I have had some sleepless nights over the years – not to
blame my husband’s snoring. But
when I can’t sleep – there it is.
And it only manifests itself after he’s had a weary day – not one of
those sleep apnea problems.
In the early years of marriage, I’d kick him, tell him to
roll over, listen to his nighttime angry outbursts which he’d never remember
the next morning. So all was
well. But it get’s boring. There has to be other ways to deal with
it.
I must insert one little story of my friend who also kicked
her husband while he was in bed.
Not because he was snoring, but because he wasn’t rolling out of bed and
getting ready for work. She kicked
him hard enough that he landed on the floor. Only then did she realize he was entering a diabetic
coma! I have gone from terror to
hysterics with that story. I guess
she saved his life with that one kick and realization!
Over recent years I’ve tried other tactics than kicking. I’ll pretend I’m a little bug climbing
up his leg. That will make him roll
over. Other times I increase
pressure on one spot of his arm or leg to make him want to get away from it. Voila.
But now that I’m in a hospital bed and he’s out of
reach, creativity is needed! I’ll mimic his snores; I learned
he has about 4 different ones.
He’ll snore, I’ll snore the same tune. Sometimes I’ll snore in a different order. That quiets him for about 20
minutes.
I’ve tried Seth’s technique, which I’ve observed from
camping out with him and bunches of other noisy snorers. He will cough really
loud – that does stop the snorers for awhile – but wakes up the rest of us. But it works fine with just Dave and I.
The other night I sang to Dave. I have a favorite child’s book called There Were Ten in
the Bed. Rather than reading it to my kids, I would sing it. It’s about a little boy with 9 stuffed
animals crowded in bed with him. My
serenade to Dave: There were ten
in the bed and the little one said, “Roll over, roll over” – this part I sing
LOUDLY – “so they all rolled over and mouse fell out – plunk….. and on and on
it goes until they’ve all rolled over and are out of the bed. Of course, the little boy reconsiders,
because he’s lonely and they all jump back in bed with him. This song has worked, and adds to my "dark of the night" amusement, when he actually would roll over.
So wifeys out there.
What works for you?
