Loosing Sleep

I'm 24, married with no kids. Well, I kind of have one, his name is Buddy, and he is our sweet dog. Last night I felt like I had a baby on my hands though. It was raining and storming outside, and Buddy hates the rain. He gets scared & wants to be right up next to me & Casey when the weather is bad. But laying by us is not enough....he wants us to pet him, comfort him and sometimes play with him, even if it is 4AM in the morning. Sometimes it gets so bad that Casey has to go into another room with him so that I can get some sleep for work the next day. I sure do hope Casey does that when we have an actual baby :) I'll just remind him of his generosity when Buddy was a wimp & needed someone to be with him during those rainy nights. You think that might work? Anyway, I don't like it when it rains at night after I am already asleep, because I am no longer resting, but comforting my dog!