- Jess, 28, admitted that she and her husband were on the brink of divorce.
- Before the current sleeping arrangement, your son had not slept all night.
A wife has urged others to sleep separately from their partner after it saved her marriage.
Mum-of-one Jess told TikTok followers that she and her husband haven’t slept in the same bed for two and a half years.
The 28-year-old confessed that the couple has barely slept a wink since their little Dylan was born two and a half years ago.
‘Lack of sleep has wreaked havoc on our jobs. Our daily life and our relationship too,” Jess explained.
Confessing that they were on the verge of separating, she added: “The craziest thing is that my husband and I almost got divorced in our sleep.”
Jess has encouraged other parents to sleep apart from their partners after the unconventional sleeping arrangement saved their marriage (pictured: Jess with her husband)
The couple made the leap to sleeping in separate beds since last November in a bid to see if they could finally get their little one to sleep, and they haven’t looked back since.
‘For our relationship it has also done absolute wonders. “We don’t fight anymore,” she said.
Revealing that lack of sleep may not only have impacted their relationship but also contributed to her poor health, Jess decided to sleep in a spare bed in Dylan’s room.
After setting up the double bed in the two-year-old’s room, the couple made the conscious decision that Jess would sleep there, while her husband stayed in their original bed.
Miraculously, her little one managed to sleep through the night since the change in sleeping patterns.
Jess also happily admitted that as a result of the unconventional change, both she and her husband are getting along better as they are both now well rested.
“(If) you’re in the same boat as us, I would 1000% recommend this because I sleep really well at night, as does my husband and my little boy too,” Jess concluded.
However, the mother’s unusual sleeping arrangements have left many divided, with several vehemently opposed to the suggestion.
Their little one wasn’t sleeping, which means tension and lack of sleep between the two parents. Now they get along even better since the mother started sharing a bed with her son (in the photo: Jess and Dylan)
Many were left divided over the unconventional arrangement, with some commenting on their own experiences and others commenting that they could never be part of his ‘soulmate’.
“I couldn’t imagine this, as soon as our son is in bed, we are in bed hugging each other,” one shared.
A second wrote: “My husband and I miss each other if the other is not by each other’s side.”
‘If that works for you, I couldn’t not sleep with my husband.
‘He is my rock, my soulmate. We work together to get the children to sleep. Start early and stick to the routine,” chimed in a third.
“People just can’t sleep train their kids,” said another, while another added: “So it’s the kid’s fault?” I can’t help but think that this is not good for the child.
But others also defended the mother, claiming that their relationships have improved since they slept apart from their partner.
‘My partner and I don’t have children, but we sleep in separate rooms. He snores like a pig and I grind my teeth like a donkey. “We are both much happier,” one wrote.
“Sleeping apart happens in so many homes that it needs to be normalized,” said one user.
‘We have had separate rooms for more than 10 years. “I swear we’re so much nicer to each other because my insomnia and his snoring don’t fight every night,” another shared.