Hello,
I want to buy new beds and mattresses for my two children. I have found out that there are mattresses especially suitable for children and teenagers. In this case, cold foam mattresses are recommended.
What is your opinion on this? Can you recommend any mattresses? Have you tried cold foam mattresses before?
Thank you in advance for your answers!
I want to buy new beds and mattresses for my two children. I have found out that there are mattresses especially suitable for children and teenagers. In this case, cold foam mattresses are recommended.
What is your opinion on this? Can you recommend any mattresses? Have you tried cold foam mattresses before?
Thank you in advance for your answers!
What kind of mattresses did you grow up with? Especially for children who are not significantly overweight, this often plays only a minor role. The mattress should not be too soft; everything else, in my opinion, is just marketing.
Last week, we bought a mattress for our baby crib, and it’s unbelievable what they try to sell you... mattresses with silver threads, antibacterial properties... you name it.
Since we’re talking about mattresses for toddlers and older children, go to a mattress store and ask to see mid-range models, and definitely take your children with you. If this is really important to you and the staff in the store know their job, your child will have to try out the mattress. But with children, you can’t really decide for the long term anyway—they are still growing 🙂
I personally grew up just fine on what were then standard mattresses. You should also keep in mind that a large part of the world’s population doesn’t even have mattresses. For example, in China, buying mattresses hasn’t been common for very long, and they don’t have posture problems because of it 🙂
Last week, we bought a mattress for our baby crib, and it’s unbelievable what they try to sell you... mattresses with silver threads, antibacterial properties... you name it.
Since we’re talking about mattresses for toddlers and older children, go to a mattress store and ask to see mid-range models, and definitely take your children with you. If this is really important to you and the staff in the store know their job, your child will have to try out the mattress. But with children, you can’t really decide for the long term anyway—they are still growing 🙂
I personally grew up just fine on what were then standard mattresses. You should also keep in mind that a large part of the world’s population doesn’t even have mattresses. For example, in China, buying mattresses hasn’t been common for very long, and they don’t have posture problems because of it 🙂
That’s not what I meant.
In China, there are mattresses available, even affordable ones, but some people simply don’t want them. What I meant is that a mattress should not be given the importance that the industry claims it deserves.
Of course, if an adult doesn’t move much and already has posture problems, a mattress eventually becomes a kind of medical support. But with children, that’s usually not necessary—excluding any medical indications.
Nowadays, everything is reviewed online and seems to be professionally evaluated. That makes sense for TVs and cameras, but a mattress you need to feel and test by having your children lie on it. If they like how it feels and a specialist briefly checks their spine, then that’s the mattress you should buy. Your children will then feel like they have chosen the mattress themselves.
I—and probably you too—slept on mattresses that our parents gave us. And they probably didn’t ask back then whether it was actually a good one; they just bought from a limited selection.
Back then, I even had these three-part mattresses, and if you ask a mattress retailer today, they would say: “Are you crazy? Nobody does that anymore.”
But generations of people grew up healthy on those mattresses back then. 😀
I hope it’s clearer now what I wanted to say. I definitely didn’t mean to offend you or be disrespectful in any way.
In China, there are mattresses available, even affordable ones, but some people simply don’t want them. What I meant is that a mattress should not be given the importance that the industry claims it deserves.
Of course, if an adult doesn’t move much and already has posture problems, a mattress eventually becomes a kind of medical support. But with children, that’s usually not necessary—excluding any medical indications.
Nowadays, everything is reviewed online and seems to be professionally evaluated. That makes sense for TVs and cameras, but a mattress you need to feel and test by having your children lie on it. If they like how it feels and a specialist briefly checks their spine, then that’s the mattress you should buy. Your children will then feel like they have chosen the mattress themselves.
I—and probably you too—slept on mattresses that our parents gave us. And they probably didn’t ask back then whether it was actually a good one; they just bought from a limited selection.
Back then, I even had these three-part mattresses, and if you ask a mattress retailer today, they would say: “Are you crazy? Nobody does that anymore.”
But generations of people grew up healthy on those mattresses back then. 😀
I hope it’s clearer now what I wanted to say. I definitely didn’t mean to offend you or be disrespectful in any way.
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dirkbuerger14 Jun 2013 09:50We also chose very simple mattresses. Because of the low body weight of the little one, this is not that important yet. Later on, it makes sense to consider better mattresses. What is advertised in stores is often just a sales tactic.