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Why women sleep worse than men
Globe and Mail ^ | August 24, 2015 | Shelley White

Posted on 08/24/2015 7:20:48 AM PDT by rickmichaels

Like millions of Canadian mothers, Dawn Trudeau’s sleep troubles began when her daughter was born.

“You’re getting up at all hours for feedings and whatnot, and I had a hard time getting her to sleep through the night,” says the Ottawa-based, 46-year-old social media marketer and blogger at TheModernMomBlog.com. “My husband is great, and he would help in a minute but he just did not hear the baby crying,” she says.

Even after her daughter started sleeping through the night consistently at age 4, Ms. Trudeau says her sleeping problems persisted to the point of insomnia. “I kind of got used to it at that point.” And now that her daughter is 7, her sleep disturbances are also business-related.

“Things go through your head and you can’t shut anything down,” she says. “You think, tomorrow I have a meeting here, she’s starting school tomorrow, did I give her enough lunch? … I have a client and they have deadlines. Your mind goes crazy at night.”

She continues, “Everyone else would go to sleep and I’d stay up, I’d say, I’ve got to do laundry now, I’d be so wired, I’d drink coffee, too.”

Ms. Trudeau says she knows the lack of sleep affects her the day after and beyond. “I don’t have much mental alertness after a night like that. But you still go on, you have to get your child to school, you have to work and you have to focus. It’s very hard, and I tend to overcompensate with coffee.”

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To: heartwood

“Because men snore”

If you could hear my petit little wife you’d swear she was a 300 lb drunken lumberjack.


21 posted on 08/24/2015 8:59:36 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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To: rickmichaels

I used to sleep like a rock before my kids were born, but I no longer do. My oldest is now 29.


22 posted on 08/24/2015 9:11:32 AM PDT by FrdmLvr ("WE ARE ALL OSAMA, 0BAMA!" al-Qaeda terrorists who breached the American compound in Benghazi)
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To: rickmichaels
She continues, “Everyone else would go to sleep and I’d stay up, I’d say, I’ve got to do laundry now, I’d be so wired, I’d drink coffee, too.”

Well, there's a big part of your problem...you clearly don't take enough amphetamines to go to sleep, the caffeine from the coffee is clearly not enough of a stimulant...what, what's that?, oh, uh, ummm, NEVERMIND!

23 posted on 08/24/2015 9:34:45 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: rickmichaels

I think Mick and Keith wrote a song about this.


24 posted on 08/24/2015 9:36:06 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: rickmichaels; heartwood
It's been scientifically proven with tons of anecdotal evidence that men are kept awake by their wives' BRUTAL farts!!!

That's the truth...I was woken up by a particularly harsh SBD last night, and even the dog was whining about it.

25 posted on 08/24/2015 9:36:15 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: central_va
always clear caches before going to bed.

.... always a very obvious clue that the computer user has been to naughty websites. :)

26 posted on 08/24/2015 9:45:09 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: rickmichaels

I am reading this at 0310. I’ve been up for an hour.


27 posted on 08/24/2015 11:09:01 AM PDT by Jemian (War Eagle!)
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To: Lizavetta

Always cruze yahoo or free republic after clearing caches. :)


28 posted on 08/24/2015 1:42:42 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: rickmichaels
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29 posted on 08/24/2015 1:57:08 PM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: rickmichaels

This sorry excuse for a woman should do a tour in the Infantry if she really wants to know what sleep deprivation is.

Stop whining, b!tch.

(She probably should have aborted and saved herself the aggravation.)


30 posted on 08/24/2015 2:28:11 PM PDT by x1stcav (Leftism is like rust: It corrodes 24 hours a day until neutralized.)
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To: Fightin Whitey

“Yes...baby...tonight...”

Any more questions?!

Just teasing...


31 posted on 08/24/2015 6:05:25 PM PDT by krunkygirl (force multiplier in effect...)
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To: RJS1950
Women snore, just like men, so you can throw that BS excuse into the trash heap.

Well, yes, but at least my wife has a cute snore.
32 posted on 08/25/2015 3:30:06 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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