![\"Sophie\"](\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3663\/3519166337_affddb676d.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n\nhas a cold, bless her. She’s finding it difficult to breathe naturally. She was a little bit worried that she would forget to breathe through her mouth, as opposed to her blocked nose, in the night.<\/p>\n
\nAs I kissed her goodnight, she said,<\/p>\n
\n“Mummy says there’s a part of the brain that helps you remember to breathe at night.”<\/p>\n
\n“That’s right,” I said, words like ‘autonomous’ and ‘medulla oblongata’ and, strangely, ‘hypothalamus’ all jostling for attention. But before I could say anything, she continued,<\/p>\n
\n“But why isn’t there part of the brain that helps you not to worry about not remembering to breathe?”<\/p>\n
\nI sympathize. Perhaps I should send her to talk with Noah<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My little Sophie has a cold, bless her. She’s finding it difficult to breathe naturally. She was a little bit worried that she would forget to breathe through her mouth, as opposed to her blocked nose, in the night. As … Continue reading