Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Julia’s Sixth Sense

Ever since Julia was born she has had the most amazing 6th sense.  However it appears this was a temporary ability and has started to weaken as she turns 6 months old.

What is this amazing ability?  Well it first manifested itself when Julia slept in the co-sleeper next to us.  She would be sound asleep while Alyssa and I got ready for bed and read our books.  But the minute I would turn my light off and lay my head down she would wake up.  She would repeat this performance 3 or 4 times before finally drifting off to sleep.  One night I “fooled” her by laying down then lifting my head and looking at her.  I saw her open her eyes look at me then quickly lay her head down.   So you might think that she was just “playing a game”.  But shortly after this we moved her into her nursery and she still managed this amazing trick for months.

The other way it manifested was at dinnertime.  Julia, who has always gone to bed early, would be fast asleep in her crib while Alyssa and I prepared dinner.  We wouldn’t hear a peep from her that entire time.  We would sit down and I would go to put the first bite of food in my mouth and she would wakeup.  The amazing part was that food preparation period would vary every night.  Sometimes it would be 10 minutes other times it would be more than an hour, her timing was always precise with my first bite of food.  Thankfully as she approaches 6 months this ability seems to be waning and I have had some hot meals.

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