Bowl Hats, Tantrums and Rude Strangers

This week on Past our Bedtime: 

When can you finally decorate your house with a climber? (Spoiler: Get a "Days Since Casualty" whiteboard) 

Why does my toddler wear bowls as hats but screams at actual hats? (We have theories) 

How do you handle public tantrums when strangers give unsolicited advice? (Our answer might surprise you) 

Plus: Parenting wins and losses from the week, including the triumphant return of the high five and why our son is officially Ivy League material. 

Got a parenting question that's keeping you up at night? Send us a dm and we'll answer it on a future episode!

Follow us on Instagram @pastourbedtime_pod for clips and more chaos.

Transcript

Late-Night Banter And Weekly Catch-Up

Taylee 0:00

Welcome back. What's up? Yo yo yo. You did it backwards. What? Usually you're yo yo yo. Welcome back. Oh, welcome back, yo yo yo, this time. Yeah, well, I'm welcoming them back. Welcome back. Yeah. Yo yo yo. Yo yo yo. How's it going? My name's Taylor. I'm Braden. And we're up past our bedtime. Yep. Yeah. Way past it. Yeah, I'm tired today. I have a little um virus going on, and it is really destroying me. Yeah, you can stay on that side of the couch. You're the one that wanted to share the audio dip. You're spreading terms.

Braydon 0:51

Really?

Taylee 0:52

Yeah. Plus, you always want to cuddle with me. True. So? How's it going? Not really.

unknown 1:03

Wow.

Country Club Talk And Money Myths

Taylee 1:06

I didn't mean like that. I just met it like at night when I'm trying to sleep. Yeah. Really? Yeah, you've been causing earthquakes in our bed lately. I literally woke up the other night. I thought it was an earthquake. It was just Braden moving and like you shook the whole bed. You're moving so forcefully. We don't know there was a physical earthquake that night, too. Yeah. I think it was a real earthquake, but I don't know. So I don't think it was a week. It's pretty crazy. You've been moving a lot lately. Really? Yeah. Well, what's up? How's your week? Week's been good. Yeah. Just working away. Give us the updates. The updates of the week. Taught some Sunday school classes. Just getting Utah, actually. Yeah. I entertained Max Man. We just walked around the chapel. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I taught, we have like 15 kids. They are ruthless. I think they do. No, they listen to us a little too good. No, they are not listen to us too. Oh, oh. No, they're not parents. Why would they listen to this? Yeah. No, they do listen good. Yeah, they listen too good. If you mess up one time, they won't let you forget. It's gonna get really in my head. So some good stuff. Yeah. The 12-year-olds. Yep. Went hunting. Hiked a long ways. We're almost done. Saw. We're almost we've almost made it. Approximately eight birds. Yeah. That's a rough hunt. I think that means it's time to be done. There's two weeks left. No. You're done. V-Day, me and the birds. Yeah, that's not happening. Not happening. Not happening. Tough stuff. Yeah. And that was basically my week. What about you? Wow, that was the sum up of the weekend, but nice. I just work on Monday and Tuesday. Well, my week? Uh well, yeah, but we there's been a whole week since our last Epi. Yeah, I worked on Friday and Thursday and Wednesday also. Nice. I don't remember anything specific to happen to work. Did I tell you any gossip stuff? Oh, we had my work party. Yeah, we had your whole party. Yeah. It was great. It's good. Went to the country club. Yeah. Mom and dad night out. Yeah, country club is not worth it for the food. I think people do it for like the golf. Isn't that why you join a country club? So you can golf? Yeah. All the time? And just so you can say like, I'm part of a country club. Yeah. They have a pool too. Yeah, that that'd be for me. Oh, it's like in Landman. Yeah. Well, I think all country clubs have a pool, don't they? Yeah. I was saying like in Landman, at the country club. They're at they're at the pool. Yeah. Their food looked better though, honestly. They only show margaritas. Complimentary alcohol at a country club. In Utah, I'm going with no. I think it is everywhere. So that also didn't work. They don't even have alcohol. At country clubs? Yes, they do. They have bars. Dude, we were at the bar. We were. Your coworker got a drink. Oh man. Yeah.

