A Dad’s Worst Fear: Will Opens Up About Health Emergency & Daddy-Daughter Brunch | For The Dads

Summary

Bussin' With The Boys – For The Dads

Episode: A Dad’s Worst Fear: Will Opens Up About Health Emergency & Daddy-Daughter Brunch

Date: January 14, 2026

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Episode Overview

This poignant and heartfelt episode of "For The Dads" (a Bussin’ With The Boys production) delivers a mix of emotional honesty, raw parenting confessions, practical dad hacks, and community engagement. Will Compton and his co-host dig deep into their real-life experiences—from scary health emergencies to the everyday joys and stresses of fatherhood. The show balances laugh-out-loud parenting tales with discussions about gratitude, responsibility, and the support of the vibrant “Papa Team 6” community. The episode is packed with listener interactions, dad hacks, notable shout-outs, and closes with inspirational lessons for dads.

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Key Themes & Discussion Points

1. Community Building & Listener Engagement

Time: 04:50 – 07:54

• The boys kick off by hyping up the ever-growing “Papa Team 6,” “Semen Team 6,” and “Milk Team 6”—an army of engaged dad listeners.
• Discussion of how comments on Spotify and YouTube show the supportive culture being built.

  “I cannot tell you how much blood flows below the belt when I see how many people throwing comments on Spotify.” – Will (04:50)

• New listeners are warmly welcomed and instructed on ways to interact and be featured on the show.

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2. The Power of Dan Gable Quotes

Time: 05:31 – 09:21

• Launch of a new segment: sharing inspirational Dan Gable quotes about discipline, effort, and heart—relating wrestling lessons to fatherhood.

  “The first period is won by the technician. The second period is won by the kid in the best shape, and the third period is won by the kid with the biggest heart.” – Will quoting Dan Gable (07:09)

• The hosts draw parallels between the periods of a match and stages of parenting: teaching (technique), building character (conditioning), and carrying through with heart.

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3. "Jack of All Trades” Dads

Time: 09:41 – 10:31

• Discussion on the misused phrase "Jack of all trades, master of none," emphasizing that being versatile is often better than mastery in just one area.

  “A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.” – Derek (09:12)

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4. Meet the Community: Emotional Encounters & Family Stories

Time: 10:36 – 15:18

• Emotional shout-out to listeners Lee and his family (including daughter Lili Rose who has cerebral palsy), highlighting the resilience and selflessness of parents facing tough circumstances.

  “There are grinders out there, bro... That go through things that are so different from the majority of parents...” – Will (13:49)

• Conversations about gratitude for healthy kids, the humility in hearing tougher stories, and the grounding effect of the community’s shared experiences.
• Acknowledgement of the luck and blessings of caring, loving parents.

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5. Scary Parenting Moments: Will’s Daughter’s Health Emergency

Time: 18:17 – 25:06

• Will shares a vulnerable account of his 1.5-year-old daughter Rue having a sudden seizure while at daycare—the most terrifying moment of his life.

  “The scariest thing in my life… I had no clue what I was driving into… And you just see your baby plugged up to everything… It was nuts.” – Will (20:40)

• The aftermath: hospital stays, anxiety, the impact of previous family loss, and the lasting trauma (“PTSD”) from such episodes.
• Reflection on how such moments foster empathy for families dealing with chronic or frequent medical issues.

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6. Daddy-Daughter Brunch: Everyday Joys & Parenting Realities

Time: 25:06 – 34:41

• Recap of a daddy-daughter brunch outing: joys of watching Will’s daughter, Rue, interact lovingly with Sherman’s daughter, Scarlett; experiencing the dynamics of multiple small children in public.
• Commentary on the cyclical nature of chores, bedtime routines, and how every detail—from hair-washing negotiations to proper “blanket” usage—becomes critical in the world of toddlers.

  “Rue’s walking me through how to wash her hair…she’s like, we’re not gonna wash my body?” – Will (32:54)

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7. Dad Hacks, Book Recommendations, & New Dad Advice

Time: 43:33 – 47:40; 87:00 – 98:09

• Book Picks:
  • “Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters” – Required reading for girl dads.
  • Sleep Training: “12 Hours by 12 Weeks” and “Moms on Call” (practical guides for infant sleep).
  • Daily Dad – Bite-sized wisdom for family dinner readings (49:09).
• Listener dad hacks include using walkie-talkies for new parents, decluttering the house, and embracing late-night shifts (96:31).
• New dads urged to be proactive, organized, and to “embrace the suck.”

  “The sleep training stuff is just a big win for dads in general… it sets dads up for just a good early win.” – Will (47:40)

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8. Audience Shout-Outs & Q&A

Time: 42:10 – 51:00; 66:22 – 71:08

• Community-driven segment highlighting new fathers, listener emails, and advice on topics like potty training, handling regressions, and balancing marriage.
• Celebration of new “PT6” members and special birthday/anniversary mentions.

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9. Crack a Cold One / Ollipop Rankings

Time: 71:39 – 76:46

• The “crack a cold one” segment is now sponsored by Ollipop—hosts rank their favorite flavors and tout the benefits as a healthy soda alternative. Will’s current top three: Crisp Apple, Watermelon Lime, Classic Grape.
• Humorous memories of big soda habits in the past and the transition to Ollipop.

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10. Memorable Dad Stories: Potty Training, Toddler Sass, and Family Structure

Time: 76:00 – 86:44

• Funny recounting of a toddler “prank” at brunch, Rue’s intricate bedtime and goodbye routines, and learning to respect a toddler’s insistence on structure, even in small things.
• Emphasis on flexibility and staying attuned to kids’ emotional and physical needs—sometimes needing to “reset” the day or follow a child’s cue for comfort.

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11. Listener Voicemails: Real-Life Dad Problems

Time: 101:33 – 107:51

• Hilarious call-in about a dad’s “emergency Oreo run” for his pregnant wife, reflecting the depths of husbandly sacrifice and snack etiquette.

  “This is a broken man right there. That’s a man who’s just been overruled…” – Will (103:11)

• Listener Quentin shares about an emergency “life flight” with his wife at 33 weeks—prompting supportive responses and acknowledgment of the community’s real-time struggles.

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12. Hardest Parts of Parenthood: Accepting Change and Responsibility

Time: 115:04 – 117:53

• Deep introspection on the hardest part of becoming a parent:

  “I feel like the hardest thing about parenthood is knowing that life that you knew it to be before parenthood… is now gone.” – Will (116:13)

• Hosts discuss the bittersweet reality of saying goodbye to old freedoms and joyfully embracing new responsibilities and moments.

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13. Lessons of the Week & Inspirational Sendoff (Dan Gable Wisdom)

Time: 119:16 – 119:45

• Will’s lesson: When you want to stop, remember someone else is outworking you—channel that into being the best dad for your kids.

  “When I’d get tired and want to stop, I’d wonder what my next opponent was doing…I’d start pushing myself hard.” – Will quoting Dan Gable (119:21)

• Sherman’s add-on: “No one’s ever drowned in sweat, son.” – Dan Gable (119:38)
• Final sign-off: Take out the trash, ride the shock wave—see you next week!

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Notable Quotes

• “It almost feels like you feel undeserving at times… I have two kiddos that are both healthy…” – Will (13:20)
• “Meeting such selfless people… just a reminder that there are incredible humans out there.” – Sherman (15:18)
• “You gotta be on your P’s and Q’s with Rue.” – Will (33:15)
• “I know boys are a little bit different… You just gotta let it go… not right there, let’s do it in the toilet.” – Will, potty training advice (110:29)
• “The plan is never going to go according to plan… just know, whenever you structure out this plan, write it in pencil.” – Will (115:04)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment | Start Time | |-----------------------------------------|------------| | Community/Comments Intro | 04:50 | | Dan Gable Wisdom | 05:31 | | Jack of All Trades Segment | 09:41 | | Emotional Listener Stories | 10:36 | | Rue’s Health Scare | 18:17 | | Daddy-Daughter Brunch | 25:06 | | Books and Sleep Training Advice | 43:33 | | Audience Shout-outs/Comments | 42:10 | | Crack a Cold One (Ollipop segment) | 71:39 | | Pranks, Structure, Goodbye Routines | 76:00 | | Listener Voicemails (Oreo Emergency etc)| 101:33 | | On Sacrifice and Change in Parenthood | 115:04 | | Lessons of the Week (Dan Gable quotes) | 119:16 |

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Memorable Moments

• Rue’s Seizure Story (18:17 – 25:06): Will breaking down emotionally over his daughter’s medical emergency—raw, vulnerable, and deeply human.
• Brunch-Time Toddler Hide-and-Seek (76:05 – 77:42): Rue pranking Will by hiding during brunch, sparking a comical set of dad reactions.
• “There’s a bear!” Potty Story (78:31 – 82:34): A hilarious bathroom adventure complete with a bear rescue and life lessons in public-toddler-wrangling.

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Final Thoughts

This episode is a signature “For The Dads” blend of relatable humor, extraordinarily honest storytelling, actionable advice, and a strong sense of camaraderie among dads (and moms) at all stages. From life’s scariest moments to the small daily wins, the hosts paint a vivid, reassuring picture of modern fatherhood—one that’s challenging, ever-changing, and absolutely worth every bit of effort.

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Join Papa Team 6: Engage, comment, call in, and become part of the wave—because as Will says, “Take out the trash, ride the shock wave, and see you next week!”

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PodC. Can't comment on it though.

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Can't comment on it.

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Can't comment on it.

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Also can't watch it for free. You got to be behind a paywall. Not this show. Not will never be buying a paywall.

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Y. Yep. Also just some fun numbies. You have 70 comments on our last episode.

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I saw one you want you on.

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Well that's that's on YouTube. This we had 70 on YouTube which is great for YouTube. But then but as your text said last night, add in the 60 plus that we had on Spotify. That's crazy work.

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That's a lot of PT6 milk team 6 semen team 6. The goon berets.

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Yep.

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The Semen Team Sixers going through Bud's training right now. Breeding until dad status.

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Come on.

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It's a lot of verbiage we use on this show that we know that the the community has has taken to. Yep. So again, if you are new welcome to for the dads. I did see a quote. You actually sent this to me. I went and I went and dove in and found the comment and I love the segment idea. You want to share the segment idea?

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Yeah, the segment idea is just Dan.

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Gable quotes segment segment on for the dad's podcast is Dan Dan Gable quote Dan Gable quotes.

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Why not? And I will say when I was as a bit to like do a Dan Gable quote to you when I googled it there was a good like 40 or 50. So that's at least, you know, 40 episodes worth of content. Great. It's a great idea.

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There's nothing like a good Dan Gable quote. Matter of fact I'm going to save a day and Gable quote for just a lesson quote topic at the end of the episode.

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Do you have a Dan G. So.

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Oh, I have a great one.

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Okay good.

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I have a great one. I also have one just to just a shout out off the top of the episode please. The first period is one. And guys, if you don't know who Dan Gable is number one Q. Just kid show. Just bleep myself out. Get to know Dan Gable. This is a guy. This is a mindset, a mentality, a discipline. That's a guy that you want to learn from.

[C]

Can I shout can I shout out my friend Dustin McLaughlin that put me on to Dan Gable and said gotta bring up Dan Gable to Will. He'll nut sorry.

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Believe me, Dan Gable's like that's like that's lore. If you mentioned Dan Gable to me, I'm thinking, oh, we just connected on a deeper level.

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Yeah.

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Because I feel like I do walk amongst around people that have no clue who Dan Gable is. And that's sad to me.

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Yes.

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Because we. Again, the VHS tapes, like, this was a Dan Gable family. Girl. We were. We were wrestling. I didn't like wrestling, but my dad made us wrestle. My brother was a stud at it. We were a wrestling family. Your wrestling family. You know who Dan Gable is?

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Yeah.

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I got one off the top. This one's on. This one's on wrestling and effort. The first period is won by the technician. The second period is won by the kid in the best shape in the third period. The third period, the final period is won by the kid with the biggest heart.

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Threes up, threes up. Get your threes up. Damn.

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This is.

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This is life.

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This is fatherhood right here.

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That really is.

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I love.

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I love it because it's all facets of wrestling. He just covered all facets.

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All facets and encapsulated it inside of fatherhood. The first 10 years is one by the best technician we are teaching. We are teaching these young kids, our young kids, our little.

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Our.

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Our babies, our toddlers. What do they call them once they get like out of the toddler phase? Ankle biters. This is about.

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What are they called?

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Teaching them technique of how to operate in life. The second period, the second decade is won by the kid in the best shape. Who fundamentally and foundationally is this kid going to be? 10 through 20? And then beyond that, once they graduate college, it's going to be won by the kid with the biggest heart.

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Come on, man.

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All these values and all these principles that we teach them, that is what's going to carry them and make them the. The man or the woman that they're going to be throughout the rest of life.

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Come on, man. Hey, can I. Can I say something that really pisses me off that you just reminded me of with that whole Dan Gable thing? The saying a jack of all trades is a. A master at none or whatever.

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Yes.

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You know what I'm saying? What. What is up with that? Why can't you be good at a bunch of.

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You can.

