Hot Sleeper? These 3 items help me get better sleep!
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Since I was a kid, I have not been able to sleep when it is too hot. I grew up in the high desert and most of summer was desert standard. Hot days, but cooler nights. We would get a week or two of hot, stagnant misery and unfortunately the standard was to not have Air Conditioning. Don’t get me wrong, it kind of makes sense to not have air conditioning there, but still.
I grew up moved to Oregon for college, then back to my beautiful high desert, and then when I was 26 I met my now husband and moved to the Western side of the Sierra Foothills. Yikes, was I not prepared for how hot it was here.
In the ten years since I moved here, I have probably spent 8.5 years complaining about the heat. I hate it. If you ask me to do something during the summer months that doesn’t include water, forget about it.
While air conditioning is standard here, the cost of electricity is also pretty high. So we like to sleep with our windows open as often as possible. But even when it cools down to say, 70 degrees Fahrenheit, I still have trouble sleeping here because the heat is semi-moist and I just can never seem to cool down during the summer.
Two years ago when I was mid-IvF we decided to invest in some products that claim to be cooling to help you sleep better. We found some flops, but where I landed the most comfortable was with these three items.
Bamboo Viscose Sheet Set - Bamboo is cooling because if its breathability and moisture-wicking properties… according to every bamboo product I own. I love bamboo now that I live in a hot
semi-moist location. I have bought a couple of less-expensive bamboo sets in the past, but I am really glad I decided to splurge a little on these. We have had them for about a year and I recommend them frequently.
Bedsure Cooling Cotton Waffle King Size Blanket - This is for my friends that need weight on them to sleep, but also don’t like to be too hot. During the summer this is all we use on top of our sheets. It’s heavy enough to feel like you had a blanket on you, but it’s breathable has made a world of difference in my sleep.
Capser Cooling Mattress - This mattress has a 4.4 star rating with almost 6,000 reviews on Amazon and let me tell you, they are not wrong. My husband and I had a cheap memory foam mattress for a long time and it was fine as far as comfort but I would lay down and immediately heat up because it wasn’t breathable. What’s underneath you is just as important as what is on top of you. If you aren’t currently in the market for a new mattress, I recommend this mattress topper.
Sleep is so vital to our health and happiness. For so long, I just felt like you bought a mattress and sheets and they are all the same. That definitely isn’t true, and for hot sleepers, it can be the difference between a night of tossing and turning, and waking up feeling rested and happy!