Braydon 4:44

I don't think.

Taylee 4:45

So should we join one? Cool. I don't know. No, you have to pay for the food. So you probably have to pay for the pay. Do you have to pay for the golf? No, you don't have to pay for the golf. Yeah. So that's what that's the deal, I guess you're getting out of it. I don't really know. I guess if you have enough money to pay to be a member at a country club, then don't don't really matter if you're paying for the food. Yeah. But then also, like, why the heck are you paying a member fee if you can't even get free food? It's a fair point. It's a flawed system. Big country club. I'm coming for you. Just roll it in the bell. They are. We should start a country club. Okay. In this past week, we've decided we're gonna buy mineral rights. Actually, just Braden has decided that he's gonna buy mineral rights. If I get to negotiate with the cartel. What? No! I told you you're not allowed to do that. That looked like the fun part. Braden, what do you mean? The fun part being like having a bag over your head and someone threatening to slit your throat? How is that fun? They didn't. But they threatened. Bridin, that would be so selfish. When you have a family and kids at home. Yeah, I won't do that probably. Okay, thank you. Um, but no, for real, like, is your little side hustle with the stocks? Oh, it's going great. Can you get us a country club membership? Um It depends on how much the entry fee is, I guess. But then the monthly fee I could probably cover. Actually? Yeah. How much is a country club? I thought it was like 50 grand a month. Well, yeah, the Madison Club is 50 grand a month or the Kardashians and I only want the best.

Braydon 6:42

I only want the best.

