You finally get your baby asleep.

Warm little body curled into your chest. Breathing slows. Eyelids flutter shut. You think, this is it. I did it.

You wait a few minutes to make sure they’re actually asleep, then you carefully transfer them into the bassinet like you’re diffusing a bomb in an action movie… and within ten seconds they’re awake and fussing.

Now you’re sitting in a dark room holding a sleeping baby, feeling like you’re being held hostage because the second you move, the entire operation might collapse.

If this is your life right now, welcome. You have a very normal baby.

Not a spoiled baby.
Not a manipulative baby.
Not a baby “running the house.”

Just a baby acting exactly like a baby does.