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How would that not be helpful or beneficial? Oh, super successful people are only good at one thing.

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I feel like jack of all trades, master of none is kind of like.

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So there's a common.

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Go, Go ahead, Derek, jump in here.

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There's just a common thing where that quote's not finished. And so it always says but is always better than a Master of one.

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Okay, thanks.

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So there is.

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There is an ending.

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I'm glad.

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Yeah. A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one is the full actual quote that people never finish.

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You can be great at more. That more than just Eric White.

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That's been. That's been grinding my gears, bro, for literal years, dude. I'm like, what the does that mean?

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When I saw your crazy. When I saw your piss hot about that. I'm thinking to myself, I think that. That, you know, I usually think like the Jack of all trades, master of nothing. Like, that's like a nod of. That's kind of where you want to be.

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You.

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You can be better than just being a master of filling the bottle with milk.

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God, I'm so. One, I'm so glad that I misunderstood or didn't have the full quote. And two, that I. I went against the grain. I really thought I was being rebellious by like, hey, maybe being good at a bunch of stuff is actually a really good thing. Maybe that's good.

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Read the headline, didn't finish it. Didn't finish the article. Read the headline. Didn't finish the article.

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What's this?

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This shows for Jack of all trades fathers. This isn't just mastering taking out the trash, going to work.

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Yeah.

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And be like, I'm the breadwinner when I get home.

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Yes.

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It's about being a jack of all trades. You do the dishes, you clean the kitchen, you pick up the toys, you do bedtime, you make the beds. You do all the things along with your wife, along with your partner.

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Oh, yeah.

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Yeah.

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Team, team, team.

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This is Papa Team 6 standard.

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Fellas, can I do a really, really, really quick shout out?

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Please do. Because we do shout outs throughout the entire.

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This is a special one.

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Okay.

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This was for. At Jared Beeman's comedy show, which I'm sure we'll. We might talk a little bit about that.

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Bringing a blee.

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Yes. Did you meet Lee?

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Yeah, of course.

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Oh, my God.

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Dude, Lee's got to come on the show.

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Oh, oh, you're talking about comedian Lee. Comedian Lee needs to come on the show. He's incredible. I'm talking about. This is also Lee, who is a PT sixer. His. His daughter was born with a bunch of complications. There's a. There's a lot in that that I'll Just to keep it short. Finding a babysitter is really hard for them. And they were gonna come to Jared's show, both of them, because wifey and husband, because they Wanted to say what's up to us because they're big for the dads fans. Babysitter cancels. Mt Sixer says you gotta go leave. Like, I'll, I'll hold down the fort. You gotta go say what up to the boys. Go enjoy the comedy night. So I got to meet Lee and he literally said, do not shout me out at all. Which I'm breaking that rule. He was like, I really just want you to shout out my daughter. So shout out to Lili Rose, who is his little girl. And they have a precious little family pic. Lee was the man, dude. It made my night getting to meet Lee and shout out MT6, Lee's wife. You're such a stud. Big time play for going, hey, you know what? Babysitter canceled last second.

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Or canceled last.

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Yes. And she literally said, go have fun. Go have a night.

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That's tough, dude. The babysitter canceling second. I know you said it's been hard for him to find a babysitter because of stuff with their.

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She has cerebral palsy. The daughter. I'll reach out to him and make sure that I can share all that. I. I would assume so because he had shared a bunch of pictures and their story. But yeah, dude, just very humbling. It was like what I talked with you at brunch about, of just getting to meet some of these parents and hear their stories and like seeing pictures and videos from the hospital and like, I'm starting to tear up, so I'll keep it short, but, like, there's really good people out there. There's some really good parents out there. And the fact that we even get to touch and meet some of these incredible parents is such a humbling, awesome experience. I love this show. Yeah, that's it.

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I'm with you. I see the tears. I appreciate the tears too, because you're, you're. You're just spot on. You hear so many stories and get to talk to so many different parents who have stories that are. It almost feels like you feel undeserving at times to. Right now we have like, I have two kiddos that are both healthy.

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Yeah. And then.

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Sorry, I'm laughing because I'm feeling myself tear up as well. But you just hear what parents go through.

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Yes.

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And, dude, there are grinders out there, bro. Grinders that, that just. That go through things that are so different from like the majority of parents that hopefully everybody has healthy kids, but that's not the reality.

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Yeah.

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And just to feel their energy and personality appreciation, their gratitude for everything and Just excitement. When you're just like, golly, man, it seems like you go through the gutter like you go through to where I. I can't. I can only imagine, like, being in your shoes with some of these stories that I hear. Yeah. Just makes us. I know. So, Sherman, I. We had our first little brunch together. We had a little daddy daughter date. But we were kind of having this conversation on the stories and the comments and the stuff that the parents out there share with us that you just kind of. It's. It's like just of those step back things of one gratitude. And then it just again, it feels like it makes us appreciate what we have with our kiddos. And then also, I know for me, it feels like you feel undeserving at times to, to be in a spot to where people are thinking you about stuff. And I know people are, oh, you're overthinking that. Yada, yada. Yeah, I understand that. It's just like the feeling that I have because you're just like, your heart goes out to these fighters that are out there. It is raising kids the best way they can. They have to just. They have to, they have to have these ego deaths with themselves because they just understand and accept, hey, we are in a different situation.

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Yes. Dude. Meeting such selfless people. And it is very grounding, like, and not that I'm like lost in the sauce of all the world news, but like, the world is so fast moving. There's always a different thing on social media and blah, blah, blah. And getting to like, read some of these stories like we do on the show, or meet PT6ers out in the wild. Hearing their stories, it's just so grounding and a reminder that, like, there are incredible humans out there and they do. Just seeing the picture of his family and I just think to myself, I look at those kids, I go, they're so lucky.

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Yeah.

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They have such loving parents. And God, it just makes my. Makes my heart happy.

[A]

Yeah. And because you know that there are also bad parents out there.

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Yes.

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Like kids that, you know. Kids from all different ranges can have bad parents.

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Oh, for sure.

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And you knowing that this kid is going through something. What'd you say? Cerebral palsy? Yes. Like, this kid has, has something going on and they have these incredible people looking after them. You're just, you're thankful for the kid.

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You're.

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You're appreciative that the kid has these parents because very easily, like, it's not, it's. It's not rare to have bad parents out there. Like, it's around us all the time.

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That's. That's more common. Yeah, that's more common.

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Yeah.

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And so it is really cool. And it's. Yeah. Humbling. I keep on saying humbling, but it's just, like, such a cool reminder. I was telling Will, I was like, I feel like such a phony that the only thing we got worried about with Scarlett is that she has a tear duct that's closed. Yeah.

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Rue had one of those tear ducts where we'd have to massage your eye with, like, a hot. Like a warm rag.

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Yes.

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She had, like, a tear duct for, like. I know it was maybe going into 2 years old, but like a year and as long as a year and a half, at least. I believe. I know my wife might fact check me on that, but. Yeah.

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And I'm. I'm sitting there in the mornings going, I gotta go get a hot rag. Oh, my God, she's got so many eye boogers. Oh, my God. I'm going to have to wipe all this down. There's another parent that's breaking out the wheelchair, breaking out the ramp to the, you know, minivan, getting kiddo in there, getting them to pt, getting them to that. And guess what. That. Parents still making it early to their job. They're kicking ass at their job.

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It's just like handling all the nonsense that goes on at the workplace. Coming home, checking out, making sure they turn that off while they get back to raising their kid.

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Dude, shout out those parents.

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Yeah.

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We are so, so blessed and lucky. If you listen to the show and you are in that boat, I just want to shout out. You are literally angels. You're angels.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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I just wanted to. I want to get that off my chest right quick.

[A]

Could be an emotional episode.

[C]

Yeah. What?

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That could be an emotional episode.

[C]

I think I'm past, but shout out Lee, the comedian, too. He was great. We. We should have him on the show.

[A]

Yeah. We need to get lead. The comedian on the show. I ever. Have I ever told the story about Rue having a seizure?

[C]

Not on the show.

[A]

Have not told it on the show.

[C]

No.

[A]

Rue had a seizure when she was about a year and a half old, I think. Again, I know my wife is listening. Rue had a seizure at the daycare she was at. And, buddy, the scariest thing in my life.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

These scary. The most terrifying thing ever. Like, I remember the. The daycare lady called in an absolute panic. The firefighter had to end up taking the phone from her and just let me know what was going on with Rue? And so much emotion is just. I was standing right over there. This is when we just had this side of the shop. We didn't have the other side of the shop. Everything was in house right here. And I remember standing up over. Over the table, like, taking this phone call, and just a panic going on. Because at first I'm wondering. I wonder why the daycare lady is calling me right now. Because I knew Charles was the one that was going to be picking Rue up later that day.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

And they said, hey, Rue, Rue's awake right now, so everything is okay. We believe that she had a seizure. She's very. She's very out of it right now. She's. She's not, like, responding verbally or anything else. She's kind of just sitting there. We're going to rush her to the er, to the hospital. And I call my wife. She's just getting out of the shower because she had missed calls and she just missed the calls. And we are obviously sprinting to the hospital. Yeah, I'm coming from here, Charles. Coming from home. And the whole thought in my head again, I hate it could be an emotional episode. But the whole thought in my head, like, as I'm driving, I had just lost. I had lost my mom the December before, because this was my. I lost my mom the December before Rue was. Rue was born. Yeah, Rue was born in April. So I'm driving over, just thinking, like, you know, they had her plugged up to IVs and everything. Like, in this. In this ambulance, bro. One year old in an ambulance. Just envisioning that in your head, knowing that mom and dad. Mom and dad aren't around her. And I'm driving just thinking, yo, if I were to lose. If I were to lose my daughter with all that going with, you know, everything. The year that we had.

[D]

Had.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

And everybody, you know, I. I've shared a lot of stuff about my mom, but to go, like, I had no clue what I was driving into. We run in the er, we run in the hospital. Rue is just. Her little body is plugged up. I'm talking IVs, needles, everything to try to get her vitals and everything else. And she's just unresponsive, bro. Like, she's not crying. She's just, like, naked, laying on the table.

[C]

And.

[A]

Dude, it was nuts. It was nuts, man. Like, Charles, we're sitting there holding her little hand, and she's looking at us. But again, there's nothing that's coming. Like, you know, she's probably scared. She's not. There's no emotion coming out of it. And I'm bawling behind Charo.

[C]

Oh, dude.

[A]

Like, we're obviously both crying, but I'm like. I'm, like, beside myself that you're just seeing this happen. She had to stay overnight. She had to sleep. She had to get all this stuff attached to her brain and stay overnight to see if this is something that's going to be reoccurring or if it was a one off. Like, we don't know what it was, or trying to check all the levels. They believed that she had a seizure, but they didn't know at the time, like, when the firefighter called. So you just don't know what's happening. Like, she has a pulse, she's breathing. She's okay. Yeah. And, dude, that experience was to see your baby going through something like that. And we went to the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital just to think about parents that go through a situation like that. Daily weekly.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Or you never know what's going to pop up the next time. And you just hope that, hey, they're checked out right now and we might need to look for this. We'll have to bring them back to check blood levels. Like, you just see your kid go through this stuff, man, that. That moment was. Yeah, that's. It brings back a little. Like, you just have PTSD on if something you feel like might happen to Rue because you just don't know. They. They believe it was a one off. They're like, you know, we talked to one doctor that said this kid. This happened with their kid. Like, you know, if it happens before a certain age, I'm just throwing it out there. Again, we're not experts on the show whatsoever, but if it's.

[C]

We are not.

[A]

If it's before three, this could be something that's a one off. Like, we'll just. We'll continue to follow up, like, every week or two and gets, you know, a certain time without having another one, then that tells them it's not going to be some reoccurring thing to where she might have to take meds or something like that.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Dude, it was crazy. It was crazy.

[C]

I. I can't even imagine. Very funny, too, because you've told me that story before, and, I mean, you didn't tear up the first time you told it to me, but walking through it.

[A]

And again, like, in my head, as I'm walking through taking the phone call, I can still visualize. I can visualize every Detail that day on getting in the. Speeding to the hospital, walking in those hallways. I see Char at the end of the hallway. I'm like, where she at? She's like, she's over here. And we're just running in there, and then you just see your little. You just see your baby bro plugged into absolutely everything, and it is. Yeah.

[C]

Hearing that. Hearing that now with Scarlet, that's just a way. That's like, a completely different story now. That's crazy.

[A]

Yeah, man.

[C]

I'm so sorry that y' all had to go through that. But also, it just makes me so happy just thinking of, like, our brunch and.

[A]

Yes.

[C]

Like, seeing Rue now.