Postpartum Winter Blues And Hawaii Hack

Tests, Anticipation, And Small Joys

Taylee 6:44

No, it won't cover that. The one up there, I'm pretty sure, is like 600 bucks a month. 600 a month? That's nothing. Okay, we could join a club. I don't know how much it is. I mean, that's not nothing. My boss is also like a junior member. Because his dad, his father-in-law, has a membership. Well, we don't have any of that. Under his membership, so I don't really know how much it is. Alright, well. I could have been totally off too. Hopefully my boss doesn't listen to this and be like, what the heck's he talking about? Yeah. Keep your boss out of it. Okay, well, um, also, we have hacked the system. And well, okay, back up. What is I have been feeling the postpartum winter blues. I feel like the postpartum blues have hit me now. Uh. Post breastfeeding. Anyways, been having a rough time, and I really wanted to go somewhere warm. And so we are. That we are. We're going to Hawaii in two weeks. Nah. Nah, sorry, y'all. Catch us later. But we impact the system because guess what? We're going to Hawaii for a total of $750. Flights, hotels, everything. Rental car. Not not food. Not food. But still. We freaking killed it. Yeah, we did pretty good. That's insane. Pretty good deal. Yeah. So basically, we're now those like credit card people. Yeah. You can come to us for like credit card. We're credit card influencers. If you want our referral link, let us know. Yeah. We don't have. Oh yeah, we do have one. We have two. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Give us points. We should just make an ad for that. We should. Yeah. I'm the only thing worthwhile. Use our referral card. So, anyways, um, that's exciting. Yeah, it's pretty exciting. Be nice to chill on the beach. You seem not excited. I'm very excited. You're too chill. Yeah. You gotta go crazy about that. Come on. You gotta get more excited. Well, I was wishing it was next week today. Oh yeah. I'm s no, I like I want I want to have a little more time to look forward to it. Oh, should we postpone? Yeah. No, I like love the feeling of like looking forward to something you know and it's coming up, and then I'm gonna be like, yay! Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's a good amount of time. Oh, perfect. Well yeah. Plus, I got I am locked in right now on my tax test. And I have been grinding, and that I take the day before we leave. So it's all coming up. What's that? What's that saying? Coming up country? Coming up. Coming up country? It's all coming up. Blah blah blah. Coming down the pipe. No, what is that saying? That's the same. I don't know what's going on. Is that saying like referred to like poop? I don't know. Coming down the pipe. No, it's all coming up. Coming up. I don't know. I have no idea what you're going for. But that's coming up, and I'm excited. So yeah. So, um, anything else you want to share? Yeah, I got a question from one of our guests. Oh. Okay, yes. Wait, he's not a guest, I guess. Yeah. Oh, you want you want our special guest to come back? One of our listeners asked a question. Maybe our only listener. Potentially our only listener. Oh my gosh. But he did ask a question. Yes. How long would it take me training in tennis to beat you in a tennis match? Well, I'm also training, correct? He didn't specify. This is perfect. This leads into our bicker of the week. He didn't specify if you were training or not training. We're gonna go with probably training. Yeah, I think we should go with training. Because right now I'm really rusty. Let's answer both questions. If I trained and you didn't train three months. Three months? That is just rude. Braden, you are overconfident in literally everything. It serves me well. Not always. Name a time that served you well. This time. In the results. All the time. I don't think so. It never has not served me well. Okay, literally, I have been playing since I could walk. Yeah, I've been playing pickleball. I've equally pickleball makes your makes you worse. Pickleball has made me way worse at tennis. I don't know. I don't think it could have made me worse at tennis. It did. It does. Okay. I stand by it. No. Three months if you don't train. No, no, no, no, no. Maybe a year if I don't train. In my current state, being postpartum. Here's all you have been working out the whole time I have been postpartum. No. So maybe one year. A full match? Yeah, a full match. Yeah, three months. You would have to serve. You would lose. Okay, Brady. That's the part of the workout for the next three months at least. Let me just do some math for you. You would lose every game that you served. So that's an automatic at least three out of the set. I don't think I would. Why would I? Because I don't think you're making the majority of your serves. No, I just have to get an MVP, a minimum viable product. What? I just have to be able to serve. It doesn't matter if it's fast or slow, I just gotta be able to serve it in. Which I think I can do. I don't think you could do it. Yeah, when we were playing tennis, I could serve it sometimes. You never made a single service. No, you did it. No, you didn't. Okay, deal. Next week. Um, hey, whoever wrote that, can you um babysit for us? Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. But if I am training and you're training one year. I'm crap. I'm going a solid five years. Uh no. I don't think if I was training the same amount as you, I don't think you could ever beat me. Yes, I could. No. I'm saying no, actually. I'm saying never. Well, no, here's the here's the thing though. What? What? Just because you're faster than me? Hmm? No. No matter how much you train, though, uh, like there's a point where everybody plateaus. Bro, my plateau would 1000% be higher than your plateau. No way. You cannot even say that. I literally just watched Nick Kyrgyz. Does I say his name? Yeah, sure. Who hasn't played in two years? Uh beat Irina Sabalenka. He's the number one women's player in the world. So I'm valid in saying that. Okay. I don't that doesn't make you valid in saying that at all. Like in any way.

Braydon 14:26

Really?

Listener Question: Tennis Showdown Debate

Taylee 14:26

Kyrios never really trains. He is naturally good. I don't think you could you do not have that natural skill that he does. I've seen your backhand, bro. There's only one way to find out. It's unexistent. I don't need a backhand not getting into the forehand every time. Okay. Alright. Well, that, yeah, no. If I was training the same amount as you're training, like you could not catch up because I've had years of experience and I learned all that when I was a kid, and you can't get that development, the same type of development as an adult. So I'm sorry. You're screwed. I don't know. You're toast. You lost. Okay. Wow. You agreed. Agreed disagree. Alright. Well, that should move us on to our next figure of the week, where I did find some evidence. Okay, about what? Extracted. What about it? Do you remember? No. We were talking about how you apply for the show. Please explain your theory. Because it's wrong, son. I just assume I didn't I just assumed that if you applied that you would choose which part of the team you were on. Wait, no, that's what I said. I said, no, no, no, no, no. You choose to be the survivor, and you're saying that they No, you were saying that the producers chose which one of the three. You were completely misunderstanding me. I was saying No. No, this so this is the context, for those of you listening. Extract this is a show where there's one survivor and two people in the headquarters. In the headquarters. It's like real life hunger games. Like real life games. So I was saying there's this team where a team of three. Yeah. One survivor. Yeah, I already explained that. So I was saying, because there's this one team where the woman is the survivor, but her husband was a marine and her father slash uncle was also in the army or navy of sorts. But she's the survivor, so it doesn't make sense. So I was just saying, I bet she applied to be the survivor, but I also bet that they submitted a second entry where the husband applied to also be a survivor or the uncle, but the show chose her application. Okay, so. And I disagreed. I think you can only apply once as a team of three. Like. They all only applied once. No, they didn't all only apply once. If one of them is applying, if they're all applying to be the survivor, they're applying three times. How would Fox know which one? I have the application pulled up, son! Shut up! Okay. So you okay, wait. Like we both said the same thing. No, I'm not sure. Just I said they applied three different times. Yes, that's not how it works. So you have to give your information, you have to submit three photos of every three of all the three people, and then you have to say which one is gonna be the survivor, and then why you like to be the survivor, and then you list a minimum of three to four family members who you would want as your people in the thing. Yeah, so that's interesting. No, we're not gonna be able to do that. So technically all three of them could have applied to be a survivor, and she was just the one that got. No, no. Separately, they all could have applied. I don't think they all did. And this actually tells us nothing. We would say the same thing. I mean I don't know. I just still just think I'm right, probably. Okay. But anyways, you know, moving on into a more serious note.

