Am going to kill my partner !!!

[Annabanana1812]

His snoring is beyond a joke, I kept me awake from 01:30 until 04:00 then his alarm for work went off at 05:50 so I woke up again :( his snoring was also making dd stir in her sleep. Any tips to help it apart from a pillow on his face. Has anyone tried tho nasal strips ?

I'd suggest wax ear plugs from boots-squish them deep into your ears. Saved me from hearing dh's snores. I have 3 young children and always hear them through the ear plugs as so I hear the alarm. They muffle sounds like snoring but don't drown out noises like cries etc

My friend at work is going through this. She suffers so much. Comes in to work bog-eyed.

Her solution has been to buy a sofa with a sofa bed, so that he/her husband can alternate when it's partocularly bad to ensure they get a good night's sleep. They do not have a spare room.

Well I am bloody glad OH went to the GP - he has been referred to ENT as something isn't right apparently.

I wish more men would acknowledge this as a men's health issue.

By laughing it off I mean in that way men do about health issues they kind of brush it off and ignore it. He is sorry and hate that it affects my sleep but he's not one to go to a doctor unless his arm was hanging off

Ah ha! You must metaphorically make his arm hang off.

Whenever he snores, wake him up. Wake him up properly, fully awake, on the first snore. Every single time. OK for two nights neither of you will get any sleep but I am damn sure he'll get himself to the bloody GP if it starts affecting HIS sleep as well as yours.

Do anything you have to to wake him up. Loud music. Shouting in his ear. Lights switched on. Anything.

If he gets stroppy, point out that "yes, being woken up from your sleep is awful isn't it. I'll stop doing it to you when you stop doing it to me."

We have a young baby in our room so am limited to what I can do to wake him at the minute o stay awake and nudge him every time the baby stirs

If he won't go to the docs off his own bat, you might want to book him an appointment and just tell him you're both going on Thurs at 5pm and I don't want to hear any more about it Mr Snorypants.

Try nasal strips. If that doesn't work I would definitely second the advice to see your GP, because there are things that can be done, including very minor surgery, to improve the situation.

Snoring can also be exacerbated by medication. DH was on anti-depressants for a bit and the snoring was just awful. It stopped when he came off them. He's dead slim, too, so it was just the medication.

If the baby is in with you then are you in a one bedroom place? If not I would suggest booting him into the spare room. See if that motivates him to go to the GP.

By the by if he was really sorry or concerned about your sleep don't you think he would put your wellbeing over his macho non-doctor 'thing'?

Young baby means you are already sleep deprived. if I had a partner also waking me up in addition to the baby and refusing to do anything about it I would have bloody strangled him!

I've been on both ends of the stick. My ex used to scream and shout at me for snoring and it's so frustrating. I found myself forcing myself to stay awake till she slept (go easy on him).

My new partner is a right snorer. I prod her gently now and again and she stops for a little while.

Sleeping on the stomach reduces it

As a short term help I remember reading years ago that you should sew a golf ball into the back of their pyjama top which forces them off their backs. Might be worth a try if the kitchen knives aren't sharp enough? ;)

I was at boarding school, about 60 years ago, and slept in a dormitory.

The customary technique to deal with a snorer was to cut a sliver of carbolic soap, and slip it into the snorer's mouth. Then dash back to your own bed.

By the time the snorer woke up and went to the bathroom to rinse his mouth, usually several rinses were needed, everyone else had got to sleep.

I tell my oh that when he snores he isn't breathing properly so he consciously makes an effort not to sleep on his back (that's when it's unbearable)

John, that is brilliant :)

I have no advice. First husband used to snore and it really did get beyond a joke. I still feel pissed off, five years post-divorce, just thinking about it!

He tried the strips which made it marginally better, but we slept on separate FLOORS of the house - I had a toddler and a primary-aged child while working - and I could still hear him. I'd slept on the sofa myself for most of my second pregnancy and it was seriously horrific. I turned into a sleep-deprived zombie and frequently ended up going downstairs three times a night just to ask him to stop the unholy noise. We are on really good terms still, but I am so glad I no longer share a house with him.

My second DH sometimes snores, but it's not that bad because it is not all the time. It is definitely weight related as he's a bigger guy but his weight has fluctuated during our marriage and it makes a difference.

My Ex Wife had a very effective way of dealing with my very gentle snoring. She would do what she called a jaw tilt. The reality was a jaw tilt was smacking me painfully under the chin.

Cured my own snoring by losing weight. haven’t been smacked in the face by new DP.