A serious question about how you deal with your partner's snoring

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After yet another very disturbed night due to dh's loud snoring, I was wondering how other people cope! I love my dh dearly but I cannot help waking up ratty when I'm literally being woken up around 10-20 times a night.

I know, in the past, dh's snoring has got better when he has lost a bit of weight and it is also better when he drinks less. However, I'm not his keeper and although I've suggested he drinks less/eats less chocolate, he has gone for regular exercise (I am pleased about this!) and he's now quite fit but has not lost any weight in the process!

I daren't wear ear plugs as dd gets quite nasty night coughs (asthmatic) and I need to be able to hear her at night if she gets into difficulty and dh doesn't always wake up to her coughing.

What do you all do?

I think the approach I'll take with DH is to cut back from 2 glasses of red wine to 1 at night plus a glass of water. If that doesn't work, it's the plastic sleep-pro gag thing or the spare room!

I think that's a good plan actually issymum. Drink less/eat less or be gagged. Less snoring = more sex - I think dh might get the hint then.

Oh God! I wasn't going to go as far as to offer more sex....

I'm so desperate, I have to play my last card!

Sex should always be the first card with men. Sometimes I think it's the only card.

i havent had time to read whole thread so dont know if this has been suggested yet.
Ask him if he will cut out dairy products, it can make a huge difference, my DH rarely snores anymore (unless he has treated himself to some cheese!). he also used to have a permantly blocked nose, but that has also cleared up when he cut out dairy.

If your DH is not keen on the idea ask him to try it for just 2 weeks, if it is going to work you will know by then. Some people need to be really strict about no dairy for the snoring to stop, others get good results by simply cutting down on dairy.

If you do have to use earplugs the best ones that I have found are the wax ones that you mould.

If you find a good solution let us know! My neighbour moved the room they sleep in to avoid dp snoring!

Silicone earplugs are the best - even better than wax, and then some. DH ordered a huge box of them from the US (online, just googled for them) as can't find them anywhere here.

Snoreze does seem to work a bit on him? But it depends on the night

stick an elbow in his ribs,or give him a quick kick in the shin!when he complains about his bruises just say 'well darling,i must have done it last night when i finally got to sleep after you had kept me awake with your snoring!'

yes...beat him up. It's therapeutic, even if it doesn't stop him snoring.

My dh began snoring after developing a sensitivity to either dust or cat fur when we were staying with a friend. I'm sorry to say that when he has a snoring episode it's as much as I can do to stop myself from murdering him.

Losing some weight has helped dh and he has also used nose strips, like a plaster which goes across the nose and I think works by lifting the nasal tissues. He was recently given tablets for a reflux problem and that has had the side effect of less snoring, which is great!

Hope you solve the problem soon, it's so wearing.

I'm afraid I am the snorer in our house am going to the hospital this week actually to see about having corrective surgery. Sometimes I stop breathing for a few seconds too so its quite bad. DP is a light sleeper and so it drives him up the wall.

I know you've said you aren't keen on the ear plug thing, however I've found the ones you get in the travel kits from the airlines are sufficient to mute the snoring to a tolerable level to allow me to get to sleep, but can still be woken by ds(13 months) in the next door bedroom (and we don't have a monitor).