[A]

Oh, bro, she's so full of personality.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[A]

And even the next morning, it's like, as a parent, you're stressed the entire time. Like, when she's kind of coming out of whatever it is and she's not, like, fully there. You know, I go and get us some because we pulling over. You know, we're like. We're, like, staying at the hospital, and I go and pick us up some chick fil A and come back and try. You're trying to get her to eat a little bit of food, whether they have applesauce at the hospital or whatever it is. Milk.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And then to wake up the next morning and kind of see her, like, crawling around, having a smile on her face, even though she's connected to all of this stuff with her brain. But just to feel a little bit of that relief because they're smiling, because you wake up and you're kind of just, hey, how's she doing? Do we have any checkups? You're, like, wanting to ask the doctor so many questions or get him to keep coming in every five minutes to know if there's an update going on.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And. But just to see you're in, like, good spirits. It's. It was just such a weight feeling like it was lifted off. Like, you started to have, like, optimism about what could be, you know, that we're just gonna have good news, I guess, when the doctor comes in.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But that was such a relief. But, dude, our brunch, seeing the. Seeing Rue operate. Seeing Rue operate with Uncle Sherm was a. Was a fascinating sight to see. We. We went to stay gold. No free shot at state gold here in Here in, like, West Nashville off of 51st. Shout out to them. They have some good coffee.

[C]

They won me back, man. They won me back.

[A]

I know you had a. A bad first experience. This was your second time. I Can only imagine when I said, hey, stay gold. And what was probably going through your body based on what you. Based on your. The first experience that you had getting some cold food, getting some service. That was a little. Yeah, that was a little sus. I've had nothing but good experiences with.

[C]

They blew me away on the second. And not to divert the story, I apologize, but they blew me away. I am fully on board with stay gold.

[A]

Yeah. But, Sherman, I. We planned out a daddy daughter date, and daddy daughter lunch or brunch. We go over to stay Golden. Uncle Sherm's ripping around with Scarlett. She's in the. She's in the stroller. I have Scott, Zilla, Scotty, and Rue with me. Oh, yeah, there's a nice little line there. But we got seated at this table, and it was. Dude, rue was on 100. Rue was on 10. The entire time with uncle Sherm. The entire time with Uncle Sherman, Scotty was on her best behavior. She was eating. You know, she was trying to put food in Scarlett's little cup that's attached to the stroller. Scarlett was on her best behavior. She was kind of just chilling the entire time. Rue's playing with her. Scotty's eating her food.

[C]

I was about to say that was my favorite part, is Rue was playing with me a bunch, but it was. I was not, like, the center of her attention. It was really Scarlet. It was so cool to get to watch Rue, who's three.

[A]

Yeah. R3.

[C]

Just. Why. Why she have two jackets on her? Because I forgot a blanket. Go, dad. So I got Jill's jacket that she left in my car and Scarlet's jacket, and put it on Scarlet like a blanket. I was like, well, this is. This is Scarlett's jacket, the fuzzy one, and this bigger one is her mom's jacket. And I'm using it like a blanket. And she goes, you. You need to put the fuzzy jacket on her feet to make them warm. And then Scarlett, your mama's jacket will go here. And she's, like, going into full, like, maternal, like, wanting to take care of the baby. And I'm like, God, this is so cool watching her. And she's like, scarlett, can you blow kisses? Can you blow kisses? And I'm just seeing, like, the love and the playful stuff that you and Charo have put into Rue and then seeing Rue then doing that to Scarlet.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Like, kind of mimicking that behavior. It's like, dude, this is so sick. Just to, like, see play out, right?

[A]

Just to, like, witness, like, development. And you're like, Man, I can't believe you're three. Because, again, you got to do all these. You got to do all these things to help Rue communicate with Scotty or be around Scotty when Scotty's, like, pissing her off and doing stuff like, hey, she doesn't mean this. Like, she just wants to play with you.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You know, and she obviously sees us communicate with both of them. But you got to be on your P's and keys with Rue. Now, last night, I was on. Char was working until, like, 6, 6:30. This usually. This happens every Monday. And I forgot to wash Rue's hair on Sunday night when it was bath time. And I could tell Mama was not happy about that. She's like, well, why didn't she. Oh, she's like. She came up. When Charl got done, Charles did something. Whether it was with Scotty or was coming up to say good night to Rue. It was kind of looking at Rue, and I'm warming Rue up with the towel and everything else. She was like, oh, your hair dried. Dried pretty fast.

[C]

Oh, gosh.

[A]

Does your hair dry already? It dried pretty fast. And she's talking to. She's talking to Rue, But I know that she's talking. She's basically asking me, like, well, why is her hair dry and what's going on with that? I didn't. I didn't wash her. Her hair tonight. And she's like, why not? I was like. She said she was tired and she wanted to go lay down. And I'm thinking in my head when she. When Rue gave me that, I was like, oh, let's do a body. We'll just wash your body. Yeah, bits and bits. You can make it quick. You want to go lay down? I'll get you to lay down because it's bedtime. Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And so she was on me about. She's like, sweetheart, you're. You're in control. Like, she needed to wash her hair. She hadn't washed her hair since, like, early last week. And she's been telling me that her head's itchy. And I'm like, yeah. I was just thinking, like, it doesn't look greasy or nothing like that. Her hair looks fine. Like, this is one where I feel like I could have just done a body. A body shower, a body bath with her. Yeah, my sweetheart, is your head itchy? She's like, no. I was like, her head's not itchy. She's telling me right now.

[C]

You heard her.

[A]

She's like. She's been itching her head like, These last couple days, like, you. Have you been itching your head over the weekend? She was like, no, she says, he hadn't been itching her head, mom, it's all good. And Charles was on that, you know, residual effect from that after Rue goes down. Yeah, I was talking to me. I'm like, sweetheart, look, I'll give her a bath tomorrow. It's all good. You won't have to give her a bath. I'll give her a bath tomorrow. I'll wash her hair. Well, she's like, well, she also does bath. She also does a bath. Like, after swim lesson on Tuesday. I'll give her a third bath. I'll give her a third bath to where you don't have to do it.

[C]

Or.

[A]

Or Audrey will be able to give her a bath after swim lesson. Either way, sweetheart, you won't have to do it. You won't have to do anything. Yeah, I'll make sure that hair gets washed before swim lesson on Tuesday. I'll make sure of it. So fast forward to Monday when I got home and I'm with the kiddos. I'm like, hey, Rue. She's like, dad, dad, can I do a TV coupon? Like, you can do a TV coupon, but we have to. Listen to me. We have to wash your hair before Mama gets home. Dinner's gonna be ready. Everything's gonna. You're gonna be in your PJs, your pajamas, and you're gonna be ready to go when Mama walks in that door.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Because she's gonna know, dad, I took care of it.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Hey, I heard you loud and clear. You wanted her hair washed. Daddy's gonna get her hair washed. And it's not gonna come after dinner time when we're all home and she's like, well, are you gonna give her a bath? No. No. We're gonna have that knocked out of the park by the time you walk in that door.

[C]

And food will be ready.

[A]

And food will be ready.

[F]

Yeah.

[A]

So I'm washing ruse hair, but as I'm getting everything set up, you know when you got a couple minions, there's so some parents out there have more than two kiddos. But when they're all like, I got ruined. Scotty roost. Three Scotty's, one Scotty's all over the place. Like, I have to move tables because Scotty will climb couches and climb the armrest and try to climb on tables. And she's just. You can tell she's confident because she flirts with the edge of everything that she Climbs on.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Like, you know how they kind of climb up and then they'll kind of rock over to her. They'll. They'll be seated, kid. She'll sit right on the edge of the couch. And the whole time like, Scotty, you, you sweetheart, you have to get on the couch. Come here. Because I'm telling you right now, you're gonna tip and you're gonna fall, you're gonna hit your head and you're just gonna. You're gonna cry and I'm gonna console you, and we're just. You're gonna have to learn the hard way by you being next to the edge. And she's always climbing on stuff to where it's like a hard spot and a soft pillow. She steps on both and gets tumbling down. And she's just been lucky so far.

[C]

And she's not waddling when she's walking around for parents at home that have a kid that's. That's waddling right now. Scotty is. Got the hand going. And it is. It is truly like a very fast walk.

[A]

Wherever she's going, she's trying to learn to run.

[C]

She beelines.

[A]

But as I'm getting something set up in Rue's room, as I'm getting this bath ready to wash rhus hair, Scotty goes and throws her llama. Throws her llama in the bath, soaked. Good, good. So I walk in. I'm going to put ruin. I see llama just sitting there drowning. Sweetheart, I know you love your llama Nana. And now, now we're gonna have to. We're gonna have to air dry. We'll have to dry llama now. And you're not gonna get llama in your hands and all to circle back to. You gotta be on your P's and Q's with Rue. Rue's walking me through how to wash your hair or how she wants it done and which I already know. I'm like, sweetheart, I got you. She's like, we're not gonna wash my body. Sweetheart, we washed your body last night. We don't have to wash your body today. We can just get it wet.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

So you don't have to do my armpits. No, sweetheart, you gotta do my private parts. No, sweetheart, no. We're just washing your hair.

[C]

This is a hair night.

[A]

But why? Well, you get into explaining why big why phase right now, but get Rue all done. As I'm trying to corral Scotty, Scotty's mad at me. I'm pouring the water on ruse head. She's screaming because she wants water. She wants to be in the bath. Water poured on her head. Scotty, just back up. Give dad at some space. I'm gonna make this quick. Get them all corralled dry. You know, not. Not bolts right off. But you know Scotty, you just always got to watch because she's just walking everywhere, getting into everything.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

As I'm trying to bathe, rue. So we get downstairs, we go. I'm like, we gotta dry Scotty's. We gotta dry Scotty's llama. So I. I haven't given llama and tyke baths before. The bath being the washer and the dryer. So I'm going down there like, all right, we gotta dry them off. And I throw llama in there. And I'm like, I hope nothing happens to llama. Oh. Like, as I'm trying to dry llama. So I turn, she's a ruse. Like, can I push the button? Oh, yeah, you can push the button. So we turn on and roost stands there, and she's looking at llama in there. And she goes, goes, dad, Dada, you gotta get llama out. I'm like, why do I gotta get llama out? She's like, you gotta get the bag. You gotta get a bag. I'm like, llama goes in a bag. She's like, mama always puts llama in a bag. And I'm like, do you know, I don't know where this. What bag she's talking about. I'm like, do you know where this bag is? She's like, yeah. So I pause and stop, and I'm like, can you show me where the bag is? She like, points up to a. She points up to a cabinet. I'm like, hey, I'm gonna lift you up and you find this bag for me. I lift her up, she goes and finds this netted bag in the cabinet. She's like, this is the bag you gotta use when you're giving llama a bath.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay. I did not know that. I thank you for 3 year old. 3 year old. Let me know. Hey. There's a certain way we operate in this house. We don't wear two jackets. Sher. Yeah.

[C]

What are we doing?

[A]

Yeah.

[F]

What?

[A]

Hey, two jackets here. Where's the blanket? Yeah, I forgot the blanket. Why'd you forget the blanket?

[C]

Yeah. No, she truly's like, hey. She wanted to be like, hey, idiot, where's the blanket? But she was very sweet. It just said, well, maybe put the warmer jacket on the feet. You kind of have this Lighter one on the feet. Right, let's switch that.

[A]

Yeah. ARU got pissed at me this morning.

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[A]

And I was starting to get a little. I had to let Rue know that, hey, when you feel big emotions and they kind of coming out of nowhere and they don't make sense, you're not calming down. Dad starts to feel big emotions too.

[C]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

And dad starts saying things that he doesn't mean.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So we just, we gotta start the day off on the right foot. Like, I go and wake Scotty up. I bring her in there. Rue starts whining. You know, I opened the curtains and I'm trying to just be in a great mood. I'm like, scotty, say hi to the worlds. Oh, there's your big cc. There's our big chipmunk and going over there. And I can just feel Rue whining already. I hate that. I know. Parents. It's like you never know what you're walking into in the morning time with your toddler. You're hoping they're just in a good mood. Sometimes they're just in great moods and sometimes they're in piss poor moods. And you don't know why. It's like, bro, we do the same routine every day.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Why are we just not in a good mood? She's like, oh, it's, it's too light in here. I'm like, sweet. I haven't even turned the light on. I'm just opening the windows and I go and sit. I'm like trying to rub her back. She starts crying. I'm like, well, sweetheart, what's going on? She's like, you gotta sit down here. You gotta sit on this side.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Mom always sits on this side of the bed. When she tells me good morning, and she's saying in broken language to where I'm not understanding it at first. I'm just like, sweetheart, you gotta communicate clear with me. I don't know what you're saying. You're Crying right now. I don't know why you're crying.

[C]

Yeah. What's going on?

[A]

Then I realized, like, I'm sitting on the wrong part of the bed to sell her good morning and wake her up. And I'm just like, I. I can't with these women. Dude.

[C]

What'S going on? What's going on? Yeah, I. That was my very first thought when you were talking about the washing the hair and Ro telling one story and Charo's telling another. Like, we are going to have to keep all these women in our lives happy. It's not just one anymore.

