Disclosure: I received a product for review from Tuft & Needle in exchange for the creation and sharing of this post.
Sleep is important. I mean seriously important. If you had told me how colossally my sleep schedule would be affected once I became a father before we had our kid I would have called you crazy or a doomsday personality. Turns out, those the-sky-is-falling people were right. Having a kid, especially a very attachment oriented kid, seriously cramps your sleep style.
Short nights of interrupted sleep are, in most cases, an unavoidable result of parenthood. Some people are lucky and get a kid who actually sleeps in a bassinet or crib. I wonder what that’s like. I hear it’s nice. Our kid, Mr. Dude, will not fall asleep without being right next to one or both of us. My wife and I do love the extra snuggles, but those are far and few between now that Mr. Dude is getting older. He would just snuggle all night as a baby, in between feedings/changes/living room pacing to get him to fall back asleep. Now, as a toddler, he literally rolls all over the bed and likes to wake me up by sitting on my face. Super unpleasant when he is need of diaper change.
If you’ve never co-slept, you may not know what I’m talking about. Andy Herald and Charlie Capen, of the incredibly funny How To Be A Dad, put together a book titled “Baby Sleep Positions,” that perfectly illustrates this nightly experience.
Exhibit A: Snuggles vs Roll-On
Exhibit B – 180 vs Roundhouse
We recently upgraded to a king mattress from Tuft & Needle. The difference between a queen mattress and a king mattress is only 18 inches, but those inches make an INCREDIBLE difference in personal space. Mr. Dude still co-sleeps with us on the king, but the comfort level of everyone involved has increased exponentially.
I remember buying our first mattress. It was a huge hassle. Our experience buying a mattress when we first got married was a lot like buying our first car. There were pushy sales people, insane delivery charges and questionable warrantee offers. It made us sleep on that first mattress well after its warranty expiration date. We wanted to avoid the hassle. Not to mention the delivery fees!
That’s when I read about Tuft & Needle online. They offered something different; a stress free online shopping experience for a highly rated, eco-friendly, American made mattress. It was incredible. Ordering our mattress was simple and straightforward. They answered all my questions without issue and shipping was FREE!
Abigail and I love our new Tuft & Needle mattress. Even after 4 months of use, I’m still amazed at how comfortable and spacious it is. The 30 day sleep trial/guarantee they offer is great, but you won’t need it. I don’t plan on ever buying a mattress from anywhere else again.
I got to talk with one of the co-founders about how the company started. It was basically born out of the same type of frustration my wife and I had. They figured out a better way and made many people happy and well rested. You can read that interview over on my professional blog.
And now for the cool news, Tuft & Needle has agreed to give a brand new mattress (any size/style they make) to one of my readers! Awesome right?!!?! I didn’t used to care about this sort of stuff before I grew up, but now it is something to be seriously excited about.
BONUS: How To Be A Dad gave us three autographed copies of their “Baby Sleep Positions” book to give away. Enter below and tell your friends for extra entries:
We’re in need of a mattress, this sounds great. I have to admit, though, my kid are only welcome for snuggles in the morning.
Oh and our mattress is twice as old as my oldest kid. So, 10. Lol.
We could really use this! Debating which would be better, new mattress for me or my daughter who is in a toddler bed. My 6 year old who tried every cosleeping position now sleeps in her own bed every night and has for years. 🙂
Oh and ours is just over a year old. But it sucks.
I had to admit this but our mattress is a hand me down and is almost twenty years old!
Our mattress was a hand me down in the first place and has been used for a while now for us. The various lumps don’t give it personality, it give back pain. Good thing is that the kids are all 8+ now so they don’t come roundhouse kick me anymore.
Our mattress is a hand-me-down, too. A thick mattress pad has helped, but that has indentations now. Ha.
Mattress is pushing 8 years… isn’t that the cutoff?
We have mattress of varied dates.
Kings like myself deserve a king. 🙂
Our mattress is 7 years old and just not what it use to be. Plus, we need something bigger. Thanks for the recommendation. Free shipping sounds awesome!
Our mattress is about 6 years old. Upgraded to a King before we had our first kid, because we knew we would need it, lol.
That’s awsesome. Sounds like a great mattress for our family,
Ack! My mattress is about 5 years old and its absolutely horrible! Too broke to get a new one.
I don’t even know…it’s hand me down from a friend!
It is 3 years old. I remember distinctly when we got it we chose to stsy with a queen because we were done having kids and our don was transitioning from cosleeping.
Well….. of vourse we got pregnant like 3 months later.
