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what do you take to bed?

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Cherrytree59 Wed 20-Jul-16 21:25:20

It used to be just DH. LOL

Now....
Big bottle cold water (not so cold 3am)
Mobile + charger. (DD or MIL emergencies)
Specs
Piriton and anthisan cream ( last week flu plus and throat lozenges)
Rennies
Kindle or book

When DC were babies would take up tray with
night feed
bottle warmer
And gripe water

watermeadow Thu 21-Jul-16 18:32:36

Good Lord, what busy night lives you lot have! You're prepared for anything and everything!
I go up empty-handed, followed by dog and cat. I write my diary then go to sleep. When I wake up we all go downstairs. Night over.

Kateykrunch Thu 21-Jul-16 18:39:51

I just take misen!, hubby manages to get there unaided. BUT why do you want to have all your valuables with you, I would rather a burglar finds my car keys and purse and sods off and leaves me alone instead of maki g his way to my bedroom to 'request' aforementioned!!

rosesarered Thu 21-Jul-16 18:52:03

I can imagine a bored teenager (yes, we do get them on here) laughing their heads off at all the bedside stuff.grin Mine is not much different to anyone elses, a mix of medications, glass of water, kindle, hankies to snuffle into ( got a cold and hay fever)
Books and clock are already there, and DH finds his own way there.

TriciaF Thu 21-Jul-16 18:58:49

As an on-andoff insomniac I already have Piriton there. It can make me sleepy, but not always. Sometimes I take a hot water bottle to put under my left hip, which is where the restless leg comes from.
Last night I didn't doze off until about 5.30 am so hoping I can make up for it tonight.
If there's a storm predicted during the night I take our border collie with me because she likes to hide from storms.

BlueBelle Thu 21-Jul-16 19:05:41

well i cant get over how much luggage you all take..... i take my ipad and phone ...... radio is already there

Grannynise Thu 21-Jul-16 20:41:47

Ipod so that I can listen to BBC podcasts when I wake in the night. Farming Today is great for getting me back to sleep!

wot Thu 21-Jul-16 21:05:41

Hopes for a dream to tell me why we are here. Not happened yet

Lona Thu 21-Jul-16 21:22:11

Nothing. Does that make me a weirdo? hmm

vampirequeen Thu 21-Jul-16 21:41:58

DH

f77ms Fri 22-Jul-16 10:07:54

Earplugs, eye mask and the cat .

Lisalou Fri 22-Jul-16 15:13:24

Iphone, mainly to charge and as alarm clock, DH manages to make his own way. So not much.

Grannyboots1 Fri 22-Jul-16 18:54:46

Glass of water
Indigestion tablet
Vick nose thing (only in the winter)
Hand / feet cream
Tissues
On dear, sounds like a first aid kit!

mcculloch29 Sat 23-Jul-16 14:29:43

Since we got burgled over 2 years ago, (I left a door unlocked, never since), my handbag has come upstairs with me, along with my smartphone. Sometimes a magazine.
Lipbalm sits on my bedside table, though no drinks, as I retain fluid. I often have painkillers to hand, though I am dieting at the moment and restricting my food intake is far better for my arthritis than any painkillers. I wear my activity tracker whilst I sleep.

Marmight Sat 23-Jul-16 14:56:33

Bottle of water
IPhone
IPad
Tube of travel Gaviscon - easy to slurp in the dark

Tissues, face cream, phone, book and radio already there

Witzend Sat 23-Jul-16 21:22:49

Cup of green tea.
Book, plus more on bedside table plus Kindle in case I can't get into any of them.
Glasses

Pollengran Sat 23-Jul-16 23:12:24

I take Charlie. He is the most handsome long haired cat, and he purrs me to sleep every night.

paola Sun 24-Jul-16 07:23:53

Book. Phone and iPad banned from bedroom because they may distract me. And at the moment, ice packs and wet flannel to soothe me every time I wake as I am still itchy after a horrible allergic reaction to antibiotics!

DanniRae Sun 24-Jul-16 08:04:01

Bottle of water - everything else I might need already there

Nelliemoser Sun 24-Jul-16 09:01:48

I very often have a hot water bottle.
After the last few days when it was so hot I did not bother.

I was out and about being active yesterday it was a really warm day, but when I went to bed my feet had gone really cold so I went down and got my HWB. Problem solved.

JOHN19488 Sun 24-Jul-16 09:58:13

kindle bottle of water

etheltbags1 Sun 24-Jul-16 15:59:54

I take much the same as anyone else, book (kindle lives by the bedside), my handset from landline and mobile, anti allergy cream as I have a horrid rash and glass or bottle of water.
sometimes my tablet as I play games before bed.

Cherrytree59 Sun 24-Jul-16 18:09:03

Well I'm not only one with so much bedtime luggage or the need for anti allergy cream and tablets

I have been trying to think back to when it all started, I'm sure before my fifties I didn't need so much as a drink of water by my bed.
I have GC here during the week so I can't leave meds by my bed. They often have a nap in our room as we have ceiling fan in there and it is cool compared to the other bedrooms.
Kindle for same reason.

Sometimes I will take up what need early evening (esp if going out) so that I can stumble up to bed and avoid having to come back down for something I have forgotten as this drives DH mad!
Even more so if I ask him to get me water as I am coughing my guts up a bit.

Can anyone remember when they actually started carting the 'luggage to bed'?