[A]

Yeah. And when they're little like that and you're just like, oh, man, I'm so sorry. I sat on the wrong part of the bed. If I sit on this part of the bed, can we kind of reset and redo the morning to the point to where I'll walk out of the room with Scotty, shut the door, close the curtains, and just pretend. Hey, we're restarting. Starting. Yeah, we're restarting the period. Warm up wasn't good enough on the football field. We're going to restart the entire practice over. So I'll close the curtains, I'll leave the room, and then I'll come in. Oh, Ruru, Good morning. Let's open the curtains. Hey, Scotty, Wave to the world. Wave to the world. And then I'll sit down on the right part of the bed and be like, good morning, Ruru. How you did you sleep? Good. To where it kind of like catches her off guard and she's not, like, acting with me. She's just like, I forget what she said. But I will completely restart the practice if need be.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

If I'm starting to feel so much frustration boil inside me and I can control it to where I just don't project and like, yo, stop crying. We're not doing this this morning because those times happen.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

You just start saying, mama, Mom. Mom's not here. Mom's at work right now. You're with. You're with dad right now. Dad has the cap.

[C]

Want me to go throw on a wig and a dress? That make you happy?

[A]

Can you see?

[C]

Stop crying. Yeah. Do you do the rewind noises when you reset?

[A]

Having.

[C]

That could be a hit.

[A]

Good fun one.

[C]

That could be a hit.

[A]

Anytime. Anytime there's an opportunity to just go full dad mode and act obnoxious.

[C]

Hey, Bruce, should we rewind? Really?

[A]

You and dad had to go backwards? Just anything for a smile. Anything. Just to switch the mood up a Little bit.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, dude, we're in it. Just wait till she's like, dad, can I wear this jacket?

[A]

You know?

[C]

Absolutely. Comes down the stairs, Charo Caesar, you're not supposed to wear that jacket till your birthday. Blah, blah. Dad said I could wear the jacket. And you're just sitting there. The. The thousand yard stare, whatever that painting is. Yeah, yeah, honey, I don't know, but.

[A]

Yeah, I don't know. Or you just take the kiddos to meet up with your wife and she's like, why? Why does she got the rain boots on? And I just. Look. I'm like, look, she told me she wanted the rain boots.

[C]

That's.

[A]

That's a battle I don't care to participate in.

[C]

Fountain of Tears or Rain Boots. I went rainboots. So now we're here and we're on time and everyone's happy.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah. Why is she wearing jeans, rain boots, a dress, or a tutu over top? Listen, I said Rue gets to dress herself today.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

New some comments.

[C]

Let's get into some comments.

[A]

Gotta keep it under now.

[C]

Gotta keep it under an hour.

[A]

I got a couple new dad comments here. One from Johnny Norton on Spotify. Hey, fellas. Love the pot. I've been listening to you boys since the first few episodes. I myself was in BUDS training at the time, but officially getting a promotion to PT6 in June as my wife and I are expecting a baby boy. Hey. Damn it, Johnny. Let's go. Congratulations to you guys. I remember one of the earlier episodes you boys mentioned books you'd recommend for raising and having kids. Kids, would you share those suggestions again? As I'm hoping to dive into the playbook early. So I'm ready to attack in June. P. S. Ollie Pop Root beer not talked about enough. It's good. I, I, I. Look, I stamped that I like root beer. I'm a root beer Ollipop guy. I just have favorites that are above that.

[C]

Hey, and we also. So they sent us these Shirley Temples that we'll talk about later, but they sent us some root beers, correct? Yeah.

[F]

Root beer, cream soda, and then this wonderful early temple.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

And cream soda. I haven't had the Shirley Temple yet. I'm gonna try it here on the episode. I was gonna say live, but obviously this is recorded.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Cream soda is a banger as well. Root beer's good. Cream soda's a banger. I just think there are better options out there in the Ollipop universe. That's okay. That's just my. Yeah, yeah, that's Just my subjective opinion.

[C]

Olipop's okay with it with hearing that too.

[A]

Books. Yes.

[C]

Really strong father. Strong Daughters is the only parenting book that I have jumped into since before the birth of Scarlet Slash, since she's been born. I need to dive back into it. I think I'm only like 40 pages deep.

[A]

Yeah. 50 pages for girl dads out there. Strong daughters. Strong daughters is a. Should be a staple for you. If you just finished. You just graduated BUDS training. Good. You graduated BUDS training, but job's not finished. There's still missions to be had. Sleep training. There's a couple options we have out there for you.

[F]

You.

[A]

I'll let Sherm say his. Mine was 12 hours by 12 weeks or 12 hours in 12 weeks.

[C]

Oh, God.

[A]

Great sleep training book. Just to kind of learn what goes on in those first eight weeks and each kind of, each kind of pocket of every four weeks to kind of look to or learn about and understand what your kid's going through. It's a book to where you're. The kid is adapting to your world and you're not adapting to everything around their world. So you're just not like a prisoner in your household and a prisoner to the routine and structure. Those things are very much needed. But a lot of good insight, a lot of good direction and practical stuff to get ready to prepare for when you are sleep training and try to get your kiddo to sleep within 12 weeks, give or take. Like Ru took 16 weeks. Scotty was down, was ready. It was. I got her trained. We got her trained up. Her technique was good by 11 weeks. Rue took longer. But it's just a great book to kind of, to kind of dive into what sleep training is. Because I'm telling you, sleep training, thosethose first 12 hours and sleeping through the night is a goal and a light that you and your wife both are going to want to capture. And you don't want to wait till you're in it and then you're learning about it at week nine, week ten. Oh, there's sleep training out there. Too late. It's too late.

[C]

Yeah, it is too late. It's not too late, but not too late. It is too late. From the standpoint of. I think that's the best advice you could have given me as a new dad. I have a 6 month old. For any new listeners, you were big on 12 hours by 12 weeks. And thankfully I have a nurse as a wife, Jill, who also is big on the sleep training stuff. We went with Moms on Call is the title of the book and it was written by nurses. And it's the same principle as 12 hours by 12 weeks. It's just a little bit of a.

[A]

Different strategy, different iterations. There's a lot of iterations out there.

[C]

And when I talk a little bit different, I am talking about like 6:30 instead of 6:45 or you know, don't give them a passy until 10 minutes in the crib. Very minute.

[A]

Small differences equips you with these tool bags. Like while you're going through sleep training.

[C]

Yes, dude. The, the overarching theme of allowing you to be able to live your life, dude, like being able to go to brunch. No sweat for me, because I know that Scarlet slept almost, you know, 12ish hours. She's great, she's in a happy mood. She, she took a little nap like on the way to brunch and then she made like two noises at brunch and they were minor little like ah. Like she's not crying.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

It just gets the baby on a schedule. It helps you with maintain your schedule.

[A]

It helps give you philosophies too to where you know, you learn about it. And then you realize like if you're somebody's asking you out to whether it's a breakfast or a lunch or dinner, whatever it is, you more have like the mindset of we can figure this out, like we can do this versus just a quick response. Oh, I kinda can't this time. Baby goes down at this time. Sometimes that is just gonna be what happens, especially if they're a newborn and everything else. But it helps shift your mindset to we can figure things out based on the knowledge you're kinda teaching yourself. Because I think the sleep training stuff is just a big win for dads in general. Because a lot of times, like when your wife's pregnant, baby's born and everything else. Like as men we really lean on our wives to have all the answers. And sometimes our wives are like, they're. Their whole thing is like, dude, we're learning it just like you are and finding intention and learning, learning some tricks of the trade along the way. I feel like the sleep training stuff is a good way for dads to kind of dive in before the baby comes.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Because it also shows your partner that you're invested, you're investing your time and energy to learn about something to where you might have input as well to where you're having a conversation with your wife. And I just feel like it sets dads up for just a good early win. And you just, you're learning new information. You're kind of educating on your, yourself on what's happening. So that privy to it as the baby's there. So you're just not sitting there, you're not sitting there when the baby's born with your dick into your hand wondering like, hey, sweetheart, like, so what do we do here? How do I, how do I feed this? Like, what time does the baby, what time does the baby go down?

[C]

It empowers the dads of.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Perfect example of my solo Saturdays. I usually just to keep Jill happy while she's at work. I know it gives her peace of mind. I text her with updates of feeds and I text her at 8:30. I said, hey, let Scarlett sleep in this morning because she was out, out, you know, passed out. And Instead of a 7:30 feed, I got, I fed her at 8:30. And I'm gonna tear out her three hour intervals of feeds to where I'm doing 15 minutes early on every single one. So I'll get her back to the 7:30 schedule. So then she'll be, she'll be out tonight by 7:30pm not even worried about it. Jill, love you. Have a good day.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Exactly. And as far as books go too, there's a lot of. Oh, sorry. You got a question, chef?

[F]

I would say do you want, do we want to, want to take this time take a quick break while you.

[A]

Go do K. Oh, once we will knock out another. We'll just knock out another comment, then we can. Because that's a 10 10, correct?

[C]

Yeah, 10 10.

[A]

I was gonna say, as far as books go, there's just a lot of good stuff out there wherever you might have an interest in. It's like how to raise kids not to be. The Daily dad has been a staple in our household for at dinner we'll read a day, you know, a day in Daily. That something I honestly need to get on because I've been off that for about a month. But the Daily Dads are going. There's a lot of good, good stuff out there.

[C]

My dad got me Daily dad and I, I've yet to open. I need to start doing that too. Elijah W14 on Instagram says, what's up, boys? Huge packers fan here. Oh, man. Sorry. Elijah. Born in Wisconsin, moved to Canada because of my dad's job. Obviously never missed a game. Tonight had me thinking about losses and man, we had a big one crying emoji. However, because of the inspiring words of Sherman Willie spit week after week, I Was able to get out of my seat while Jordan Love was making the drive of his life to change my beautiful baby girl's dirty diaper. She's three months old now. Never thought I'd love anything so much. You guys are the best and have taught me more that I could know. And keep doing your thing. PT6 all day. Let's go, Elijah.

[A]

Let's go, Elijah.

[C]

Sorry for the L, dude.

[A]

Yeah, sorry. That's a tough L being up 21 3, blowing that lead.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Still have an opportunity in the second half. Two missed field goes and miss extra point.

[C]

Yeah. Oh. What? Hey, what I would do is I would, I would hop on there, but he obviously has an Instagram. If you have a Twitter as well, I would just hop in. Clay's Clay Matthews dms.

[A]

Yeah, why not?

[C]

I would just DM Clay Matthews. Tell him how you're feeling. Maybe send him a screenshot of the bikini pic that will generated on Twitter and say, what's this nonsense?

[A]

Or just say, hey, I'm wearing a bikini with you right now, brother.

[C]

Join in on him. Bring back Mankini.

[A]

I'm right there with you, bro.

[C]

PT6 Sicko. By the way, love you, Clay. Oh, Elijah, thank you for writing in.

[A]

Shout out. Elijah.

[D]

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[B]

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[C]

Let me start by saying it's a great day to be a gray shirt team Rubicon. You know, it truly is a team. Those folks, myself included, all had one desire, which is helping folks in disaster. Trying to be a little bit of hope in a really, really bad situation.

[B]

It's like magic, you guys. So put down your doom scroller and pick up your faith in humanity and join me, Jenna, for the ripple effect. It's a reminder that you can start a ripple that changes everything. You really can.

[C]

We give just that nugget of hope helping other people. For some of our gray shirts, it's during a time when they need help and by helping others, it helps them.

[B]

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[G]

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[C]

PT sickos, we come to you guys with just a special little segment. We wanted to do this week because we have been backlogged on thank yous. A lot of PT Sickos, a lot of MT Sickos will share some of their entrepreneurial endeavors, some of their products with us, which we are so appreciative of. And we'll reach back out on social media and say thank you, obviously.

[A]

But we.

[C]

We love to do an even bigger thank you. Like our friend at Arkansas that sent us stuff, the awesome pt6 signs that we got in the past. What else? USFS equipment manager sent us some stuff. So we just wanted to take the time today to say thank you. I am wearing a polo from American Waters. American Waters is a apparel company that sells polos that are all American made, and they're incredibly comfortable, incredibly stylish. And McCray Morehouse, who's the owner and founder of American Waters, sent a letter and, like, three polos, right? Like, like two or three pillows each to every single member of. For the dads.

[F]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

Chef is a sicko for American Waters, as we all are. But Chef has worn these out to golfing.

[F]

I. I have. I wore it to Christmas mass. Got a lot of compliments from the family. That was really nice. And I don't know if we have. I'm wanting to start a PT6 golf division because I know there's some sicko dads out there that love to golf.

[C]

Absolutely.

[F]

And I'm sure that we can all talk about. Well, I can't, because I. I'm. I don't have a K. But, you know, trying to get on the course and what. That's a conversation for a later day.

[A]

But.

[C]

Yeah.

[F]

These American water polos, Sherman, are some of the comfiest polos I've ever worn.

[C]

And they truly are.

[F]

They scream to me. We live in Tennessee. It gets really hot out. It's a moisture wicking material. It's great for the summer, but it screams to me spring golf.

[C]

It does.

[F]

Right when it starts to warm up. And it's a good look.

[E]

Look.

[F]

It's classy, good colors. And let me tell you, the fit on them is unlike anything else. There's nothing like a shirt that fits great. And just to reiterate, we are not sponsored by American Waters at all.

[C]

Yeah.

[F]

He just sent out clothes, you know, from the nicest of his heart, and they're incredible. I cannot speak highly enough to these.

