What is the Best Sleeping Position?

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lizelle20.8 Klast monthPeakD3 min read

Wish I could be as flexible as a cat and able to sleep in any position my heart desires.
You can tell by Poe's current sleeping positions that we're in summer. When it's exceptionally hot and humid, he lies flat on his back, with legs spread-eagled. At other times he lies half on his side with legs gracefully arranged, or tucked up against his body. That last position I still don't understand, but once he's fast asleep the legs flop down.

Very different from the winter sleep when he'll squash himself into the tiniest spaces and make a beeline for his favourite bed, an empty packaging box. It has to be an extremely cold day before he'll tuck himself into his own little fabric bed.
There still are many hot days ahead, so I'm sure Poe is going to give us much entertainment here with his strange sleeping positions!
He only ever exposes his tummy like this when someone he knows is around and will only sleep like this indoors, as a cat's tummy is the most vulnerable part of its body.

What position do you find the most comfortable?

You're allowed to have a chuckle at with me.

When I was a little girl the realization hit one day that there was no escaping death.
My great-grandmother had died, and back then it was the norm to have the coffin open in the living room for all to come and say their goodbyes.
I was horrified and did not want to go back to my Ouma's house while this was happening.
Mom Lily and Dad Malan understood; some of the family frowned upon this silly child!

I can laugh about it now, but I became afraid to sleep on my left side, thinking I'd be putting pressure on my little heart and would die in my sleep! Haha, as if my heart was so fragile😉 And, I did not want to sleep on my back either, as that was what I remembered seeing that day!
Yes, I had, and still have a very vivid imagination, thankfully happier stuff!

Left is Best!

Yes, it is! Much later in life, when I started having reflux issues, I learnt that left is best. It prevents acids from flowing into the esophagus due to the body's anatomy and gravity.
So everyone with reflux (GERD) take note!
There's also less pressure on the organs.

The only thing, as time moves on and the joints start showing wear and tear, you often don't know how to sleep - left, right, back, and even tummy, so it's tossing and turning till day-break when sleep finally overcomes all!
One of the best things I bought myself was a memory foam pillow; no more pillow fighting through the night. The second best was a knee pillow for tucking between my knees to keep my spine aligned .

Poe has no aches and pains, and is wide awake and unperturbed, waiting for breakfast so he can go back to sleep.
What a life, not a care in the world!