HOWEVER...
The sound of Greg unscrewing said alarm to inspect why it was going off for no apparent reason woke Ms. Ana out of her dead sleep requiring 25 minutes of rocking to convince her she was still sleepy? Arrgh!!
Which leads me to another question; how many of you knew that some types of smoke detectors contain a radioactive substance?! We were very freaked to see the radioactive warning label when we were trying to figure out why the alarm had gone off. It of course prompted a thorough early morning internet search which led me to discover that there are two types of smoke detectors; "ionization" and "photoelectric". The "ionization" type contains Americium 241, a radioactive substance that is supposedly safe to be around. Still creeps me out though!
Anyways, after a thorough inspection of the house, we could not figure out why the alarm went off and we eventually made ourselves go back to sleep. Some of us sooner than others (Greg)!
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Aaaah, something else for me to obsess over! I did read an article, or watched a show once, about children and smoke detectors. They (I'm not sure who "they" is, but anyway) did a study and found that children awoke more quickly to the sound of a parent/guardian's voice, rather than the screeching smoke alarm. They have smoke alarms now that you can record your own voice yelling, "Wake up, get out of your bed" or whatever.
Hope you all sleep soundly tonight!
It is amazing how much those bodies can sleep through. We can check on them, tuck them in, maybe close a window, or move a toy out of the way but it isn't until I softly whisper to my husband, two rooms away..."weird how we have the bed to ourselves tonight"...and within seconds a little body comes stumbling in and snuggles in close to us. :)
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