RESTFUL SLEEP

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6613, 18 May 1928, Page 11

RESTFUL SLEEP

Sorffe people require much more sleep than others, but for all of us it is important that our sleep should be perfectly restful. If one is sleeping badly, ono must first of all give thought to the bedroom. Is it really well ventilated and fresh? Are the bedclothes too heavy, or insufficient? No ono can sleep properly in a stuffy room overburdened with heavy blankets. On the other hand, if ono is cold, sleep is slow in coming. The bed should stand away from a wall but not in a direct draught. A spring mattress is better than a feather-bed. It is bettor to have a hot-water bottle than heavy bedclothes. Nightdresses should bo light but warm. Worry, mental over-work, excitement, over-fatigue, indigestion and pain will keep one awake It is easy to give advice nut 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 bo something quite light. If supper is an early and light meal—in any case, no meal taken at night should bo heavy—a hot drink of milk, milky cocoa, or patent food or drink taken when ono is in bod, sometimes helps one to sleep. Home 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 laic 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.