22/06/2025

🛌 51 Brand New Dad Jokes to Scroll Through at Night Instead of Counting Sheep

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Because who needs sleep when you’ve got puns this strong?

So it’s 11:47pm. You said you’d be asleep by 10.
But here you are, doomscrolling, daydreaming, and debating whether to get a snack or finally face your pillow.

Good news: we’ve got just the thing to help your brain wind down.
Bad news: these jokes might keep you up giggling.

😴 The Early Night Groaners

  1. I told my wife I was going to bed early…
    Then I lay there arguing with a pillow for three hours. I lost.

  2. I tried counting sheep last night.
    One of them asked for a ride to Tesco and it all got a bit weird.

  3. I sleep like a baby.
    Which means I wake up every two hours demanding snacks.

  4. My bed and I are in a complicated relationship.
    We break up every morning and get back together every night.

  5. My mattress is jealous of my phone.
    It says I cuddle the wrong device before bed.

🌙 Night-Time Nonsense

  1. I wrote a book on insomnia.
    But I keep falling asleep every time I try to read it.

  2. I asked Alexa for a lullaby.
    She played the Jaws theme. I’m now more awake than ever.

  3. Last night I dreamt I was a muffler.
    Woke up exhausted.

  4. I had a dream I was sleeping in a toaster.
    Woke up feeling a bit crumby.

  5. I’m not saying I snore loudly…
    But last night I got a noise complaint from the moon.

🐑 Counting Sheep Alternatives

  1. Tried counting sheep, but they unionised.
    Now I have to negotiate bedtime.

  2. I gave up on sheep and started counting IKEA screws.
    Still not tired, but now I’ve built a bunk bed.

  3. I tried counting goats.
    One of them made me invest in crypto.

  4. Counting chickens helped me sleep.
    Till one crossed the road and now I lie awake wondering why.

  5. Tried counting ducks once.
    It quacked me up.

🛏️ Bedside Banter

  1. I put my phone under my pillow last night.
    Now I have WiFi dreams.

  2. My pillow told me it needed space.
    Apparently I drool too much.

  3. My duvet gave me the silent treatment.
    Again.

  4. I asked my mattress if it had my back.
    It said “only between the hours of 10pm and 7am.”

  5. Just realised I’ve been sleeping on a yoga mat for two weeks.
    Explains the inner peace… and back pain.

🧠 Dream Department

  1. Last night I dreamed I ran a marathon in slippers.
    Woke up with blistered pride.

  2. I dreamt I got promoted at work.
    Then I woke up and realised I work from home in pyjamas.

  3. Had a dream I invented a pillow that makes toast.
    Patent pending.

  4. I dreamt of flying.
    Turns out the toddler launched me off the bed again.

  5. My dreams are like sequels.
    Mostly unnecessary and rarely make sense.

💤 Parenting After Dark

  1. You know you’re a parent when “going to bed early” means 11:30pm…
    and someone’s foot still ends up in your face.

  2. My toddler doesn’t sleep through the night.
    He just takes snack breaks in the dark.

  3. I once fell asleep at a soft play.
    Woke up covered in stickers and someone else’s toddler.

  4. Kids ask, “What happens when we fall asleep?”
    Apparently the answer is “Dad eats biscuits in silence.”

  5. When my son says he’s not tired at bedtime,
    he means I should prepare for a 3-act drama.

🕰️ Midnight Madness

  1. My body at 10pm: Let’s go to bed early.
    My brain at 1am: Let’s analyse that embarrassing thing you said in 2009.

  2. Just once I’d like to fall asleep instead of mentally redecorating the entire house.

  3. I asked Google how to sleep better.
    It told me to stop asking questions at 2am.

  4. I tried a sleep meditation app.
    Now I associate gentle waterfalls with crushing guilt.

  5. I bought blackout curtains.
    Now I can’t find the bedroom door.

🧦 Bedwear Blunders

  1. Tried sleeping in socks.
    Woke up with commitment issues.

  2. My wife sleeps in a dressing gown fortress.
    I sleep next to a terrycloth igloo.

  3. I sleep in pyjama bottoms and a hoodie.
    My dreams now come with snack pockets.

  4. My sleepwear is 40% cotton, 60% dignity lost.

  5. I once tried silk pyjamas.
    I now know what it’s like to sleep inside a buttered frying pan.

💤 Final Yawns

  1. I sleep best after arguing with strangers on Reddit.
    Nothing like digital combat to calm the soul.

  2. My smartwatch keeps congratulating me on my sleep score.
    Meanwhile, my toddler thinks 4am is breakfast time.

  3. “Just one more episode” is the bedtime equivalent of “hold my beer.”

  4. I sleep diagonally.
    My partner sleeps defensively. Our cat sleeps everywhere.

  5. Sleep is that brief moment between Netflix and reality.

  6. I named my bed “the cloud.”
    Now I can honestly say I store my dreams in the cloud.

  7. My pillow has two sides: cold… and child-kicked.

  8. I tried journaling before bed.
    Now I cry in organised bullet points.

  9. Tried a white noise machine.
    Didn’t realise it came with 12 tracks of “distant hoover.”

  10. I once dreamed I was finally well-rested.
    It was the most unrealistic part.

  11. If you’re still awake reading this, congratulations.
    You’ve officially earned a dad joke medal. No rest for the punnish.

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