Out poor old mattress is going on at least 10 years. Has a 25 year warranty but company we bought from is out of business now so we can’t get the huge lumps fixed. Two kids co slept in it with youngest still in our bed. Love the snuggles but wife and I are ready for us to snuggle again 🙂
We’ve had our mattress since we got married, and our 7 month old can’t fall asleep without what my husband calls “drunk crawling” in circles to get comfy. More space is my dream (or would be if I slept enough to dream -he’s awake next to me right now at midnight)
13 years! High time for a new mattress.
5 years and it’s getting pretty narley from a toddler sleeping in it
I don’t remember exactly how old, but our mattress is at least 12 years old…
Our mattress is about 6 years old, it was a wedding present when we got married. As my husband is away a lot, my side is very dented in and his still feels great. My current 8 month baby bump (baby #2) is not happy. I could move to his side but it just feels weird!
We also bought our mattress when we got married and now we desperately need a new one!
Our mattress is terrible and its only 3 years old 🙁 We got a Serta and it’s rough on my 25 week pregnant body with my 2.5 year old toddler laying his head on my face! We would LOVE to win 🙂
Yeah, I would say 9 years since we got a new mattress.
Sleeping with my four year old (daddy’s on a work trip) is worse than the 17 month old. I’d be surprised if he actually knows which way is up in bed.
Oh and we got our current mattress in Dec 2008 so almost six years old now.
My mattress is an el cheapo one that is a couple of years old and hurts my back.
My mattress is 4 years old. Got it when we got married.
My mattress is almost 8 years old. I bought it not long after my wife and I started dating and it’s getting time to upgrade to a king.
About 10 years old – would LOVE a king!!
My mattress is about 8 years old, and we don’t co-sleep but I could use a king just to fit my pregnancy pillow!
My mattress is only a year old, and it’s already gone to hell!
Ours is only about 4 years old; but it’s pretty lame. And we now have a little one who has been more than happy to leave his mark on it!
Ours is 7 years old but what’s worse is the large hump in the middle so our two kiddos can’t lay inbetween us or they’ll roll off!
I would love to upgrade to a king!! We cosleep and have another little one on the way…If we do the Win, I may be purchasing this mattress just based on recommendations! !
Maybe two year old queen size tempurpedic it’s still nice but it’s not a queen and with a 16mo old and another on the way (damn you IUD) it would be nice to have the space
Our mattress is over 10 years old! :-/
Our mattress is only three years old and it’s already awful to sleep on!
If I am being completely honest, our mattress set was my grandparents set. It was bought new in 1963. So 51 years? LOL Time for a new one 🙂
I’m embarrassed to say that I have estimated my mattress to be 29 years old! It’s a wonder we sleep at all!
We got a mattress after we got married (5 years ago) and cosleep with our 2 year old. Let’s just say we could use a King…
Our mattress is 7yrs old and we’ve been co-sleeping with our youngest since he was born 3 years ago. He definitely prefers the daddy roll-on deodorant position and the roundhouse kick! Lol. I love the snuggles and sweet morning moments though. It definitely starts the day off better
Ours is a few years old, maybe 4. Would love a new mattress!
The scariest part is I have no idea! Lol We bought the mattress in good used condition for our son almost 4 years ago and decided to use his instead of our extremely old mattress when we bought him a new mattress last year! Its seen far too much use, we Need a new mattress! Fingers crossed that I’m lucky enough to win one!
We bought ours before our son was born (we bedshared and still do sometimes with the 4 year old). My husband has back problems so we need something firmer.
I think we got it right after getting married about 11 years ago. Never really thought about how old it is and the difference in comfort from then.
Our mattress is about 2 years old, but it’s a memory foam from IKEA and kills my back!
I hope they have this in California King. It’s the only one I can fit on!
Perfect timing because we need a mattress BAD!
Actually went mattress shopping/browsing yesterday so this is perfect timing. Coming up on the eight year mark for my mattress.
Our mattress is about a decade old and has a lump running down the center of it. Super annoying! Would love a new one.
Our mattress is 10-12 years old.
Our mattress is probably 20 years old.
hahahaha.. How old is my mattress? I think it’s older than me. It was in a spare room at my grandmother’s house. And then I took it to college with me. And then it lived in my dad’s basement for a while. And it’s been with us since we were married. It’s got to be at least 20 year old if not older.
I am embarrassed to say it is almost 25 years old. Just never any extra money for a mattress!
i think about 10? It ceased being comfortable about one year ago.
so old that it caves in an the middle, it’s OLD. lol
Wondering which of these sleep positions my little one will be doing. 🙂
I laughed entirely too hard at the baby sleeping positions. Been there!
Funny sleeping positions. Co-sleeping with your child is the way to go. We used a water bed!