Co-sleeping is the custom for parents and baby to share a bed at night.
Co-sleeping provides several benefits both children and parents who practice it: it favors breastfeeding, higher quality of sleep, strengthens the bond, parents rest better, decrease in apnea…
One of the great benefits of co-sleeping is the optimal control of the baby’s temperature, this phenomenon is called thermal synchrony. There are studies that ensure that the contact of the mother’s breast and a baby who is cold increases the body temperature by about two degrees. On the other hand, if the baby is the one who is warm, it is the mother who can drop between 1ºC or 2ºC.
Reasons enough for this habit to be spreading, however, experts recommend doing it safely. Therefore, today we bring you some tips. Stay until the end and you will find out what the Best mattresses for co-sleeping.
Before buying a mattress for co-sleeping, it is necessary to take into account a series of fundamental aspects that, if they are already important for the purchase of a mattress, much more so for the choice of the mattress where a newborn will sleep. They are size, firmness and materials.
Firmness
One Co-sleeping mattress it must have a medium firmness, so that parents find a good adaptability in the mattress and the baby can sleep without the weight sinking the mattress. A medium firmness, in addition to favoring the comfort of the parents, prevents crushing.
When multiple people sleep on the same mattress and each has such different needs, it’s best to opt for a firm, adaptable mattress. Now the technology with which mattresses are manufactured has evolved a lot
Materials
A good mattress for co-sleeping would be a spring or combined spring mattress, which allows air to circulate inside the mattress and, in this way, is comfortable for all sleepers as it is more breathable. In addition the baby’s body sinks less in this type of mattress, and the spring structure allows the baby to be able to breathe if he is turned on himself.
Size
If you have enough space in your room, choose the king size, so you can sleep the three (or four) in the same bed comfortably.
In summary, our mattressologists recommend for co-sleeping, spring mattresses and memory foam, This type of mattress allows it to be adapted to each member of the family according to their needs without affecting the others. A good example could be ours Nessen Wever mattress of sassed springs, by aAdapt your rest to the season of the year, by its core PURPLE Memoryvis of maximum adaptability and high density or the Flex Palace Visco spring mattress.
A spring mattress that incorporates the advanced Multielastic® NxT technology, which guarantees the optimal behavior of the mattress in adapting to the body as it modifies its firmness and support depending on the pressure received.
