https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:17:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314531 Fri, 09 Oct 2015 06:57:29 +0000 Mae 2314531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: not regularly and he is not super interested in starting right now again. </p> <p>Thank you all for your tips! I did some independent research and I think we are going to try melatonin first and if that doesn't work try magnesium. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314497 Fri, 09 Oct 2015 06:23:14 +0000 looch 2314497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: That's interesting, because I bet my husband would have similar results. He's a light sleeper and snores too.</p> <p>I used to take magnesium supplements when I had terrible restless legs, I might start those up again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314392 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 22:15:23 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2314392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband swears by a magnesium supplement. I also use magnesium lotion on LO, and I think she sleeps better. It could be a coincidence, but I say its worth a shot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314366 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 21:57:52 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2314366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>try melatonin! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314345 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 21:33:32 +0000 Truth Bombs 2314345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does he exercise? I always sleep much better on days when I'm more physically active. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314338 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 21:17:22 +0000 Mae 2314338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaG: he went to a sleep doc last year but doesn't have apnea. He has a nose spray to help with the snoring but it only tones it down from a freight train to a big rig lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314337 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 21:14:49 +0000 MamaG 2314337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: Sleep study. If he snores that badly and is now getting very restless, sleep apnea is a possibility. Also, anxiety. My DH had anxiety that manifested in this manner. He didn't feel stressed either but was having sleeping issues. As luck would have it a sleep apnea diagnosis landed him a cpap and the anxiety resulted in lexapro and he started sleeping like a log. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314331 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 21:07:07 +0000 agold 2314331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Melatonin. It's like a vitamin. Non habit forming. My husband works nights and it's what all he and his buddies take to sleep during the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314329 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 21:04:17 +0000 MrsSRS 2314329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FannyMae: win win </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314328 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 21:03:37 +0000 FannyMae 2314328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSRS: its hasn't been a problem so far, as I think it counteracts the pregnancy constipation </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314324 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 21:01:46 +0000 MrsSRS 2314324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FannyMae: lol evidently the type of magnesium is what makes that happen. You can change it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314322 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 21:00:05 +0000 MrsSRS 2314322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: about 500mg daily, not all citrate</p> <p>Here's a study<br /> <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23853635" rel="nofollow">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23853635</a> </p> <p>and here's a basic explanation<br /> <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&#038;source=web&#038;rct=j&#038;url=http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/3311795&#038;ved=0CCsQFjAEahUKEwit3sPMo7TIAhWEdj4KHR8RAM0&#038;usg=AFQjCNEgeSS1ztxQa7YsMR54Gy0t3DJwag&#038;sig2=GWpZb4LvwWSbW9RN2WVJ7w" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&#038;source=web&#038;rct=j&#038;url=http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/3311795&#038;ved=0CCsQFjAEahUKEwit3sPMo7TIAhWEdj4KHR8RAM0&#038;usg=AFQjCNEgeSS1ztxQa7YsMR54Gy0t3DJwag&#038;sig2=GWpZb4LvwWSbW9RN2WVJ7w</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314315 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:57:22 +0000 Mae 2314315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FannyMae: what type do you take? what dosage? @MOMTOLITTLEB: maybe? I don't know anything about it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314313 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:56:12 +0000 FannyMae 2314313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSRS: I too have been taking a magnesium supplement for the last 3 weeks, and I feel like my muscles are more relaxed, no migraines since I started taking them, and also a bit easier to get to sleep. Its worth a shot! Also - TMI but they really help keep you *regular* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314307 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:52:41 +0000 MOMTOLITTLEB 2314307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is he open to taking melatonin? My husband has similar issues and it helps him when he takes it. I'm like you, I sleep fine as long as my son lets me! He's not particularly worried about anything, I almost think he stresses himself out worrying about his sleep problem! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314302 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:49:24 +0000 Mae 2314302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSRS: So I just read up on magnesium on webmd but it didn't say anything about sleep or the dosage for that. Do you have more info? </p> <p>@SweetiePie: eeeeek don't say that lol. My husband can't sleep on his stomach. He loooves sleeping on his back but I won't let him because he snores so bad on his back it wakes me up and i poke him and make him roll over (although weirdly I haven't had to do that since this started so he must be staying on his side!). The new pillow thing is a good idea though! We could probably use some new ones. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314299 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:47:27 +0000 MrsH 2314299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: DD1 has white noise in her room that you can hear over the monitor and we have one in our room right next to us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314295 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:44:41 +0000 SweetiePie 2314295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This might sound strange but I swear that changing my position recently has helped. I always slept on my stomach or side but wasn't much of a back sleeper. Recently I started laying down to go to bed on my back and waking up in the same position in the morning. I had previously done a lot of tossing and turning and waking during the night. Sleeping on my back seems to have helped. Maybe I wasn't really as comfortable as I thought I was on my stomach and side so I was waking and always adjusting?</p> <p>Similarly - I wonder if a new pillow might help? I feel like at some point in my life I read that the wrong pillow (or an old one that has lost its shape, fluff, etc) can impact sleep. But that's a shot in the dark. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314277 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:27:53 +0000 MrsSRS 2314277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A magnesium supplement! Or soaks in epsom salts to absorb magnesium that way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314259 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:11:40 +0000 Mae 2314259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsH: We have an audio monitor going all the time in our room and LO has loud white noise so we basically have white noise in our room too. But maybe we should turn it up a bit. </p> <p>@looch: I don't know if I can keep him up any later lol. Left to his own devices he'd go to bed at like 9pm but he stays up with me until 11 because it's our only us-time. By the time we turn in he is literally out in under 30 seconds haha. </p> <p>@catlady: I keep our room frigid and use a fan through most of the winter because I like sleeping snuggly under covers. We also have seriously the most comfortable bed and bedding ever. I can't understand the not sleeping because I'm out like a light and sleep until my alarm every single day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314196 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 19:29:36 +0000 catlady 2314196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>White noise and keeping the room sort of cool help me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314194 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 19:28:37 +0000 looch 2314194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, I had this problem, and then I realized if I went to bed later, I slept better. Basically less hours but deeper sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314190 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 19:25:10 +0000 MrsH 2314190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: white noise! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-staying-asleep#post-2314185 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 19:19:48 +0000 Mae 2314185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So my husband has been having a lot of trouble sleeping lately, and I feel so badly for him! I've never had much trouble sleeping (so long as a kid wasn't screaming at me) so it is hard for me to relate or brainstorm. </p> <p>He has no trouble at all falling asleep, but staying asleep is hard for him. He's been waking up 2-3 times overnight and said it takes him 10+ min to fall back asleep. Then he wakes for the day 1-2 hours before he has to be up and can't get back to sleep. He said he isn't feeling stressed or up thinking about any particular thing when he is up. He also doesn't drink any caffeine ever. He said he doesn't want to take sleeping pill type stuff because he doesn't think that is good sleep. </p> <p>Any tips for staying asleep? Or getting back to sleep quickly when you wake in the early morning hours? </p> <p>Thanks! </p>