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

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

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.

Make the most of it.

I'm just off to Tesco.

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.

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

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 !

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!).

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

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.

It happens to me as well. So annoying.

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.

Eye mask is your friend.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Zopiclone

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.

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

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

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.

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

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