How do you deal with a snoring SO?

[Awkward]

We are in day 4 of the Man Cold to End All Man Colds. SO rarely snores when he's healthy, but when he's stuffy it gets loud enough to wake the dead and I didn't fall asleep until after 5am this morning.

I asked SO to pick me up some ear plugs and Tylenol pm, but I'm open to other suggestions. I could sleep on the futon in the living room but there's no heat during the night in there.

I don't know how people deal with partners that snore like this every single night.

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[Deleted]

We'd be sleeping apart until he got better, lol.

if that isn't an option, ask your SO to clean out his sinuses before bed (neti pots are great for this - use filtered water though). He can also try sleeping on an incline with more pillows.

Ear plugs are a good idea. You can also try a fan or a white noise app on your phone.

[womet]

Jan 1, 2013 13:50:42 GMT -5 tacom said:

if that isn't an option, ask your SO to clean out his sinuses before bed (neti pots are great for this - use filtered water though).

Use distilled water, not filtered water. Filtered water could still contain things too small to be caught by the filter.

[Deleted]

We sleep apart. It isn't ideal, but his snoring has gotten worse with time and I need the sleep I get.

[Deleted]

H always snores but Breath Right Strips help him, also rolling on his side helps. And when it gets really bad, I send him to the guest room.

[Pilsy]

My DH had surgery, tried a CPAP mask and then we paid big bucks for a dental appliance that adjusts the position of his jaw. I still wear earplugs.

Good luck!

ETA: Reading fail. I understand this isn't a regular problem. I think I'd just sleep in another room. Sorry you're dealing with this!

[Deleted]

I gently nudge and jiggle him to roll over. Breathe Right strips help a ton. If it gets really bad, he'll sleep in the guest room.

[mbcdefg]

He usually stops (at least for a while) if I rub his back.

[KaraOrNot]

Elbow, kick, and/or yell to roll over.

[chessie]

Nudge him and wear ear plugs nightly.

When it gets bad I sleep on the couch, pretty much reason I am buying a spare bed for the the spare room. Not much you can do about the snoring for DH anyway, he f'ed his nose up due to his football days.

[dragonfly08]

If I turn over, it wakes DH just enough that he shifts position/stops snoring. At least for a while.

If it's really bad I go sleep in the guest room.

[macmars45]

H was sick recently. I just asked him to roll on his side. He snored on his back as well. Neither of us got very much sleep for a few nights. We had house guests so the couch wasn't an option.

Even when we're both well we both snore on our backs. We just tell each other to roll to our sides.

[FrozenSunshine]

I spend a lot of nights on the couch.

[rubytue]

For those who wear ear plugs, I highly recommend these: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0083FXQNW/ref=oh_details_o06_s00_i00

I had been using ones that I bought at home depot for a long time, then I discovered these guys (when HD was out and I lost mine). SO much more comfortable!

[gibbinator]

I kick him until he wakes up or rolls over. Or I hit him with a pillow if I'm really annoyed. I've trained him pretty well over the last 9 years but he needs the occasional reeducation

*Note he has no medical issues causing the snoring. It's simply a back sleeping /sick/overtired problem

[Deleted]

Ditto wearing earplugs, and nudging him to roll over. He flushes his sinuses with saline spray every night. Some nights are SO BAD, between the baby waking multiple times and his snoring. I am up with the baby so I have no qualms nudging him to roll over as many times as I have to.

[drloretta]

Separate bedrooms

Since you don't really have that option, I'd recommend a small fan or air purifier in the room to provide some white noise. That along with the ear plugs should help.

[Awkward]

Thanks for all the advice! I didn't want to do the old elbow to the ribs since SO had to work early this morning. I plan on taking no prisoners tonight, and SO agrees I have as much a right to a good night sleep as he does.

Hopefully tonight goes better and his nasal passages clear out soon.

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[dapotato]

try to fall asleep before he does. it works about half the time.

[drloretta]

Nudging/kicking never worked for us. We both ended up sleep deprived

[joenali]

CPAP machine.

[jackie011]

H usually sleeps in the guest room . I don't love it, but I get to sleep, so I can't complain. We fall asleep together, but he usually gets up in the middle of the night at some point and moves in there. If he falls asleep before me it's just badness all around!!

[Deleted]

Take 2 Benadryl and lay down an hour before he is going to her.

Thankfully my DH doesn't snore much.

[Norticprincess]

Long term for mine was surgery.

For when he is congested -saline wash, we have a formula from his ENT. and a hot shower before bed, mucanex helps too. Cold water humidifier in the room.

[bookqueen15]

My dh started snoring about a year ago. The only thing that ended up working for me so I could sleep in the same bed with him without waking up is wearing headphones with a white noise mp3 on my iPod. It's a 50 min mp3 in a repeating playlist. I bought these sleep headphones from Amazon that are really comfortable and work really well.

I've been doing this since September and it's really works, I finally stopped waking up because of his snoring. These are the headphones I use: www.amazon.com/AcousticSheep-SP4BM-SleepPhones-v-4-Packaging/dp/B0046H8ZHS

Now I'm so used to sleeping with the white noise and headphones that I can't sleep without them, even if my duh isn't there.

[Mrs.Beagle]

If either H or I is storing, we nudge the other to roll over.

H only snores when he's been drinking, is sick, or is sleeping on his back. I snore a lot.

[thatgirl2478]

1) noise machine. seriously. I would marry it if I could.
2) pillow over the head (nose out - I hate breathing warm air when I sleep)
3) a swift smack on the offending parties back (before we had a king bed, it was an elbow to the ribs, now I can't reach) to remind him to roll the fuck over.
4) a guest room bed that's reasonably comfy, uncluttered, and almost always has clean sheets on it (we have the heat vents in the guest room shut off, so it's chilly in there, but the comforter is thick & soft so it works).

[aspentosh]

Poke him so he rolls over. He can snore in any position sadly. Thankfully it's not horrible most days.

[grk2012]

DH wears a nose strip. I wear ear plugs. We use a fan for white noise.

[mrssavy42112]

DH snores nightly, worse when he’s sick. Nose strips do nothing. He claims nothing is in his nasal passages to blow out. Shoving, kicking & elbowing doesn’t work. It’s worse when he’s on his back, but it’s strong on his side too.

I go to sleep 30min before him, have a loud air purifier on & try to wait until I very very tired before going to bed. That way I sleep soundly. Or else, like last night, I’m up every 30min. I have slept on the sofa when he’s sick. It’s unbearable.