"If you like that there are no crumbs and toys on your floor, say goodbye to it. "That would've been a good heads-up," he shares. He said: "I wish someone had let me know that I will never have anything nice again. Meanwhile, Dax revealed that he wished he was prepared for the destructive mess created by small children, as it took him and Kristen six months to accept the inevitable. No answers, no fun stories, just all questions. It's like having NPR on all the time - so two stations of NPR on all the time - but if it were all questions. And they're not! The volume is three times what a normal person should be, and the problem is it's not just volume, it's the consistency of noise. Kristen said: " I guess I thought they're littler people, right? They might be less loud. The showbiz couple then went on to share some grievances of parenthood that they wish they had known beforehand, with Kristen struggling to cope with the unexpected noise her children make. He added: "I gave a 'no TV for the weekend' consequence, which was later revealed to be a barbaric punishment for us", with Kristen confirming "Yeah, that will never happen again." The 'Armchair Expert' podcast host appeared alongside his 'Frozen' star wife on PEOPLE magazine's 'Parents' video series, where he also shared that a recent television ban proved to be "barbaric" for the pair.
He said: "I figured out that if I scratch my younger daughter's head extremely hard - her request - she is out cold within 90 seconds." The 46-year-old actor - who has daughters Lincoln, eight, and Delta, six, with wife Kristen Bell - revealed the trick he has learned to use on his younger daughter at bedtime.
Beginning Thursday, the 'Armchair Expert' library of 341 episodes plus new shows. Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell on their parenting ups and downsĭax Shepard scratches his daughter's head "extremely hard" to get her to fall asleep. Co-hosts Dax Shepard, left, and Monica Padman hope a new Spotify partnership expands their listenership globally.