When summer arrives, high temperatures also arrive. It is in these circumstances when our rest is hindered by sweat and the stress of not being able to sleep like the rest of the year.
To get a good night’s sleep in summer it is important to have the right habits to sleep well , such as turning on the air conditioning a while before sleeping, being careful to disconnect it at bedtime so as not to catch a cold.
Other habits to sleep well can be the following:
1. Do not have large dinners or drink a lot of alcohol. Our body generates heat to digest, so it is advisable to eat 2 or 3 hours before going to sleep to have digestion quite advanced when it comes to falling asleep. You also have to be careful with alcohol, as it can promote falling asleep but at the same time make it less deep and intermittent.
2. Ventilate the room in the early morning or morning. It is important that the room is airy so that the cool stays longer. In the morning or early morning are two times when the heat is not intense and are ideal for this habit. You have to be careful to lower the blinds when noon arrives, since in this case the heat enters and it is more difficult to ventilate the room later.
3. Check the rest equipment. At MICOLCHÓN we can advise you to find the coolest and most breathable mattress for you. As general recommendations, pocket spring mattresses and memory foam mattresses with thermoregulatory properties are the best to promote mattress perspiration and therefore make you feel fresher. We must be careful with the false myth that memory foam gives heat, being an adaptable material it molds to the maximum to the person giving a greater heat sensation because it has more surface area along the mattress but not because of the material itself. In any case, we have the most advanced thermoregulatory viscoelastics for rest, such as those composed of gel or graphene and with open-pore technology, so that you can have the softness you need at the temperature you want.
You can also change your mattress cover or pillow set to others that have cotton in their composition. Cotton is highly breathable and when it comes to wrapping the mattress and you it can be the best option for air to run better between you and your mattress. Cotton pajamas are also recommended.
4. Mosquito nets are your allies. With summer comes those damn mosquitoes and the best way to keep them from interfering with your rest is to install mosquito nets or put a mixture of lemon and cloves on a small plate that will keep them from coming near you thanks to the smell of this mixture, terribly unpleasant for them.
5. Go to bed at the same time. Humans are creatures of habit after all, if we get our mind used to always sleeping with a schedule (with some flexibility) we will make the body and the feeling of sleep come sooner.
6. Maintain a suitable atmosphere in your room. Although it is true that the darker and quieter the better, it is more important not to have devices such as a mobile phone, tablet, laptops or other electronic equipment charging near you as they produce heat and magnetic fields that make it difficult to fall asleep.
7. Be careful with “vamping”. This term refers to when we “vampirize” ourselves by looking at our cell phone longer than we should at night. It is better to disconnect the mobile phone a while before going to sleep (half an hour before, for example) so that our mind disconnects before starting the sleep cycles.
8. Be careful with napping. A nap is the best way to rest and perform for the rest of the afternoon, but be careful, beyond half an hour you can disrupt your night’s sleep.
9. Hydration. It is better to drink 1 hour or 1 hour and a half before sleeping, so as not to get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom.
10. Exercise. It is best to exercise 3 or 4 hours before sleeping, so that the body lowers its level of endorphins and therefore the excitement they cause decreases.
11. Showers are better with warm water. Cold water actually makes the body burn more calories to restore its body temperature and therefore we have more heat. The best thing is warm water to cool off and maintain an ideal temperature for sleeping.
With these tips you will be able to sleep and have a restful sleep in summer. And don’t forget that at MICOLCHÓN our expert colchonologists can advise you according to how hot you are or even for the back ailments you may have.
Thank you for reading and we encourage you to leave a comment to find out if we have helped you or give us any more advice to share with our entire family of customers. At MICOLCHÓN you are the most important thing.
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