DH is very seriously telling me not to eat cheese before bedtime.

[nevergoogle]

He claims to have done an experiment once where he ate cheese all evening then had some horrendous nightmares he had to have the next day off work.

1. Why would you do this with your evening?
   
2. How bad do your dreams need to be to need a day off work?
   
3. Why didn't he tell me this before I married him?
   

In my post c-section state being helf hostage on the sofa by a breastfeeding 3 week old, I really want him to go grate me some cheddar. How do I convince him it will all be ok?

[sooperdooper]

He's joking, surely???

[hotcrosshunny]

I think it can give you crazy dreams but only if loads.

[guineapig1]

To be honest you're unlikely to get much sleep with a three week old so just tell him that cheese nightmares are unlikely to be an issue!

[nevergoogle]

he appears to be quite serious. about this at least.

we've been together about 10 years. it's never come up before.

[Meglet]

Cheddar is fine.

Personally I avoid lots of parmesan in my evening meal. Gives me batshit dreams.

Hope you're on the mend now.

[hotcrosshunny]

Because he's right - although doesn't affect everyone and not all cheeses iirc

[PolkaSpottyDotty]

My grandmother had very strict rules about cheese and chocolate. Both caused her severe migraines if she ate too much and were never consumed, in any amount, before bed.

[sooperdooper]

Migraines is different to bad dreams though, tell him to stop being daft, a bit of cheddar won't hurt

[nevergoogle]

i haven't had ANY dreams since DS3 was born, probably because i haven't slept for long enough.

[CitrusyOne]

I had crazy dreams when dd was a newborn anyway, cheese or no cheese. Go for it and eat the bloody cheese- can't do an awful lot of harm!

[sittingatmydeskagain]

Cheese gives me bad dreams.

DS2 had night terrors everytime he had cheese sauce for tea. Took me a while to work it out, but it was only the cheese that did it.

[FreeButtonBee]

I didn't have dreams for 9ontha after the DTs were born.

[nevergoogle]

have distracted the baby with the shelves (he bloody loves the shelves) and made a break for the fridge.

i now have cheddar.

DH says I've had enough trauma recently and that self inflicted trauma, well i'm on my own with that one.

I'm going to be so annoyed if I do actually need his help in the night for nightmares.

[ThisFenceIsComfy]

see fact 4

I eat cheese most nights. I haven't seen a correlation ever.

[nevergoogle]

great. well i've eaten it. so there.

have googled, and apparently if you believe in that sort of thing, then cheddar is more likely to lead to dreams about celebrities.

here's hoping for ... i'm too tired to think of anyone!

[JeanSeberg]

Intrigued at the thought of anyone taking time off work for a bad dream. Is that what he actually told his boss?

[PeachandRaspberry]

DH says I've had enough trauma recently and that self inflicted trauma, well i'm on my own with that one.



My brother swears that cheese before bedtime gives you nightmares too.

[wonkylegs]

My DH & DS are serious cheese fiends and vast quantities of all types but especially blue cheese are often consumed before bed.
DH & DS both sleep walk but that is triggered by stress not cheese, believe me I've spent many many years of disrupted sleep tracking what causes them to be so bloody annoying disturbed.

[FengMa]

With a 3 week old, you're unlikely to dream at all surely. Zzzzzzzzzz.

I've done a similar experiment - my findings were that the bluer/stinkier the cheese, the more trippy the dreams. A grating of ched'll be neither here nor there.

Cheese denial is tantamount to abuse in the Feng house. Just sayin.

[nevergoogle]

JeanSeberg, I daren't ask!

[nevergoogle]

DH is officially in a stupid mood. The kind where i can't tell if he's a moron or a comedy genius. For my own sanity i'm not going to pursue the conversation any further.

[JeanSeberg]

I think that's a good policy.

Congratulations on your new baby by the way.

[nevergoogle]

Well i dreamt that I barely got any sleep at all.

Oh no, that was real.

I am living a nightmare.

[smearedinfood]

Cheese is really good at pacifying the food acids in your mouth, so it's good for your teeth. You probably need some calcium too if you are bfing.