So we got a new mattress today. A Tempur-pedic. The delivery men were kind enough to leave behind 2 mints as a "thank you" for doing business with Mattress Firm when they left - how nice. I'm very excited about the potential for an excellent night's sleep, even moreso for K. Keep your fingers crossed that he'll experience deep REM sleep with no snoring every night going forward...
Throughout the mattress shopping process, we learned some interesting, yet disturbing facts about sleep:
- The average individual loses a pint of fluid throughout a night's sleep, via sweat, drool, etc. Gross.
- Dust mites live on dead skin cells and often burrow in spring mattresses, making their home directly beneath the surface, feasting while you "shed" at night. Gross.
- Sleep or crusties or whatever you want to call the gunk in your eyes when you wake up in the morning is an allergic reaction to dust mite feces. Gross.
The Tempur-pedic happens to be allergen resistant, thankfully. I can't be a 100% advocate for it yet given that tonight will be the first night we sleep on it, but if you can put a glass of wine on the edge of the bed and jump on it without the wine spilling then it's gotta be a great buy, right?
2 comments:
oooh, i'm so jealous! we were very close to getting one a few months ago, but we just couldn't afford it. well, we could have, but that would have meant to no bathroom renovations. am still mattress shopping...it's a hard process!
i'll pretend i didn't read all the stuff about the bugs...ewwww.
Ewwwwwwww. Maybe I'll just stay up all night tonight. Bad dust mite, badddd!!!!!!
J
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