# Why Don't Adults Fall Out Of Bed Like Children Do?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 2, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-adults-fall-out-of-bed-like-children-do/146243 "2003-01-02T18:42:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-adults-fall-out-of-bed-like-children-do/146243/21 "2003-01-11T15:31:57Z")

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Glad this thread is still here because I coincidentally came across a tidbit of statistics – A 1997 book called _Danger Ahead_ has a figure of half a million Americans go to the ER each year for injuries sutained from falling out of bed. (The figure does not mention if it’s chidlren or adults though.)

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**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-adults-fall-out-of-bed-like-children-do/146243/22 "2003-01-15T19:28:30Z")

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So, is there a difference between adults and children?

Why do we fall out of bed at all?

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**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-adults-fall-out-of-bed-like-children-do/146243/23 "2003-01-15T20:25:09Z")

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> \*Originally posted by sugaree \*  
> \*\*I hate to raise this from the dead, but I thought of something- my husband’s doctor believes that he is at risk for sleep apnea. I am supposed to be monitering his breathing as he sleeps (think about this one). Maybe there is a connection between this and his rare midnight tumbles. \*\*

Oh, crap. My dad’s on CEPAP to combat his sleep apnea, and I move around so much in my sleep that I wake up on the floor most mornings.

Well? Is there a connection?

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