Mattress & pillow protectorsOur protectors help your mattress and pillows to stay fresher and cleaner for longer, while reducing general wear-and-tear. They’re really convenient to use – quickly removed and fully machine washable. We have a few types of mattress protectors to choose from, including one with a lining that regulates temperature and another that’s waterproof. Mattress & pillow protectors IKEA FAMILY products & offers CA, East Palo Alto Go to Mattress protectors The price reflects selected options Go to Mattress & pillow protectorsPrev Mom Body Support Pillow Next How to Safely Introduce Your Child to an Unfamiliar DogOne of the biggest complaints by owners of memory foam pillows and mattresses is the unpleasant, and potentially unhealthy chemical smell. Memory foam is manufactured using polyurethane and several other chemicals, so it isn’t surprising that it emits a chemical odor. This “off gassing” of volatile organic compounds is a common and well-documented property of memory foam pillows and mattresses.
The fumes are often compared to those experienced in a freshly painted room. If you are experiencing this odor, the good news is you may not have to endure the smell for long. The bad news is that some of the chemicals used in memory foam aren’t entirely benign.Many memory foam mattress owners report that the off gassing period ends after a number of days.(1) Of course there are many factors which influence this including the product, the type of foam, the sensitivity of the person, the room ventilation and more. Even if the initial odor goes away, it is natural to wonder if there are health issues related to off gassing.Most people do not report any health issues resulting from their memory foam pillow or mattress. However, there are various reports of headaches, nausea, and allergic reactions resulting from the odor produced by memory foam. If you are experiencing any of these symptoms, you’ll want to avoid sleeping on the foam during the initial off gassing period. You can leave the pillow or mattress in a well-ventilated area for a week or two and see if that helps eliminate or reduce the odor and symptoms.
If after several weeks, the issue persists, it is probably time to consider an alternative to memory foam.Many many people use memory foam products without reporting any side effects or related health issues. That said, there are various reports and studies which indicate that memory foam may be somewhat toxic. Reports include carcinogenic chemicals and formaldehyde gas. To manufacture memory foam, chemicals are added to polyurethane to make it more dense and viscous at the same time. Additional chemicals are required to make the polyurethane flame retardant. One of these, Pentabde (of the polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) family), was used until 2004. Pentabde is now known to be toxic to the liver, thyroid, and nervous system.(2) A study in 2000 specifically found mattress emissions to be toxic to the lungs of labratory mice.The long-term effects of memory foam and its toxicity is not fully understood, but there clearly is some reason for concern. Aproximately one-third of your life is spent in close contact to your sleeping surface, so it is important to consider you and your family’s health when selecting a pillow or mattress.
Are you interested in the support and comfort provided by memory foam, but want to avoid that chemical smell? There are several natural pillow options for those looking for a new pillow. Of course, our favorite is our buckwheat hull pillow. Besides being natural and chemical-free, buckwheat pillows are a great alternative to memory foam for a couple of other reasons.Memory foam is not breathable and this can result in a hot and sweaty pillow. The shape and particulate nature of buckwhat hulls leaves a lot of air space in your pillow between all of the hulls. This airspace allows warm moist air to escape, leaving your pillow cool and dry.While a memory foam pillow conforms to the shape of your head, the overall shape and thickness of the pillow is fixed, making the pillow less adaptable to your sleeping position. The fill in a stuffed pillow can be shifted and adjusted for a wider variety of shapes and sizes.If you’ve decided against a memory foam pillow and a buckwheat pillow isn’t right for you, other natural alternatives to memory foam include pillows filled with down, cotton, wool, latex, kapok or millet hulls.
