10-10-2011, 09:56 PM
There's something off about these parents. But sometimes I suspect the mother; other times the father (right now I'm leaning towards the father). And I don't get the feeling that
I wonder if the dog barked regularly. Our neighbor's dog barks periodically throughout the night (probably as deer, racoons, skunks, etc. come by). I just tune it out and don't wake up anymore.
The mom may just have been overly tired. My kids are grown. But I recently took care of my mother during the last year of her life. She had a buzzer and it buzzed - really loud - right next to my bed. Normally I would hear it (as she buzzed every hour or two usually). But every once in a while, I'd sleep right through several buzzes, and my husband would have to wake me up. I don't think it's strange that a mother of three young kids could sleep through an intruder. We know other people have - Elizabeth Smart's parents, Jessica Lundford's grandparents (I forget if her father was also home), etc.
I wonder if the dog barked regularly. Our neighbor's dog barks periodically throughout the night (probably as deer, racoons, skunks, etc. come by). I just tune it out and don't wake up anymore.
The mom may just have been overly tired. My kids are grown. But I recently took care of my mother during the last year of her life. She had a buzzer and it buzzed - really loud - right next to my bed. Normally I would hear it (as she buzzed every hour or two usually). But every once in a while, I'd sleep right through several buzzes, and my husband would have to wake me up. I don't think it's strange that a mother of three young kids could sleep through an intruder. We know other people have - Elizabeth Smart's parents, Jessica Lundford's grandparents (I forget if her father was also home), etc.