Parental Instincts

I could sleep through a war... In fact, when I was a kid, my dad was out of town on business and somebody tried to break into the house. My mom heard sounds from the back door downstairs... so she couldn't really see and didn't want to go downstairs... so she calls the neighbour, who wakes up her sons... who went to have a look... they saw somebody... they yelled at him... my mom calls the cops... the cops come... they ended up chasing the thief all over the lawn...

Now all this wakes up the whole neighbourhood... except for me... I didn't know anything was wrong until the next morning when my mom told me.

Now fast forward to the last few days while my son was in the hospital. I would be fast asleep beside him... but everytime the nurse came near him (to check his temperature) I would immediately wake up... and it's not when you have no idea where you are and everything... i was totally alert and knew what was going on.

When I think about it, it was like this the last time he was in the hospital (which was when he was still a newborn... jaundice)... everytime a stranger approaches my son, I would wake up automatically... and these nurses are very quiet in order not to disturb the tired parents.

Now, if let's say he was to wake up on his own, or my wife were to take him, I wouldn't realise anything... this happens all the time.

I call it Parental Instincts... it's the ability for a parent to subconsciously monitor their child's safety, even when they are fast asleep. I guess it appears right after the child is born... I guess I've had it since he was less than a week old...

I don't have a moral to this story... just wanted to share it with you guys...