Anyone Else Have a Husband That Stays up Really Late?

My husband goes to bed after me too. I think he just needs time to himself. He likes to watch the TV shows he has recorded that I don't watch. He is also very tired all the time and suffers insomnia. It is his choice to deprive himself of sleep and he has to deal with the consequences. However, if he spent all evening snoozing while I took care of the kids myself then that would be a huge problem. I think you should let him do what he wants to do to himself, but when it comes to contributing to caring for the children, he needs to be awake and present.

A., they just never grow up do they??

My husband is the same and I usually have to get him up in the morning (after geting myself up and showered then getting our daughter up and dressed). The poor guys have so many responsibilities they need some "alone time" - unlike us women who have the common sense to know that we cannot operate without sleep and don't have the luxury of being sick!!

I don't have any answers for you - it's 8am, my husband is in bed, my daughter is awake, I have done some housework (not because it needed to be done, just because that's what I like to do when I am awake - sorry, sarcasm) and my daughter and I have had breakfast. When he does get up he will get himself something unbreakfastlike to eat and will leave the dirty dishes then he will go and do some yardwork or clean out the garage (our garage should be so clean after all the work he does in there!!!) and I will get to entertain our three year old while trying to do everything else!!

It is rather frustrating when they get their alone time in the evening then again in the morning.

But... warts n all, we love em and they aren't so bad but they do need reminding and retraining cause their brains don't operate the same way as ours, bless 'em, which is why they were always sent off to work within a structured environment while we stayed home and took care of everything else. (now we get to do both)

Hang in there and keep smiling.

At our house, I'm the one who stays up every night. I stay up because I am taking online classes and I can be most productive when the kids are in bed, but I would stay up later than my husband even before I enrolled in classes. It was definitely to enjoy some "me time" and have some peace and quiet. Perhaps it's causing problems for you because A) it's affecting his productivity during the day, and B) You feel YOU don't get any time to yourself, yet he gets it every night. You have every reason to be irritated by these things. Maybe you can ask him to come to bed a little earlier than he has been, mentioning to him that you think it's affecting him during the day and perhaps causing the migraines. And maybe you two can come up with a way for YOU to have some time to yourself. With three kids going on four, I am sure you've got your work cut out for you there, and you deserve a break - even if it's just an hour a day.

I doubt he's "up to anything" - he just can't resist that quiet time to do whatever he wants. It's difficult for me to go to bed because I enjoy the quiet so much!

Anyway, hope you can find a happy medium so that you can both be happy and well rested.

A.

my husband does this and it drives me nuts. we have a 3 month old who gets up at 6 and a 3 year old whos up at 7. i told him that if he wants to stay up late, fine. but that does NOT mean he can get out of his responsibilities because he is tired. even if he's up until 2 - when those kids get up HE is up with them. he accepts that, and even when hes super tired i shake him awake and tell him to get up. maybe thats harsh but we agreed that if im up with the baby at night for feedings etc. then hes up in the morning.

Yes my husband does that and I don't like it. It really bugged me when he 1st began to do it. But I accept that I can't control him and I sleep peacefully now. (We've been married for 18 years) I'd be cautious with interfering. His whole life is governed by his commitments. He has control of this and I'd let it go. You've voiced your opinion and that's enough.

oh yes, my dear husband does this and it drives me CRAZY!!! Same situation as you. I go to bed around 10. We just had a baby in march and he is still getting up about once a night and the time changes from time to time as to what time he wakes up for the feeding. Anyways he will stay up until midnight or 1 in the morning watching t.v or on the computer. Then he comes to bed and then the baby wakes up. At this point he is so zonked out that I wake up to feed the baby. Then the baby is up again at around 6 and then my other son at 7 am and since hubby stays up so late, he's still sleeping away. I get so pissed (pardon my french) And then after a long day at work and only 4-6 hrs of sleep he's tired and wants a quick "catnap" as he puts it. I just want to scream. I WANT A NAP TOO!

I have no solution for you except that I totally know how you feel. sooooooo frustrating. And to top things off, when the rare occation that he does actually fall asleep early he wakes up so refreshed and saying how he should do that more often...and then never does...ugg!! men.

A. ; yes this can be very frustrationg first of all we had 3 boys and they were totaly into video games and my husband too is a gamer, and loves to veg out on his computer, it is frustrating, but we have always had the kids in bed before we went, the kids to this day as teens go to bed before we do, so we can have adult time, mom and dad time this is not sexual time its just time we can spend doing whatever without kids even playing games, the child is the one who can suffer in this situation , he is the one who should not be staying up late, maybe your husband would love it if you joined in some game fun too, ? i know i was a computer widow for years, ahahaahah and i do go to bed sometimes earlier than he does, stll to this day , but if im in the bedroom for like an houra nd i wake up i call to him and ask him how long he will be ? he tells me and i end up back to sleep, if he still is not there after that time i ask again when are you coming to bed, you said it would be such and such a time, and yes it is hard when pregnant, to have all that in check, maybe you guys need date night, so you can spend some quality time together, it is normal for the man to retreat into the man cave, ahahahah however its not good even in summer for young ones to stay up late , they need their sleep, dad does too, work with him, talk to him about it, ask him what can be done, what games is he playing is it a game youboth can play? or one you like ,i know we played voyage century together, and it was fun, its a download game not one you can buy , but its fun the role playing games with each other can be fun, or any game, but i know once you are tired, its bed time, give him a time too when he can be with you , either way have a wonderful day and a good day D. s