[C]

Yeah. And wrote an incredibly kind letter to each one of us. And also, the other thing that I'll point out that I haven't brought up before on these polos is with the dry fit material of other pillows, you'll sometimes like. It'll be really cold outside and you wore the pillow like underneath the jacket and you can feel the coldness still. Like the. It almost sticks to you. This is like that moisture wicking that also has, like a nice bit of cotton in it. Yeah, it's got a nice little layer to it. So really love these. And thank you again, McCrae, for sending them. You also might have noticed Chef is wearing one currently. We have these don't have to you get to hats from the Get To Foundation. We also had a very kind note sent to us from the founder, Nate Jones. And I know that Derek, you know a bunch of the backstory of the Get To Foundation. You want to let the PT sickos know a little about a little bit about that.

[F]

Yeah, I believe it's. It was Nate's brother Ben was a football coach and preached the you get to not have to. Get to not have to to is their foundation. It's a mindset around the fact that everything in life, people are like, I have to do all these things. No, you get to. And how blessed we are to have that mindset for it. But he had tragically passed away, so they started the foundation and the get to was kind of how he was remembered through it all. And so obviously we love, you know, the hat and everything about it, but really it's. It's the foundation, it's donating to it and what they. They kind of fight for over there. So it's a beautiful foundation that just saw our clip about saying get to instead of have to. And so it's just a really, really cool cause we can get behind.

[C]

He also sent us these posters. He sent us these hats. He sent us some bracelets that Derek's rocking one right now. All that being said, thank you very, very much for sending that. We also have a book that was written by J.T. roy. It was his first go at writing any book. And it's a children's book called Millie Bananas Can't Sleep. I have read Millie Bananas Can't Sleep. I have read it to Scarlet. It is a fantastic book about Millie Bananas and her parents going through the checklist of all the things that need to be done in order for Millie Bananas to be ready for bed. And guys, it is. Is really fun if you're looking to build a nighttime structure with your kid of just all the little things. So brushing the teeth, combing the hair, taking a bath, these Millie Bananas runs through, like, all this stuff with her Parents. The illustrations are extremely well done. Those were done by Yana Kozak. But JT Roy, who is a PT sicko, wanted to just send this our way and we can't thank him enough. He also sent us a little care package which this looks like a like marketing care package that and maybe it comes with the book, I don't know. But we got this awesome care package that came with like a Millie Bananas stuffed animal. It came with a toothbrush, like a toddler toothbrush. When I showed it to Jill, she lost her mind. Julie Bean loved it and we love the book. So jt, thank you. Let's see what else. Oh, we have not only a dm, but a nice little treat from Christy. This comes from Christy Schlesinger. She is a speech pathologist. She is also a feeding specialist. Christy wrote in to the for the Dads podcast Instagram from her Instagram Feeding with Confidence. So she said, hey, I'm Christy. I'm a speech slash feeding therapist and I run an account helping moms and dads in parentheses because, you know, Papa Team 6 feed their babies and toddlers. And I had to reach out after your podcast clip about feeding your daughter. My husband is a tier one fan of for the Dads and Busing with the Boys. So here is the download for the guide I sell to parents. I had to hook you up, but really, if you have any specific questions, I'm also happy to help. Big hug, signed kisses. My husband told me to say that. Christy, thank you so much for reaching out. I've already run through. So Christy sent her 30 day solid feeding plan for newborns for toddlers, which is titled the Milk to Meals Blueprint. Chrissy, I've already run through some of it with Jill. Her being a registered nurse, she is going into the solid stuff with like a whole gang of stuff that she's learned from the hospital, et cetera. A lot of stuff that Chrissy talks about in this piece of literature and Jill was like, chrissy, Chrissy knows what she's talking about. She's on one. And so we're just kind of laughing and going through some of the meal prep stuff and some of the feeding techniques and how you want to have your baby set up in in a high chair and eliminate distractions. Christy touches on a lot of cool stuff in this, so make sure to check her out on Feeding with Confidence. And Christy Schlesinger, thank you for sending that in.

[D]

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[E]

So you want to start a business. You might think you need a team of people and fancy tech skills, but you don't. You just need GoDaddy arrow. I'm Walton Goggins and as an actor, I'm an expert in looking like I know what I'm doing even when I don't. And I like the sound of starting my own business. Walton Goggins goggle glasses. But I'm an actor. I don't know what I'm doing. I needed help. Godaddy Arrow uses AI to create everything you need to grow a business. It'll make you a unique logo, it'll create a custom website, it'll write social posts for you, and even set you up with a social media calendar. I didn't even realize I needed a social media calendar. GoDaddy Arrow will take your idea that sounds good and make a business that looks like you know what you're doing. GoDaddy Arrow can get your business up and running in minutes. You know what that sounds like? It sounds like a plan. Get [e-mail] aero that's godaddy.com airo breaking news everybody.

[B]

Not everything is terrible. I repeat, not everything is terrible. The ripple effect with Jenna Kim Jones is proof that the Internet, it happens. It hasn't ruined humanity entirely.

[C]

Let me start by saying it's a great day to be a gray shirt team Rubicon. You know, it truly is a team. Those folks, myself included, all had one desire, which is helping folks in disaster. Trying to be a little bit of hope in a really, really bad situation.

[B]

It's like magic. You Guys. So put down your doom scroller and pick up your faith in humanity and join me, Jenna, for the Ripple Effect. It's a reminder that you can start a ripple that changes everything. You really can.

[C]

We give just that nugget of hope helping other people. For some of our gray shirts, it's during a time when they need help and by helping others, it helps them.

[B]

Listen to the ripple effect with Jenna Kim Jones on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[G]

Hey, it's Ryan Seacrest for Albertsons and Safeway. Flu season is here and the in store pharmacy has you covered with a free flu shot with most insurance plan plans. And as a thank you, get up to $20 off your grocery purchase. Plus it's cough and cold season. Stock up on all the season's essentials and get ready for relief with discounts on items like Mucinex Children's Multi Symptom cold medicine, Zara B's children's cough syrup and emergency. Offer ends January 27th. Restrictions apply and offers may vary by location. Visit Albertsons or Safeway.com for more details.

[C]

Guys, we hope you enjoyed the rest of this episode. The rest of this podcast put put a little emoji down at the bottom. What emoji should we do? If you listen to this entire segment. Thank you segment. Put a little beach, a little peach. Thank you guys. Enjoy the rest of the episode.

[A]

I got one here from Ashton Carprey.

[C]

Oh Ashton.

[A]

Ashton Carprey. This one is. This one is a new dad. Shout out. Willie One shell Fat Stafford. Chef Bama owns Tennessee Jackson back and Deke the Wise. The time has come. It is 2.30am Currently sitting at the foot of the bed of an absolute trooper, she is housing a greater than 99th percentile terrorist whom I thought just pissed herself. Turns out her water broke. Good, good. I just want to reach out and thank you all for the not professional advice and all of the under an hour soads. When that test showed positive I was completely filled with joy and fear. This podcast has taught me that the suck will happen and then trenches are dug deep. But when you all have but what you all have also shown from your deep rooted love and passion for your girls is that it is all worth it. So hopefully here in the next 24 hours we will be welcoming our first daughter Maple Joe. Let's go. Shout out Ashton. Shout out you guys man. And good luck. I hope everything went well.

[C]

I love the name Maple by the way.

[A]

Note yeah. Maple Joe. Maple Joe makes you think of Scotty Joe Joe and I do love maple. Just a little syrup, little something, a little Vermont 1% maple syrup.

[C]

Maple Joe.

[A]

Yeah. Maple Joe.

[C]

That's how Maple Joe sounds like. They could give you good advice at any time.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Yes. Maple Joe. Yeah. You run that by Maple Joe.

[F]

Maple Joe sounds kind of like an Auburn fan name. I think she might make a great one.

[A]

Back. Congratulations, daughter. She's gonna make a great Auburn fan.

[F]

Those. I didn't go for Tennessee. I went for Auburn. I stooped a little.

[C]

Yeah.

[F]

Congratulations.

[A]

That's amazing.

[C]

Or Eagle. Maple. Michael, Panel 4335 on YouTube said joining PT6 in May, recently found this podcast I am an episode. I am on episode 12. Already got the wifey hooked on it as well. And we hope to be all caught up by the time baby boy comes. Congratulations, Will. I'm a lot like you when it comes to building things. Embracing the suck already in regards to the nursery. Commenting on the most recent episode in hopes to see it shared on the show. Keep up the good work, boys. Michael, thank you for speed touring.

[A]

Thank you, Michael. Michael. One shelf. One shelf.

[C]

Mikey. One shelf, baby Mikey.

[A]

One shelf. If he has my mentality, I know he's embracing the suck right now. If he has. If he has my mentality of playing chess, you jump on task, grab it or something else.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

Well get somebody over there when the hours when mom's out haven't put together that crib, have put together that shelf, cabinet, whatever it is, and then when mom walks in the door.

[C]

But yeah, a lot of people like.

[A]

You want shelf handled that a lot.

[C]

Of people sleeping on one shelf. This is your cube that you used a power saw and you're able to cut out a square of wood. I thought you operated quite nicely.

[A]

Thank you.

[C]

Willie. One shelf.

[A]

Thank you. And yeah, look, I'm not. I'm not like a third grader out there operating on somebody. You struggle to read directions at times.

[C]

They will remain unnamed. But we had some people strip some screws. Yeah, you did not strip your screw. You did a great job.

[A]

Thank you.

[C]

From Willy. One shelf.

[A]

Willy One show.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

Really? One shelf for where I'm at in the. In the pecking order.

[C]

Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Very quickly. I wanted to kick it over to crack a cold one.

[A]

Before we crack a cold wine. I just want to remind people, please, for chances to be featured on the episode again. You, you, you write in comments in our comment sections on YouTube, Spotify, social media. The boys find them. We feature a lot of stuff on this on this show also, we'll get to the voicemails later, but you can always write in 601 the dads call in and leave a voicemail or write in if you're international or would rather write in an email. 601 the dads at Gmail.

[C]

And as we discussed and kind of decided on last week's episode. You get a hat. You get a hat. Email in.

[A]

So email is hat. Yeah, yeah. Okay.

[C]

A cap. Yeah, you get a cap.

[F]

It has to be read on the show.

[C]

It has to be read on the.

[F]

Show because that's a lot of email.

[C]

And they have to be an international write in, I believe.

[A]

Right? They just get feed out. Because there's some people that might not just that just prefer to write in email. Gather their s. Gather their thoughts. Put it down on. Put it down on the computer.

[C]

They're in witness protection. They can't have their voice on a podcast, you know, but they're a PT sicko.

[A]

It'd be fun to get a voicemail where you kind of got that. That automated voice.

[C]

Willy1 Show F. Snuff who. That would be fun.

[A]

They have to hide behind that voice because they're going to continue to, like, call out people in this family by name.

[C]

My wife, my daughter's starting to act more and more like my wife, and it's driving me crazy. Like, hey, this guy. Do we have his phone number? We need to locate this guy.

[A]

Oh, crack a cold one.

[C]

Crack a cold one.

[A]

Brought to us by. Tell him Ollipop. It's official, boys. We're Olipop podcast right now. Now, Ollie Pop podcast for all of 2026.

[C]

Crack the Cold one will be brought to you by Ollie Pop.

[A]

Yeah, a lot. And there's a lot of conversation out there about Ollipop. I. I feel like I put out stuff now and I could just be. I could be talking about just classic grape and people are wondering why it slid down in the rankings. Hey, where's the love for Ridge Rush? Where's the love for Ridge Rush? Where's the love for vintage cola? Where's the love for root beer? We were. Somebody was talking about root beer. I think you're sleeping on. I think root beer is a qual. But if there's one thing I'm going to be with you guys on this podcast. It's honest. It's honest. And I think that's why Ollipop trusts for the dads. But this episode is brought to us by Olipop.

[C]

It sure is. It sure is. This. This episode Is brought to us by Ollipop. And they sent us some Shirley Temples.

[A]

I can't wait to try. I haven't tried it yet.

[C]

Get. Get in there. Get in.

[A]

Crack a cold one.

[C]

It sounds good. How's it taste?

[A]

That's quite lovely. That's quite lovely. If I think about where my rankings are with Ollie Pop. And by the way, guys we talk about on every episode went into a big time last week, but 9 grams of prebiotic fiber, 2 to 5 grams of sugar per can in. In each of these cans. So if you're a big. If you're a soda drinker and you're looking to find substitute, a quality substitute that's good for your gut and good for your taste buds, It's Ollipop. If you don't like drinking water all the time, you like to switch it up a little bit. Ollipop. They're everywhere. Go find Ollipop everywhere. Anytime I walk into a gas station, I had to find the Ollipops.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

My local gas station, my local spot that I go to three, four times a week, they have watermelon lime. Oh, and watermelon lime is.

[C]

Which I right now.

[A]

Cemented. Cemented. Written in pencil, not pen, not sharpie.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

But my number two slot is taken up by watermelon lime.

[F]

Really?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Number one is crisp apple. Okay. Number two is watermelon lime. Number three is classic grape. These are all phenomenal drinks. It's just. You gotta. You gotta rank them.

