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Now that cooler temperatures are here, can you fall asleep at night
when your feet are cold? I find that I doze off much better when
my feet are warm. If they are cold, I must warm them up first--
either by touching them to a warmer part of my body; soaking them
in warm or hot water (and drying off) before climbing into bed; or by
some other means. When my feet are warm before I sleep, they are
very warm and comfortable when I awaken in the morning. But if I am
totally exhausted (e.g., on Friday night), I can fall alseep with cold feet
and awaken with them--still cold. I'm just curious to how you BFers
handle cooler temperatures, your feet, and evening sleep. Maybe BFers
give new meaning to the old cliche, "You have cold feet!" LOL :-)
when your feet are cold? I find that I doze off much better when
my feet are warm. If they are cold, I must warm them up first--
either by touching them to a warmer part of my body; soaking them
in warm or hot water (and drying off) before climbing into bed; or by
some other means. When my feet are warm before I sleep, they are
very warm and comfortable when I awaken in the morning. But if I am
totally exhausted (e.g., on Friday night), I can fall alseep with cold feet
and awaken with them--still cold. I'm just curious to how you BFers
handle cooler temperatures, your feet, and evening sleep. Maybe BFers
give new meaning to the old cliche, "You have cold feet!" LOL :-)
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Re: Cold feet, fall asleep?
Sun, December 12, 2004 - 10:33 AMi am totally fine with cold feet, actually. i just need my feet to be bare. not lotioned, and NEVER with socks. if i want to just take a nap, and not really fall asleep, i'll leave my socks on. and if i'm feeling anxious or can't get to sleep, rinsing them in coolish water usually helps. my feet totally warm up on their own, overnight.
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Re: Cold feet, fall asleep?
Sun, December 12, 2004 - 9:20 PMMy feet get cold in this temperature definitely. It's hard because I like a cold room with a warm bed.
I used to bend my legs to put my feet up in my "knee elbows" to keep them warm. I would fall asleep like that but I wouldn't recommend it because it wasn't very good for my knees.
More than that, just where do you put your feet in bed? When the sheets are really tight (like in a hotel) I suddenly realize I really don't know where to place them. -
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Re: Cold feet, fall asleep?
Tue, December 14, 2004 - 1:29 PM"Knee elbows"! Great! I was wondering how best to describe
this practice. Glad to know someone else does it, too.
Another related question: How long can you stay BF on a cold
linoleum floor? A lot of time the outside pavment (asphalt or
cement) will be easier to take than the linoleum floor
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Re: Cold feet, fall asleep?
Tue, December 14, 2004 - 8:21 PMI should have said, "Knee Pits", which is more what I was trying to describe :)
I live with wood floors everywhere so the temperature is not bad. What is is the little bits of food or whatever than end up on the floor. They stick to my feet so I have to sweep up a lot.
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Re: Cold feet, fall asleep?
Mon, December 20, 2004 - 6:44 AMDitto for me, as far as having naked feet for bed. We winter camp here in Ohio, and last January it was 15 degrees outside the tent. Try as I might, I could not fall asleep until those socks were off my feet and my toes were liberated.
At home I've convinved my cat to curl up around my feet, I can tuck them around his back, keeps us both comfy and warm. If he's being un-cooperative, I resort to the foot-knee tuck, too.
