My partner is such deep sleeper he can't wake up for our son!?

Question

My Partner is such a deep sleeper he actually has to be shaken awake and shouted at! I am starting to get really worried about it as we have a 2 year old son who gets up at 5am every morning...but nothing wakes my partner up. He sleeps through the loudest alarm clocks I have ever heard and even if the alarm clock went on for an hour it wouldn't wake him up. I am going away for a girls weekend this weekend and leaving my son with his dad for the first time.. Any tricks my partner can try so that he wakes up for our son in the morning...I am so worried that he won't wake up for him!

Answer 1

well i think maybe he should go have a sleep test they will watch him sleep, also let ur doc know he/she can refer you to the correct place as for your 2 year old mine does the same but he gets in bed with us untill about 6 or 7 and he is fine.good luck

Answer 2

r u sure he's not faking

Answer 3

teach your son before you leave that he needs to try to wake up daddy for a little while.  Have your husband get ready for this too.  Tell him that he has to get up with him two ir three days before you leave just long enough to get the baby some breakfast, then you can get uo the rest of the time with him.  Trial and error.If it helps maybe you should sleep out on the couch for a couple of days just to get your son used to the idea of you not being there for him to wake up.  thenmake sure you put it into your husbands head over and over agian that he has to wake up for his son this time and it should work.  It works for mine, I used to work third shift my kids would get up at 6am every morning he finally got into the routine of getting up with them, after we did this little exercise for a couple of days.  If that doesn't work while you are there maybe you should look into finding a babysitter for the weekend.

Answer 4

ummm the deep sleeper might be very clever, so you can get up for the baby......

Answer 5

my partner is the same, i can lay our son by his ear and he wont hear him, i haven't left them over night with him, when my son was born my daughter went to grandparents!! he says he would wake up if he was the only one there, but i'm not sure!!

hs even slept through a hotel smoke alarm, luckily i was with him!!!

tell your son to jump on him in the morning, that should do it!!

Answer 6

Won't your son climb into bed with him?

Don't worry about it - he has to be responsible.

Answer 7

one thing to do BRING YOUR KIDS with you

Answer 8

My husband used to be like that.  It was so frustrating!  When he's older make sure you "train" your son to go to your partner's side of the bed when he needs something in the middle of the night.  He will have to wake up when he's being incessantly tapped by his child.  This worked for me!

Answer 9

My husband is the same,but whenever he is alone with the boys he hears everything.

I have come to the conclusion that when I´m home he relaxes because he knows I´m there,and when I´m not,he has to sleep with one eye open.

Do not worry,your son will be OK.He´ll hear him.

Answer 10

Hi. I'm sure your husband only sleeps so well b/c he knows that you are there, when you go away and he is left responsible for your child he will more than likely hear him straight away. Don't worry, daddy will be fine :)

Answer 11

My husband is the same way but when is left alone with our baby he wakes up just fine. He was worried the first time too so I put the monitor on his side of the bed and turned it up as loud as it would go. He woke up just fine, as a matter of fact, he said he never fell into a deep sleep while I was gone. He said, "Is that how you sleep everynight? I had no idea!" It made him appreciate me more actually. Their "mothering" instincts kick in when you're gone. Don't worry about it and fun on your girls weekend!

Answer 12

My husband is the same way, no faking. No drugs or alcohal. I have not yet left for the night (our son is 15 months.) When I was really sick and needed my husband to deal with the night shift, which at the time was every 2 hours or so, he actually stayed up all night because he knew he couldn't do it any other way. If I ask him to keep an ear out now, he stays in the baby's bed with him all night.

Answer 13

Yeah get him a Kilo of speed for the week that should work

Answer 14

Get your son to sleep with daddy starting now.Make sure in the morning your son doesn't get out of bed until daddy does. You enjoy your weekend away.  When you get back ask your partner to go and get a sleep study done.He may have sleep apnea,or something?

Answer 15

I could sleep through anything, when my wife was in hospital after she had our twins i had our 9 year old sleep in with me and she woke me when she heard our then 1 year old on the baby monitor, my wife also phoned me that morning from the hospital.

Either get your son to sleep in bed with your partner or tell him to go jump on him when he wakes up.