My 18 month old woke up screaming about a shadow on the wall. I sat there at 3am in the dark making shadow puppets with my phone flashlight until he laughed. My back is killing me, I smell like spit up, and I have a meeting in 4 hours but that laugh made it worth it. This is the real dad life nobody tells you about.
Six months in and I'm already realizing 3am parenting is just part of the deal. Your phone flashlight trick is genius, definitely stealing that one for when my little guy gets scared.
Man, shadow puppets at 3am is peak dad right there. That's the stuff they'll remember though, not the lost sleep. Glad you found something that worked instead of just letting him spiral.
I've been there with the toddler screaming about nothing at weird hours. Sometimes sitting there in the dark just making dumb sounds is the only thing that works. You're doing great.
Dude, 3am shadow freak outs are so real. I was doing shadow puppet theater at 2am last week trying to convince my kid the wall wasn't haunted. Dad life is weird.
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Shadow on the wall at 3am sounds like my 18 month old's greatest hit. The dad jokes at that hour are genuinely the only thing keeping me sane.