Bedtime routine

welalb99

I like to read in bed before I go to sleep but my H likes to go straight to sleep and the light bothers him.  Anyone else have this issue?  What works for you?

MrsMercy

I read sometimes on my phone. If that's too small maybe you have an iPad or kindle or some e reader. If not, how about a book light?

Zonkaghoop

My husband sometimes reads on his iPad when we go to bed and it doesn't bother me at all. 

vpine

My husband likes to go straight to bed and is sound asleep at 10 during the week, I am up on IPad or reading until 1am (I do wake up at 6:45 to go to work) but that's how I've always been. My husband doesn't like the bedside lamp on but I turn it on when he's sound asleep/snoring and that doesn't wake him. I suggest doing that or reading in another room until you're ready to sleep.

StefffiC

I usually lay down with DH until he goes to sleep, then I get back up and do whatever I want to do in another room.

Malvagia

My husband likes to read in bed with the lamp on or with his smart phone.  Any light that bright bothers me and I go to sleep earlier than he does.  No matter how hard he tried he couldn't cover the light enough so that he could still see and the light wouldn't bother me.  I caved in and bought an eyemask on Amazon.  It takes a little getting used to but it worked out well and I sleep fine now.  Usually I have to remove the mask to see if the light is still on.

jennyjain

we just agree that whoever is going to bed first gets to go to bed.  So he will watch TV in the other room if I'm tired, or I'll go play computer in another room if he is tired.

PixieChinchilla

On nights when I know it will be difficult to fall asleep, I just go to bed before my H. I tell him to give me 20-ish minutes because I want to fall asleep to the TV (it's easier for me to fall asleep that way) and he comes up whenever he's ready and turns everything off once I'm asleep.

 

It's not ideal, because I like falling asleep with him, but it's a good compromise.

foxyroxy

Usually, the person who wants to sleep gets to have the light off, but when that doesn't work for some reason, we have a nice sleep mask (not one of those flimsy sateen things; one actually designed to block out all light) and it works like a charm.

Jenda92981

I usually am always in bed before H, for me I would rather us not be in bed at the same time, because then I want to be chatty. However, when he comes into bed like 3-4 hours later than me, it throws me off a little because I can sense when he is awake and tossing and turning.