Pristine had an asthma attack at 3 am this morning. The moment she coughed and wheezed, I woke up from my sleep in a split second.

We sleep in the same room and her bed is attached to ours. She sleeps on my side so I can wake up at night to check her blanket, shirt, position - she could go up and hit her head on the bed head board or go down and hang her feet down at the lower edge of her bed - the nightly acrobatic possibilities are endless.

I sat her up and gave her water then the inhaler so she can sleep back. I had been making some rustling noises enough to wake a normal sleeping person. But my husband? He did not even move a muscle. He slept like a log.

The next morning, I asked him if he knew what happened that dawn. Of course, he had no idea!

How can men sleep through these kind of kid-related commotions? Not that I hate him for that, believe me, I have come to accept the fact that moms and dad’s night body mechanisms are just different; that moms are more alert and sensitive to every smell, sound and movement around them, even with their eyes closed! However, I am just amazed at how at the shutting of their eyes, their ears and all of the senses completely shuts down, too.