The Snooze button

[dakcp2001]

Once I wake up, that is it, I can not go back to sleep. DF is a VERY deep sleeper and hits the snooze button a MILLION times every morning. Now for the last 4 years, this has not been an issue, since I usually get up before him, but now that my work & school schedule has changed, it is driving me CRAZY!!!! Once his alarm goes off, I am awake. He is still sound asleep. He will hit the snooze button for over an hour!!! And the alarm will go off, and he wont wake up right away. He is a very deep sleeper, I am a very light sleeper. I have been waking up on the wrong side of the bed for weeks now, and no matter how much he promises not to do it again, it continues. He claims he is unaware that he is doing it. I end up angry every morning.

Advice? I am going to start smashing him with the clock soon.

 

[ICF]

Im like you, once the alarm goes off I get up. I can honestly say that I don't think I have ever used the snooze button. I set the alarm for the latest I can sleep and still get up and get to work. It would drive me crazy to share a bed with someone that did the snooze thing over and over and kept waking me up.

Of course, somepeople probably will say that the snooze button is there for a reason, so regardless of anything else they will use it since that is what it is there for.

Can you move his clock so he has to actually get up and get out of bed to turn it off?

 

[Pooh's Pixie]

Can you move his clock so he has to actually get up and get out of bed to turn it off?

I would do this. If he still doesn't get up, then change the time on his alarm clock to when he actually gets up.

Growing up, I was like you. My brother was like your DH. He would set his alarm early, then snooze it forever. Sometimes, he would be in such a deep sleep that he would not even snooze it and just let it go off. Even from MY Bedroom, I could hear it and it would wake me! I used to have to go in his room and SHUT IT OFF!!!

Good luck, it can make life hard when you can't sleep well!

 

[ncmickeyluvr]

My dh used to do this.....I have hit him in the head with the alarm clock

It helps a bit to keep his alarm clock across the room.....but he still doesn't completely wake up that way. we made an agreement early on that he would not set his alarm for more than 20 minutes earlier than he HAD to get up. Personally, I think hitting his snooze for an hour and knowing that it wakes you up is disrespectful. I would have a come to Jesus meeting about it.

 

[Disneylover79]

DBF is just like your DH....he is out of work right now so he sets his alarm for 8:30am...but he won't get out of bed until 10 so the days I am off the alarm rings and rings and rings.... I am up before his alarm goes off but I am in the living room watching TV and surfing the DIS when his alarm goes off, so I have to yell at him to turn it off...it drives me crazy...and the days that I do sleep in I am up at 8:30 when his alarm goes off...I hate being a lite sleeper

 

[dakcp2001]

It really just puts me in an awful mood! ANd putting the clock far away just means I end up having to get out of bed to turn it off, and that infuriates me more. ANd then of course, I shut it OFF then he is late for work cuz he doesnt wake up , and then it's my fault.

I am going to start sleeping in another room. I can't take it anymore.

 

[Angelhalo]

OP are we twins? LOL!

Once I'm up thats it for me. However DH hits snooze about 47 times. I finally got so sick of it that I could take it no more. Now instead of setting his alarm, I wake him once when I get up. Then once again as I am getting dressed, and one last time before I leave the room. After I leave the room he is on his own. He can reset his alarm or he can get up right then. If he falls back asleep and doesn't get up on time, its his fault.

We tried the getting out of bed thing and it made NO difference. he gets up, walks across the room, hits snooze and gets back in bed. Over and over again.

 

[sunlver]

I never really understood the point of a snooze alarm.. I mean I understand it, but to me it is just prolonging the agnony. Ive always been the type of person, its morning, the alarm goes off..just get up and get it over with..Why torture yourself 5 times in a row by waking up, hitting snooze and repeating

 

[HannaBelle]

I confess, I am a snooze lover and purposely set my alarm ahead so I get a "warning" that it is almost time to get up.

I normally hit snooze once and then DH will nudge me to wake-up if I am not moving after the second alarm. I have turned the alarm off while sleeping and I have slept through the alarm and my kids have woken up and come in to complain about the beeping. Sometimes I get up but I am still so asleep that I forget to turn off my alarm.

My oblivion is not malicious and my poor DH still loves me and lets me sleep in our room...he just makes a point to kick me out of bed in the AM!

