I've sleep trained all prior kids at 4-5 months old. This 5th baby smiles so much and I'm a completely different man with a lot more freedom... I don't have it in me yet. Might just bring him into bed for a few weeks. (Could totally change my mind in a week) I'll do a note on sleep training if someone asks for it.

He lived in Christ, and his death is gain. Philippians 1:21

je suis Charlie Except I’m not, I’m a fuckin coward laying low compared to him.

Checking my nostr feeds after my first code review session on my new @daylightco outside in the sun and… I’m gonna go back outside now. I might just be outside the rest of this reset.

Look with 5 kids 9 and under homeschooled by mom, that means I am the school custodian. This is one of the greatest #wifehacks There’s no other way but to love them and their messes. It’s a relatively short season of life. I’m certainly not going to give them away to other teachers or caregivers… or live in filth. So here’s how I scaled it: 1. Heavy duty grabber arm thing from home improvement store so I don’t have to bend over a thousand times 2. Speed run picking everything up with grabber and chucking it onto couch or table, one pile per room 3. Tell kids to process “sort pile”, this is psychologically far easier for them than picking up and sorting. Even the 3 year old can pull his toys out and put them in basket. 4. Headphones in + podcast/book on. 5. Bissel Zing vacuum the hardwood floors, far quicker than sweeping and better at corners. (Kids still working sort piles) 6. Once a week the Tineco vacuum/mop combo to clean the floors of grime, after a quick dribble of water on any odd spots to let them break up as I mop The routine takes 20 minutes, is done every other day on average. My oldest kids are eager to do the vacuuming now. I haven’t allowed that yet because I know they’ll miss crumbs that I don’t, but soon enough I’ll ease them into it. #dadhacks

With the elimination of all of my debt (except mortgage), I'm officially switching to Strike + Bill Pay on a 1.5% flat cash back card with local credit union. One step further off the dollar.

Put the dish cabinet right next to the dishwasher on the ground level. Now even the littles can help unload dishes. The simplest of #dadhacks

Dudes with just 2 young kids often have no idea how great it is to have more. They are still searching for “me time” like they used to have. I’m having me time right now. With a cup of coffee in the sunroom holding my 5th baby watching the sunrise. Unbelievably fulfilling

Fewer reps and heavier weights was the advice I needed when I was younger. It makes all the difference in the world for a man. Makes it dopaminergic. #dadhacks I was a stick at 18 years old. Computer kid. I still would be if I hadn’t been taught this one key thing. Now I’m just normal/healthy.

With so many young kids in the house, I must demand total obedience as a daily discipline of #dadhacks. There simply isn’t wiggle room. With that I also give lots of patience, encouragement, and grace, pointing them #ToChristAlone along the way. But the posture I have to take is very much the opposite of “gentle parenting” techniques that coddle children. You simply can’t scale a family that way. And you bet when the children are orderly enough and you are loving enough, your wife will want more of them. 1 Timothy 3:4–5 (ESV) “He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church?” It’s good to demand obedience. And good to give grace. Hold the line, fathers. As the Father holds the line on us. #dadhacks

Thinking about getting a @daylightco because I read a lot in Logos - it’s why I got an iPad mini originally but that eye fatigue is real

For 14 years I’ve been paying off student loans on a CS degree I didn’t finish and my wife’s private school arts degree she never used. We both had $120k each. Yes my income grew, but I refinanced to minimize payments and stacked sats instead. This week we rotated out just enough to cover the 60k that was left and eliminate all debts (except 2.25% mortgage) I am a now a free man. Thank God for #Bitcoin