Comments on: The Guilt of Popping Sleeping Pills Keeps Us Up At Night

By: Carin

Carin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:59:06 +0000

Tylenol PM is where it’s at… The only thing that allows me the ability to be nice to my daughter:)

By: Sleep is the new sex

Sleep is the new sex — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:20:33 +0000

My oldest is 5. He was a really sick baby and I really have not slept well since he was born. My daughter is 3 and still wakes me up at least once a night and sometimes my son. I take melatonin every night and sometimes a prescription sleeping pill. My days are busy and I work out and eat well. Still, on the rare occasion that I am not woken by my kids, I wake up in the middle of the night and cannot go back to sleep. I have come to the conclusion that my sleep will never be the same as before kids and being tired is now a way of life. There is not one Mother that I know that is not in the same boat.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:55:54 +0000

i took benadryl every night for 4 years. i recently decided to go cold turkey and try to stick it out. Its been 3 months and i wake up at 430 every morning exhausted. i work out almost every day and i don’t drink!

By: wonderwoman

wonderwoman — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:48:55 +0000

I think you hit it on the nose when you said that we strive to be perfect. My youngest is now 4 and I still can’t sleep through the night without a sleep aid. I’m going through my to-do list as a mom of 4 and my full time job. I’m hearing all the things in the news that tell me I’m doing something wrong that will scar my kids for life. I’m trying to turn all that off and sleep. It just doesn’t happen anymore.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:07:43 +0000

It’s the sugars in the wine/alcohol. After the alcohol metabolizes the sugar kicks in and wakes you up. Aside from cutting back on wine (yeah right), try moving your work out to the opposite time of day than usual. -Sean