I started off co sleeping with DD because she was very unsettled from birth and it was a way off getting some sleep. But then I really loved having her close and found that it meant so much more than that. It has been really great. HOWEVER, because DH snores like a steam train he was waking DD up and now I put her in her crib in her room for half the night until she wakes for a feed and then I go and sleep on a foam mattress with her in her room.
I just read that co sleeping is better for babies when it's done for the whole night instead of after when they wake up.
How can I stop DH snoring so we can all sleep in the same bed again ?
Any ideas ladies ?....or any gentlemen out there with ideas, please share.
He's actually in the process of losing weight but even when he was a lot thinner he snored ... bad ! Ugh! He does have sleep apnea as well. He wasn't too bad when I first started taking DD to bed with us but I think because he's been working so much and he gets up really early (5.30am) and his day doesn't finish till about 5.30pm, but by the time he goes to bed it's about ten-ish so with DD waking in the middle of the night he will often awake also, so his tiredness is just making him more exhausted which makes him snore much more.
He doesn't smoke and he doesn't drink. Only when he is on his front does he not snore.
Mmmm....?
You could try those breathe right nasal strips, they are supposed to help. There is also some sort of mouth guard you can get which pulls the lower jaw forward a bit to open up the passages and prevent snoring. There is also a surgery that can be done but that might be a bit extreme. Good luck!
I kicked mine out to the spare room.
He snores so loud I can still hear him through 2 closed doors but it's not loud enough to keep me or bub awake now, so we are all getting some more sleep and I get to stretch out in the bed.
Well mostly, DD takes up a lot of room for such a little person.
DH is preventing us from co sleeping because....
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