How do you open a childproof zipper? October 17, 2009 Subscribe How do you open a childproof zipper on an Ikea children's mattress cover? We want to take off the cloth mattress cover on my son's Ikea mattress. It has a zipper on one end that appears to be childproof. But we'll be jiggered if we can figure out how to release it. I've tried pulling it with needle-nose pliers, I've tried twisting, prying, bending, pushing, bumping, jerking, snapping, wrenching, and doing the Mashed Potato. You can see the marks in the photo where my needle-nosed pliers have soiled it a bit. I've tried a paper clip. I've also googled this question to great frustration, with this story about a product from a different company sounding tantalizingly close but still insufficient to solving our problem.How do we release that zipper without simply destroying it?Waterproof EliminatesEliminates Dust100 WaterproofMites 15Dust MitesMalouf MattressUnprotected MattressProtector 100Protector AmazonForwardSLEEP TITE by Malouf Mattress Protector - 100% Waterproof - Eliminates Dust Mites - 15 Year Warranty (full) with Mini Tool Box (fs) by SLEEP TITE Mattress Protector.
Preserving your mattress with a Sleep Titeª mattress protector is imperative. Sleep Tite mattress protectors prevent the accumulation of moisture and skin flakes in your mattress; an unprotected mattress creates an optimal environment for the breeding of bacteria, dust mites, and bed bugs. Mattress SlipcoversFuton Mattress CoversFitted FutonFitted MattressCovers WorksSlip CoversMarvelous MattressesFutonsGuest RoomForwardFitted futon mattress covers works an any mattress or futon in any size Talia Rose - mountain mama to Grace and Xack:: : To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Products Healthier for Humans and Gentler on the Earth yeah, give it at least 2 weeks with the doors closed on that room and the windows open. Or if you are still in the return period, you might want to consider that. I really wish we had gone with a natural latex mattress instead of our Tempurpedic . Yeah, it is really comfy, but it is obviously full of toxins since it made me really sick for the first couple of weeks!
I wish I had returned it while I could (but yeah, I don't smell the fumes now and it is certianly the most comfy mattress I have ever had - this is 3 years later) Our plan is always 2 weeks in the garage with the top of the bag opened and then : no critters find it. ohhhh mama....this is such a tough issue. We bought a tempurpedic 4 or 5 years ago and I've never been more comfy....but I've been freaking out lately about the "toxicity" issue. We co-sleep with my almost 1 year old daughter and the thought of replacing the mattress from a financial perspective makes me positively ill.....However, I must tell you i just ordered a natural latex mattress friday....and listed my heavenly tempurpedic on craigslist. I haven't gotten the new one yet....so I dont know how it compares comfort wise... im not trying to freak you out, but if you have a grace period you might want to look into returning it. On the other hand....maybe it is nothing to freak out about...mine didn't smell at all after just a few weeks.
Good luck mama....theres plenty of info out there supporting both sides of the debate Jaime ~ married to Chad, mommie to Elaine 03/17/08, due 02/14/11 Happy Valentines Day! This just makes me sick, I had no idea. My son sleeps on this every night. Originally Posted by talia rose the memory foam industry has a great pr campaign trying to convince people they are non toxic. i think it may be true that they do not contain PBDEs but memory foam is a horrible nasty petroleum based chemical product that makes a good percentage of people very sick. most of these people spend thousands of dollars going to the doctor to figure out what is wrong with them. never, ever would they suspect thier bed is causing it and no doctor is going to suggest that. we had a customer whose baby slept organic until he was four and a friend gave them a twin memory foam mattress. his child shut down breathing his first night on it. he drove 4 hours the next day to our store to get his child an organic mattress again.
we have another customer, an elderly lady in Florida whose body swelled up in so much pain for years, no one could figure it out - then she got rid of her memory foam and got better. The stuff is poison. Maybe most people do not have reactions as severe as that, but they are still being poisoned nonetheless. All petroleum based foams must have flame retardents built in - think of what happens when you try and burn plastic. If they are not using the PBDEs which they have at last admitted have poisoned us and the earth so badly that it is showing up in our unborn babies cord blood, our breastmilk, and in EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN AMERICA in the dust that is created when these foams break down (offgassing is one thing but SVOCs actually get worse with age and are created particularly by petroleum based foams) then they are using a new nasty untested flame retardent that in 20 years we will find out is even worse. The law says we must put flame retardents in our mattresses. There are no guidelines as to what they should be so it is perfectly okay for these companies to use the carcenigenic chemicals they do WITH NO TESTING REQUIRED.