Braydon 18:24

Yeah.

Taylee 18:25

Um, I've been, well, it's February. Month of love. Month of love. So obvious. From my oh my boss is getting brought up a lot in this episode. This feels like an HR violation. This has nothing to do with HR. Um, but my boss talking about Valentine's Day. He said they don't celebrate Valentine's Day because it's just deployed to get people to spend money.

unknown 18:54

What?

Taylee 18:55

Because you can make the argument for every holiday. Yeah, you definitely could. Does he celebrate Christmas? Yeah, but they only buy three gifts. Interesting. It's kind of funny. Sound logic though, because nobody buys stuff really in January and February unless you're buying for Valentine's Day. Well, I don't think we I mean what you buy for Valentine's Day is like a five dollar bouquet of flowers and some chocolate. Consumerism. Most people buy gifts, I think. Really? That's pretty common. Like a lot of gifts? A gift. I mean, well, please, like, if you feel the need. Well, I mean, yes and no, but like love. Don't you want to celebrate love? They still like celebrate it. Wait, you know, you just said they don't celebrate it. Yeah, they don't do anything different. He's like, we go on a date night. Well, that's not celebrating. You said they go on a date night every week anyway, so. Oh, well, they're consumering more than we are. Yeah. Yeah, we don't go on a date night every week. So, like, sometimes it's fun. See, I like having things to look forward to. Nice. And things that separate your day from a normal day. It makes life more fun. Yeah. Yeah. Or just every day could be fun. But if every day was fun, it wouldn't be as fun. Because every day would be the same. It's like this. If every day's like this, it's gonna be like this. But if there's some days that are like this, it's gonna be a little bit better. And then you're riding the wave. Yeah. Yeah. Interesting. You feel me? Interesting logic. I think it's true. Yeah. So, anyways, um, but I've been thinking a lot about how our relationships with each other, you know, in the spirit of love, affect our child.

Braydon 21:42

Yeah.

Reality TV Application Bicker

Taylee 21:43

Yeah. So you feel the love. Well, I hope he feels a lot of love. Yes. I mean, I literally kiss him probably 50 times a day. Like, I if he's near me, like I just kiss his head. I don't know why. It just happens. I'm just like, bless you. Like he's the keep you safe and pure and all the good things. Bless your art. Literally, but like not in the Tyson sense sense. Like in the real sense. That's good. Yeah, he's just so stinking cute. So I think he feels the love from us. Definitely. But does he feel the love for each other? You know what I mean. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But how do you think it affects him? I mean, I think it I don't know. I'm sure like He can sense emotions. So if we're upset, he probably is a little upset or on edge. I'd imagine. Overall, I think it's healthy for him probably to like see conflict in his life and know how to handle it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I think it's like important for him to learn how to handle conflict um successfully or healthily. That's the right word. Yeah. I agree. And you definitely have to see that to be able to do that. Yeah, that's true. I mean, I don't think it's like good to just like fight in front of the No, I'm not saying that. But you definitely they should be a part of like discussions when they're older and stuff like that. Ooh, like about what? I don't know. Everything? What do you mean? Like plans for the family. Goals for the family. Yeah. Disagreements that the families had. I think everyone should be a part of the discussion. Yeah. I guess I can't think of like a disagreement a family has had. Like I don't know. My parents never fought in front of us. Yeah. I don't think mine did attend either. I kinda liked. I mean, I wouldn't I don't think we should fight fight in front of them, but like we're gonna have disagreements, and I think they should like see us have disagreements because we're never gonna agree on everything. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, they should know that like mama always right.

