RESTFUL SLEEP

Shannon News, 6 June 1928, Page 4

RESTFUL SLEEP

Some people require mdeh more sleep chan others, but for all of us it is important that our sleep should be perfectly restful. If one is sleeping badly, one must first of all give thought to the bedroom. Is it really well ventilated and fresh? Are the bedclothes too heavy, or insufficient? No one can sleep properly in a stuffy room overburdened heavy blankets. On the other hand, if one is cold, sleep is slow in coming. The bed should stand away from a Avail but not in a direct draught. A spring mattress- is better than a feather-bed. It is better to have a hot-water bottle than heavy bedclothes. Nightdresses should be light but warm. Worry, mental over-work, excitement, over-fatigue, indigestion and pain will keep one awake It is easy to give advice not to worry, but difficult to avoid doing so. Mental work should always be given up an hour before bedtime; and, if possible, a brisk, short walk taken just before going to bed. If you read in bed it must be something quite light. If supper is an early and light meal —in any case, no meal taken at night should be heavy —a hot drink of milk, milky cocoa, or patent food or drink taken when one is in bed, sometimes helps one to sleep. Some people like to take fruit or a drink at night; others have a box of biscuits placed at the bedside, so that they can have two or three if they wake up feeling hungry. A hot bath late at night often induces sleep, and relaxing every muscle in the body as soon as one is in bed is a certain method of wooing sleep.