When my son wassleeping, Iwas checking the text messages and followed the Instagram updates -- after all, this wasn't really sneaking if my son maintained a public profile.
Sleeping in the headphones on an airplane is a challenge, though they produce odd noises, including a whistling sound, whenI leaned my head against certain surfaces, and sleeping on my side was out of the question.
It was only whenI got home at midnight and lay on the bed with my sleeping five-year-old daughter that the tension of the day gave way to fear of what was to come.
WhenI wasn't sleeping or submerged in the surf becoming one with a seahorse, Iwas facedown on a massage table covered in orchid petals with only the slight rumble of my own stomach to awaken me.