Re: Men and selective hearing

[Guest guest]

Why is it that Rob carries on sleeping soundly when either/both of the

children wake up at night? He claims he genuinely doesn't hear them crying,

and I am inclined to believe him.

Rob is often on 24 hour call from work. Last night, his pager went off at

20 to 1. The pager was downstairs, at the bottom of his work bag, and very

very muffled. He leaped out of bed like a shot, waking me in the process.

The beeping was barely audible - it certainly wouldn't have woken me.

Seems we can tune our hearing to suit our particular roles in life. I

wonder what happens in a household where the traditiona roles are reversed,

ie the mother works and the father stays home with the children.

McVeigh

Newsletter Editor & Secretary, Leighton Buzzard & District

SAHM to (AKA Tiff Toff) DOB 19/9/97

& Caitlin (AKA Cake Tin), DOB 12/1/00

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[Guest guest]

> Why is it that Rob carries on sleeping soundly when either/both of the

> children wake up at night? He claims he genuinely doesn't hear them

crying,

> and I am inclined to believe him.

Stuart hears absolutely nothing once he has gone to sleep. Last week his

parents were staying and at 3 am the doorbell went. I leapt out of bed to

answer it - the police. The in-laws car, had been broken into and the

police had noticed it. Major crime in this part of the world, we had 4

policemen, 2 panda cars, a police van and a police dog on the scene. F-in-L

had his wallet pinched and spent an hour on the phone cancelling credit

cards. The police had walked broken glass into the house so I put the

hoover round. Stuart slept through the lot! Leaving the kids in his sole

care through the night does worry me!

Lynda

SAHM to (7), (5), Fraser(2), Callum 15/5/00

Newsletter editor & general dogsbody, Mid-Northumberland branch

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[Guest guest]

I know what you mean - my DH has now learnt not to say in a smug tone to friends

" Oh yes.. belle is definitely sleeping through the night now " . Started to

understand when he offered to change her nappy after a feed and realised that

she often gets me up two or three times a night. I have recently started

working three days a week and have relied on his help with her during the night

when I have work the following day. Many people have suggested we take turns

but since I am still bf it seems a little pointless to always wake him up. I

read somewhere that whoever sleeps closest to the baby, or knows that they have

the responsiblity for looking after them will wake up. On the few times he's

taken over for a while, although I've still woken up when she cries - he does

too.

Pip

Mum to belle (4 ms)

Re: Men and selective hearing

Why is it that Rob carries on sleeping soundly when either/both of the

children wake up at night? He claims he genuinely doesn't hear them crying,

and I am inclined to believe him.

Rob is often on 24 hour call from work. Last night, his pager went off at

20 to 1. The pager was downstairs, at the bottom of his work bag, and very

very muffled. He leaped out of bed like a shot, waking me in the process.

The beeping was barely audible - it certainly wouldn't have woken me.

Seems we can tune our hearing to suit our particular roles in life. I

wonder what happens in a household where the traditiona roles are reversed,

ie the mother works and the father stays home with the children.

McVeigh

Newsletter Editor & Secretary, Leighton Buzzard & District

SAHM to (AKA Tiff Toff) DOB 19/9/97

& Caitlin (AKA Cake Tin), DOB 12/1/00

Photo Album:

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=697874 & a=5085964

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[Guest guest]

Wrote>>Seems we can tune our hearing to suit our particular roles in

life. <<

My friend a childminder NEVER hears her children but her husband does.

He woke with such a start the other week as their 5 year old came in that he

put his back out. She was only woken (despite his screaming in her ear with the

pain) when the other children came in to see what the problem was!

SAHM 6, Olivia 2, 1, 15/3/00.

Editor Wallingford and District