Sleep Tight 7 Tips to get a good nights sleep

For a lot of people sleep alludes us. I usually have no problem dropping off but I often wake during the night.

But if you follow these 7 tips you might find you get a more restful nights sleep:

1. Maintain a consistent schedule - get up the same time each day, or at least a similar time, and go to bed at at the same time and allow yourself an hours wind down time.

2. Reduce your caffeine intake, studies have shown that instead of having coffee or tea in the morning and replace it with a glass of water, it has the same effect. However if you have drank tea and coffee for many years you can suffer from withdrawal symptoms if you decided to cut it out all together.

3. Turn off all your electronic devices, have you ever said to yourself I'm going to have an early night and found yourself still awake watching a new binge-worthy series on Netflix and scrolling through Facebook and Instagram, thinking just one more episode? Well this is why we need to start reducing our screen time. They're keeping our minds active even though we're exhausted and have already spent most of our day sat at a computer.

4. Going to bed on a full stomach is going to increase the likelihood that you're going to be up for the toilet or set the wheels in motion for indigestion or heartburn - not what I would call comfortable or restful. Also, if we're not eating a balanced healthy diet this can have a knock on effect, we might feel more lethargic but because our body isn't being fuelled properly this is going to be mean our sleep patterns are being effected too.

5. Exercise is also important for our bodies, particularly as a lot of us have more sedentary lives we need to consciously spend time exercising our bodies but you should ensure that you've finished any rigorous exercise three hours before you go to bed.. Also doing some stretches in the night and in the morning is beneficial.

6. Limit the beverages you have before bed, if you drink too much before bed this is going to increase the likelihood of you getting up to go to the toilet and particularly drinking alcohol is going to increase your odds again for getting up.

7. Investing in a good mattress, pillows and bedding is simply just ensuring your comfortable, also if you share a bed then it's also beneficial to have separate sheets. I actually need to do this as I'm usually too hot when I'm getting ready for sleep but normally about 3 in the morning I've cooled off and Dave has the whole of the duvet.

And when I look at this list I do very little of these things so this explains a lot. The only thing I do without fail is limit my caffeine infact it's rare I have caffeine after 4pm simply as I'm aware it can keep you awake.

Do you use any of these tips already?