It's not good for a balloon either. At least not one that starts off as the wiggly kind.

[There is nothing strange about his daughter having a conversation about balloons filled with blood. She's seen what her mother sometimes has in her smoothies. Fortunately, with a father who's a surgeon, teachers have always put strange comments down to him.

And there's no need to hold back on the snuggles. Of the two, he probably goes in for more.]

How about I stay with you until you're sleeping?