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were babies, that my husband developed an under-documented condition called ‘chronic night-related deafness’. This meant that as soon as daylight disappeared, so did his hearing. He was utterly unable tohear anything other than SuperSport from 6pm to about 7am, no matter how piteously the babies wept, or how loudly I gnashed my teeth. Fortunately, the condition spontaneously disappeared as the children got older and started sleeping through the night. Proof that time really does heal all things,

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