Your sleep habits

I hear lots of women talking about how you never really sleep through after you've had a child. So some questions for those of you whose kids now sleep through the night:

What is your bedtime?
How long does it take you to go to sleep?
Do you wake? If yes, approx how many times per night?
How long do you stay awake for?
How many trips to the bathroom do you make at night?

Mine:
What is your bedtime? I can't get to sleep if I go to bed before 11pm. If I go to bed before 10.30pm I will still be awake at 3am. If I go to bed after 10.30 I generally get to sleep within an hour.
How long does it take you to go to sleep? Above
Do you wake? If yes, approx how many times per night? Yes. Usually either 1 hour into sleep or 3 hours in.
How long do you stay awake for? Up to 3 hours
How many trips to the bathroom do you make at night? 1 or 2....drives me nuts!

What is your bedtime? 9.30ish
How long does it take you to go to sleep? 5-10 minutes
Do you wake? Not if my alarm doesnt go off
How long do you stay awake for? N/A
How many trips to the bathroom do you make at night?  Nil (unless of course I drink too much water before nn)

What is your bedtime?
About 10pm

How long does it take you to go to sleep?
Usually 5-10mins

Do you wake? If yes, approx how many times per night?
Occassionally, sometimes its to go to the loo but usually only once.

How long do you stay awake for?
5-10mins max

How many trips to the bathroom do you make at night?
1

counts me out answering cause my three year old still doesnt sleep thru!!! my bedtime doesnt seem to be any earlier than 10.30 at the mo... but yesterday i fell asleep on the couch at 8... as to the rest it all depends...

What is your bedtime? 7.30 - 8pm
How long does it take you to go to sleep? 15 mins ish
Do you wake? If yes, approx how many times per night? Yes, probably 4-5 times
How long do you stay awake for? 1-2 mins, if that
How many trips to the bathroom do you make at night? Nil

What is your bedtime?  Somewhere between 9:30 - 10pm (although sometimes I stay up until 10:30pm to see DH)
How long does it take you to go to sleep? less than 5mins (I usual fall asleep before I finish my prayers)

Do you wake? If yes, approx how many times per night? No, not even on the odd occasion that Michaela gets up (I just get a surprise when I wake up in the morning with a toddler snuggling up against me).
How long do you stay awake for? N/A
How many trips to the bathroom do you make at night? Nil

 

I'm probably not a good person to judge yourself against.  I've always been a great sleeper, since I was a baby, and can fall asleep basically anywhere-anytime (which was so annoying when Michaela was NB and I was trying to stay awake for night feeds).

 

Why don't you talk to your doc about a prescription for zopiclone.  My DH is not a good sleeper.  He generally doesn't fall asleep before 1am and often wakes in the night but once or twice a week he takes a sleeping pill and gets a decent sleep.  You and DH could take turns.

If you don't want to take prescription pills you could also try natural remedies.

• A cup of warm milk with horlicks in it or a chamomile tea
• herbal remedies (try healtheries easy sleep and/or peaceful sleep) 
• lavendar bath before bed and/or lavendar scented pillow
  

Edited by MrsMojo

You could try bladder retraining, my womens health physio does it. It never worked for me tho, I am up 3-4 times per night to the loo on average.

What is your bedtime? 11ish

How long does it take you to go to sleep? Depends, can be 5-10 mins or can be 3 hours, especially bad if I got to sleep in the day before

Do you wake?Sometimes for no reason at all, or I got hot or had a bad dream. Unless Gabs wakes me.

How many toilet breaks? Usually one and I go straight back to sleep afterwards.

One thing I do if I am having trouble getting to sleep is, I try to relax myself, so every time I breathe out I try to relax all my muscles in my body a little bit more, its amazing how tense you can be and not even realise. That seems to help me on the nights when its 1am and I still haven't gotten to sleep.

What is your bedtime?1030
How long does it take you to go to sleep? if very tired straight away otherwise 10-20 ..i just do deep breathing and relax all muscles..my counsellor taught me to say banana or boston or any word with an N, preferably 2 and a B to relax jaw muscles..lol..
Do you wake? yes to put E's dummy back in
How long do you stay awake for? long as it takes to put dummy in:)
How many trips to the bathroom do you make at night? 1 unless i get up a lot of times....before pregnancy slept 8-10 hours every night with no loo breaks:)

sally belly wrote: What is your bedtime? Between 9-9.30pm - although Tues nights are later because I *have* to watch Outrageous Fortune

Well I can't participate in this one either as Jack doesn't sleep through!

Although I go to bed about 9.30pm sometimes read for a while, except Tues like sally belly, *have* to watch Outrageous Fortune