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<blockquote data-quote="ML" data-source="post: 275695"><p>Some of you may remember that I camped out with an air mattress in manster's room for a long time due to his night time anxiety and frequent wakings. Well I "moved out" several months ago and the results have been mixed. Some nights he does well but more often than not, and more so lately for some reason, he wakes up several times a night and doesn't always go back to sleep. He ALWAYS wakes me up. I enabled him to become too dependent upon me for sleep and created this mess. Because I'm not the greatest sleeper to begin with, when he wakes me up I don't always go back to sleep so I'm exhausted. A couple of times I have been able to go back and he's left the TV on and who knows what time he goes back to sleep. One night he was up from 3 on. It started with the antibiotics when he was sick and now it's a pattern.</p><p></p><p>I was thinking of getting an egg crate type mattress that I can throw in a closet and if he has a bad night tell him to drag it from the closet and put it at the foot of our bed. I'm thinking this is a compromise. The bed won't be set up to encourage a new pattern but if it's really bad some of us can get some sleep (husband's sleep is also disrupted). What do you think? Is this perpetuating the cycle or is it a reasonable measure?</p><p></p><p>The good part is that by waking up 3 hours early today I get to catch up with my cd family.</p><p></p><p>Love,</p><p></p><p>ML</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ML, post: 275695"] Some of you may remember that I camped out with an air mattress in manster's room for a long time due to his night time anxiety and frequent wakings. Well I "moved out" several months ago and the results have been mixed. Some nights he does well but more often than not, and more so lately for some reason, he wakes up several times a night and doesn't always go back to sleep. He ALWAYS wakes me up. I enabled him to become too dependent upon me for sleep and created this mess. Because I'm not the greatest sleeper to begin with, when he wakes me up I don't always go back to sleep so I'm exhausted. A couple of times I have been able to go back and he's left the TV on and who knows what time he goes back to sleep. One night he was up from 3 on. It started with the antibiotics when he was sick and now it's a pattern. I was thinking of getting an egg crate type mattress that I can throw in a closet and if he has a bad night tell him to drag it from the closet and put it at the foot of our bed. I'm thinking this is a compromise. The bed won't be set up to encourage a new pattern but if it's really bad some of us can get some sleep (husband's sleep is also disrupted). What do you think? Is this perpetuating the cycle or is it a reasonable measure? The good part is that by waking up 3 hours early today I get to catch up with my cd family. Love, ML [/QUOTE]
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