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Hello World! Well, today I want to talk about a good night’s sleep. If there are many of you out there like me, you haven’t seen one in a while. I always wake up during the night. If i can get 4 hours straight sleep, I consider that good! Can’t remember the last time I slept thru the night…

I found this interesting info

about inviting your pets into  bed with you for a better night’s sleep. I know many cat & dog owners that do this & sleep well. I am a cat owner, but I have more than one so I close my bedroom door at night & they have run of the house. Sometimes I wonder what is wrong with this picture? 🙂 But this is the way it is in My World.

Since cats are nocturnal, they don’t want to sleep with me at night, but rather jump on me, thinking it is time to play, hence, the closed door! I know I won’t sleep better with the door open…

Here’s what the experts have to say,

& if you’re are a dog owner, or if you sleep deep enough not to be bothered by cats jumping on & off the bed, this may work for you… (I have a friend who can’t sleep without her cats in bed with her.) I wish I could sleep as good as a cat does…

For me, I guess the key here, is “pet”      (singular) not plural, as in my household.

Single With Insomnia? Invite Your Pet to Sleep With You

Chronic insomnia & sleep apnea can cause major health problems. Personally, one of my goals for 2018 is to get more sleep. It’s the one area of my health that leaves much room for improvement.

Board certified sleep medicine physician Joseph Krainin,

the founder of Singular Sleep, used to advise his insomniac patients to remove their pets from the bedroom before retiring at night. That all changed after he conducted a study with over 1,000 participants. While smaller studies on the topic had been done by the Mayo Clinic, this was the largest study on the topic of pets sleeping in bed with their people. Participants were gathered from around the globe via social media.

56% of pet owners allowed their pets to sleep in the bedroom; 87.5%  of those people allowed their pets in the bed with them; 32% more people without bed partners reported better sleep with pets in the bed than those without bed partners. Over twice as many participants (41%) reported that their pets had either no effect on or some benefit to sleep.

“For those without a steady bed partner, our results suggest that pets may provide a comforting effect,” Dr. Krainin said.

However, if you have cats, you might not want to . Besides the fact that they are nocturnal, they also might make any allergies you have worse.

Personally, I find the benefits outweigh the risks.

This time of year, my friend’s Lab,  is a welcome bed warmer. However, she’s welcome by her invitation only and never forced to be her bed partner. Sometimes Ginny (the Lab, not my friend) prefers to sleep downstairs with her other dog, who just isn’t the cuddly type. She couldn’t pay him with treats to sleep with her, & that’s fine too.

How about you?

Do your pets sleep with you? What are some of the benefits & downsides that you have found? Thanks for sharing your experiences in a comment to me.

I have mixed feelings about this; not because I think it’s unsanitary to sleep with your pet, but their nocturnal activities won’t benefit me, personally. I love my cats & they sit on my lap or sleep next to me in the evening when I watch a bit of TV and they are used to this routine so I believe we are all happy!  My cats are “indoor” Only, so they have the run of the house at night…  That is my loving Mickey who can purr like he has a loud motor running…

Have a happy healthy day!