[C]

You know what I mean?

[A]

My number four is cream soda. My number five might be the Shirley Temple.

[C]

Really?

[A]

Yeah, I like it. I think very pleasant.

[C]

The Shirley Temple. It's. This is the same note that I give with almost every Ollipop flavor. It's so light, dude. It's so light. It has really, really good taste. But I don't know how to describe it other than it kind of. It's like I'm drinking water on the lightness, full effect of, like, bubble guts. All that stuff. I feel like I'm drinking water. Water. But it tastes like traditional soda. I don't know. A big.

[A]

You were. You were a big soda guy. Was.

[C]

Now I'm just a big ollie pop guy.

[A]

Because we'd be gooning you back. I'm sitting here with this 32 ounce. I just got down at the gas station. So I found soda buddy. And he'd be bubbling. You'd have to take breaks. A liter, liter of cola.

[C]

Now I need a leader at Ollipop. That's what I need. Yeah, I. I got you can get a free can of Ollipop Wood will if you buy any two cans of Olipop in store and they will pay you back for one of those Olipops on the back end. Works on any flavor at any retailer. All you have to do is go to drinkolipop.com forward/busingwiththeboys. So that's buy any two cans of Olipop in store and they will pay you back for one of them. So it's buy one, get one. Dude, it's Bogo. Bogo Olipop.

[A]

All you gotta do is get two Olipops and you can get one free.

[C]

Come on, buy. Yeah, buy any two cans and you'll get one free. Little Bogo Action Olipop sold online drinkolipop.com/Amazon and available in the soda aisle and with the chilled beverages at thousands of re retailers nationwide, including Walmart and Target.

[A]

Alip Papa Team 6.

[C]

Ali Papa Team 6. Man Crack A cold one goes to our brunch.

[A]

That's going to be mine, which I.

[C]

I thought it would be. And dude, it was just so much fun. I. For so many reasons. We already talked about Ryu interacting with Scarlet. I got to play with Rue a bunch. It was fun getting to see her interaction with Scotty, her sister. It was fun getting to see her interactions with you. She was really wanting to pull me into pulling a prank on Willie. One shelf. She wanted to get you so bad that with that, she was invisible. Where. Where's Rue? Where's Rue? And she's like, uncle Sherm, you. You know, ask.

[A]

Ask.

[C]

Ask my dad as. Where is Rue? She's getting me in on it. She's hiding behind me. Will walks out the the damn restaurant. He walked out of the restaurant.

[A]

He goes, where's Rue? And I just see, like, Rue's little head popping behind his back. Like, he's just sitting on a bit. He's sitting on, like, the bench in the booth. The, like the booth side. And rouge is high. Mom. And he's like, hey, where's Rue? And I was like, oh, where's Rue? Anybody know where?

[C]

And I'm being serious. This isn't a game. Where's your daughter? I've like, I really. I was.

[A]

Yeah, he's playing it. I was like, oh, anybody seen Rue? Hey, guys, is Rue back there? And I got up. I'm like, oh, my gosh. I don't know where is. I'm gonna go. Have to go check the car. I'm gonna have to go outside. So I get up and start walking And I'm like, where's Rue?

[C]

She is losing it. I just feel this vibration on my back of her losing it behind me, thinking it's the funniest thing in the world.

[A]

And I'm thinking in my head, hopefully she says something so dad doesn't have to go outside and pretend to walk to the car.

[C]

Did you hear? Could you hear me?

[A]

Yeah, I could hear. I could hear, sir. I'm trying to get her to say, like, hey, tell him. Tell him, like. And I walk outside, and I'm like, well, now I'm outside, and I gotta walk around the corner here. Then I see the windows. I'm like, all right, maybe I can look in the windows and so I don't have to walk all the way to the car.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[A]

I'm trying to think, okay? In her mind, if she knows that that is leaving. Leaving the building, maybe she'll panic a little bit. She's like, dad, I'm right here. I'm right here. It's all good.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

But no, she kept the prank alive to where I'm in the window. And then I look, and I'm like, oh, my God, there you are.

[C]

Literally, what he did. He goes through the window.

[A]

Another party sitting there, like, looking over at me, probably wondering if I'm, like, looking at them.

[C]

They're like this psycho. What are they like?

[A]

Oh, my God. Walk inside. I'm like, dude, dude, where were you?

[C]

She's just not even talking. She's laughing so hard. Yeah, what's the story?

[F]

I heard you did not defend her from a bear. There was a bear? Oh, can we hear about that one?

[C]

Sure. Yeah. Wait, did. Did you post that? The. The bathroom thing?

[A]

The bathroom thing?

[C]

When. When she went to the bathroom.

[A]

Oh, yeah. My story on my story. Yeah, I storied it. I mean, I can give the video for context. Okay.

[C]

Yeah. Video for context. I want to give my video, too, because that was hilarious, but you go.

[A]

Matter of fact, there we go. I can build on the crack of cold one.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

The moment that Rue was like, dad, I need to go potty. I want Uncle Sherman to take me potty. You know, I'm being Scotty, and I'm already laughing in my head because just as a new dad, like, when your daughter. I'm thinking more girl dads. Because, boys, I don't see it being. It wouldn't feel this way.

[C]

Way.

[A]

But having your daughter. And then she gets the. To the point to where she can go potty on her own as long as, like, somebody's there to, you know, chaperone or, like, take her. And I just remember the first feelings I had when I was in public. And she's like, ah, dad, I need to go potty. I want you to take me potty. And mom's sitting right there. And then I'm like, do. Do I just take her in the men's bathroom? She's like, yeah, just take her into the stall. The men's bathroom. Like, okay. But just feeling what. What I was feeling with my own daughter being like, oh, I guess I just take her into a stall in the men's bathroom bathroom. Just knowing that she wanted uncle Sherm to take her. And I'm laughing to myself because I'm like, yeah, Uncle Sherm can take you. It can take you potty. And, like, sherm, you gotta go. She wants you to take her potty. And I'm just assuming Sherm's like, is this really gonna happen? Are you kind of messing with me right now, my dude? She wants you to take her, but you want Sherman to take your potty? And she's like, yeah, like, Sherm, take her to the bathroom, man. And he's like, oh, do I just. Do I just. I'm like, dude, she knows everything to do. You're just. She just wants you. She. She just wants you to take acre.

[C]

I'm outside of the bathroom because this is my first potty trip of all time. I look in the bathroom, there's no stall. So I'm like. I look at Will, and I'm like, it's just a.

[A]

Like, it's just a room with one toilet.

[C]

I'm like, do I. Do I go in there, or am.

[A]

I right here with, like, panic in his eyes? And I'm looking at. Smiling. Yeah, I'm looking at smiling.

[C]

Like.

[A]

She goes. And she sits. Think he's going to go. He'll just wait outside. All right, I took your potty. Like, go in there and do. Do what you do.

[C]

She sits on the toilet, and I'm just looking like, toilets over here. And there's like, a mirror and hand dryer, paper towel and soap thing. And I'm just, like, kind of staring at. I'm staring at the soap thing. I'm kind of like, eyes are like this, like, over here, and R's over here peeing. And she goes, uncle Sher, why. Why you not watch? And I go, that's a good question, R. I was like, I am. You know, I'm just kind of looking at the secret now. I don't know I'm just. Because I'm thinking in my head, to answer why I'm not watching is just a whole other. That's a whole other avenue to go down. I'm like, that's a great question. And then she goes, oh, the toilet paper is far. And it was really far from her. And I was like, oh, to Will's exact point. Point, hey, there's gonna be stuff out of reach for you. Just like, you put it in her vicinity. And so I moved it over, and then there was a little thing to put your phone on top of the toilet paper. And she was like, uncle Sherman, what's this? And she's just sitting on the toilet. And I'm like, that is. You know, probably you put some soap there. You put some. You put your phone there. And as I'm talking to her, she's getting bored, and she just goes, there's a bear. There's a bear. And she grabs the toilet paper and starts wiping, gets off the toilet. She goes, uncle, sir, there's a bear. We gotta go. We gotta go. And I'm like, you gotta wash your hands. You gotta wash your hands. She could reach the soap thing, and she couldn't get her hand, like, high enough. So I just do the soap thing, and I scrape it on.

[A]

You're learning as you go, like, you can't reach that. Let me just. Here you go.

[C]

Rude. Turn on the sink. Oh, man. That was. That was an experience, dude. That was an experience.

[F]

Anytime I don't want to be in a conversation with someone from now on, I'll be like, there's a bear in this room.

[C]

We got to get out of here right now. There is a bear that will attack us, and we need to go. And Will's like, you didn't try and save her from the bear? I said, no, we're out of there.

[A]

Rs, like, breaking it down. How rude. Didn't save her from the bear. And I just look over. Sherman, how'd it go?

[C]

Good.

[A]

She's wondering why I wasn't looking at her.

[C]

Why you not watch? Yeah, why you not watch?

[A]

No, why you not watch me?

[C]

I don't know, Rick.

[D]

Real.

[C]

It's. Yeah, this a good call. I don't know why I don't watch.

[A]

Dude, she's so adorable. She says, like. Instead of, like, I really say, I really want to do that, she says, I very want to do that. Oh, yeah, It's. It's just very. She substitutes very, very. Oh, really?

[C]

That.

[A]

It's adorable, bro.

[C]

Her forgetting to hug Scarlett And I. They were like 90 of the way to Will Scar. And she turns to Will and goes, I didn't. I didn't say bye to Uncle Sher Scarlet. And she just comes running down that little wind tunnel. Uncle German. Uncle German. She's sprinting at me. I'm like, dude, this is unreal levels of cute. It was unreal levels of cute. Yeah.

[A]

It would have went sideways quick had she not said goodbye to you guys.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

He goes sideways quick with us if she doesn't tell us, like, goodbye hugs, kiss, three squeezes. Like, three different times.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Or because again, her sign off is, don't let the bedbugs bite. Go be great. Like, go. Don't let the bedbugs bite. In any situation. It could be 11 in the morning. Don't let the bedbugs bite. Go be great. And you got to say it back to her.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You're like, go. Don't let the bedbugs bite. Go be great. It's like, oh, you too. She's like, don't let the bedbugs bite. Go be girl. Go. Don't let the bedbugs bite. Go be great.

[C]

That's good game. I. That'll be in my repertoire for next time.

[A]

Yeah, dude.

[C]

The little hug that she gave Scarlett, too, of she goes, turn her around. Like the.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

You know, thing was facing that way. And I turned the stroller around down, and she put her whole body on top of Scarlet in the stroller and put her cheek on Scarlett's cheek and just patted like this. I was like, oh, my God, dude.

[A]

Every night, whenever I'm putting Scotty down, every night, Rue has to go in. Like, when your lights can be off. Lights can be on when you're getting ready. But, like, last night, lights are off. She walks in. She just comes in quietly. She knows the drill.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

All she wants to do is give Scotty a hug, kiss, and three, squeeze. Jesus. Oh, yeah. She comes over. Scotty will just be knocking the bottle out, and she'll lean in and kind of do the hug, give her a kiss on the head, and then just grab, like, her wrist or forearm that's on the. Because her hands attached to the bottle. And she'll be like, one, two, three. I love you.

[C]

She's like.

[A]

As she shut the door. Okay, don't the bedbugs bike. Scotty. Go be great. Every night when she walks out. There was chaos happening the other night because we were flying out to New York. Charles had a workshop, and so we had the babysitter over helping Me out with bedtime because I had to leave before, like, 8 o' clock clock. And so I was putting Scotty down. I'm like, hey. And she knows, like, r walk you through the whole routine. But I hear Rue losing it because she's trying to basically ask Ava if she can go in. She's like, I always go in there and give Scotty a hug, kiss, and three squeezes. But Ava doesn't know she hasn't been in this situation. And to her, she's like, no, you know, that is putting down Scotty. You can't go in there. And r just losing her mind, going batshit outside the door. And I can hear it.

[C]

R. When you said, mind your P's and Q's with Rue, it will could not be more correct of like, everything is like DEFCON 1. And in Riz life.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah. Like, if we aren't going by the books, this is not good.

[A]

Yeah. If you're not going by the structure. She knows and understands thoroughly.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

There will be problems.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

And she's like, I do it every night. I do it every night. Leave me alone, Ava. Like, I'm just like. I'm trying to text Ava, you can let her in here. And I'm like, rue, come up here.

[D]

Beer.

[A]

And then she, like, comes in. I'm like, what's wrong, sw? She's like, I just wanted to give Scotty a hug kiss. I'm like, here you go. She gives her hug, kiss, three squeezes, then she's from there. She's just in a. The mood's fine.

[C]

Yeah. Then we're. Yeah, we're off to the races.

[A]

She's Let her know I do this every night. I'm telling you, you're wrong in this situation.

[C]

Remind. Reminds me of someone. Reminds me of someone. Oh, dude. Unreal.

[A]

I have some. I have some dad hacks here. Some write ins.

[C]

Yes, please.

[A]

Want to hit some dad hacks. By the way, ordered the ordering that. That's not Sucker system that operation.

[C]

Did you really?

