Another fear of parent hood....

Today I watched a video about children sleeping through fire alarms.

I thought to myself about the few times it has accidently gone off and how I was relieved that it did not wake Izze. After watching the video I realize, silly me, I should not have been RELIEVED.

Amazing how children are able to sleep through the noise. Terrifying as well.

There is a new product coming to the market in the next few months, where you can record a message. It shows how children are more likely to wake up to hearing your voice then the beep of an alarm.

They show children being awakend to nice calm messages, such as "Suzy, please wake up, this is a fire alarm. Suzy this is your mother, get up please." And it shows the children gradually waking up and doing what they have been taught to do. You see responses from 6-20 seconds. As opposed to the previous tests with a beep where 3 minutes later they were still asleep.

I've decided that is something I may have to invest in. That said, my child knows her mother is not calm, ever. SO my message may not sound quite the same.....my message will be more along the lines of:

IZZE, THIS IS YOUR MOTHER SPEAKING, GET YOUR ARSE OUT OF THAT BED AND GET OUTSIDE. DID YOU HEAR ME?!?!? MOVE GIRL! GO GO GO! DO YOU WANT TO BURN INTO LITTLE PIECES LIKE THE JUNE BUGS WE FRY UP FOR FUN IN SUMMER, I DONT THINK SO. GET THE HECK OUT!!!!!!!

My mother thinks this will cause determental damage to my lovely girl. But I personally think she wouldnt expect otherwise of me her mother. And besides, I'd much rather have a mental nutcase of a daughter then no daughter at all......