Selective mom hearing
Sophia is sleeping through the night on most nights. Saturday night was not one of those nights, she not only woke up abruptly at an unusual time for her, but she was SCREAMING. I got some milk for her before going into her room. I picked her up and held her in my lap while sitting in the glider chair. She looked scared. Really really scared. I figured she had a bad dream and just held her until she had her fill of milk. Gave her a kiss and put her back to bed.
In the morning, Kurt asked me how I like our ‘wake up call’.
“Oh you heard her?” Kurt usually doesn’t wake up when Sophia cries at night.
“Not her, the reason she woke up.”
Apparently one of our lovely neighbors felt the need to peel out and leave a newer set of black streaks on the pavement at four in the morning. And by peeling out, I don’t mean merely starting or stopping fast. By the looks of the tracks it seems he took the vehicle up on two wheels around in a sharp doughnut because they’re relatively fat tracks the turn sharply and get very narrow. This happened right on the side of our house. It’s lovely having the large corner lot. Just fuckin’ lovely. I wish there were some way I could capture them on video, but I’m not going to be the crazy lady that stays up every Friday and Saturday night looking out the window for those little hoodlums. Besides, I didn’t hear a thing.
February 17th, 2009 at 6:58 am
I’m glad she is sleeping well for you most nights.
GAH to the neighbors. Noisy neighbors are the worst. We have a set that stays up until all hours of the night, often outside screaming and dreaming.
February 17th, 2009 at 6:58 am
Whereby “dreaming” I mean “drinking.” Haha, clearly I need more sleep