Ten How Can You Sleep So Soundly When I’m So Wide Awake?

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Forming the Couple System: Learning to Share a Bed 13
6. The Bed 25
7. Going to Bed 37
8. Activities in the Transition from Awake to Asleep 49
9. Temperature Preferences 65
10. Talking and Touching 77
11. Anger and the Couple Bed 93
12. Ilness and Injury 105
13. How Can You Sleep So Soundly When I’m So Wide Awake? 113
14. Outside Intrusions into Couple Sleep 123
15. Bathroom Trips, Tossing and Turning, Resless Legs, Sleep Talking, Grinding Teeth, and Nightmares 131
16. Snoring and Sleep Apnea 147
17. Safety, Intimacy, and Why Couples Sleep Together 161
18. Waking Up in the Morning 177
19. Weekends 183
20. Everyday Life and the Couple System 189
21. Appendix 199
22. References 203
23. Name Index 213
24. Subject Index 217