I have been a nightowl for as long as I can remember. The quiet, still of night gives me time to just be me.
Not a ‘Mum, Mum, Mum’ or ‘Stace ..?’ can be heard. No demands for my time and the silence is well and truly golden.
However, indulging in too much of this quiet time is actually not beneficial. Too much of a good thing and it cuts into that much needed sleep.
A little while ago, I set myself a bedtime. By 10:30pm I would have shut down the computer and if I still was not tired, I would indulge in a little late night DIY television and half an hour later my eyes would grow weary and sleep would not be far off.
It did not result in a raring-to-go Mumma in the morning as I had intended (it seems I am just not a morning person regardless of hours slept!) but it did mean I was less sluggish and more productive throughout the day.
Call it self-sabotage (things were going soooo well) or blame it on the rescheduling of late-night DIY television (they are no longer showing anything of interest at that time) but this week, I have broken my bedtime curfew every night!
At first, it made for a lot getting ticked off that ‘get on with it’ list (which means I should have a lot more to share with you very soon!) but as the week wore on, the sluggishness set in and I was actually overtired but not quick to go to sleep.
The days dragged on and yet, at bedtime I was feeling funnily refreshed – not ready for sleep at all! Sounds all too familiar ‘sigh’, I’ve been there before.
It’s time to reassess this whole bedtime thing and say goodbye to the nightowl once and for all! One can not continue on a small amount of sleep for very long, not if one wants to actually get stuff done!
So that was my week, how was yours? Do you have problems getting to bed at a decent time? Does sleep come easy for you? What kind of things do you do in your bedtime/wind-down routine?
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Sleep has become a problem for me now that my kids are enjoying long, uniterrupted nights of sleep. I thought once they were safely tucked in and quiet, that by the time I could go to bed (as early as possible, 9 pm is ideal!) then I could enjoy the sleep of the Gods too. But, I always have to get up at least once for a toilet trip, then it remains to be seen whether I can drift back off without a two hour worry session, if I do go back to sleep, it is only to wake at anywhere from 4 am to 5 am and then its not worth going back to sleep. I’ve been to my doctor and she doesn’t want to give me sleeping tablets because I still have small children (and a husband who can sleep through anything!) so we have done the whole try to relax before bed, warm milk etc. Take a notebook to bed and write down worries so they are out of your head, I take magnesium every day as it is a natural relaxant. And sometimes these things work and other times I just feel cranky and gritty eyed all day if I don’t get enough zzzz’s. Now that I’m doing a bit more running (in my lovely new shoes and excellent Enell sports bra that arrived from America this week!) I’m hoping this will help my sleep patterns. Is it really too much to ask for a 6-7 hour block of solid sleep so I can get on with my day? I think not, I want to sleep like a baby…….. with someone to rock me and change my nappy so I don’t have to get out of bed at all, lol!
Great to hear you are keeping up with the running Wendy. I hear you on the toilet trips, sometimes twice for me once in bed, have been drinking loads more water in recent months and I don’t think my body knows it’s supposed to use it to hydrate or something (after years of drinking not much else other than extremely dehydrating cola drink). The worrying thing is not good at all, wise of the doctor in regards to the sleeping pills, interesting to hear you say that about magnesium, I am guessing our bodies are supposed to have a certain level of it (obtained from foods or supplements as you have been recommended) I will have to look into this further, it’s quite possible I am lacking some nutrients/minerals/vitamins in my diet that could/should be fixed. Wendy, is there something you are continually worrying about? If you ever need to chat/vent you can email me (staceylee.getonwithitalready@gmail.com) or message on fb page
Hi Stace- just a quick note to let you know I don’t have a post this week – sorry !!!! Sick family and a few days of not feeling that great on top of trying to get things ready to leave tonight for the Stampede means I just haven’t been able to find the time the past couple of nights. AM sure I will be back next week.
Sleep (or lack of it) is a big thing with me too. Really not sure what to suggest as I know that I have tried so many different things and have yet to find out what it is that will let me wake up feeling refreshed and full of energy. While we were away, at one motel we slept on the most amazing mattresses – I have been in touch with the owner and she gave me the details so next weekend we are hoping to go mattress shopping in another attempt to find out what will give me a decent nights sleep.
Will let you know how it goes once we get it and have tried it out – they say you should change your mattresses at least once every 10 years – is that something you may need to look at as well ? Ours are probably close to 10 yrs by now when I think about it as we bought them a couple of years after we arrived here.
Have a great week and I hope you manage to get some sleep soon !
Me
Totally understand not fitting in time for posting, I almost didn’t have the time for this one! Our mattress is only a few years old but we got a one-sided pillow top which means it can’t be flipped only rotated so don’t think it will last the ten years, I don’t recommend one of those! I hope the mattress is the answer to your sleep issues. I’m now thinking some relaxation music into the wind down routine may be helpful .. time will tell
I used to be a night owl and when my alarm went off at 7:30 so I could be at work by 8:30 I was almost always still in bed at 8 and not at work until 9! Since having my son I’ve really become a morning person. I can’t imagine sleeping until 7:30 or 8:00 now and I love the fresh early mornings for exercising or just for going out and grabbing coffee at the beach. It also means that most nights I’m buggered and in bed by 9:30, though I’ve been managing 10:00 lately! Hope you can find a balance that works for you and maximizes your energy!
Oh I wish my kids had made me a morning person but even when they were little I struggled. I think the less activity I do of a day the harder it is to wind down at the end of day which means I need to tire myself out more obviously, now to just get on with it! I note on your Saturday morning runs your little one is with hubs, how do you manage to do the early morning exercise on weekdays?
Hubby leaves for work at 7:30, so as long as I’m back by then I can go early. In summer time it’ll be great because the sun is up at 4:30!! So I can go for a run at 6 and be back in plenty of time. In the winter I drop Nick at kindy then go for a run, go home, shower and go to work because I don’t start until 10:30 or 11. I definitely have found I fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow since exercising too!
New follower here and this cracks me up! Here I am falling asleep at the computer but so desperate for “me time” that I’m staying awake at midnight. Arg, maybe it’s time.
Haha that’s half my problem, the need for ‘me’ time vs sleep, I will find the balance one of these days! Thanks for following