How to make our bed more comfortable?!

Tim_Deegan · 2 October 2008 at 12:14PM

bertiebots wrote: »

If you cannot afford a mattress topper (they can be expensive) then why not try a couple of cheap duvets. At the mo my local Mr S has a king size summer duvet on sale for just £3.50 but for a kings size bed a double would fit just as good! Ikea also do cheap duvets and they will basically do the same thing as a mattress topper, although not as good as a memory foam one , it may help.

Or even Tescos do cheap quilts. Although try and go for feather as synthetic quilts really make you sweat.

Kaz2904 · 2 October 2008 at 2:00PM

Our matress is awful and so hard. Neither of us sleeps well but we found that just having a quilted matress protecter on it (thinner even than a duvet) has made such a huge difference.
DH also bought himself a memory foam pillow and said it's very good. I use it sometimes when I've been on nights but it makes my ears hurt. I'm not covered with enough protective fat on my pressure points and I like to sleep with my arm under me. It means my elbows get sore as do my knees. (strangely my Bum never does but it's well padded!!!!).
I also have to sleep with a pillow between my knees and with one to curl up into. The knee one keeps my legs apart enough to stop my back killing me. The other one I found replaced the baby bump as I struggled to sleep and stay comfy after the babies were born. My DS is 5 in December but I've never managed to get my balance back enough to stay in proper position since he used to pull me over so far. So a pillow it is.
The disadvantage of this is that I need 5 pillows at night but I don't care because at least I can get up when it's time to move rather than being a crippled mess.