Braydon 24:15

I'm just kidding. Shouldn't they?

Love Month: Modeling Conflict For Kids

Taylee 24:19

Yeah, no, I think that's true. Um, I think what about if we had like debates? Yeah, family debates. We just like hold like little debate. Yeah, pick a topic so you can learn how to do conflicts good. I'm down for that. Actually, that's that's funny. Oh my gosh, that would be so funny. Just raise little lawyers. Literally. That'd be hilarious. And then they have to come up with research and like factual evidence for whether I'm wrong. That'd be funny. We should do that though. Actually, that's kind of a good idea. We should do that for our own argument. Actually, no, never mind. I think so, like, because then it it would like hurt even more if you lost. And and okay, wait. Actually, bad idea because I don't think we should teach them that you win or lose a fight. Well, not a fight. Yeah. But there are a disagreement. Like, you should win a debate. Well, I know, but that's why I'm saying maybe the debate is a bad way to go. You gotta, like, in the debate, you gotta like learn and understand the point of view of everybody so you come to a conclusion together. It's not like a Yeah, so it's not a winner or a loser. It's a okay, more of like a United Nations meeting for world peace. I don't think that's how it's because it's like each country comes, they bring their um needs and wants and things they're willing to give in order to get that. It's like that's genius. It's not a real meeting that they do like that structure. Are you kidding me? Yeah. What do you think countries negotiate? Countries are like, oh yeah, like I need oil, so you give me this, and like I won't drop a bomb on you. I don't at least it's like that in that one movie we just watched. Which movie? Heads of state. Remember? They were going to that UN meeting. Well, I don't think that was a very accurate depiction. I mean, I think they still hold truth. Semi. Held truth. Yeah. Okay, okay, better idea though. I think that's what we should go for. Yeah, definitely. Yeah. Then we they just negotiate like little politicians. But pure politicians. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. They should negotiate their little salesmen. No, that's a good idea. Okay, so um what do you think like what what do you think are some things that we should do in our own relationship to model like a safe space for our kids and make them feel and probably be kind of ish similar to what we just talked a lot about, but like be similar to her like just be willing to listen to each other and do things and understand each other's point of view. So wait, like give us an example in the real world. An example in the real world. Yeah, yeah, of this. Like, how does what does that look like? No, that's what I was asking for. Um if your partner is mad about something, ask them why and understand and like listen to them. Because most people just need to be heard out. That's great. That's a great answer. And yeah. Did I get it right? Yeah, I think so. I think every girl would agree. That's what they want. That's right. I yeah, well, I'm saying, like, yeah, every girl just wants to be listened to sometimes. So probably should do that. Yeah, no, I think that's true. And like, it's crazy to see like he's learning all the words that we're teaching him, and he's literally like he's eating with a fork, like, because he sees us doing that. He wanted to dip his bread in the like dip that we were dipping ours in because he saw us doing that. So he's literally watching every single thing we're doing. So, yeah, we gotta be on at all times. True. Like, it's always showtime. Yeah, and how we talk to each other is important, like, even when we feel tired or upset, like it's still important to make each other a priority so that way they know to do that with their spouse one day. Like, I think that starts really young. So I think that's kind of important. Yeah, it's just been kind of on my mind lately of how we can do better at that, probably. Probably. Yeah. Remind ourselves of it. Yeah. Well, do you have any other thoughts on that? No. Alright, well, let's get into the parent helpline. Ayo. We had our first people right in this week. Woo! Um, that's so exciting. So, our first person, Mr. Big. Mr. Big. That's his username. Oh, I read it. Yeah. Okay. He says, we bought a house recently and have kept decorations nearly non-existent. Like, this is a she. What? There's no Mr. Big talking about decorations. It says Mr. Yeah.

unknown 30:19

Okay.

