Tips for Sharing a Room with a Snorer

[paintnolish]

So, as you can see by my ticker, we are going to WDW in Dec. and staying at Pop. My dad might be coming with us now. It'd be nice because the kids love him, I'd have an extra hand since dh can't go, and my dad would have a great time, but...my dad is a thunderous snorer! My mom doesn't share a room with him anymore and when I occasionally spend the night at their house, I can hear it, down the hall, with both of our doors closed. I seriously don't know if I can handle it for 8 nights in Pop! Help! Suggestions?

 

[TEENEE]

Go to sleep first, bring ear plugs. Sorry that's all I can come up with.

 

[momof1princess]

get him his own room on a different floor? lol, sorry, i know your pain, DH snores too, but will usually stop if i nudge him to turn over.

 

[SC Minnie]

I would have to get him his own room - no matter the cost. I am a lite sleeper and snoring is like nails on a chalkboard to me. Even a little bit of snoring bothers me to no end and I can't go to sleep. Ear plugs don't help that much for a loud snorer. Been there, done that.

 

[paintnolish]

Ear plugs? I need ones the people on airplane runways wear! Big 'ol ear muffs!
All kidding aside, I kind of don't want him to go because of it and feel terrible about it. We won't get any sleep. Another room is out of the question-too much money for 8 nights!

 

[rascalmom]

If the snoring is that bad, he should probably go for a sleep study. Sleep apnea is a very serious condition and is most indicated by heavy snoring.

My dh snored horribly - his sleep study showed he had very severe sleep apnea. He now uses a CPAP - it is a world of difference for both of us!

If your trip is not until December, you have plenty of time to talk to him about this (maybe enlist your mom's help?) and get the appointments scheduled.

 

[DisneyBlonde]

My husband wears a mouth guard which doesn't help if he rolls onto his back. I have to nudge him to roll over.

If you're dad is like my dad, you're not gonna get him to wear a mouth guard. Good luck!

 

[mom of 3G's]

Ask your doctor for a trial of Ambien. I am a very light sleeper as well so for our trip last year I had a week's worth of Ambien. Worked like a charm. Since your dad seems to be a very loud sleeper, in addition to the Ambien I would bring along a noise machine so that you can focus on that instead of the snoring. Good Luck... I feel your pain.

 

[TiggerTails57]

My DD uses her ipod + ear buds and listens to music.

 

[penguin087]

Seriously, he needs his own room. Disney is just too exhausting of a vacation to not get any sleep all week.

 

[paintnolish]

My husband wears a mouth guard which doesn't help if he rolls onto his back. I have to nudge him to roll over.

If you're dad is like my dad, you're not gonna get him to wear a mouth guard. Good luck!

No way. He won't even go to the dr. about this...I guess, though, if it was serious by now we'd now. He has been a life long snorer!

 

[minkydog]

No way. He won't even go to the dr. about this...I guess, though, if it was serious by now we'd now. He has been a life long snorer!

Not necessarily. The thing about sleep apnea is very few people who have it know that they stop breathing in their sleep. They feel tired during the day, but usually they just write it off to age or simple tiredness. Sleep apnea puts a huge stress on your heart and can lead to heart disease, diabetes, and stroke. It's every bit as bad as high cholesteral.

I use CPAP and when I forget it, oh man! nobody can sleep. DH recently had a sleep study too, because he has severe lung disease. He snores and stops breathing several times a hour. He's exhausted all day long. Guess what? His oxygen is dropping to 83% at night! Normal is 96-100! And the 83% is WITH oxygen in place. O.M.G. And we had no idea!

To get back to your question...since it looks like your dad's not going to take care of the snoring, I'd say get him his own room. Trying to sleep while someone else snores is only going to result in exhaustion for you and the kids. The kids will love being with Grampa during the day, but if ya'll have to listen to him all night for a week I fear your patience is going to wear thin and that's when resentment & irritability sets in.

 

[dismom2]

I would bring prescription sleeping pills and ear plugs. If he's as loud as my parents, that might be your only ounce of hope. Does he realize that he will be keeping everyone in the room awake? Does he want to do anything himself to help the problem? I agree that he should get the sleep apnea machine, but if he doesn't want to, and doesn't want to compromise, he should be willing to help pay for a second room. I'd be a grump if I didn't get any sleep for a week, not to mention, very tired. Good luck.

