Manhattan and a Milk

Having a kid is something you do, like drugs, or being a banker. By itself, it’s not a basis for friendship. So how do we find parent friends to cure the loneliness of parenthood? Same way we make regular friends, dingus. Also, we’ve been trying meal prepping.

Colin and Chava discuss when it's time to rearrange furniture to suit your family's evolving needs, and when it's time to downgrade the stuff in your life to spare yourself the heartache of a Room & Board sofa with crayon and dog puke on it.

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IKEA kids kitchen hacks

Markers

01:08 Making Your Space Work

14:05 Planning for Mess

22:05 Dining with Toddlers

Chava’s son is biting at day care, which seems out of character. He’s also being bitten. What’s making a bunch of sweet toddlers fight like dogs? Also, gendered mis/behavior, gendered play, and the morning bloodsport of toddler parties.

Chava visits Chicago and observes that Colin looks tired. Josh’s son goes on a field trip and overcomes peer pressure to play pass it on with a naughty phrase. The boys reminisce about puberty and commiserate about their common cause these days: sleep.

Drew and Brendan are in the doghouse — where they belong — for day drinking while our wives enjoy some overdue girl time and trust us to parent our own kids. But all ends well when we reconvene for a Crappy Dinner Party.

### Links

- [Crappy Dinner Party](https://www.thekitchn.com/5-rules-for-hosting-a-crappy-dinner-party-235815)

- [National Bourbon Day](http://www.nationalbourbonday.com)

- [Tina’s Take: Juul’s ‘Make The Switch’ Campaign Violates Federal Law](https://www.truthinadvertising.org/tinas-take-juuls-make-the-switch-campaign-violates-federal-law/)

- [Deliverance (book)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deliverance_(novel))

- [Alfred security app](https://alfred.camera)

Chava’s nine-month-old son has flown almost once for every month he’s been alive. In today’s episode, Chava shares more wisdom from their travels.

In which Chava recounts two back-to-back trips by car and air with his wife and nine-month-old son and shares what he learned. Executive summary: TSA Pre-Check is the new Amazon Prime.

In which Chava recounts two back-to-back trips by car and air with his wife and nine-month-old son and shares what he learned. Executive summary: TSA Pre-Check is the new Amazon Prime.

My friend Jon and I discuss our recently established babysitting swap and its value to our marriages. Plus, Colin debuts a Mr. Rogers impression that’s still in development and skews a little George W. Bush.

My friend Jon and I discuss our recently established babysitting swap and its value to our marriages. Plus, Colin debuts a Mr. Rogers impression that’s still in development and skews a little George W. Bush.