Dear Greenmouth

Isn't this the story of a woman's life. When it's not a man keeping you awake, it is a child or PMT or menopause symptoms.

First off, make sure he has no alcohol when he is staying with you nor a heavy meal. My OH can sleep like a baby but is dreadful if he as had a couple of beers.

The only other fail safe I know is really good earplugs. I buy those soft foamy ones from Boots and although they don't block out all sound and can't protect you against movement, they seem to have the effect of cocooning you in your own world.

Hope these suggestions are of some help. My OH who is of a philosophical bent always maintains that men and women were never intended to live together but live in the mens and womens huts in the intervals between the mood taking!