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5 Tips to Sleeping Like a Husband #insomniahelp

June 16, 2014 by Larisha Campbell 4 Comments

I used to always hear people say, “I slept like a baby.”  I know I probably had said this on a few occasions.  However, that was before I was a parent.  Now that I’m a parent, I don’t want to sleep like a baby.  I want to sleep like my husband, well, in my case, my fiance.  All jokes aside, that’s what I want, even if just for a night.
This is a Type-A Parent paid post to discuss sleep issues, and to share a new insomnia resource from the National Sleep Foundation.

 

Let’s set the record straight.  I’m jealous of both.  There are often times when my daughter can fall asleep and it just looks like she is literally KNOCKED out! I’m talking about the type of sleep where you can wiggle their arms, pretend to do the robot with them, lick their face, and they don’t even flinch. You know what I’m talking about.  Head bobbing up and down in the car seat type of sleep.

 

And that type of sleep happens often here.  Like these….

 

 
And these…
 
 
But even though it may happen often, there are still plenty of times that it doesn’t.  Where I lay her down and she immediately pops open her eyes. Or wakes up after 31 minutes. And let’s not even start to talk about the countless number of times she still wakes up in the middle of the night.  By now I have embraced most out our toddler sleep dilemmas, but what I’m most jealous of is “husband sleep”.   How is it that they seem to sleep through EVERYTHING. 
 
Toddler screaming?  He stays asleep. 
Toddler wakes up at 3am?  He stays asleep. 
Toddler slapping him in the face at 6am?  He stays asleep.  
 
And I’m not talking about pretend sleep here.  I’m talking about snoring sleep, loud enough to wake up Godzilla sleep.  I just can’t wrap my head around it.  
 

And while we’re on the subject.  Why we he co-sleeps with the toddler do they always looks so peaceful? Yet, when I fall asleep with her, she literally climbs on top of me.  I mean, he has nice warm skin too, right?

 So why can’t I fall asleep?  I lay there with thoughts racing through my mind. Did I lock the doors? What should we eat for breakfast tomorrow, or lunch, or dinner? When can I get to the store this week? What do we need from the store? How many posts do I have to write tomorrow for the blog? Am I giving the baby enough nutrition? How many e-mails do I have left to answer? Should I do a blog event? How do I do a blog event? Is the toddler growing as well as she should? I think we had too much screen time today? Is she learning enough? Did I water the plants today? The list goes on and on and on.

Until I guess somewhere between wondering about the house catching on fire and the baby getting sick, I just pass out until I hear cries from a restless toddler coming at 2am and I have to get her back to sleep.  One day it clicked that I just wasn’t getting enough sleep and I needed to figure out what worked for me getting better sleep.  I found some tips of my own, along with a few from the National Sleep Foundating, and I try to do these tips as often as possible and notice that when I do them, it really helps!

 
5 Tips to Sleeping Like a Husband
 
 
  1. Turn off all electronics an hour before bed – this means your phone, computer, TV etc. This gives your brain time to unwind from a day.  Taking a shower or reading a book are good things to do in that last hour. 
  2. Create a sleep spray with a therapeutic grade lavender essential oil – and water and spray sheets and pillow before bed. Lavender is known as a calming oil and helps to relax your mind
  3. Use a sound machine – Sound machines aren’t just for babies.  They can be used to drown out sounds that may be keeping you awake, as well as lull you to sleep
  4. Do NOT take a late nap with your baby – I know you may think I’m crazy.  But taking naps late in the day (or long naps early during the day) can actually interrupt your normal sleep patterns.  It’s better to try to get a longer stretch at night
  5. Write Down Tomorrow’s To Do List – This may be my greatest tip and what I actually notice helps me a great deal.  I have a notebook and try to write down everything that I know I need to do for the next day before I go to bed.  I also try to write down anything else I’m thinking about to get those thoughts out of my head.  
Between the baby, running the household, and running the blog, I truly struggle with sleep and put most things off until after she goes to sleep and then I’m stuck awake for hours when I truly need to be sleeping.  I’m getting better at finding the balance in my life and using tips, like those above, to really help.  
 
What are your sleep tips?

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Be sure to check out a new resource from the National Sleep Foundation at sleepfoundation.org/insomnia – a good place to start if you think you have insomnia or aren’t sleeping. The National Sleep Foundation is your trusted resource for everything sleep – understanding how sleep works & why it’s important, learning healthy habits, creating a relaxing bedroom & bedtime routine, & finding solutions to your sleep issues.

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Comments

  1. buttmonkee8 says

    June 16, 2014 at 5:59 pm

    Love all the pics ๐Ÿ™‚ Baby's sleep in the weirdest positions!! Lol ๐Ÿ™‚ Wish I could fall and stay asleep like my hubby (the to do list helps me but I always wanna add to it while Im laying in bed-haha (maybe I should keep it next to me on the end table)

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  2. Lindsey S. says

    June 17, 2014 at 2:34 am

    I loved looking at these pictures! So funny and so true about the husband! I put a drop of lavender oil on the soles of my feet and I swear it helps me sleep soundly!

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  3. Megan Sutliff says

    June 17, 2014 at 11:41 am

    Haha this is a great post, with great tips at the end! Cute pics!

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  4. Caitlin Mccormick says

    June 17, 2014 at 1:11 pm

    too funny and great tips!

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