny. It's so funny. But it's kind of a relic of the past. It does not, nobody talks about it anymore. No. But it's ridiculous. Super young, Kirsten Dunst. The last person I talked to about that movie

is actually Luke Baker. Yeah, that makes sense. That makes sense. Yeah, I don't know. I really do also want to show him Fantasia. Oh, Fantasia's amazing. You know what I mean? Show him Fantasia.

Yeah. That's a movie that I was considering showing him as his first Disney movie. Yeah. I'm being honest. Because it's just visuals. And it's just, and it's simple. 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 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 actually bought a second freezer. 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. My mom asked like, my parents asked what they could do to help and age 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 thing ever because we meal prepped for weeks out. We did so many like breakfast burritos, kishas, 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. And I remember, 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 free a second freezer. But he's a, he's a, he's a food person. No, I mean, you've talked about how he meal preps and that's amazing. Alex? Alex, was anything that you? I think for our life hack, it just, it depends on like the opportunities, but 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 where 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 her, that's our hack. And you gave me diapers. I did give you diapers. I forgot about that. Yeah. You gave me diapers. Dipers is such a hack. Honestly, any, any parent or, that's, you gave me diapers. 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. Yeah, 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 new. newborns, 10? 10 diapers a week. 10 diapers a day. 10 diapers a day. 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. Yeah, that's like now.

Oh my God. That's crazy. I knew it was a lot. I was like, I know it's going to be a ton. It's just like crazy. And how many are in like a big package that you buy? 50 something? 50 something.

Yeah. Oh, so it's 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 look at the limit of like you can only buy three per person. I'm like, all right, going to go in this one time, get them, go out and then come right back into buy another. Yeah. Yeah.

Oh my God. That's a Costco trip. Yeah. That's also a life. 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, he spoke to me in like a different language. Hello Alex. Hello Alex. When he was little, I think the sheer fear of like, I'm gonna fuck this up, like whenever he would like, like nestle up to me like under my chin, I'd be like, oh, that's cute.

And then 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 him intrusive thoughts the the intrusive thoughts I had some really weird ones I had weird ones about dogs I had nightmares about random dogs that I don't even know that would like eat him I just had that thought okay 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 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 going to, they're going to 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 going to pull the fur. The intrusive thoughts start to like, 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 having a blast. Let me tell you, he's had a great time. Your husband's basically making it sound like he's sleeping better since having a kid. He's sleeping great. I think because he's going to bed just like, oh,

like he's so exhausted. Yes. Wow. Okay. And he thought, like we hear from everyone like you're never going to sleep. and in the beginning it is kind of like that. You don't act, you, it's crazy what you can get done with no sleep.

But then you do actually start, if you do the sleep's got, 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 them 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 parents disagree with it? Do they say anything about it? They didn't disagree with it. They're like, I think their biggest disagreement was like, why is he sleeping in the same bedroom as you guys?

And maybe that's why you guys aren't sleeping. I was like, well, that's a whole thing. Yeah, like that's. People do what works for them. 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 going to sleep. I literally had to talk with a freelancer today and like, How's your sleep schedule? Did you sleep at all? I'm like, I'm still sleeping fine. Yeah, yeah.

So am I. I think that's why he wrote that. 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.

Not 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. We had the same thing was we had an alarm because your people. pediatrician is like you have to wake up to make sure they're gaining enough weight or 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 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 selina's questions this question is so great i was throwing out like hey my husband wrote is very funny. I didn't, I haven't thought of that actually. I guess little actions that he does that

he just kind of like plays with fire, I guess. Not like actual fire, but just like there's things he does. I'm like that I feel like I would do like just just getting close to the edge. Like he will look at 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. 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'm nope 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 would do something like that too I'm like 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 yeah I think that is true like when you're a real thing yeah you want to see you want to see things happen. H wrote, When the bass hits, the body grooves. So I can explain that. 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 onto something, eating something, and he'll be like, and it's so real. He'll literally move his body. Isn't it fascinating? 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 know. It's the wireless 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's smell

oh the visual of it every baby is different it's so funny yeah fascinating yeah 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 Yeah, yeah you would I've read the anarchist cookbook Sure

No I think What I'm trying to do right now actually is Teach him another language Which is It's a lot Let me tell you same Three languages we're trying to do that That's whoa

Wait okay My partner's French And I'm It's Spanish French French, Spanish, English. How is that going? Because you're only doing Spanish.

I'm trying so hard, and 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 you're not around, I'm like... Why am I speaking it? Exactly. Yeah. But I'm trying real hard to do that. So he can understand Spanish.

And then same thing for my partner. She speaks French. And she's much better at it than trying to teach him that. That'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, he, like, Like when we offer him water, he's like, Agua, Agua. And then he like, he will drink a little bit of water and then just like throw it at you. But he will drink.

So the Spanish is winning. Yeah. But then he, but then my partner says, like, I think something along the lines of going to sleep, but as like more childish, he's like something like do-do. And then he likes saying that as he's like, we're all right, we're getting ready for bed.

A do-do? And then it's like, it depends. Okay, so it's happening. Mm-hmm. 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 da but then sometimes he'll go da and we're like you mean like duh like yes he's like da da da vodka da vodka gum vodka come sit next to me sit next to me little's dense he'll

randomly say like da and i'm like you're like you're speaking english but you just have a russian accent So I don't know what's happening. Come vodka. He's like, come on vodka. You know, and I'm like, oh God, are we those parents that are like, he said da, but he's saying da-da? I don't know, guys. At some point, my partner and I were talking about like, oh, he's saying mama and dad-da. And it's like, but those are sounds.

Like he doesn't understand what those 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 can tell the difference. Yeah. I think with Mama, he, I think he knows.

He knows. He 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. Thanks, Shane.

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 didn't mention. We didn't mention we have pins.

But we're wearing pins. I got majean. In the future, you'll be able to figure out what to do with me. I think these will be available at smosh.com. Yeah, mine says cool parents watch smosh. So if you want some cool, get these as a gift for your parents. They're really cool. I don't understand mine.

Yeah. My just, they're mahjong. Okay, so we will be playing mahjong on smosh games channel this week. That makes sense. Some moms might be playing. I'm not going to say whose moms, but some moms might be playing each other with their children on their teams. I love that.

And then also, I know we threw this out last week, but 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 hometown drama. Let us know your hometown drama. We're going to do a whole episode where we cover it. Can I do that?

Yes. You're still dead people in my hometown from when I was in high school. There's only been a couple people who. who've been like here at the office who's like, oh, I'll send in hometown drama or murders okay? And I'm like, well, let's get... Oh, we also have a murder

that happened to my hometown too. Okay, well, let's get some... 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're a parent, what's the first horror movie you showed your kid or are going to show your kid? Or not. 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.