For six years I have been sleeping with tuned ears - if a child cried in the night I would wake up. With the first I was so well tuned I often woke before he cried. Its a kind of telepathy that is fairly common in mothers. Perhaps we hear the restless sleeping and wake, and so are awake when the genuine crying begins. Whatever, if a child cried in the night I heard it.
Last night H woke up at some stage and cried. The first I knew of it was when I woke to hear him and his dad having a conversation in the dining room. I hadn't heard the crying, nor the husband leaving the bed. R eventually put the sprat back to bed, and returned. I must gone back to sleep and have been sleeping deeply, becuase next I knew they were having another conversation in the dining room about weet-bix. And I know hubby had been back to bed, because we spoke to each other before I went to sleep.
I apologised this morning - we both work and so we usually share the getting up during the week. I hadn't pulled my weight at all.
But isn't that impressive! From being hypersensitive to my children, I now sleep through their cries of distress. Its lucky for the kids I am not a solo parent.
Posted by Toni at November 7, 2006 08:02 AM