There’s no sleep schedule in the Upside Down—and bedtime negotiations have started to feel eerily familiar. Armed with bath-time spells and snack bar bribes, we march into nightly conflict like Eleven facing a Demogorgon with half a juice box and a broken nightlight.
This week, bedtime was more Stranger Things than Storytime. My youngest demanded to sleep with a plastic wand, a plush Wookiee, and a sticker chart for unknown infractions. I obliged—because parenting is sometimes about embracing the strange in exchange for peace and five minutes of silence.
In the Dadnauts chronicles, these unpredictable rituals don’t just test your patience… they strengthen your lore.
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