Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for February 03, 2020

Come on Janis! Let the poor man sleep!!

I woke my husband up for snoring and he said “I wasn’t even asleep!” I said “oh great, now you’re doing it while you’re awake!”

Snoring may be a sign of sleep apnea, a potentially serious health issue.

Thanks for the tip!

I’m surprised he’s even sleeping with all things she’s doing.

She can dish it out but she can’t take it.

You’ll miss that snoring …

I snore on my back, and my wife is a side snorer. Thank goodness we’re empty nesters and have several empty beds to go to.

Sorry Janis, but all of that stuff belongs someplace else. Bedrooms are for sleeping and getting dressed. Read your book in the Livingroom and let Arlo sleep, for the love of Mike.

On sleep apnea, it is not just snoring. If you’re snoring, you’re breathing.

It’s when you STOP snoring that you may be in trouble, particularly if you wake up gasping. Apnea means “without air” — you are not breathing. I’ve been on a mask for 25 years.

When you stop breathing, your airway is blocked. Try holding your breath for 3 minutes, now imagine doing for 5 minutes or longer. Your heart rate and blood pressure go through the roof and your blood oxygen drops (mine went from 98% to about 80%). Finally, a little piece of your brain notices that your blood carbon dioxide is increasing, bumps you up one stage of sleep and you start breathing again. This cycle may repeat from about 10 or so times an hour to over 45 times.

You’re loosing the deep REM sleep you need and end up sleepy all day. If your spouse tells you that you’re doing this, talk to your doctor.

It does not look like Arlo is snoring. I think Janis was waking Arlo to for a little bedtime gymnastics. Notice that she is lotioning up her hands.

Sleep on your left side your body accepts more oxygen that way and you more then likely won’t snore.

It’s not snoring, it’s age-appropriate heavy breathing.

Most of you are missing the point. WHY Arlo is snoring. Janis is keeping him away by reading, texting and moisturizing. The poor guy cannot get any sleep.

The light’s on. She reads. He sleeps. The light’s on. She checks her phone. He sleeps. The lights on. She moisturizes. He sleeps. The lights go off. She decides to sleep. He’s keeping her awake?

My dad used to say that snoring was God’s way of reminding you that you had a man in bed with you. My mom wasn’t amused. He said it a lot.

I check my snoring the next morning by looking to see if any of the window putty rattled loose overnight.

I didn’t hear it…

“Not no mo’. I be woke.”

A good call. She knows that snoring isn’t just something that happens but a symptom of possible problems. Make an appointment with your doctor.

You just couldn’t let the man be, could you?

My wife says I snore, but I’ve never heard it…

On a serious note, I brought my snoring under control by buying a “wedge” to sleep on. They come in different sizes, but I’ve found a couple that pretty much eliminated my snoring unless I‘ve had a drink or two (see below). I have one I got from Relax the Back, along with a suitable pillow case. Set me back about $150, all told. This one is about 7 inches high at its maximum end, & it’s the one I use at home. It eliminates my snoring unless I have a bad cold.

When we travel in the car, I bring a smaller wedge that is only about 5 inches high – not quite as effective but much easier to pack in the car.

When we fly, I bring a blowup wedge that elevates about 4 inches, and mostly works. It’s important to take your pillow into account on a wedge. At home, I have a Bed Bath & Beyond dense pillow that elevates my head another couple of inches, which means that I don’t actually go all the way to the top of the 7 inches to sleep – I seem to sleep most comfortably at the 5-6 inch level.

These wedges elevate your head, shoulders & mid torso, depending on the size & where you sleep on them. If you both snore, you can get bed frames that will elevate both of you – some to different levels on each side.

Give your sleeping partner a break if you snore. Try using a wedge.

BTW, if you drink, consider trying not to drink a few hours before bedtime. I’ve found that if I have wine or a cocktail within 5 hours of going to bed, I’m more likely to have a snoring incident. YMMD.

I got excited when I saw her use the lotion and then try to wake him up… ;-0

In reading about sleeping in the 18th century we have found out several interesting things that I get to tell people about at a candlelight nights event our unit does in December, as there is a cabinet/box bed in the room set up as the kitchen of the house (actual kitchen was a separate building – this room was the family side room for food prep and such after the food was cooked, children taught and for other chores – as opposed to the formal parlor on the other side of the house. It was the home of a gentry level family of Dutch colonial background – hence the bed. It is in this room as that is where there was room for it – the bedrooms being occupied by the four daughters and an English style bed (with fabric hangings) in the parlor for the son, this bed was for the parents.

One was suppose to have a fortified wine drink before going to sleep, which had pieces of bread added to it and spices/flavoring. One then slept “bolstered up” on the bolsters (pillows) at the head of the bed – this involved one’s head and shoulders being raised up – not actually sitting up. One was to go to sleep on one’s right side so that one could digest properly. When the bed on that side became warm one was to turn to their left side to sleep so that the “vapors” could escape.