Parent Helpline: Decorating With Climbers

Parent Helpline: Bowls As Hats

Parent Helpline: Public Tantrums And Strangers

Taylee 30:21

Because we want the entire common area to be childproof for my elo to play in. My LO. Little one. It took me a while to realize what they were trying to say there, but I finally clicked. That's clever. Okay, I'll start using that. Um, I love the idea of having flower vases, plants, and a table lamp here and there. I am doubting the mister, but I don't know. Yeah. Maybe he just likes to design. But my two-year-old has just entered the phase where he climbs and grabs everything, so I'm constantly worried he'll break things. On top of that, the thought of having to clean anything beyond his toys and books is honestly draining. So true. Realistically, when do people start decorating their homes again? What do you mean? RLO is once. When do you start? I mean, I never stopped decorating my house, it's still decorated. I don't know. I love having flower vases and plants and table lamp here and there. Is he just like, oh, climbs and grabs everything? How is he climbing onto your counters? Can you get rid of what he's climbing on to get onto there? Or can you get one of those baby gates that blocks off like the kitchen? You're gonna block off. Wait. I thought they were talking about decorations for like their tables and vases. Well, yeah, you don't put a vase on like your in your playroom. Well, no, they're saying in there. Read the first argument. Yeah, no, no, no, no, no, no. So I'm saying, can you get a baby gate to block him off from that room? Probably. Because you don't want to live in an empty box. That's boring. Yeah. I don't know. Or maybe just get some like plastic stuff. I feel like you can't go wrong with plastic. Yeah. It doesn't break. True. Just bubble wrap it all. Um yeah. Bubble wrap house. Or saran wrap it. Saran wrap it all with that, dude. I don't know. I was just coming along with all you're saying. I was just doubling down. Okay, okay. What if um is there like maybe you can make a chart with your toddler? Like, oh, oh, okay. No, no, no, I'm onto something. Listen to this. Well, he's two. He's understanding things more. Oh. Yeah, he's two. Okay. You can get a whiteboard and like in those shows where it's like blah blah blah days since casualty. And you can keep track of the days since the casualty. And then if they get to a certain day, they can have a treat or something. Or you can take him to a trampoline park, which sounds like this kid would love. Because there's like foam bits and things he can climb on all over the place. So yeah. Yeah, because I think you should you should still decorate. Color is really in. Like minimalist is out for 2026. Really? Yeah, just so you know. Minimalist look is out. Like never out for me. They're going color. Or just decorate from five feet up. Yeah, no, it's tough. I mean, the cleaning up part is yeah, like that sucks. That's part of the kid. Yeah, you could just gotta do it. You could go minimalist. You no minimalist is out. So you could just lean into the mess. That's a terrible idea. Just live in it. Well, I hope that helped. And if not, I hope it gave you a good laugh. But I don't think there's really a good solution. I mean, the climbers, yeah, that's a tough stage. Luckily, I don't think they climb. You're already teaching him to be a climber. Like, it literally, I don't even understand. Maybe if you have them in the kitchen with you, like doing stuff with you in their own little kid way, like get them a little kid cutting board and a fake knife that's not sharp at all or hazardous in any way. And then like they can be cutting the fruit with you, or they can be decorating with you. No, not decorating, not decorating. But maybe then they won't be climbing on stuff. Maybe get them one of those weird stool things they have for little. Or get them like a human hamster wheel so they can just run out all their energy. Their own treadmill. Yeah. Then they can run out all their energy, and then maybe they'll be too tired. There you go. Seems smart. Checks out. Still only playing. Okay. Our next person asks, Why does my son keep dumping his food on his tray and then trying to wear his bowl like a hat? In particular, why does he do this despite screaming like a banshee when we try to get him to wear an actual hat? That's so funny. I have nothing to say about that. I just want to watch it. Oh my gosh. Unfortunately, my husband would be encouraging that behavior. The hard thing about having a kid is when they do stuff like that, you laugh at it. That's so funny. So then they think it's funny, so they keep doing it. No, our kid is such a jokester. Like he literally thinks he's so funny. Every day this week, he's just like been touching different parts of my body, like my nose or like my back, and I'll like shake like he's tickling me, and he just laughs hysterically. Like he thinks he's hilarious. So yeah, they just have their own senses of humor and personalities, and they love to entertain. What can they say? They're being served out all day, they just love to entertain. Um, yeah, I don't know. Wearing bowls, it's also in hats are out for 2026 and bulls are in. Bowl cut. The bull cut predicted that. You did predict that. It's supposed to be good for their hair growth. So at least there's that. Yeah. It's supposed to make your hair grow thicker. Why? I don't know. It's just like the way that it's cut, I guess. The way that it grows. This doesn't seem scientific in anything. No, it's literally true. You know, because it's completely good, okay. I don't want to say her name, but um you'll know. I'll I'll tell you after who I'm talking about. But her mom gave her a bowl cut as a baby, like and as a kid, and gave a girl a bowl cut, which is awful. But it was in order to make her hair grow thicker, and it did, and she has really thick, pretty hair. So I believe it. I trust it. Yeah, I trust it. Um, also, I just feel like babies try to avoid every possible thing that, or wait, what am I saying? Any extra article of clothing. No, no, no, no, no. When they're in their high chair, they just try to avoid the what is the word? Like this the task at hand. They will do everything but what they're supposed to be doing in that movie. So, like, if you sit them in their high chair and they're supposed to be eating their food, why would they eat their food out of their bowl? They're not gonna do that. But if they're like laying on the ground, yeah, perfect time to eat a snack. Like, feed me. True. So, yeah. I think that's probably it. Yeah. But maybe their hat's just too tight. Maybe the bull is just like a better shape. Maybe you should get one than one of those hats like Caillou. A bucket hat? No, one of those little tiny like circle hats that have the little like helicopter things. You know dog? Yeah. That's like the size of a bull.

