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MamGu12 Sun 29-Oct-23 21:31:11

and how long do you sleep.

seadragon Sun 29-Oct-23 21:38:44

We are usually in bed by 10pm; read for a while; wake at 5am; read for a bit longer and can usually get back to sleep within an hour or 2 before waking about 7 or 8 am; get up 8.30 at the latest as DS's dog is almost always staying over.... Weirdly, putting the radio on if we're not asleep again by 6am usually helps despite all the awfulness being reported....probably a defense mechanism....

MamGu12 Sun 29-Oct-23 21:49:33

I live on my own bed about 10-30 always listen to audio book set timer for 45mins usually drop off and find I have missed a few chapters of book sometimes I can get back to sleep other times still awake and have to replay the missed chapters ,

So rather erratic sleep pattern wish I could sleep just 6hrs right through🤷‍♀️

Primrose53 Sun 29-Oct-23 22:07:27

Now.😴

MamGu12 Sun 29-Oct-23 22:11:37

Night night Primrose53 🙂 sleep tight .

BigBertha1 Sun 29-Oct-23 22:47:11

9.30 to 10. Sleep for 2 hour bursts on a good night. Usually woken up various pains. Reading by 6 am get up at 8.

nanna8 Sun 29-Oct-23 22:52:07

Midnight, being a night owl. We get up at 8.30 am usually. I always read until about 1 am.

LadyGaGa Sun 29-Oct-23 22:55:04

I stay up much too late. My husband usually goes about 10.30 but I annoy myself by just faffing around - phone scrolling, tidying up, watching tv etc sometimes until one ish. I always read for half hour or so. I’m not a great sleeper and it can sometimes take me hours to nod off. I get up before 9.00. I wish I had a better routine.

GrannyRose15 Sun 29-Oct-23 22:56:41

If anyone has any tips as to how to get a decent night’s sleep regularly I’d love to hear them. I can identify with most of what you have all said.

mokryna Sun 29-Oct-23 23:00:45

I go to bed just after midnight and hope to fall asleep before one unfortunately it is not always the case.. I usually wake up about 8 and out of the house before 9.30 for gym.

Theexwife Sun 29-Oct-23 23:10:35

I go to bed at 1, with a cup of tea and biscuits, read and look at social media until 3. I get up between 9.30 and 10.

Charleygirl5 Sun 29-Oct-23 23:17:26

I am normally in bed before 11pm and read until midnight. Tonight I watched TV until much later than usual and then I had the bins to sort out.

I am up 2-3 hourly for the loo but I usually fall asleep as soon as I return to bed. I am normally up by 7.30 am but a lot earlier in the summer, when the days are lighter and warmer.

NotSpaghetti Sun 29-Oct-23 23:57:55

I try to get to bed at about midnight but if I don't force myself to go up I could quite happily be doing things till 3 ish.

I sleep seven hours pretty much irrespective of when I go to bed. Sometimes I wake up for an hour or so and maybe listen to a podcast- not very often.

I could happily stay in bed reading till lunchtime but feel guilty if I don't get up.
grin

I'm lucky. I don't usually have problems sleeping.... but I think I was born to function in the evening rather than the morning.

rubysong Mon 30-Oct-23 00:03:04

I stay up to midnight, do the wordle quordle and waffle, then start getting ready for bed. Then I read in bed for about 15 or 20 minutes. We usually wake up about 7.30. DH goes about 10.45 pm.

Georgesgran Mon 30-Oct-23 01:15:06

I’m a night owl - usually go to bed around 1-2am. A loo break at 4.30 and I’m up between 6.30 and 7am. I don’t nap during the day. I believe we need less sleep as we age, unless we’re ill.

BlueBelle Mon 30-Oct-23 03:23:34

Usually between 10 and 11 and am usually up by 6.30 to 7 at latest
I bunny hop through the night which doesn’t bother me

RosesandLilac Mon 30-Oct-23 06:26:48

I’m in bed by 8 🙄, I read for an hour or so and usually sleep well until 6-ish. I’m definitely not an evening/night person!
I can easily get up very early, but staying up late is a struggle.

kittylester Mon 30-Oct-23 06:38:30

Snap, Roses.

We wake at 5.30 ish after years of doing so. I go to bed at 9 to 9.30 but read for a while. I sleep well mostly.

Ali08 Mon 30-Oct-23 06:41:06

MamGu12

I live on my own bed about 10-30 always listen to audio book set timer for 45mins usually drop off and find I have missed a few chapters of book sometimes I can get back to sleep other times still awake and have to replay the missed chapters ,

So rather erratic sleep pattern wish I could sleep just 6hrs right through🤷‍♀️

I read that as "I live on my own bed." 🤣

CoolCoco Mon 30-Oct-23 06:51:55

We go to bed 9-9.30. Read for a bit, then wake at 5.30 or whenever the cat sits on my head. Get up at 6 to feed cat and make a cup of tea, then go back to bed and get up around 7. 30. Occasionally wake in the night for a wee but usually go back to sleep straight away. 6-7 hours sleep seems to be the norm.

M0nica Mon 30-Oct-23 06:55:19

Up to bed at 10.00pm, asleep by 11.00pm. Up in the morning at 6.00am, assuming I have not slept too badly

I usually wake in the night, read for 10 minutes, but can spend longish periods 90% asleep, but not quite.

Calendargirl Mon 30-Oct-23 06:55:31

10pm.

Usually average about 6 or so hours, get up at least once for the loo, hopefully get back to sleep.

Get up 6-6.30ish.

Whitewavemark2 Mon 30-Oct-23 06:57:32

Yes, I look to be in bed by 9pm or earlier, then read. In the summer up by 6am, in the winter not so early but am awake and read.

I sleep well, but often with a break in the middle of the night say 2-3am. I was reading that this break is quite a normal sleep pattern.

tanith Mon 30-Oct-23 07:22:06

I go up at 10ish, read or on my iPad for an hour I do sleep for 6 hours but wake at 5/6 most days.

Iam64 Mon 30-Oct-23 07:45:49

Bed by 9.30, read till 10 or later. Wake about 6 but if earlier relax and may fall asleep. Up to make a cuppa by 6.45-7 am