[A]

Yeah. I still got to do it, Charles. Like, they're like 75 bucks. I'm like, sweetheart, what are we talking about here? This could be a much easier experience for the kids. Like, we have a pretty good life. We can. We can get a 75 snot sucker number one. I want to play with it. I want to use it for my number knows.

[C]

I will say, hopefully Charo uses it one time and says, worth every penny because that's how. That's how I felt in comparing it to the manual. Snot. Sucker.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, we got one here. A dad hack from Ryan Ridley on Spotify. Ryan Ridley, top three most inspiring people in my life other than my wife and mother. One, Thomas Jefferson. Two, Kobe Bryant. Three. Will Compton. Thank you for all you guys do. Makes the daily grind a little bit more entertaining training. P S Sherman, you are my top 10 favorite people in the podcast world. Taylor Lawan is 19.

[C]

Okay, who that guy?

[A]

Those under the dad hacks pile.

[C]

Who was that from?

[A]

Ryan Ridley.

[C]

Ryan, thank you. That's. That is extremely flattering. Thank you very much. Ryan. Crack the top 10. I got one from Mariana Graham. She says, boys, my boy. This is a DM on Instagram. Boys, my boyfriend, Jay Hernandez, and I love your podcast so much. His birthday is January 17th, and I so badly want to shout him out on the pod if possible. Even if it's not the same day, Just for him to hear at any point would be crazy. Please tell me anything I can do to make this happen. We love the hearts that you have for your family. And one day, when we're married, the way I want to tell him he's a dad. The way I want to tell him he's a dad is literally by putting out pt6 merch on the table. Thanks so much for the consideration, and God bless y'.

[D]

All.

[C]

He's a strong, compassionate, and so patient and just the funniest and most handsome guy I know. The definition of nothing is not my job. Such a hard worker, and I am so proud of the man, the man of God that he is. If anyone deserves a B day shout out, it's my man Jay.

[A]

Dude. Happy birthday, Jay Jay.

[C]

You already got the best gift of all time, bro. That's crazy.

[A]

Sounds like Jay crushes it.

[C]

And what a writing dude. Jay crushes. They're not even married yet. And she's like, this is. This is the guy. I'm telling you, I can't wait to have kids with them. Can't wait to. For him to be a father. Other semen Team six. Happy birthday.

[A]

Happy birthday, bro.

[C]

Jay Hernandez. Good Lord.

[A]

What's the. Was the. Was that a dad hack pile? The dad hacks deek.

[F]

Yesterday was a tough day for me, so I. I need a little grace.

[A]

Here, man dad hack. Find you a woman that's going to write something like that to be featured on for the day.

[C]

It was a good dad.

[A]

Good dad. My second dad hack is. This one comes from Cheney. Got it. PT6 Sicko on YouTube to all. PT6. This Jilly Bean situation, fellas, is something we should not take lightly. Again, if you listen to the episode last week, Jilly Bean wrote a comment in on Facebook and somebody said, yeah.

[C]

Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

What was the comment back? It's like, hey, how about you stop asking for people to raise your kids and you raise them. You raise them yourself.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You stupid B word.

[C]

Yeah. No tr Truly like you, you effing B. And you're a piece of.

[A]

Right. Essentially because Jilly Bean was asking if there were any sitters in the area, went to a Facebook group and was just trying to vet like, hey, any recommendations out there for babysitters? Me and hubby were trying to go on a date night. Can we set up a sting operation? These are the PT Sickos. I've been waiting to show them.

[C]

What's his name again?

[A]

This is Cheney. Got it. PT6 Sicko. Can we create another profile and post something similar to what Jill posted so we can lure this jackass out again? Because you know, this isn't the first time he's had something on that Facebook group. Just an idea. Hey, those are people you go to war.

[C]

I'll tell you right now. Channing, Channing, Channy. Channy.

[A]

Chaney.

[C]

Chany. Rainy. I will find this Facebook group and I will post in there and I'll, you know, put the babysitter thing out there and we'll see if we can't catch one. We'll see if we can't catch one. Because I would love.

[A]

Here we go again.

[C]

There's another one.

[D]

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[B]

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[C]

Let me start by saying it's a great day to be a gray shirt team Rubicon. You know, it truly is a team. Those folks, myself included, all had one desire, which is helping folks in disaster. Trying to be a little bit of hope in a really, really bad situation. Situation.

[B]

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[C]

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[B]

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[G]

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[C]

That doesn't want to raise their kid. They want the village to raise it.

[A]

Yeah, it's time to set up this sting operation. Shout out Cheney for this. That's it. That's a dad hack.

[C]

That's a dad hack.

[A]

Lure him out.

[C]

Lure him out. That is a good data.

[A]

I thought dads work together. Yes, that's how Dads work together.

[C]

R.canner5700 on YouTube he said. I've recently graduated from Buds to PT6. Congratulations. Wifey went into labor on New Year's Eve and after a very a few very stressful moments in the hospital, our firstborn boy Henry was brought into the World on January 2nd. Couldn't be happier and I have our very own bear cub to call our own dude. January 2nd. That was literally last week. Congratulations. A few dad hacks that I was already able to pick in up even after only being a dad for less than a week. I bought wifey a pair of cheap walkie talkies for Christmas for us to use while we're in the newborn trenches. I can already tell you that saying this is Papa Bear. Come in Mama Bear over the radio has already been useful and brought some fun into our new journey of parenthood. This is great.

[A]

That is awesome.

[C]

I want walkies immediately for expecting dads. Go ahead and buy yourself some Halo brand baby swaddles. We couldn't for the life of us get the traditional swaddle or or even Velcro swaddle to work the first few days, but the Halo has been a godsend. Do yourself a favor and get on that. I have heard Jill bring up Halo before. That's like a big brand. Biggest thing I was worried about before becoming a father was whether or not I'd be able to quote unquote lock in and think clearly in terms of helping out mom, taking care of our little man, etc. However, if you just follow what these guys say and embrace the suck both in the hospital and at home, you'll be hooked in terms of being a flat father, which will in turn help wifey get more sleep and get through this very difficult adjustment period. Skin to skin. Decluttering the house and picking up a lot of the late shifts might sound like more work, but just embracing it all will actually 100% make it easier to navigate. Love what you Guys, do you guys truly help me prepare for this new journey? Your boy, Ryan, AKA Smalls.

[A]

Dude, shout out Ryan. That's a good. That's a good. Write in a lot of good dad hacks in there, too.

[C]

Fabulous list. Right? Right in. Ryan murdered it with the walkie talkies.

[A]

Murdered it with the walkie talkies coming. And Sneaky Sneaky is decluttering the house and picking up. Picking up late night shifts. Yeah, just like viewing it that way is. He doesn't know how much of a W that is.

[C]

Extra miniature dad hack. When they tell you, that's okay, I can do it. Go ahead and do it without the telling them.

[A]

Do it without telling them.

[C]

Doing it, bro. And then they'll go, oh, did you move that? Blah, blah, blah. Oh, yeah, yeah. I did that earlier. No, you don't have to do that. It's fine. That's an immediate go do it and don't even tell them about it.

[A]

Yeah. And then when you see him going to come across whatever it is, like, say you cleaned off the island.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

She gets up from the couch, she goes over. She might get herself an Olipop out of the fridge, of course. And then she notices the island. You have to be ready. Ready for when you were sitting back in the chair and you're kind of watching like when she's gonna. When is she gonna pick this up? And then she sees and she kind of like looks around and then like, like looks over at you and you're just gonna be sitting there like, ask who did that. Go ahead and ask.

[C]

I'm on top of the world.

[A]

I'm on top of the world.

[C]

Truly, there is no better feeling.

[A]

None.

[C]

And that is the best feeling to hit him either with the hand wipes or the. The who loves you, baby?

[A]

Yeah. I was hoping to set something up like that last night. Whenever I didn't wash ruse hair on Sunday night and got it washed last night. We're recording right now on Tuesday.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But mom calls to, like, check in, let her know she's on her way. And you. Which dinner. Which dinner do we got rolling tonight? Yeah, something. We were catching up on something, and Rue just leans in. It's because she's got her PJs on fresh at a just brand new cleanup hair. She's like, mama, I wash my hair. And kind of blew the surprise before mama came home because I was waiting for mama to see Rue. Oh, Rue. And gives her a hug like, oh, you're clean. And then I was just going to be standing There, like you doubted me, didn't you? Told you you wasn't going to have to do nothing. Told you I'd get her hair washed.

[C]

R spoils it before you even have your cuz.

[A]

I'm sitting there on speaker, and then, you know, Scotty hears mom's voice. She's by the chair, like, lean, leaning over top of the chair.

[C]

Oh, this was over the phone.

[A]

Over the phone, on speaker when you're gonna be home or she's 15 minutes away. She's like, mama, I wash my hair. And I just go, damn it, Rue. She goes, dang it. Dang it. Yeah. Dang it, Rue.

[C]

Hey, they. I think Rue is very intelligent. I'm not just saying that Rio's very intelligent. She's at that. That phase that. I think you could have the talk with their of R. You. You could really be dad's number one girl if you. What I need you to do is make dada look as good as possible in front of mamas. This is what's going to happen. These are the steps that we're going to take.

[A]

I.

[C]

You. I am fully bringing you to my side. These are the ways that you can assist me. Yeah, I think she. She might be ready for that.

[A]

That talk frame in a way to empower her. Empower that she has.

[C]

This is a big opportunity for you, Rue.

[A]

Let her know it's not for me.

[C]

Oh, no.

[A]

For her.

[C]

For you.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

You could really do some damage here. Real.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Oh, the kitchen smells so good. Oh, really, Rue? Oh, my gosh. Oh, yeah, the kitchen does smell good, honey. Oh, yeah. Well, I cleaned it, I guess. I don't know what Rue's talking about.

[A]

But just right when mom comes home, that I did a really good job cleaning the entire kitchen. Sweetheart, you don't have to say that.

[E]

Real.

[A]

Toss her a cookie on the side. Keep it up, Keep it up.

[C]

There we go. Okay, I have two voicemails.

[A]

Perfect. Let's rip them.

[C]

Just a reminder. You call in, you get free merch.

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Six zero one the dad.

[C]

601 the dads. That's the call in number you don't want to call in. You ride in 601 the dads at Gmail you get a hat. Boom. This one's titled don't eat my Oreos. What up, boys? On my emergency gas station run, my wife is 35 weeks pregnant. Yeah, he's in the trenches. First baby here any day.

[A]

She sleeping?

[C]

Well, he ain't sleeping. We kind of have an unwritten rule pool at our house, but I'm not allowed to eat anything if it's the last, like, thing of it. Like last cookie in the jar. So that ties into this story. We had some Oreos in the cabinet, and there was like three left for about a week. And I just followed that unwritten rule rule and didn't eat them. Well, tonight comes along, it's been about a week, like I said, and your boy was hungry.

[A]

Daddy's hungry.

[C]

So I snacked on three Oreos. It is currently 8:50. My wife's laying in bed. This is a broken man. Can I have some of those Oreos that are left in the cabinet? And God damn it. Thank God the gas station was open. Happen though, your boy got some Oreos. Peace out, boys. This is a broken man.

[A]

God damn it. Hey, that's a broken man right there. That's a man who's just been overruled. You can't have the last of whatever it is in the pantry that I might want. He doesn't know what to do. He doesn't know how to communicate. Right. Third wife's 35 weeks pregnant. He can't really say a whole lot.

[C]

You're not doing. You're not doing anything wrong. It's okay. You should be a broken man in 35 weeks.

[A]

And can I say this?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

He made the right call eating the last three.

[C]

He did.

[A]

If they've been sitting there for a week, nobody, only psychos might eat one or two Oreos at a time. But if there's a three piece in there, that's like the serving size and the.

[C]

And the. The little. Just glass of milk slides in right next to those three or four, oh, my God.

[F]

Who leaves three Oreos in the pack and goes. Yeah, we're gonna leave three left. To me, that's.

[A]

I don't mind the thought of the three Oreos, but it gets confusing because there's three that's been sitting there for a week. And when I go in and I'm thinking, I'm gonna get me some Oreos, you're gonna eat a few Oreos at least. If there's three left, that's a fine serving right there. That's decent. It's not gonna. It's not, you know, it's kind of like a reminder. Okay. I don't need more than three, but there's three here. That's good enough to operate.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Because when you're pouring a glass of milk, you're not just pouring like an inch of milk. If it's one Oreo, like you' yourself a glass of Milk. You might cut it in half. Just do half the glass.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And that right there tells you I'll make those three work with this milk that I have a hundred. Because you're not gonna sit there and pour a quarter of milk in the glass. You're not gonna pour anything in between that. You want a glass of milk and you can't be stuck there. You eat one or two Oreos and then you have a lot of milk left. It just doesn't work like that.

[C]

It does not work like that. Dude. I will say this is only. This is a special occasion. I hate to put the pressure on Olipop here because I definitely am. I think this guy needs more than just merch. He needs something a little sweet. I think we. I think he needs a little Olipops in his way too. He needs a little treat.

[A]

Oh, you think we can get the power to send Olipop to people?

[F]

I thought Sherm was going to pitch Olip milk.

[C]

Oh, for a solid 30 second milk could be good too.

[A]

I'm.

[C]

I'm just reach out to Olipop. We could reach out to Olipop, give the information and say, hey listen, this, this broken, broken man called in and I mean he's eating table scraps. He's eating table scraps. As he should be. 35 week, you know, pregnant mommy, first time dad, I believe. I just think that could be a good opportunity of just give him a little sweet treat. Get that? A little sweet treat.

[A]

We'll see if we could do it. We'll work the back channels.

[C]

We'll work the back channel.

[A]

The power of sending people some ascending like call ins, maybe write whatever it is. We will see if we have the power to dish out Olip.

[C]

That could be fun.

[A]

I think it'd be smart for Olipop.

[C]

That could be smart for Olipop. Don't want to put the pressure.

[A]

Don't want to put the pressure.

[C]

They.

[A]

But they need to. Olipop needs to understand that PT6 is their strongest fan base. Yeah. Yeah.

[C]

And you're going to have a customer for life when that, when that Olipop comes, man. Come on.

[A]

Think about the photo he's going to drop when he gets an Olip at his front door.

[C]

That's going to be the best gift that he's seen. And we. This guy hasn't seen the light in weeks. He needs a win.

[A]

He needs a dub.

[C]

He needs a dub. Quinton From Washington joining PT6 today. Literally today.

[F]

Boys name is Quentin from Washington. Pretty sure I'll be Joining the club today. Had to.

[A]

Let's go, Quentin.

[F]

Life flight. My wife at 33 weeks pregnant up to a bigger hospital. So I am currently making the hour drive to that hospital and just kind of going through the thought of what that's gonna be like. Just wanted to let you guys know. It's great to be prepped and without this podcast there's so much stuff that I just wouldn't have ever thought about or crossed my mind. You guys do great. You know, getting all of us prepped for that moment when it does come. So hopefully expecting a healthy little baby boy. A little premature, but we'll get through that.

[C]

Come on, man. And yeah.

[F]

Appreciate you guys. Love the brand. Keep doing it.

[C]

Quentin on the way.

[A]

Hope everything goes well with baby and mom. Yep. Premature. Maybe a couple Nicku nights. Not sure. Either way, handle it.

[C]

Yeah, you'll have to do the Billy lights, probably the blue lights and you'll just hold, you know, little baby's hands in there. They're going to be crying because they want skin to skin.

[A]

They're going to be crying.

[C]

Who doesn't? But he's. Quinton's going to be dialed.

[A]

Yeah. Quint, thank you for the call in, bro.

[C]

Yes, thank you.

[A]

Shout out. You quinn. New. New pt6. Full on pt6. Member.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Welcoming. Welcoming them left and right, bro.

[D]

I had.

[A]

I had something. Can't remember what it is. Maybe it'll jog my memory as we get into it.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I got some emails.

[A]

Yeah, a couple email write ins here. This one is from Colin Safranick. Godly boy. These last. Some of these last names just sends me in a frenzy and every time I just got my wife in my ear. Like you always kind of mess up the names and you kind of. You need to just say the name if it's right or wrong and just go with it. Like you keep trying to repeat it, you just butcher it even more. Hey boys. Day one sicko. Just wanted to thank you guys for what you're doing and the content you put out. I'm a proud dad. Boy dad of a two year old with another little man on the way in April. Congratulations to you. I have a question for Will about potty training. My son has shown some interest in the toilet and aware when he has to go in the bathroom. Do we start now or wait until after the new baby arrives? I've been told of a regression may happen once the newborn arrives. Just wondering if there was an issue during that time with Rue when Scott Zilla came along. Appreciate the pt6 community shout out my brother in law, wife and sister for my Christmas dad merch always go big red.

[C]

Hey, gbr and gbr, thank you for getting the Christmas merch. That's awesome.

[A]

I know boys are there. It's a little bit different with, with girls. As far as potty training goes, I would say if he's taking interest, like you take any opportunity you can to like expand on that interest of him going potty. I know when Rue, when we potty trained Rue, we just went, no diaper, no nothing for like a good too three days. Because they're, they're becoming more conscious of their body. It's just getting them to go to the toilet.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Like we'd have. Daniel Tiger has this song, like, would you like to go potty? Maybe yes, maybe no. Let's. Let's try and see if you have to go. It's something like that. It's something like that. We got to print it out and put it on the wall in the bathroom. Because he's a big Daniel Tiger fan. Little baron Daniel Tiger. Tiger. And so we would just always have like those conversations with her again. When. When Rue went in and got into potty training mode, like my wife Danny, everybody was on board because I came home and Rue's just naked running around the house one day. I'm like, what's going on? They're like, potty training. I'm like, well, what if she pees on the floor? It's like, this is how you got to kind of throw them into the fire. They got to learn. Because she was like, interested in. She was starting to feel it come along or being like, maybe I have to go potty. And then you go in the potty and kind of sit there and nothing happens.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But that is how we did it. I know boys are a little bit different. Like getting out, getting that, you know, getting that private part, getting correctly.

[C]

There's some, there's some stuff that's got to happen. Yeah. For the standup game, you feel it.

[A]

You just gotta let it go.

[C]

Gotta let go.

[A]

You gotta let it go, man.

[C]

Let go, man. And not right there. Let's do it in the toilet.

[A]

Yeah. But I guess from that. I know I didn't really give you a full answer, but maybe coming up with a jingle or a song, something that when potty time is upon us, you get something that like dives into that interest, so. Oh, hey, you gotta go. Hey, this is awesome. Celebrate it.

[C]

Yeah. Get your own little beat.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Throw a little freestyle beat on And. And you come up with your own song. Yeah, maybe that.

[A]

Yeah. Pee with him.

[C]

Be with. Yeah, man.

[A]

Trying to put myself into the brain of a boy that we gonna figure this out. Watch that. I take a peek.

[C]

Is that your man? Does it. Watch this. I love that I have a email. This could be our last email. And then lesson of the week because we're pressed on time.

[A]

Press on time. Got a key. Stay under an hour.

[C]

This is Michael, Ben Nino. He writes in and says Willie Weinshelf and fat Stafford been rocking with the boys since the busing with the boys days and haven't missed an episode of for the dad since. You two are dangerously good at making grown men feel seen. My wife and I have been together since 17, married and 21. And now we are officially expecting our first kid. Found out it's a girl and her name is going to be Vienna. Congratulations, mom. Michael, fired up and terrified in all the right ways. Sher, hearing you talk about being a new dad has been clutch. I know I'm about to get humbled daily. I know I'm going to be running on fumes. And I know that I'm going to have to step up for my wife and my daughter like never before. I'm a plan. I'm a plan everything, control everything, execute everything type of dude. And listening to you has helped me accept that I'm about to get blitzed from every direction and still have to stand in the pocket and deliver. William, your commitment to everything you touch is a big reason why I'm a die hard. The grind, the passion, the way you attack your day. I relate to that. Heavy. I've been stressing about how I'm going to balance being that dude at work while also being that dude at home. Hearing you talk about it gives me the confidence I am that I am built for it. I am ready to find out what else I have in the tank and make sure I do not fumble when it comes to showing up for my family. My wife is a legend. She's slowly become a fan too. Listens to the pod with me on drives and she even hooked me up with your Christmas merch. Come on, MT6. Come on, MT6. Stay tuned for Valentine's day. That's all I'm gonna say. MT6. I'm pumped about that. But I'm even more pumped to watch her crush this pregnancy and do all the things that make my moms absolute superheroes. Just like Jilly Bean and Charo. Keep it rolling, boys. We lo. We live for sh. This Keep it rolling, boys. We live for this. Sleepless nights ahead. Good. He then followed up 17 hours later. Oh, dear God. I almost forgot about Chef the Man. Dude, for those emailing in, if you give out hats, can we get a Chef hat Would be fire. It's been fun seeing your career get off to a hot start, bro. Don't forget to hit that record button and keep it under an hour.

[A]

What a legend. What was his name?

[C]

Michael Bonino.

[A]

Michael, thank you for the write in, bro. It's all about handling the pressure.

[C]

Yeah, it really is.

[A]

He is. He said, I'm built for it. He is built for it. He's a papa team sixer. He's a PT Sixer.

[C]

Yeah. And he. He brought up, like, all the great things. I think, like, we bring up every single episode. The part that. That I find so funny is that he's like, man, I'm a. I'm a planet guy. I'm a. I'm a. I have it all down to detail guy, Man. Sherman, the way that you're operating, I'm like, I'm the least planned out guy. I'm the least dialed in guy. And so the fact that he's giving me flowers for that, Michael, I'm not deserving of that, But I do thank you for your kind words. And if I'm able to trick y' all into believing that I'm even somewhat planned out, it's because of the things that I've truly learned on the show and from my wife. But thank you, Michael.

[A]

Yeah, he's aside. He's thinking the right way, and you just got to know that the plan is never going to go according to plan.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Any structure. Because I'm big on prioritizing structure, like giving myself some control and power over what the daily operation is going to look like in my life.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But just know, whenever you structure out this plan, write it in pencil. Oh, it can always change. It can always change. And then when it does change, it's all about handling the pressure. He's saying he's going to get blitz. He's got to know he gets blitz. Yeah, but that QBR, that passer rating can't drop below 100.

[C]

Yes. And if his MT6 is built like me and he's more built like Jilly Bean, personality wise, it does balance out. Like, there. There are some pros of, like, my. I would say, laissez faire. Kind of like roll with the punch punches where you can really help bring your partner down. Of like, hey, it's not Going to play. But it's okay. Look at this.

[A]

Boom.

[C]

New option.

[A]

Keeping that enthusiasm.

[C]

Yeah, yeah. We're good. We're good. We're good.

[A]

Good.

[C]

Yes, dude. Yes.

[A]

Goes to good.

[C]

Goes to shit. Good.

[A]

Dude. The hardest thing. I've been thinking about this question too. Like, what is the hardest thing about parenthood? Would you be able to answer that right now?

[C]

Hardest thing about parenthood?

[A]

Because here, here's, here's one of my thoughts. Okay. Because again, it's like it's, it's a. It's all hard. Like it's all difficult.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I feel like the hardest thing about parenthood is knowing that life that you knew it to be before parenthood.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Is now gone. Gone. Yeah. Like killing your old self. Not like the values, the foundational things that make you who you are. But when you get in those moments of chaos with kids, your wife, work.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Like when my man's driving to the gas station, he's having his emergency gas station run. But there's no thought of like, it's. The thought is this is every day, I guess, until they leave the nest.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You know what mean? I. I mean like the responsibility of all of it is now all encompassing and it's on you and the family. Like there's no. I'm gonna take a week off. I'm gonna take the weekend and go to my parents house. You know what I mean? Like some people might do that.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But you like, no matter what. Like the hardest thing is knowing that all the not like fun because there's a lot. There's all. It's nothing but new fun in parenthood and everything else.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But you just have so many moments of being like, you know, Charl might bring up. Remember we got to just do that. It's like. Yeah, you kind of miss it sometimes. But you obviously love having the family and this new life that you have.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I feel like the hardest thing is knowing that, that those chapters before parenthood, it's like those are things that you just reflect on. That's not. You don't have those freedoms and everything anymore because you have to take on such a massive responsibility. A great responsibility, most fulfilling responsibility. But I think a question that I've kind of just been wrestling with. I would love for, for everybody too. That's listening to this BT6 milk team. Any parent out there.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You know, drop some, drop a comment or anything else.

[C]

I, I think the, I think the. In response to that too. The kind of cool and beautiful thing of just like there's like, something built in us humans that maybe not in everybody, but I feel like in parents. Like, it's a switch that just kind of turns on, and you're all of a sudden been, like, so happy to be in that new world, too.

[A]

Yeah. Like, yeah, for sure.

[C]

It is so hard. Like, I'm not. I'm not saying that. That is.

[A]

Yeah. Like, again, this is, like, a question that's come to my mind, and I'm just kind of bouncing back and forth thinking of ways where it's like, if somebody asked me, what's the hardest thing about parenthood? Like, what would I. What would I say? How would I respond?

[C]

Yeah, it's crazy, like, how stoked I am sometimes to just have Scarlet just, like, sitting on my lap where I would have loved to have my favorite show on, and I'm decompressing after work and all that stuff. But you're just, like. You're kind of playing with Scarlet. She's not doing anything cool if a third party was watching. But I'm every 30 seconds, just like, Jill. Jill should see that. Did you see that she's doing that?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Sherman, she's been doing that for, like, a week now. I haven't seen that. That's great. Like, just all the things that, like, you weirdly but become obsessed with. Are we, like, three minutes? Yeah. We need to wrap now. That could be our lesson of the week. I. I had a. I have a good.

[A]

I have a good. Just quote. This is a Dan Gable quote right here.

[C]

Let me Google a Dan Gable quote.

[A]

On mindset and sacrifice.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

When I'd get tired and want to stop, I'd wonder what my next opponent was doing. Think about what the enemy's doing. Think about what the next dad is doing. I try to visualize him. When I could see him working, I'd start pushing myself hard.

[C]

Harder.

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End quote.

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