Everyday Health

First, make sure you're practicing good sleep hygiene:

- Use your bed solely for sleep and sex
- Establish a set time for hitting the hay and waking up (weekends too!). Go to bed only when you feel sleepy.
- Avoid caffeine, nicotine and alcohol within 6 hours of bedtime
- Maintain a one-hour pre-bed “wind down” ritual -- think warm bath, soothing music, lower light (no TV or computer!) and other chill-out activities
- Keep your bedroom dark, quiet and a cool temperature
- If you’re not asleep 20 minutes after lights-out, get up and do something mellow in another room until you feel drowsy again.

If you still need a little nudge to dreamland, try one of these all-natural snooze-inducers: