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She's 5 going on 40.

I'm considering signing my six year old up for martial arts class, but I'm not sure which one to choose. To be clear, it's not because we're dealing with a bullying situation or anything like that. It's more about starting a new physical activity, but I do want my kid to get some self-defense skills out of it. Our local options appear to be Taekwondo, Kung-fu, and Jiu-Jitsu/MMA. I did Taekwondo when I was a kid and it was fine, but I'm not sure that it's practical for self defense. Jiu-Jitsu/MMA seems very practical for self-defense, but the studios that offer it seem a little bit too blue-lives-matter for my liking. As for Kung-fu, I just know nothing about it.

I've stopped caring. I need help. I'm going to go on a weird rant here, but it's how I talk when I'm super focused on something..like getting help. I'm going to try to cover as many faucets that I feel are broken as I can, so it's going to be long. I'm sorry.

My 7 month son got croup and has been in an out of the ER twice this week. Its currently midnight and is getting another nebulizer dose before we get moved to a room. Hes doing better but its been rough. We are gonna be here at least another day for observation this time which is way better than getting sent home again to see how he does. Here's hoping he kicks its ass and gets over this quick. It sucks seeing my little guy sick like this.

A 3 year old and 1 year old. Today, for the first time, my 3 year old daughter put some nail polish on my toes. Feeling beautiful over here.

It was such a good episode, though

I posted a picture of my little girl playing the slots yesterday. We had actually just come from an immediate care place. We told them she was starting a new UTI/kidney infection. She just got out of the hospital less than 2 weeks ago and has previous history with this problem.

What are you dads doing today?

How do you guys handle screen time and what rules do you have? We've settled on "intentional" screen time like Friday night movies, but also some situations like when our kid is sick.

My wife had to open the windows to let some heat out. This is why we can't afford to start a college fund.

I finally have a purely hypothetical answer to a question that's been gnawing at me for a couple years. Why is there a plunger outside on my back deck?

Howdy. Let's chat.

My wife thinks I'm insane but, what experience do you have with baby monitors and what steps did you take with commercial products to make sure they weren't vulnerable like most IoT garbage out there?

It's on Netflix. I read the description and decided to watch it anyway so I deserve this deeply disturbed and uncomfortable feeling I'm sitting with right now.

and on wednesday, she woke up with a 103 fever that's still lingering. and it starts....

Just a heads up, if you're looking to have children in Ohio. If you and your spouse work at the same place, your company can give you a shared FMLA pool, rather than two separate pools. Not sure if this is a common rule, across the country. And obviously your company can give you more as they see fit.

I let my Sam's club membership expire and signed up for Costco instead.

What's everyone doing for father's day tomorrow? Usually I have big plans (museums, boats, etc) but this year for whatever reason I haven't been able to settle on anything. Any good suggestions in the Western Chicago suburbs? Kids are 4 and 2 and I want to involve them somehow. Thanks!