unknown 38:40

Yeah.

Taylee 38:42

So there you go. Yeah. Yeah, get that hat instead. The helicopter hat. I think we're crushing these. The umbrella hat. The umbrella hat. Yeah, it's perfect. Well, let us know how that goes. If that works for you. Okay, the last one. Sorry, let me pull it up. Okay, we have a two-year-old daughter who has fully embraced the art of a public tantrum. Today, after brunch, we said hi to another couple with a kid, and as we were walking to the car, my daughter suddenly started crying. From what I could gather, she wanted me to say hi to the other kid again. Hard to tell in the moment. Yes, so true. Anyway, it escalates into a full-on meltdown. We're just trying to get to the car, do the usual okay, deep breath, keep moving. Parent shuffle. And then a random woman walks past us, looks at my wife, and says, There is a better way. You are the parent. What a B. She'd obviously. Zero kids. Or zero kids that like her. True. Um, I had a whole comeback ready in my head, and you can mind your own business. But honestly, my kid was the priority, not some stranger who decided to parent, shameless in the parking lot. So I keep quiet, picked up my daughter, carried her to the car, and of course the crying stopped the second we got there. Now that I'm replaying it, I'm wondering, is there anything we could have done differently, or is this just toddler chaos and a rude stranger sprinkled on top? Sounds like they hit the nail on the head. Boom. People are be rude. They don't understand. Yeah. People be miserable in their own lives, so they just decide to take it on you, perfect angels, who are doing the world a favor by keeping our race going. Wait.

Braydon 40:42

Not our race.

