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Q: Beds too small and husband hogs it!

asked by: Xalleah08 on August 12th, 2008

Experienced User

Currently we have a twin sized bed. We have a friend who will give us a queen as soon as my husband is able to help him move it. But we are planning on moving soon so it has been put on hold for now. It is much harder to ft the both of us on this tiny bed now that I am almost 8 mos. pregnant. Not only that but my silly husband has the worst habbit of taking up the entire bed one way or the other. lol. I never really get mad at him or anything just mildly frustrated at certain times when I can only be comfertable in one position and then I get kneed in the back or elbowed in the face. I tell him about this the next day and he recalls none of it. We usually end up laughing about it. The fact is, we might be here for another month or more until we find a new place. I am seriously considering getting the queen sized bed in here now. We stayed at a hotel with a king sized bed a few months ago and it was the best sleep I've had in a really long time. I think it's really funny becasue most of the time I get woken up in the middle of the night is due to my husband, not the baby. I am wondering if any of you out there can sympothize with me in one way or the other? Anyone else spend half the night trying to get your husband or boyfriend to scoot over and give you some room?

Replies(6)

mamaTT

replied on August 12th, 2008

Extremely eHealthy

I do sometimes, but we HAVE a queen sized bed. My husband sometimes hogs the bed and covers, then huffs and puffs when I ask him to move over. There's no way we could both sleep on a twin bed....Good luck to you!

Zanny

replied on August 12th, 2008

Supporter

Yeah I do.. & we have a king size bed! My fiance has a habit of moving round a LOT in his sleep & ends up taking up most of the bed. He also talks in his sleep which wakes me up, so I don't always get the best night's sleep!

killbill

replied on August 12th, 2008

Experienced User

oh boy. do everything you can to get your sleep now!! unless your husband is going to get up at night with the baby just as much as you did (mine never has) you're going to be seriously missing that sleep time when the baby gets here. kick him OUT of the bed!! LOL (kidding, but not really Very Happy

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Xalleah08

replied on August 12th, 2008

Experienced User

lol. I wish I had a king sized bed! I will probably get the queen size in here and when we move we will just have to move it again.

Another thing is that my husband will sleep through anything. He can have 12 alarm clocks going off and I'll still have to wake him up. I don't enjoy this tack very much becasue he is generally not a morning person. Will he get past this after our daughter is born? He is really posessive over his sleep. I'm not sure if he understands how often the baby will be up at night, although he say he does and he says he's willing to help, and that he knows that he's going to loose sleep and be tired. I guess I will just have to wait and see how he does with it.

jenniek

replied on August 12th, 2008

Active User, very eHealthy

Wow I have no idea how you get ANY sleep in a twin size bed. I have a queen size also and it is WAY to small for the both of us. I swear my boyfriend was sleeping half way on top of me the other night, man did it tick me off! Smile

But my boyfriend sounds just like your husband. He sleeps through ANYTHING! The only way for me to wake him up is to shake him really hard and shout at him, seriously most people would think that I was abusing him with the routine I have to go through! He just never wakes up, and this did not change at all after we had Brayden. I took most of the night time stuff (which was very hard on me since Brayden still doesn't sleep through the night at 18 months...) But when was I really desperate I'd just wake him up and have him go take care of Brayden while I went back to sleep...

Sleep is one thing that was much better doing alone!

PenguinsRus

replied on August 13th, 2008

Supporter

Sounds frustrating! I would recommend doing whatever you can to get rest before the baby gets here. If he is keeping you up a lot, would you consider having him sleep on the couch? Maybe the two of you can get a blow up mattress that is queen sized (they sell them for less than 50 dollars at kmart and other stores), or if the whole queen sized bed is too large to move maybe you can just bring in the mattress to sleep on or see if any friends are wiling to help you move it in? good luck!!

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