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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
However, I am lucky in that I have very selective hearing when I'm asleep. I can sleep through almost anything, but if one of my cats meows for me .... I'm up and bolt awake. That was even true when I lived in downtown San Diego ... I'd sleep through the traffic and the trolley sounds (I lived right near a crossing ... with one of those clanging gates), but if Newton meowed, even if he was outside the condo, I woke up.
I wish there was some way to pass this ability on to those who need it.
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I think that's called "mothering"! Maybe not the ignoring of other things, but the ability to be tuned to the cries of your own babies. I don't have any kids, but my puppies would awaken me, whereas lawn mowers, garbage trucks -- nahh!