I bought an american box bed (those with a box on the bottom and the mattress on top). I regretted this decision on the sleepless night I had. I am now laying on top of my bed covers and it actually feels much better. Is there something I can do to make it more confy? I dont want to sleep over my bed covers because they will get pretty damm warm and I hate to sweat like a pig. Which material can I use to put over the mattress so it will be softer? Sleeping over my bed covers means the top half of my body will get cold. I dont want a sweaty butt and cold rest of the body… any ideas?
There are mattress covers you can buy, from those thin, foamy egg-crate deals that are very cheap, to very comfortable, thick memory foam type pads that can run a couple hundred dollars. Check Walmart. I don’t shop anywhere else really, but Bed Bath and Beyond sounds like the kind of place that might carry a large selection of mattress covers.
IKEA (and I imagine other places) sell things called mattress toppers, which are like the things DrCube is talking about, but towards the thicker end of the scale. They’re also claimed to extend the life of your mattress.
We sleep with a featherbed on ours and it’s absolute heaven! Hubby has asthma and allergies and it’s not even a problem. They wash the feathers real well so there’s no dust.
We just got a new one. Before, we had one that wasn’t baffled so shaking it out weekly was tough. The cal king weighed a ton!
We’re in south Texas and they’re not hot! I don’t understand why not, but I guess air circulates so it’s just fluffy.
We bought a four-inch memory foam topper on a fantastic sale a couple of years ago, and it really does make the bed extremely comfy. Something we didn’t know about memory foam, however, is that it is quite hot - there are new types that have coils or cells or gel to prevent people from overheating at night, and I would suggest getting that type if you go the memory foam route.
Maybe something like this, except as a topper, or maybe a couple of egg-crate foams (I find a single one is not as comfy as I’d like).
Yeah, I had a friend in college who had 5 of those egg crate foams on her dorm bed. It was almost impossible not to sit on it and fall immediately asleep.
I also vote for regular flipping and giving it some time. I almost cried the first week after I got my current mattress because sleeping on it was so painful, but once I’d worn it down evenly, it became a dream and I’ll crash my car to get home to go to sleep on it.
I moved to the floor about three years ago, and it is the best move I’ve ever made. I think about half the people in the world sleep on the floor. It takes a week or so to learn to contour your body so you don’t feel the pressure points on your hips, but after that, it is wonderful. I now don’t even own a bed.
I have shag carpet in my apartment, and all I need under myself is a bedsheet, with appropriate covers above me according to the time of year. (Year round, I sleep with windows open, no AC nor heat.) At first, until I got used to it, I slept on a regular blanket, folded double twice, so it was four thicknesses under hips and shoulders.
The part that requires discipline and perseverance is the first week or so, which is a posture learning curve. After that, you’ll never go back to a bed. You also have to learn to get up correctly, by rolling over onto all fours and then standing up.
Thanks for the tips, guys!!! I will try to find the featherbed PurpleClogs mentioned.