Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are renowned for their unconventional parenting techniques. Now, after a recent episode of Dax's Armchair Expert podcast, the couple is once again making headlines.
During the episode, Kristen revealed that she and Dax share a bedroom with their daughters Delta and Lincoln. As you'll soon come to see, her story isn't just strange — it's downright disgusting.
Back in 2018, the couple turned more than a few heads after Kristen revealed their unconventional method for sleep-training their youngest daughter, Delta.
In August of 2021, the couple again made waves when they announced that they don't regularly bathe their children.
"It's not so much of a joke that we wait for the stink," Kristen said during an interview with Daily Blast Live. "That tells you when they need to bathe."
On a recent episode of Dax's Armchair Expert podcast, Kristen and Dax revealed that they share a bedroom with daughters Delta and Lincoln. I guess locking the young girl in her room at night was all for nothing?
Before long, the situation dissolved into a permanent family slumber party. Every night, Delta and Lincoln would bring their pillows and blankets into their parents' room and sleep soundly on the floor.
Both Dax and Kristen let it slip that the worst part about having their children sleeping in the same room with them isn't the lack of personal space — it's the smell.
Kristen asked aloud “‘Who's farting?’ All three of them are like, ‘Sorry, it's me,’” she explained. “So I go, ‘OK, my family has gas." Or at least, that's what she initially thought.
“That night, I go to bed, I'm like, ‘Does anybody else smell this, like, rotten garbage?’” she recalled.
I don't know why but this feels like a scary story to me. I don't know that I'd be brave enough to find out what the smell is. But alas, let's continue...
Kristen washed the sheets as the kids began searching for hidden animal poop.
When she got down to Dax's corner of the bed, she almost threw up on the spot.
Further investigation revealed that Dax had mistakenly poured a protein shake into the couple's Ooler mattress in lieu of cold water.
For those (like me) who didn't already know, an Ooler topper regulates the temperature of your mattress by circulating cold water throughout.
Once Kristen and Dax figured out the problem, they quickly began working on deep-cleaning the mattress.
Unfortunately, despite their best efforts, it was all in vain. The mattress was ruined and the family was forced to sleep on the soiled Ooler for yet another night.
That way, you'll never run the risk of pouring soiled protein powder into a $1000 mattress topper.
I can say one thing: I will never let my children sleep on my bedroom floor after this story, that is for sure..
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