What do you do before sleep?

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Totally random, but I wondered what others did in that time in between getting ready for bed and going to sleep?

Scroll through mumsnet.

Read for a bit.

Scroll on my phone, it's a habit I'm trying to break!

Read

Read. I usually only manage a few pages before my eyes start closing.

I always read before bed, I like it but it's not always the best habit. More often than not I quite happily fall asleep as I'm reading, but if it's a particularly good book (I like thrillers best) then I've definitely had times where I've stayed up til the early hours wanting to know what happens next.

Something rude.

Read or have sex. Sometimes both, but not at the same time.

Scroll around here

I either read, scroll on Mumsnet, or put my headphones in and listen to an audiobook or a meditation.

Let the dogs out for a wee, have a smoke at the door. Get into my pjs, brush teeth, have a pee. Fight the dogs for a space on MY bed.

A natter and sex

Text goodnight to my DH then read my book for a couple of chapters before going to sleep.

Scroll for 'just 5 more minutes' that turns into 30 minutes, fret about things I can't change at that moment in time, feed 4 month old at least once, sometimes twice, read a paragraph on my Kindle before clonking myself in the face with it as I've fallen asleep. Somehow said 4 month old seems to know when I've been asleep 30 mins or so and will wake me for another feed... 😭

Scroll on my phone, usually fall asleep to something on Netflix

Put the dog to bed, make some decaf tea. Drink it in bed with a combination of MN and the Times Killer Sudoku and crossword (just the quick cryptic)

Listen to a sleep meditation usually.

Mumsnet, or Facebook

Cuddle my partner and natter or stroke each other's back until we drift off together. If he wasn't here I'd probably read

I put my snoozeband on and listen to an audiobook. I always fall asleep. I have absorbed god knows how many books in my sleep 😁

Nothing, because it's usually straight after I've said goodnight to DS 14, so I fall into bed and go to sleep.

3 puffs of CBD and read until my eyes won't stay open.

Read (a book). I try to avoid looking at my phone.

Read and then a sleep meditation on the Headspace app. I've been doing them for about 18 months now and I find them so helpful for managing racing thoughts and worries that might keep me awake otherwise.