Wins, Losses, And Tiny Milestones

Taylee 40:44

Sorry. We're getting canceled. That came out so wrong. I'm not by keeping our human population going. I don't know what race they are. Any race, all races. We need them all to continue on. Yeah. Um this woman, I don't know what's wrong with her. She's seriously deeply disturbed, and obviously has nothing better to do with her life than talking about someone else's life. They should have handed her the kid and said, what's the better way? Yeah, I mean it would have been funny in a world where it wouldn't be like a safety hazard. And like I mean, you're right there. Okay, what? You should not hand your child to a random person, especially a person being rude to you. That's a terrible idea. Yeah, that's not a great idea, probably. Yeah, but I liked your comeback. I think that was a good one. I'm trying to think if you could have said anything else, like to really just like guilt her, like make her feel horrible about herself. Lovely Jesus do. Yeah, that's true. Honestly, you handled this perfectly. Yeah. Also, kids just cried. My son was screaming at me today because I took him away from the metal stairs at the butterfly museum to go see a butterfly. He just wanted to play on the stairs. Yeah. Yeah, you just it's always a lose lose, and you're just trying your best. Yeah, that's fair. Yeah, there's not really anything you do. I totally get the overthinking that I do that all the time. Yeah. But you're doing great. Literally, you're doing great. Keep going. And if you ever see that lady again, tell her that. Ask her if she has had a kid yet. Um yeah, or just tell her that there's a better way that she could be doing her own life. True. You're the parrot. You can choose. You can choose. Just say the same thing back to her. Yeah. Just be like, sorry, I'm literally saving humanity. Or you're just like it's literally our DNA. Wait, what? It's like our innate. It's like we need to like continue on. I had a lot of good sayings today. I told you guys I'm tired and I'm sick. So that's where we're at. Alright, well, let's end it. Let's wrap this up with our parent win and loss of the week. You go first because I forgot mine. My parenting win. I'm not remembering my loss right now, but the parenting win. I got Maxon to give me a high five again.

Braydon 43:33

Yay!

Taylee 43:35

He was on strike for a few weeks. He was. I'm giving back a used to do that. But I brought it back. Let's go. High five. That was a parenting win. Your hand's just a little clammy. What's his name? Maxon's exactly. I was gonna expect that. His hands are so hot and sweaty. It's actually crazy. Yeah. Um, I can't think of my loss right now, though. Well, you gotta come up with one. My parenting loss. We should start with our loss though and end on our high for future notes. Well, yeah, I just couldn't remember my loss. Well, my loss from the week doesn't necessarily have to do with parenting, but in the my lesson that I was teaching on Sunday school, um, I decided to just like come up with a fun name for a high and a low of a week. Because I I'm just big on highs and lows. I like to hear what's going on. I like to hear the highs and the lows. But on the Kardashians, they do the peak in the pit, the peak of their week and the pit of their week. Yeah, and you said that. Why is that bad? I don't get it. I instantly thought of your armpit when you said that. Really?

unknown 44:46

Yeah.

Taylee 44:47

Ah, well, anyways, yeah, it did not go over well, and everyone was making fun of me, and no one understood. And I felt then I felt really like nervous to teach 12-year-olds. I realized I could not be a middle school teacher. I would get destroyed in there. I'm not strong enough. I'm not strong enough mentally. That's some good stuff. Yeah, that was my low. You gotta do the high, the low, and the buffalo. That doesn't make sense either. That's not supposed to. Okay. Well, what's your buffalo? If you don't have a low, give us your buffalo. Something random happened this week. Yeah. For Max and Well, yeah. Irriting or child related. Actually, no, the cutest thing he's ever done. That is not a low or a buffalo. I don't know why. I guess you get two wins. This is two highs. Oh gosh. Tonight. So we took him on the walk, right? Uh-huh. And we let him walk outside. Yeah, we took him on a little walk, yeah. And then right before we're about to put him into bed, he's handing me his shoes. Oh. So I can put them on, and then he stands up and wants you to walk to the door. That was so cute. I know. Yeah, homie is starting to walk. Almost. Like, he's almost there. Okay, my parenting win is that my freaking pediatrician can suck it. We're back on the Ivies, baby. We are back on the Ivies. Our kid is a genius. You want to know why? Yeah, Ivy League. I see. Yeah, yeah, he's that gold status. He's a genius. I don't know why I was ever worried. This kid, do you know another one-year-old who is eating his food with a fork out of a bowl? He refuses to eat it any other way. But tonight he was eating it and he was putting it in his mouth. And I was like, this kid is a scholar. And he is just of another class, and we're back on the ivy's. Nice job. So yeah. That's my win. He's amazing. He is amazing. And I'm tired and want to go to sleep. So catch you in the morning. See you next week. Bye.