How do you sleep at night???

[billig]

Do you have solutions you use for getting to sleep at night?
Is your bedroom a haven for dreams and relaxation?
Do you have a bedtime routine?
How do you do it?

Right now the family computer is in my bedroom, but someday over the rainbow it won't be, then my bedroom will be 'a haven for dreams and relaxation'.

[puakinikini]

YES - I get up at 5am and work out, then get 2 kids to daycare and 2 to school, then work 10 hours a day at my stressful job, then go get the kids, make dinner, help with homework, give baths, read books, and put kids to bed. Then I clean up dinner, do some housework, return phone calls, check email, coupon - and by the time my head hits the pillow I am asleep.

My room is far from a relaxation haven - my 6 month old sleeps in a crib in it - but I am too exhausted to notice!! I exhausted myself just writing that all out.

Sorry I couldn't help but post - I used to have insomnia - that was before I had children! Now the only time I have trouble sleeping is when I am worried about something and even that does not last for long...

[jhall1977]

Sleep? What's that? I have a 1yr old that still gets up 2-3 times a night. I just keep running through my head that one day she'll sleep through the night.

[mythreeiggys]

I read everynight. It relaxs me and puts me right to sleep!

[shelleyf]

I can't post what makes me tired, but it works wonderfully every night. lol

[jenntip]

I feel tired and I go to bed. No biggie for me. My DH has trouble sleeping. He says that his mind won't shut off and that he's thinking about work and what he has to do in the morning. That happens to me every now and then. There is some natural sleeping pills and I heard they help.

[Inquisitor]

I can't post what makes me tired, but it works wonderfully every night. lol

I hear that.


If that doesn't work, have you tried using a sleep mask?

[jkelstaten]

Sleep? What's that? I have a 1yr old that still gets up 2-3 times a night. I just keep running through my head that one day she'll sleep through the night.

There are definitely nights when we go through the same thing with our little lady. Then I remember that I still have a 4 year old and 5 year old who get up in the middle of the night several times a week too.

Actually, I have absolutely no problems falling asleep unless I've taken an unusually long nap. Our room is pitch black, silent and cool. It's far from a clean, peaceful sanctuary, but every night I just ask God to clear my mind of any worries or stresses I might be feeling and within minutes I'm asleep.

[lmcconne]

I have little trouble going to sleep but do go through periods of insomnia. My brand is waking up during the night and unable to fall back to sleep for one or more hours, or waking up an hour before my alarm and just laying there awake.

[collectorofbells]

I usually listen to the radio...John Tesh will send me to dreamland in a hurry usually LOL

but if I'm tossing around and just can't fall asleep....then I get up and play on the computer....no sense in watching the dots on the clock flash, when I could be here!