
Sleeping Better Together
How the Latest Research Will Help You and a Loved One Get a Better Night's Sleep
Hunter House Inc.,U.S. (Publisher)
Published on 30. August 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-89793-567-8 (ISBN)
Description
You loved your partner (still do) and sleeping together was the best thing that happened in years. only, now, not so much. What to do?
Maybe you're an "owl:" work till midnight, then dim the lights, pour a glass of wine and watch TV or read till you fall asleep. Your partner is a "lark:" crashes at nine, can't sleep after dawn. Or you've been arguing about his snoring or her restless legs, his opening a window or her allowing a pet into bed. Maybe it's the covers, the pillow, the TV. Of course, you both wake up tired and cranky.
Don't despair - sharing a bed is often difficult but this book can help!
Drawing on years of sleep studies, the authors, sleep experts at the world-renowned Medical University of Vienna, first give an overview of sleep patterns and some remedies for common sleep disorders. They describe how age, aging and hormonal changes affect our sleep and move on to gender-specific differences. Did you know that women dream differently from men? Or that men sleep better with a partner, but women get a better night's rest sleeping alone?
Many factors impact sleeping together, and each chapter ends with advice on how to improve your sleep when sharing a bed. Tackling everything from getting-ready-for-bed rituals to the emotional and sexual aspects of sharing a bed, Kloesch, Dittami and Zeithofer offer tips and solutions about
? keeping your bedroom free of too many activities
? buying a mattress that works for both of you
? safety when allowing infants, children or pets into the bed
? adjusting priorities as you age or have health changes
The book includes a questionnaire to assess your sleep needs and lists helpful references and resources.
Rest assured - after reading SLEEPING BETTER TOGETHER you will stop fighting and get a better night's sleep.
Maybe you're an "owl:" work till midnight, then dim the lights, pour a glass of wine and watch TV or read till you fall asleep. Your partner is a "lark:" crashes at nine, can't sleep after dawn. Or you've been arguing about his snoring or her restless legs, his opening a window or her allowing a pet into bed. Maybe it's the covers, the pillow, the TV. Of course, you both wake up tired and cranky.
Don't despair - sharing a bed is often difficult but this book can help!
Drawing on years of sleep studies, the authors, sleep experts at the world-renowned Medical University of Vienna, first give an overview of sleep patterns and some remedies for common sleep disorders. They describe how age, aging and hormonal changes affect our sleep and move on to gender-specific differences. Did you know that women dream differently from men? Or that men sleep better with a partner, but women get a better night's rest sleeping alone?
Many factors impact sleeping together, and each chapter ends with advice on how to improve your sleep when sharing a bed. Tackling everything from getting-ready-for-bed rituals to the emotional and sexual aspects of sharing a bed, Kloesch, Dittami and Zeithofer offer tips and solutions about
? keeping your bedroom free of too many activities
? buying a mattress that works for both of you
? safety when allowing infants, children or pets into the bed
? adjusting priorities as you age or have health changes
The book includes a questionnaire to assess your sleep needs and lists helpful references and resources.
Rest assured - after reading SLEEPING BETTER TOGETHER you will stop fighting and get a better night's sleep.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Alameda, CA
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
236 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89793-567-8 (9780897935678)
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Gerhard Kloesch has degrees in psychology and is a sleep researcher in the neurology clinic at the Medical University of Vienna, where he specialises in sleep-cycle disturbances. John Dittami is the chair of the university's department of behavioural science. He lives in Vienna. Josef Zeitlhofer is the head of the sleep research laboratory. He lives in Vienna.