About a Bed

Now, last year we had a baby. So this year we had tax return to speak of and after all the neccesities (I know I'm not the only one who actually LOVES paying off debt-yipee!) were taken care of we thought of a treat. "Lets go crazy", said He. "Yeah, something totally wild!" She exclaimed. A bed was the decision. A memory foam bed to be exact. Now here is where our journey with fumes begins.

If I'm in the market, I scour. Every article, every review, showrooms, shop window you name it and chances are it's been part of my homework. If you too are thinking about purchasing a bed of any kind this was in my opinion the most concentrated body of info- quick, to the point, clear.

In the end of course we yearned for a Tempurpedic (I do believe it is the best), but werent willing to put the money on that yearning. We opted for a Spa Sensations model (which ranks very very high etc etc.) for a steal at ...GASP...Walmart.com. Alas, it is too pleasant a night to get into anything depressing about Walmart and I'm sure we can handle just letting that shock pass. It was 325.00$ people, and we were in it for the money. It arrived (compressed in a bag) and b/c we had heard it let off an odor for a short time after all the packaging came off we left it in the garage for 48 hours.

The joy- pure joy- we felt as we lept into...ok no we thudded into our new bed. Just like a Tempurpedic this bed is firm to the touch and then, when warmed by your body heat, molds. so after the initial weirdness wore off it was pretty much divine. It felt just like the expensive models at the showroom.

2 days pass and this story ends abruptly. We carted the bed away in the middle of the night just to get it out of the house in fact.

Why? Both my husband and I woke on Sunday feeling like total crap...after a nap even worse...and then the next morning still worse. The funny part is that we both didn't want to tell the other we felt bad or that we thought it was the bed! I had the bedroom door closed for a day and when I walked in the fumes were asphyxiating- the bed was nasty piece of work in the end. We might just be extremely sensitive, very possible. I personally would not recommend it in good faith to anyone, mostly b/c China is not exactly known for their strict product safety controls.

So we decided that just b/c it is possible to "get used to" second hand cigarette smoke it doesn't mean the problem goes away even though your perception of it might. Exit poison bed. Enter old bed which now feels pretty darn good since we just laid it on top of the solid platform the foam thing needed. It lives again!

I suppose the moral of the story: if you have a crappy bed, stick some plywood underneath before you decide, "Hey I might like to die in my sleep tonight:)".

But that bed sure was sure comfy...

Maybe the moral is really: Listen to my 93 year old grandmother, and never buy Chinese.