His work schedule has changed so now he gets up 30 to 45 mins before I do and usually his shower does my bladder in and I HAVE to get up! lol

He is an adult and you should not be waking him up, but have you ever tried to wake him up when his alarm wakes you up?

I don't have any wonderful advice...I just wanted to let y'all know it is not always men!

 

[Angelhalo]

He is an adult and you should not be waking him up

Thankfully my adult husband much prefers our new way where I wake him up, and it sure does make my mornings a lot more peaceful

 

[NeverlandClub23]

I'm a multiple snooze pusher too. Fortunately (or sometimes unfortunately) my bf is as well. Here's some suggestions :

More gentle than traditional jarring alarms, this clock uses gradually increasing light, stimulating aromas, and peaceful nature sounds to awaken sleepers. At 30 minutes before wake-up, the clock's light begins to glow softly, brightening over the next half-hour. The warmth from the lamp releases faint aromatherapy scents into the air to stimulate the olfactory senses. Fifteen minutes before wake-up, the clock generates your choice of six soft nature sounds, such as ocean surf or songbirds. A beeper sounds at the end of the cycle. Can also be used with sound or beeper only. Included are four types of aromatherapy beads (Energy, Morning Caf, Stress Relief, Lavender) along with 10 felt disks for your own aromatherapy oils.

Or:

Having trouble getting up? Is it a battle everyday to drag yourself from the comforts of your bed to face the mundane routine that life has in store? Then get a Helicopter Alarm Clock that launches a rotor and makes really irritating sounds until you catch the little noisemaker and put it back.

Or maybe:

Have trouble getting up in the morning? Let the Clocky Alarm Clock ensure you get up when you need to be on time for work, school or any other appointment. Clocky gives you one chance to get out of bed. OK to snooze once, after that Clocky jumps off your nightstand, wheels away around your room looking for a place to hide, beeping all the while. You have no recourse but to get up to silence his alarm. You won't miss a beat with this whimsical bedroom accessory.



By the way, I love how the last one says "whimsical". Funny, I don't think snooze pushers find it very "whimsical" to chase around a beeping alarm clock when it's early and they're grumpy .

 

[Darsa]

I can't do snooze either; heck, I hear the alarm go off in the bedroom across the house, through the closed door and it wakes me up!

My husband has the snooze issue; he does have the alarm clock across the bedroom from him so he has to get up to turn it off, that's the only way it'll work for him.

I love that one that runs away from you, that's too cool!

 

[Pakey]

Get a little dog that sleeps with you. Feed the dog every morning at the exact same time. It won't be long and you won't need a clock at all; the dog will claw or lick your face or whimper or something in order to make you get up and feed him his breakfast.

 

[paintnolish]

I think it's a dh thing. What is even worse is when he goes downstairs early and forgets to turn off his alarm!!! I get a precious 30 minutes more of sleep than he does and I hate having to turn off his alarm. I also hate when it goes off on the weekend!

 

[quentina]

I love my snooze button!

 

[shelbys mommy]

Yep DH does that here too, and once I hear it, I am up. He sets his alarm 30 mins before he actually has to get up. He claims he can't just wake up & jump up. Whatever. He's been yelled at many mornings to "shut that damn thing off" and "this is the last time i'm telling you to wake up!!!!" I actually refused to do it for awhile & he was late for work so many times that he got written up, so I'm back to making sure he's up for work. If only I could sleep that soundly & with no problems.

 

[DebbieB]

I have that bad habit. I just can't jump right out of bed. Even when I'm on the road for work and have to get up early, I have to hit snooze at least once.

 

[*BTMRR*]

DH is like that. He likes to set the alarm for long before he actually needs to get up, so that he can hit snooze as many times as he wants. It's not unusual for him to hit snooze 10 times (and this is a 9 minute snooze...do the math).
It doesn't usually matter to me, since his schedule is later than mine most days and I'm already up, but I can't imagine that that's a very restful way to spend your last 1 1/2 hours in bed.

 

[yoopermom]

Does he have sleep issues? Is he getting enough sleep? Does he have sleep apnea/rls/other sleep disturbances?

The only reason I ask is because my DH (who works nights/sleeps days) just slept through the smoke alarm going off (dinner's almost done!). I've got an apt for him with a sleep specialist because there has GOT to be something wrong...

Good luck and hang in there, you deserve your zzzzzzzs...

Terri

 

[Jex]

Clocky is the best alarm clock ever, I love mine.