My husband like to stay up later than me most nights and sometimes we reverse it. I would ask him to give you at least one or two nights of early bed companion time and then after you fall asleep if he already hasn't falen asleep too then he could go about his business..
T. K>

Hi A.,

I understand! But I have to tell you I'm the guilty party here. I have a great husband who usualy goes to bed between 11-11:30pm, most nights I'm right there with him. I work 30-40 hours/week plus run a business from home that's an additional 15-20 hour work week. We have to beautiful daughters. But on the nights that I don't have to be to work the next morning, after he goes to bed, I stay up and play games on FaceBook...it's my downtime! On those nights I am sometimes up until 1-2am. He doesn't like it either, but he actually has alot more time in front of the TV or whatever thatn I do because I am freauently working on my other job or still cleaning & doing laundry! I would completely understand if it's a nightly thing, for me it's usually 1-3 nights/week & the only downtime I get during the week. Maybe you should ask him to limit the nights he stays up & come to bed w/ you the others!!

Good luck!!

Hi A.

I am the one in my house who goes to bed every night late. My husband turns in at 10/11 and i go to bed at 11/12/1...just depends on how tired I am. It is my only time to mentally "take a break" and I cherish it! Yes I am tired in the morning when the baby wakes me up at 7/8...but I mentally NEED my nights to stay sane. I don't think it's a big deal at all that a husband/wife turn in at different times (?). As long as everything else is good in the marriage (health, communication, "etc."), I don't see the harm.
Maybe what would help your situation at this pregnant/hormonal time...as you put it :) is for your husband to come up to bed with you once in a while to spend some time with you/kiss you goodnight before he heads back to watch tv. May sound corny, but maybe the well-deserved attention would make you feel better (pregnant mommies desrve some TLC).

Guys cope differently to stress than women. If that's his time, let it be his time. I do find it difficult to swallow that your 3yo is up with him, though; I would put the breaks on that immediately. Little children need sleep to grow and keep their systems working properly.

I know that it is probably annoying but he is an adult and can take care of himself...that also means not making your life harder even if he is tired.
As far as your son staying up with Daddy...he is not old enough to make that choice for himself. He needs to go to bed earlier.
Congratulations on baby #4!!
Blessings, K.

Lack of sleep does attribute to a lower immune system, as well as migraine and headaches. However, with a young child in the home, I also stay up late - as the mom - to read, watch t.v. or play on the computer where I am free to have my own uninterrupted thoughts and play time.

Perhaps if you try not to make too big a deal out of it - he will not do it as often (not sure how often you push the issue -so no offense.). But make sure you have your time together as well as a family, but as husband/ wife by sending the little one off for a bit with other family members.

I was told by a physician that I worked with that everyone has a sleep pattern and they are not all the same. And yes I believe it is inherited. As a child I would lay in bed from 8pm until 1 or 2 am. Yes I was tired the next day. But try as I might, I could not change. And yes, I drove my mother crazy because of it. She didn't know what to do. I also have 4 brothers and sisters with the same problem and 1 sister without.

Some times I do go to sleep at a "regular" time, but not often. My ex use to nag at me all the time because I wasn't tired when he was. The anxiety was terrible. My 18 yr old son is the same. Some times he will stay up through the next day. I find that I am really tired from about 4pm until 9pm. Then no matter how tired I was at 7pm, I am wide awake at 9pm.

The doctor I told you about relayed a numerous story about him and his wife who was the same as your husband. It drove him crazy until he realized that her natural sleep pattern was different than his. They made a truce. She wouldn't vacuum the house after 10pm and she would go to bed when she was tired.

If you keep nagging him, he will only feel worse and it will cause anxiety. If you let it go, he will work it out and maybe once in a while he will go to bed when you do.
C.

My husband and I play video games together, we have a daughter and only play when she is in bed (of course). However, my husband stays up way later than I do. The latest I stay up is 1 am and that's rare. I tried many times to talk to him about it but he gets mad and says "Fine, I'll go to bed at 8 pm." And exaggerates the situation! I let him sleep until almost 3 pm on most days, now because I just don't want to deal with it. He can't say anything about time to his self because he takes 30 minute smoke breaks (and I know it only takes him 5 minutes) every 30 minutes. Not to mention he doesn't not help around the house AT ALL. I'm near my breaking point and thinking about going to live with my mom.

My husband has randomly done the same thing throughout our marriage and honestly so have I. It's our alone time to watch movies, unwind or whatever so I don't think it's a big deal - except maybe as regards your 3 year. If your son should be in bed to make sure he's getting enough sleep or whatever then he should be in bed, but the flip side is that if he doesn't really need to be in bed then let him hang out with dad. I'm not the type of parent who is a stickler for bedtimes, but I know a lot of parents are so just try and do what is best for your son.

Good luck!