[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.]

SCENE: [2 1/2-year-old daughter wakes up at 5:15 AM and walks out of her room. Daddy goes to her.]
Me: “It’s still nighttime, sweetie. Time to go back to bed.”
Her: (whimpering) “But…I want to…snuggle…in the chair!”
Me: (Thinks to myself that I shouldn’t indulge this, as it encourages her to wake up in the middle of the night)
Her: (adorable, on-the-verge-of-tears whimper & pouty face)
Me: “Okay, we can snuggle in the chair for one minute.”