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If Ava wakes up at 3:30 AM, she’s going to want to rock “for a couple minutes”.

If you rock her for a couple minutes, she’s going to want to “go to Mama Daddy’s bed”.

If she goes to Mama Daddy’s bed, she’ll “want to watch ocean movie”.

But it’s now 3:45 AM, so the answer to that is “No.”

The answer to that is “Why?”

The answer to that is “Because it’s very late and time for sleeping now.”

Why?

Because we’re all so sleepy now.

If Ava’s sleepy, she’s going to want you to pat her belly.

If you pat her belly, she’ll need a diaper change.

After you change her diaper, you’ll realize that the house is freakishly cold, so you’ll get up to bump up the thermostat a little.

While you’re up, you’ll need to go to the bathroom.

Ava will want to join you in there.

When everybody gets back to bed, the bed will be cold, and everybody’s feet will be cold because the house is still freakishly cold

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Ava will plant her cold little feet right on your belly, which will remind her that you need to pat her belly “for a couple minutes”.

Your belly-patting arm will get tired, but you can’t switch because Ava’s laying on the other arm, which is now asleep because her head is right on the nerve.

Ava won’t be comfortable like that, so she’ll want to go back to her bed.

But first, she’ll want to rock “for a couple minutes”.