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My Boyfriend works 3rd shift and never sleeps well, its effecting us, how do i help him sleep better?
January 26th, 2010 | 
Author: My boyfriend is working 3rd shift and never sleeps good. We hardly get to spend any time together, and when we do have time, he just wants to rest. I cant blame him, he really cant sleep. But I want to figure something out to help him sleep better. So we can have more time and so he can start looking and feeling healthier. Any ideas on helping him? No pills please, lol.
Make sure the room is dark and a comfortable temperature. Also make sure it’s quiet. I know this maybe difficult but not impossible. When I worked 3rd shift I did these things and I also turned off the ringer for the phone and turned on the answering machine with the volume all the way down so I didn’t have to hear that. Also maybe make sure he’s not consuming a lot of caffeine before trying to sleep or stressing over little things. Was he having trouble sleeping if he worked a different shift? Might be something that needs checked out by his physician. Hope any or some of this helps.
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A beer and sex works for me.
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If he is not adapting to working nights he needs to change shifts or jobs. One thing he can try is sleeping with a fan on for "white noise". Also room darkening blinds and shades might help but if he truely has problems he needs to get off the night shift.
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try some tea that has that special ingredient to help u sleep or some relaxing aromatherapy since u do not want any pills
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I worked a rotating swing shift so I understand the challenge of sleeping on mids.
There are ‘black out’ blinds you can buy–if you want a cheaper solution you can get heavy duty black plastic trashbags and some stick on velcro strips and create the same effect. The goal is to have no sun light in the room during sleep hours.
If you are driving home during the early AM when sun is out use sun glasses to reduce the amount of sunlight your eyes are exposed to before sleep. If you don’t do this your body is getting all the biological queues to stay awake right before your sleep time!
White noise machines help if your the type of person who wakes up due to noises in your environment. Daytime has more overall noise then nighttime–things like trash pick up, school buses, etc. You can also just use a cheap 12 dollar box fan on level 3–creates plenty of neutral noise which masks environment noises. It works well for soft to moderate snoring, too!
When you arrive home do take some time to go through ‘night time rituals’. Normal workers don’t get home, crawl into bed and collapse into restful sleep. We have a meal usually, we watch a ilttle tv or read a book, and then we go to bed. Allow at least an hour to unwind before trying to sleep.
Good luck!
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Make sure the room is dark and a comfortable temperature. Also make sure it’s quiet. I know this maybe difficult but not impossible. When I worked 3rd shift I did these things and I also turned off the ringer for the phone and turned on the answering machine with the volume all the way down so I didn’t have to hear that. Also maybe make sure he’s not consuming a lot of caffeine before trying to sleep or stressing over little things. Was he having trouble sleeping if he worked a different shift? Might be something that needs checked out by his physician. Hope any or some of this helps.
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I use to work 3rd shift. Normally I am a day person. So, had trouble sleeping during the day for a while. A friend at work gave me this advice. It worked well for me. I hope it will work for your b/f.
1- Cut poster boards the same size as your bedroom windows and cover each one with the poster board, and a heavy blanket to block all outside light into the room.
2- Run a floor fan or table fan. The sound is soothing and will block outside noise.
3- When he first gets home from work, don’t eat breakfast. Instead, have him take a nice warm bath or shower, then offer him a nice glass of wine. If you don’t like alcohol, then offer him a nice hot cup of herbal "Sleepy Time Tea". It will have the same effect as the wine. Milk at room temperature does the same thing too. I didn’t believe this about the milk, until one day I didn’t have any tea on hand nor wine, so I tried the milk trick. It worked!
After I learned how to unwind after work, and block out the normal every day lighting and noise, I grew to love my 3rd shift job. I was home in time to get my kids off to school. Slept while they were in school and up by the time they got home. Was able to spend an afternoon and evening with them, put them to bed, then relax before going back to work. Good luck
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