 

[Shutterbug]

Ear plugs? I need ones the people on airplane runways wear! Big 'ol ear muffs!
All kidding aside, I kind of don't want him to go because of it and feel terrible about it. We won't get any sleep. Another room is out of the question-too much money for 8 nights!

You are going to be absolutely miserable by the end of the week. I know, I dated girl that snored like a freight train and I am light sleeper. First trip we ever took together was cut about 4 days short cause I could not get any sleep and just increasing felt awful and very cranky.
I am one of those people that HAS to have at least 6 hours of sound sleep to function at all.

Going to sleep first NEVER worked because the snoring would always wake me up. Ear plugs never worked either could hear it over that as well.

After that all trips were planned where we either had seperate rooms and or a separate suite. Better yet when going to Disney we just rented a house so we could still be "together" but still had seperate places to sleep.

I really think you need to think things out for your own sanity.

I know many chronic snorers that think there is nothing wrong with snoring and that everyone else is just overly sensative. My own parents are like that. I have showed them several articles about snoring and what they can do about it...I get the "snoring is not problem and its just a fact of life"

 

[maelstrom]

My dad's snoring was so loud that I could hear it over my iPod or if I had in earplugs. I'd have to take more than one Ambien to get to sleep and make sure I stayed asleep, because if I woke up and heard his snoring, I'd never get back to sleep. My mother and I were (on vacations) constantly yelling at him all night to shut up. There were many nights where I seriously considered going to sleep in the bathtub or on the balcony. Enter the CPAP machine. Now he just sounds like one of those peaceful noise maker machines they use in doctors offices. And it's fun to make Darth Vader breathing noises at him when he has the mask on. I also start humming the Imperial March when he puts it on.

 

[zalansky]

I am in 100% agreement with the previous posters who said that him getting his own room is the only solution. I am also a light sleeper and we invited some friends with us to Disney for a night last year and my only conditon, I told them, was they could come if they did not snore. Well, they LIED. They were both loud snorers and i did not get a wink of sleep that night and I was one unhappy person come morning. I will never have people share a room again. Don't think just of yourself - think about your kids. Those rooms are small on top of it. I say either he gets his own room or he doesn't go. Sorry!
See if you can get a AAA discount or something, Pop is a value and shouldn't be that expensive!

 

[JessicaR]

These, I promise are the answer for your short term problem. I never leave home without them.

http://www.ohropax.de/28-1-sound-attenuation--product-info.html

You can get them here - www.earplugstore.stores. yahoo.net

and sometimes at drugstore.com

The trip sounds like great fun if you can just sort out this little issue. I bet everyone will be pleased.

 

[teacups]

Puresleep.com

I kid you not, this thing saved my marriage!
IT WORKS!!
You wear it like a sports mouthpiece, but its made to make your bottom teeth jutt out a bit (or somethign like that.)
IMHO it's the best invention since the automobile!!!!!
My hubby snored LIKE CRAZY!

 

[CJ's Mommy]

I have the exact same problem and this is why we are staying OFF SITE in a house, so DH can have his own room to snore as loud as he wants in!!!

We were booked with Free Dining in the Caribbean Beach Resort and I canceled it for this very reason. Look into Windsor Hills, they have condos, townhouses, and houses at VERY reasonable rates. Good luck!

As a side note, I've been told (by DH's family of course) that I should just wear ear plugs or take Ambien or something to knock me out so that we can sleep in the same bed...but honestly, would you want to be THAT knocked out that you can't hear a loud noise like that? Not me, I have two small kids that I have to listen out for. Lord knows DH won't hear them. And the ear plugs don't work anyway, what a waste!

 

[MichelleVW]

Seriously, he needs his own room. Disney is just too exhausting of a vacation to not get any sleep all week.

No kidding....If I had to share a room with someone that snored that bad I would stay home. Snoring drives me crazy and I've tried ipods, falling asleep first, ear plugs and I can STILL hear the snoring over those things...