Megan B asked:
My husband is a former smoker (he hasn’t had a ciggie in 5 months) and he is chronically stuffy. He snores incredibly loudly, and it keeps me from falling asleep – and being a stay-home mom to a 2yr old boy, sleep is a necessity. I hit him, tell him to “shh!”, roll him over (which isn’t easy since he’s overweight), kick him…none of it helps for longer than two minutes. What products have helped for anyone out there with the same problem?
My husband is a former smoker (he hasn’t had a ciggie in 5 months) and he is chronically stuffy. He snores incredibly loudly, and it keeps me from falling asleep – and being a stay-home mom to a 2yr old boy, sleep is a necessity. I hit him, tell him to “shh!”, roll him over (which isn’t easy since he’s overweight), kick him…none of it helps for longer than two minutes. What products have helped for anyone out there with the same problem?
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I squeeze both sides of my husband’s cheeks so his mouth opens. It sometimes works for a while and sometimes works for a minute. I usually just sleep on the couch when it is really bad. Good luck!!
i think snoring means he breaths from his mouth not his nose or maybe there is a problem with his nose or his breathing ask ur doc
there are oral inserts that are designed to keep airways open. consult a dentist or oral surgeon.
If he is sleeping with his back on the bed, try to convince him to sleep sideways. When you’re facing upwards, the tissue falls into your throat in a way that causes snoring. This easily the single most effective, immediate solution.
Also, a healthy person is less likely to snore. There are plenty studies to show that those who eat and exercise well are less likely to snore.
Finally, part of it could just be innate. There’s a chance there’s just nothing you can do about it.
I sympathize!! I have lived with the snorer for 39 years now.
Try to go to bed and get to sleep before he does. If you wake up in the night and can’t go back to sleep because “Mac Truck is going up Apache Summit” again, go to a different bed.
I actually do sleep in the recliner in the den some nights. It is much more peaceful.
convince him to strap a tennis ball around his waist with string. Attach it in a way so that whenever he sleeps on his back it is uncomfortable because of the tennis ball . It actually works if you can convince him to try this .
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