Parenting 101

Oh, that little Avaroo.  When she was a tiny baby she was the BEST sleeper.  She fell asleep by herself and slept through the night at a very young age, think around 6-8 weeks.  But now as we are approaching her THIRD birthday, she is quickly becoming the worst.  I am typically up with her at least once a night about 3 nights a week.  She starts crying because her hands are cold, her knees are too bendy and my personal favorite, there is water in the rain.  REALLY?  I just got out of bed at 3 am so you could tell me there is water in the rain?  Anyways, she is also having difficulties going to bed.  She is crying multiple times yelling about spiders, her cold hands and bendy knees and asking for water and bathroom breaks.  By the tenth time of her calling us up tonight, Mike finally laid down the law.  HIS version of the law, which goes a little something like this "Ava, if you don't go to sleep I'm going to pass gas all over your pink blanket."  Shockingly enough, this actually worked.  Mike was very pleased with himself and just told me that it was "parenting 101."  Apparently I missed that lesson, but let's hope this phase in her little life is resolved soon!