To want to force a lie in

[jacobsgirl]

I just can't for the life of me sleep in.


I used to be able to all the time.
Or I'd even wake up at day 8am and roll over and go back to sleep for a few hours.

Now even when I'm child free I'm up at around 7:30 and that's that.

I usually end up shattered and it's really annoying I just want to have a lie in one day.

Does anyone know why this could be or how to help it ? Might seem like a strange request but I'd love to wake up around midday especially after a late night out

[ZigZagIntoTheBlue]

I'm the same, I find making the room as dark as possible helps and yes force it by rolling over with eyes shut!

[goingatlast]

I usually wake up earlier at the weekends than during the week. I get up, make a cup of tea and go back to bed with it and the laptop. More relaxation than lie in but it does the trick.

[speakout]

Make the most of it.

I'm just off to Tesco.

[acornsandnuts]

I always wake 7ishno matter what. Sunday’s I get a coffee,put the news on and Munset for a few hours. I actually enjoy my early wake as the house is still quiet.

[mrsheathy85]

Same here! I put it down to getting older and set in my ways 😭😭

[jacobsgirl]

I suppose it's not too bad as I am baby free and don't really have to do much at the moment

Just wish I could wake up feeling a bit more well rested !

[BendingSpoons]

I try making the room dark, having no clock, using an eye mask and setting a really late alarm. That way I don't know what time it is and I try to sleep until my alarm. I usually wake way before but the alarm helps me know it is still 'early enough'. I still struggle unless I can have several lie ins in a row (unlikely with a toddler!).

[flumpybear]

I'm the same but I can nap mid morning so often rely on this method of catching up on sleep whilst husband takes kids out for some peace and quiet for me

[GnotherGnu]

I wouldn't try, really. If I sleep much longer than I naturally would it makes me feel dopey for the rest of the day.

[overskyandshire]

It happens to me as well. So annoying.

[kaytee87]

I'm the same, last weekend I even woke before my toddler 😖
I just make sure I go to bed at 10 to get enough sleep, a late night for me is 11 these days.
I miss the relaxation of lying in though but I've swapped that for a book in a nice hot bath.

[TeasndToast]

Eye mask is your friend.

[BeyondThePage]

I'm a lark - head hits pillow at 11, wake up naturally at 6.30am - EVERY single day. If I force a lie in I wake up all grumpy and stiff, just not worth it.

I also find a nice warm bath and an evening wrapped in a fluffy warm dressing gown with a good book when the kids have gone up is what relaxes me more.

[athingthateveryoneneeds]

I always have unsettling dreams when I force it. I've given up.

[jacobsgirl]

Definitely think I'm going to have to try alternative mum methods for relaxation


Only 20 so I think I'm torn between lazy teenager and strict bedtime mum lol


I do enjoy a bath and a book though , I'll need to invest in an eye mask

[sexnotgender]

I’d love it too, 99% of the time I’m awake by 6.30 no matter how tired I am.

[GetOffTheTableMabel]

I have to put the radio or a podcast on - otherwise I start thinking and sleep becomes impossible. I can quite often doze off again to BBCRadio5Live. It has to be speech radio.

[jacobsgirl]

I totally get the speech thing!
People talking is like a comfort that's how I normally doze off during the week !

[lookingforthecorkscrew]

Zopiclone

[Beetlejizz]

Same here. I have an eye mask too but I still wake up needing a piss, and by the time I've got up and had a piss I realise I'm hungry. Irony being I was virtually nocturnal as an adolescent.

[Fintress]

Lark here too. But I like getting up early, very much a morning person.

[ThisYear]

@speakout Where are you with a Tesco open at this time on a Sunday?

[Ffsnothingworks]

Don’t think it helps that the mornings are now lighter, sunlight woke me up this morning before 7! You can guarantee that on Tuesday when I am at work, I will be prising my eyelids open.

[cariadlet]

This year - my DP has just gone to Tesco. He loads up the trolley and then waits for the tills to open at 10.

[speakout]

My OH is just back from Tesco- ours never closes.