Ipad mini....Insomnia :(

*DaDa

Hi all,

Last week my OH decided to treat me to an ipad mini:T...
Thing is its giving me insomnia...I used to go to bed at 10.30-11ish..For the past week I have been lying in bed awake playing games, buiding zoos, treasure islands and reading books,,:mad::mad:..I'm on the verge of asking him to take it back...Im fine during the day the kids are mostly fiddling around on it.. But come bed time Im obsessed with the thing..:(:(:(:eek:

UsernameAlreadyExists

Self control.
Put it down. Sleep.

Kaz2904

Set an alarm for 30 minutes before you should go to bed. Then turn it off and wind down for 30 mins.

*max*

It's not insomnia, it's poor self-control.

can6342

My husband is the same. He made a rule for himself - no screens in the bedroom, so he leaves his smartphone and tablet downstairs each night and sleeps much better as a result.

Alias_Omega

Leave it downstairs to charge overnight..

pigpen

I almost LoL at this.. this is an issue I have with my 12 y/o. That isn't insomnia it is just not going to bed to sleep. Why is it even upstairs?

My daughter has to leave her things downstairs now because she would play on them all night and not sleep.

I go to bed half an hour earlier, play a couple of rounds of solitaire or sudoku on my phone and go to sleep once the bed is warm and cosy. I used to read or do actual sudoku with a pencil and everything but figured this was less expensive and less wasteful (paper puzzle in the bin kinda thinking)

You need to exercise a little self control nothing more

fluffnutter

Never have any laptops, computers, smart phones, tablets, tellies in the bedroom. Bedrooms are for sleep and jiggy, nothing else.

thegirlintheattic

Get some self-control.

Artytarty

This too shall pass!

Brighton_belle

fluffnutter wrote: »

Never have any laptops, computers, smart phones, tablets, tellies in the bedroom. Bedrooms are for sleep and jiggy, nothing else.

^^^ This.

And as others have said- this isn't insomnia. Insomnia is when you are lying down in bed in the dark trying to sleep and can't for hours and hours. You aren't trying to sleep as you are playing games.

You need to leave the ipad downstairs.