Man, i'm jealous of hubby ?

Question

he sleeps like a baby. not matter what time of day, he could sleep even if the house is burning down. My kids to to sleep 8:00 p.m. and I don't sleep until 1, 2, 3 a.m.

Answer 1

I agree with fuzzydog(?)  

But we're the opposite. I'm a horribly light sleeper and i just glare at my husband when he's sleeping 5 minutes after he goes to bed. But he also drives trains and occasionaly when he's stopped he naps on the train...freight train that is. I wake up when my fan gets shut off or if i hear just the slightest noise. Sucks immensely.

PS. I don't understand why people find it soooo surprising that your children are in bed at 8. Mine are in bed at 8:30. The only reason my son gets up at 7 is because of school. My daughter sleeps EASILY til 9ish.  

Answer 2

Wow! I wish my kids would sleep late. Not that late, but later than 7am. My husband sleeps the same way though. So I know how you feel. I'm such a light sleeper. I wake up over the slighest movement or noise.  

Answer 3

I am thinking he sleeps not like a baby, but a man.  My "babies" (kids) don't sleep, that's why I never seem to get much of it.  But then again I could be in bed, rather than here.  Oh, yeah, I also sometimes wonder if my husband is more in the ignore mode, rather than sleep, like since he doesn't get up, he knows I will.  

Answer 4

My answer is... yes.

Answer 5

My partner can sleep through anything as well, unlike myself!

must be a man thing

Answer 6

Hi,

I think the most important thing to start with is to get your baby into a good sleep routine.  I had massive problems with getting my 4 month old son to sleep.  He would just lie awake and cry for hours, then when he finally went to sleep he would wake every hour or two hours through the night and cry again!  Talk about pulling our hair out .... we were absolutely desperate for sleep!

It was a baby sleep audio program recommended by a friend that finally saved us. We followed the advice and began by creating a baby sleep routine which included bathtime, dimming of the lights, putting James into his crib, final nappy change and then lullabies. We also made recommended changes to his naps during the day and used some of the other recommended techniques. Within two weeks he was sleeping through the night most nights with just the odd night where he would just wake once!

Definitely start by creating a good baby sleep routine though and you could find that solves most of your baby sleep problems.

Good luck!

If you want to take a look, the audio program is at http://www.babysleepsolution.com

Answer 7

Oh do i understand. I dont go to sleep till around 3-5 and I hate it. Plus i take care of my child all day so that means im getting up at around 9. No matter what i do i cant change it.

Answer 8

I know the feeling.  Same thing here.

Answer 9

oh. and what was the question again?

Answer 10

ok, and your question is........but thanks for the 2 points

Answer 11

I could sleep upside down on a picket fence during an earthquake, and my husband wakes up when the cat sneezes across the house.

My mother was able to vacuum under my crib as I slept, and my husband's mother kept a very quiet house when the kids slept.  I see a major correlation, don't you?  I'll bet your mom kept a quiet house and your husband's mom didn't.

So, I refused to shush the house while my kid slept.  She can now sleep through a thunderstorm, in the car or on a train without problems.  I think it's all in the way you were brought up.

Don't be jealous, though.  It's actually good that there is one person in the house that can wake up easily, because one can hear the smoke alarm (or the baby cry, or someone trying to get in your home) when the other can sleep right through it.  

Answer 12

Not sure what the question is...but I wish my kids would go to bed at 8pm.  My kids don't get to bed until around 10pm, then my husband and I go to bed around 11pm.  He falls asleep immediately and I don't until about midnight then have to get up at 5am to make sure the kids get up for school and I'm ready for work.  Then I wake my husband up, he gets to sleep until 7:30am.  He will sleep throughout the night, where I hear the dogs move, the kids wake up to get water, or a leaf fall out of the tree.  On the weekends he will sleep no matter what it going on...I understand the jealousy!  I feel it too - all the time.  I wish I could get as much sleep as him if just for one week.