Let's start with my sleeping history: I've never been a good sleeper. Even growing up, I would wake up a couple times a night, be conscious for a bit, and then go back to sleep. It got better in college and grad school (probably because I would only sleep for 4-5 hours/night), but then went back to being pretty crummy after I got pregnant with Lily in 2008. I can probably count on one hand the amount of nights I've slept straight through the night in the last ~4 years, and that's pretty sad.
Now that both girls are sleeping through the night on their own (hurrah!), I'm trying to figure out how to get myself to sleep more than 3-4 hour stretches at a time. The weird thing is I always wake up when I roll over - in other words, I'm quite conscious of the fact that I'm rolling over when I do it at night. Sometimes that's all I'm conscious for, but sometimes it wakes me up for a bit. I would love to go to bed at ~10pm and wake up at 6am, but that's a dream at this point. I wonder what I can do to help sleep train myself into sleeping longer?
Any suggestions are appreciated. Otherwise, I guess it will try for awhile to get myself sleeping better naturally!
I am having the same problem staying asleep. I can fall asleep no problem but then I can't stay asleep for that long. I have recently stopped drinking caffeine too late and stopped drinking espresso all the time. I think that might have been my problem. I have been sleeping a lot better because of it, but still wake up a few times. I have also heard that melatonin helps you relax so you can go to sleep. It doesn't work right away but if you continue you take it, it helps in the long run. I don't know if this helps, but I thought I would share this with you.
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