Couple Sleep Patternsby Lyn Newton | More from this Blogger 03 Mar 2008 09:28 AM From the very beginning of life pediatricians tell us that infants and children need to learn to sleep on their own. They claim that it is healthier for one to learn to go to sleep by him or herself. Some of us work very heard to train our children to be independent sleepers. Sometimes it works and sometimes it does not. All of this work and independent sleeping for years only leads up to one thing, marriage and co-sleeping with a mate. I have heard of many different sleeping situations among married couples. Some couples are cuddle sleepers. They sleep very close to one another and often hold each other in bed. When one or the other mate is out of town or out for the night, the other mate have difficult falling asleep alone in bed. Other couples enjoy the cuddling and closeness before sleep. However once it is time to say good night, they quickly separate to their own side of the bed. Some couples need even more distance than this. They are so used to having their own sleeping space and quietness of the room that they cannot sleep with someone else. These couples have their own beds and their own bedrooms. The reasons for the individual rooms may range from lack of space, to need for separation, to snoring. Just because the couple does not sleep together does not mean that they are experiencing relationship troubles. The couple simple needs its rest. The final stage of couple sleep patterns is caused by trouble on the home front. Some couples choose to sleep separately due to intimacy troubles or problems in the relationship. They no longer enjoy the closeness of one another. So what is your sleeping pattern with your mate? Do you enjoy cuddling or are you more of an independent sleeper? More About Sleep Learn more about Lyn Newton  Lyn is a kindergarten teacher and mommy to a girl and a boy. In her spare time, she enjoys informative and creative writing. Relevantmarriage tags User Comments  OneRedHotMarriage (12) 03 Mar 2008 11:41 AMIsn't this the truth?! We're of the "no touch" school of thought when it comes to sleeping. Not even a pinky toe may stray onto my side of the bed or mine onto his or we simply can NOT sleep. Funny, because we're a very demonstrative couple during the day, but when it's time to sleep...it's time to SLEEP!  Jade Walker (964) 03 Mar 2008 02:55 PMMy beau and I are definitely cuddle-sleepers. We were both life-long insomniacs when we met. But the first time we slept together -- actually slept -- it was bliss. Though our schedules rarely allow us to share a bed, we revel in the times when we can snuggle up and drift off into Morpheus' realm.  Courtney Mroch (9169) 04 Mar 2008 08:21 AMI love to cuddle pre-sleep, but once I start drifting off I drift back to my side of the bed. And then that's where we stay, each on our sides of the bed, until good morning kiss time. I don't think I've ever fallen asleep cuddling on Wayne before. Sounds nice but wouldn't be comfortable...he's too boney! Discuss this article
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