When you can't sleep....?

[melissakay143]

What do you do?


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[Gemma]

I read.

[jacinda]

Well, when I woke up at 4.30am this morning, I checked on the kids, then hopped on the computer for an hour till I felt tired again and went back to bed. I have no problems GOING to sleep, but I have problems staying asleep. Usually once I wake up in the morning (as long as it's 5.30am or later), I just get up and muck around on the computer till the rest of the family wake up.

[MamaBee]

I'll either watch TV, read, or scrapbook... depending on my stress level and why I can't sleep... But then around 5 I'll get tired, lie down until the rest of the house is up and then usually fall asleep and have a hard time getting up... oh, I hate those nights!

[jak]

I'm an early riser (4.30am on days I have to commute to work in the city). If I wake up early and can't get back to sleep, like 3.00 or 4.00am I'll get up and start my day - housework, work (if its a day I'm working from home)... thankfully this doesn't happen too often - I live in a state of chronic tiredness so sleep isn't usually a problem!

[rach3975]

These days it's more "won't sleep" than "can't sleep" for me. At night I fight my tiredness to stay up and scrap (since the time when everyone else is asleep is the only time I can squeeze in more than a few minutes on the computer). We have 1 child whose sleep disorder makes him wake by 4:45 most mornings, so if there's a time I can't sleep in the morning I get up with him.

Back when the kids were littler and waking at night (which my sleep disordered kiddo did until age 5), I had to be very careful when I went to sleep or I'd have insomnia every night. He had one of his wakings about 1 am every day. I couldn't go to sleep before that, no matter how tired I was. If I did fall asleep then wake with him for 20 minutes to an hour, I'd be awake for another 3. I used to read or use the computer when it happened.

[adi&co.]

I scrap which is why I always get pages for my CT's done really fast. After the kids go to bed I scrap or watch tv. or both. I'm watching House on netflix all the way through and sometimes I need the scrapping distraction through the gorey parts

[zakirahzakaria]

Play games on my iPhone. Urghh. And they're really immature kinda games. Like Dragon Story, Restaurant Story & Bakery Story. I'm on level 90-100 on all of the games.

[glumirk]

Listening to podcasts or audiobooks helps me. I can do that quietly on my phone in the dark with my eyes closed, and sometimes I just need to get my brain to stop whirling, so they offer the distraction necessary.


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[adrianka]

I have a bit of cheese. I find that eating something makes me sleepy. :-)

If that doesn't help, I read.

[nesser1981]

Watch tv or mess with my phone.

[SeattleSheri]

Read

[melissakay143]

Originally Posted by zakirahzakaria

Play games on my iPhone. Urghh. And they're really immature kinda games. Like Dragon Story, Restaurant Story & Bakery Story. I'm on level 90-100 on all of the games.

Haha, that's funny!


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[marlathrall]

Cruise facebook.

[mrsashbaugh]

Originally Posted by rach3975

These days it's more "won't sleep" than "can't sleep" for me. At night I fight my tiredness to stay up and scrap..

This is me. I usually stay up so I can scrap in peace. I'll also look through Pinterest.



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[SweetMelissa]

I'll read or listen to music