I need to get up without waking the wife and kids, I got a smartwatch to vibrate and it woke her. The alarm is always going to wake the house.

Is there anything else?

  • teft@lemmy.world
    691·
    9 months ago

    If your wife is such a light sleeper that a vibrating watch is waking her perhaps sleeping in a separate room when you need to wake up at a certain time would work?

    • Squizzy@lemmy.worldOP
      279·
      9 months ago

      Separate rooms is definitely not an option. It’s not so much super light sleeper just she is nursing and I’d like to get a workout in before everyone else wakes. If I wake the kids we’re all screwed if I wake her I ruin what peace she gets.

          • iheartneopets@lemm.ee
            232·
            9 months ago

            Because it sounds like she’s sacrificing a lot to nurse a new baby, so maybe you could sacrifice a little bit for her so she can get at least a bit of sleep.

            • Squizzy@lemmy.worldOP
              12·
              8 months ago

              Maybe mind your own business and stop making presumptions about my family life you self righteous prick.

              I want to wake an hour before everyone to do some exercising so I’m not eating into the family time. The time would otherwise be spent sleeping like everyone else.

              I honestly can’t believe the audacity of your reply.

              • iheartneopets@lemm.ee
                21·
                8 months ago

                “Mind your own business on a public forum where I chose to disclose information!” How rich.

                • Squizzy@lemmy.worldOP
                  12·
                  8 months ago

                  It’s based on absolutely no information that I provided, just your apparent want for feeling superior.

                  • iheartneopets@lemm.ee
                    21·
                    8 months ago

                    “Separate rooms is definitely not an option. It’s not so much super light sleeper just she is nursing and I’d like to get a workout in before everyone else wakes. If I wake the kids we’re all screwed if I wake her I ruin what peace she gets.”

                    This you?

                    Dude, I wasn’t even trying to be rude or confrontational, just answering a question you asked about why you might consider changing your schedule, from a different perspective. You coming out firing from both hips about it is sus as fuck.

      • FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        9 months ago

        Try a different watch or adjust the haptics to make it vibrate less? Casio sells an inexpensive alarm watch that vibrates if you can’t dial the watch back.

      • Gerudo@lemm.ee
        6·
        9 months ago

        A split king bed did wonders for my wife and I. I never feel her move. Now, if it’s noise that wakes her up, a sound machine could help.

          • Gerudo@lemm.ee
            3·
            9 months ago

            It’s essentially 2 twin xl mattress side by side. You can use one duvet, but we blanket fight, so we use 2 separate.

        • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
          4·
          9 months ago

          Lol I know the 5g stuff is a stupid myth but sleeping with a Bluetooth device strapped to your cranium feels like it’s putting the research conclusions to the test

            • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
              4·
              9 months ago

              Oh God I didn’t even think about a rogue connection:

              10h train braking, pig fucking, garbage disposal sleep sounds ASMR vibe begins

      • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        9 months ago

        I don’t suppose there’s room for a bed in the babies’ room, so after the mid-night nursings she could sleep in there until they’re hungry again? Only if she wants to, of course. It can be more restful than trying to sleep with your ears on High for sounds of distress from the other room, which also makes you oversensitive to hubby’s alarm.

        • Squizzy@lemmy.worldOP
          21·
          9 months ago

          The baby is in our room, and the others have their own, but the house is old and creaky, so I tread carefully.

      • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        Literally or figuratively?

        Could you or her be occupying another room for a few weeks/months or is it worth a fight

        • Squizzy@lemmy.worldOP
          21·
          9 months ago

          What I’m trying to do is not worth sleeping alone, I just want to get a workout in before the day starts and waking anyone will just start the day earlier. But sleeping separately is worse than being out of shape.

          • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            9 months ago

            To each their own, I’d say for a few weeks no biggie. Obviously cuddle/rest together

          • RBWells@lemmy.world
            21·
            9 months ago

            Having raised many kids, you have to take your extra time where you can actually find it. If your family is early to rise, work out before bed instead, after they go to sleep. I have done early morning workouts, late night workouts, lunch time workouts. It may be that you can’t have morning time alone right now.