To think my DH should not keep waking me to tell me I am snoring.

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I have a heavy cold. There is a spare bed in DD's room. Could he not just go in there instead of waking me every five minutes to complain about my snoring? I eventually suggested this and he went but was not happy. DD is a light sleeper so I couldn't have gone to her room.

I think those most anti snoring are those who have been on the receiving end of it for years. Those who don't see it as an issue or think earplugs are an answer clearly do t have a clue!

I had some great earplugs made, decent ones that deaden sound and comply with health and safety in noisy environments, but could then hear the alarm in the morning.

In the case of the OP, one or 2 nights due to a cold is a whole different kettle of fish. Even so, of course people become more grumpy when they are tired.

DH is a snorer. If I can prod him to move onto his side it's bearable. I am a very light sleeper, get woken up @ 530am every day by DH alarm and/or DS, so it drives me potty (and yes I do try sleeping on sofa/in DS room but it's just not comfortable). Once I was so desperate to sleep I involuntarily gave him an almighty kick to get him to sleep on his side. He was very hurt but, as a deep sleeper who wakes for nothing, not even DS crying (convenient that), he has no idea how frustrating it is.

He should of moved as you have a cold so shouldn't really keep DD awake plus no gross germs in the same room as her. So YANBU.

I live with a snorer. It's hell. Earplugs don't work and I agree, the snorer should move in most circumstances.

Don't sleep on your back, roll to your side. Problem solved.

Oh if only 'roll on your side' did solve the problem. For some snorers it does, for many it doesn't.

As Downstairs says living with a snorer is hell. I'm currently dead on my feet after a restless night with DH. He will start snoring (loudly) around 5 minutes after nodding off. I prod him, "SSSHHHH" him and he stops. I fall asleep. Almost exactly half an hour later he'll start again and wake me. Again, prod, sshhh. Sleep. Rinse repeat until I am so utterly shattered from waking every half hour I managed to blot out the noise and sleep.

He's had studies done at the local hospital and wore a monitor overnight, it clearly showed the 'half hour' pattern he is in. Sometimes if I'm lucky I get 45 minutes between bouts. He isn't overweight and doesn't drink or smoke. All they could do was offer a mouthpiece (didn't work) and suggest he gets more sleep. Until they can come up with a 30 hour day then thats not going to happen.

It's difficult because you know that for the most part it's not the fault of the snorer, but it's hard to be rational at 3am when you've been woken every half hour since 10.30pm.

My husband snores at 92db, and has sleep apnoea. He snores in every position, and we only have one bedroom.

I know snoring. I wear earplugs. I know earplugs. No, they don't cut out the whole noise (nor would I want them to - imagine not being able to hear the burglar alarm, or the smoke alarm!) but they do allow the noise to be knocked down to a more sleepable level.

Arse, do you not find that even though it's muted you are listening for it and then can't sleep anyway?
I very often find myself waiting for it to start.

No, I'm lucky in that I tend to fall asleep first, so I don't do that - but he does get a bit poked (not usually enough to wake him up ...) if I wake in the middle of the night and he's off on a massive snoring rip. That way we've both had a shit night's sleep, and it's more "fair".

I live with a snorer. I'm lucky if I get one full hour of sleep a night and I'm woken usually every 30 to 45 mins. I try to get a few hours sleep when I get in from work to make up for it, but its my dream to get a full night really. I have been known to book into a local Ibis or Premier Inn when I get really desperate and at the crying with tiredness stage.

Once or twice I've found myself incorporating his snoring into my dreams, where I get really angry and then I wake and actually find my hands around his throat and him looking terrified.

Ear plugs are ok for one night only, but by morning my ears are too sore inside to wear them again for another 3 or 4 nights.

Hmm. If you snore regularly then it's up to YOU to sort it and move. BUT if you have a cold, then your dh is BU to keep waking you - you need your sleep too. He could have moved.

Dh snores occasionally and I do prod him to turn over and stop.

You can't use ear plugs if you need to listen out for children calling out.

There is no point waking a snorer if they are just going to go back to sleep and start snoring again. If a change of position will largely sort it out then I say fair enough to wake the snorer and get them to move a little. Most people sleep better in their own beds.

"You can't use ear plugs if you need to listen out for children calling out."

Actually, you can. As snoring tends to be slightly rythmic, and you're only muting it anyway, you'll still hear things like the phone, alarm clocks, children shouting, husband mumbling "no, no birthday cake" in his sleep, and so on. Earplugs don't, actually, make you deaf, they just mute sounds enough so you don't hear them so much, and are able to get to sleep.

Earplugs really don't work for me at all, they lessen the sound but it's still loud enough to keep me awake. Love the idea of a night at a hotel like one poster said, I am honestly tempted to do that every so often just to get unbroken sleep! He can fall asleep at the drop of a hat to so I'll say turn on your side, you're snoring but two minutes late he is off again. It's really hard work!