On the hunt for a new mattress.

Peaches on our new mattress...even she sinks in a little.
We've been needing a new mattress for a while now, just kept putting it off, cause we didn't have the money we wanted to spend on one, and I thought we could keep on getting by for a while longer.

Silly me...sleep is something I don't do good without! LOL

Over the last few months it's been increasingly obvious, we should have started looking for one sooner, neither of us was getting good sleep on what we had.

So...since DH had to go to a nearby town last week, I decided to go along with him, so we could "look" at what they had. I'd heard that Sealy mattresses (actually sterns and foster made by sealy) didn't have as much out gassing, and they were sold at a store in that town...so I thought it would be a good opportunity to see how expensive they were, and how comfy they were.

I was just looking at this point...really didn't want to spend the money yet, but that changed once we fell in love with a bed...we walked out of the store with it. LOL

I was wanting to go with something without so much out gassing, cause smells can bother me, and in my quest to get away from as many chemicals as possible, I thought it would be good to get a mattress with less in it too.

I didn't take into account my hubby though. *giggle* We went directly to the Sealy brand beds, and tried them out, bypassing the memory foam beds, that I knew would be nice...but the price and fact they most likely would have way more chemicals in them stopped me from wanting to look at them.

No so my hubby, he plopped down on one, and promptly fell in love. He said he could feel his back relaxing more than it does on the other kinds of mattresses, and acted like he wanted to stay there forever. So...I had to try it out too, and I fell in love myself. *sigh*

The price was a little more than the other beds, but they were on sale, so we decided to go for it...after all, hubby has the bad back and he needs a better bed, so I prayed the out gassing wouldn't kill us, and decided on the comfy memory foam mattress.


Let me tell you, those foam mattresses Stink!! We've opened the bedroom window a few days, trying to air out the bedroom, and it is getting better, but even now, almost a week later it still stinks up the bedroom. Thankfully it's been a nice week so opening the window in the middle of winter hasn't been as bad as it could have been. LOL

We talked them into giving us a couple memory foam pillows we fell in love with too, since we got the bed, and they got stuck out on our side porch for a while...cause we used them one night, and I woke up with a headache that went away once I left the bedroom...so I knew it wasn't just one of those times I woke up with a headache cause they usually stick around most of the day. I sure am looking forward to getting those pillows back though, cause they are SO COMFY!!! I think I'll give them a month or two to air out though.

Thankfully with our old pillows between my nose and the smelly mattress, I've not woke up with a headache since...just can't wait till the smell is gone from the mattress cause it is a little annoying.

The bed however is WAY more comfortable than the one we tossed, it's soft (which I LOVE) yet supports our backs better. It is a thicker mattress, which makes the bed higher and harder to climb into (our old one was high enough as it was...my Mom had to have a step stool to climb into it, when they slept in it cause the frame is extra high LOL) but I'm learning how to get into it...not that we may not go looking for a new bed frame one of these days, if we ever have some extra money for it...but prob. not to soon. I love a high bed though, cause it's so much easier to make when it's up on my level! :)

Needless to say, I'm finding it a little harder to get out of bed in the morning...and looking forward to bedtime more at night!

This morning, DH informed me he didn't think he liked the new bed after all.

It seems I'm sleeping better in this bed, which means I'm snoring more *snicker* which means he can't sleep.

All I have to say is..."WAAAAA!! You can try the couch...or sleep with the cows"!! ROFL