Calling all older dads and Gen X dads! Frank and Carlo are back with more fatherhood advice and tips on being a dad in the second half of Episode 30. They finish their catch-up session with major baby advice and news from Josie, making for a truly memorable moment in dad life.
Get the scoop on baby Josie’s first "Dada," the new favorite baby carrier, and the genius "baby led weaning" approach that has the dogs living their best lives. Frank also shares a story from his first family trip to the State Fair and reveals the hilarious and competitive Disney cruise "Jack Jack baby races" he’s already planning for.
This episode is packed with essential fatherhood tips for raising kids and some laughs about common parenting mistakes. Listen in for both the emotional milestones and practical guidance from your favorite parenting coach duo, all with a healthy dose of humor in life! You won't want to miss it.
#GrayHairDaycare #GenXDad #GenBetaBaby #ParentingHumor #BabyLedWeaning #FirstWords #DisneyCruise #BabyRaces #DadLife
Chapter Markers:
0:00 - Crash Test Daddy: Ergo Baby Carrier Review!
3:53 - A Papoose That Doesn't Make You Look Like a Papoose
7:05 - What Just Happened: Teething & Baby Led Weaning
8:52 - Boron Camellia Teething Drops: A Game Changer
9:57 - Baby Led Weaning: A Messy, But Effective Approach
11:51 - The Dogs' New Diet: Baby Led Weaning
16:22 - The Picky Eater Stain Treater
18:29 - First Trip to the State Fair 🐮
21:01 - Hand-Me-Downs Are the Best Downs
21:49 - First "Dada" & First Roll Over on the SAME DAY! ❤️
24:19 - Disney Cruise: The Jack Jack Baby Races
26:46 - The Mind of a Competitive Baby Racer
28:39 - A Bookcase for the Mouse Hole
30:07 - My Haircut Adventure: A Lesson in Dad-Zen 🧘♂️
Relevant Links Mentioned:
Ergo Baby Omni Classic Baby Carrier: Available on Amazon for $134, it is a good option for babies from 7 to 45 pounds. The new model is more expensive but not necessarily better, according to Frank.
https://tinyurl.com/ergobabycarrierblue
Boiron Camellia Teething Drops: This product is available on Amazon for $10.52 and is a homeopathic medicine that helps with painful gums, irritability, and minor digestive upsets that can be associated with teething.
https://tinyurl.com/CamiliaOilforteething
Solid Starts App: A subscription-based app ($99/year) that gives parents step-by-step guidance on baby led weaning, including suggestions, recipes, and how to introduce foods that might cause allergic reactions.
https://tinyurl.com/solidstartsapplink
Miss Mouth's Messy Eater Stain Treater: A stain remover that is a pre-treater for messy food stains, especially from things like carrots and sweet potatoes.
https://tinyurl.com/missmouthsstaintreater
Pottery Barn Kids/William Sonoma Bookcase: Frank built a bookcase from this brand for the nursery.
https://www.potterybarnkids.com/products/cameron-standalone-bookrack/
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[Frank]
So not surprisingly, the biggest fans of baby led weaning so far in this household are the dogs because most of the food, most of the food ends up on the floor. Right. It's just constantly falling.
And it's proven Rumpel is clearly smarter. Rumpel is very strategic, gets right down there underneath. She's like waiting.
She knows what Watson is watching because he has a different perspective. Right. So he's up above the table of her, of her high chair.
So he's watching what's happening. Rumpel is smart enough to just be down there waiting for whatever benefits. This is the gray hair and daycare podcast with a combined age of 111 years and a combined IQ right in that same range.
Your hosts, Frank Cereo and Carlo Russo. Welcome back to episode 30 part two. We've got a few more stories that we just didn't have time to get to last week.
So we're back to finish them up and get you all caught up. So thank you for coming back and spending the time with us. And here is the rest of episode 30.
Okay. We are back with our, something we have not done in a while. And we did a similar thing many, many episodes ago with a different, a different product of a similar stripe and, but we're going to do a new episode of Crash Test Daddy.
So Crash Test Daddy today, we at one time did an, a different ergo baby product. And, but this one is called the Ergo Baby Omni Classic Baby Carrier. So what happened was, so we had a baby carrier that Carlo tried out and we did kind of a time lapse video of him getting into it many, many episodes ago.
Maybe I'll see if I can find some of that archival footage to put in here
