I’m not sure when it became official, but my baby finally outgrew her toddler bed. Perhaps it was when she started showing up in my bed every other night. I would hear her wake up in the middle of night and shortly after, the little peanut was climbing into mine, stuffed animals in tow. What I soon realized was that her bed was too small and uncomfortable so she always wanted to sneak into mine. And then it hit me, if I wanted my sleep back, I needed to get her a new bed and hopefully we’d both be sleeping through the night again.

We found a cute set of bunk beds online, my husband volunteered to assemble the beds on his own, because we both agree that’s not something we’re capable of doing together. I was assigned the task of finding the mattresses and went in search of an affordable mattress that was safe and non-toxic. What seemed simple, shortly turned into a daunting task in an over-crowded marketplace, filled with many options. After much research, I landed on Nectar Mattress and found it to be a great quality at the best price.

So, why Nectar over the others – and trust me there are many others. I started with the online reviews. This was my first time buying a mattress online so I wanted to be confident in my purchase. I buy everything else online and it’s not like I have time to go to the store and test out beds with two kids bouncing around, so this seemed perfect for us. The few times I’ve purchased mattresses, I never felt comfortable lying down for a quick 30 seconds. You never really know if you’re going to like a mattress until you sleep on it a few nights. Regardless, this was for a 4 year old, anything brand new is a win for her, all she needed was an upgrade in size. I decided on a Nectar mattress and was reassured by their year-long home trial which meant we had time to decide.

Getting the bed delivered couldn’t have been easier. I was half expecting this big mattress to be laying out on my doorstep when I got home, but luckily it arrived in a compact box, neatly packaged in a bag. It was simple to set up – all we had to do was take it out and wait for it to expand on the bed frame. I clearly lucked out with the easier side of the bargain – it had taken my husband a full weekend to put together the bunk beds. Overall, this was proving to be way less of an ordeal than I had imagined. My daughter immediately hopped on the bed and started rearranging her stuffed animals getting them ready for bedtime. My husband and I were crossing our fingers that the new bed would translate to more uninterrupted sleep for us.

After that first night of sleep in her new bed, it was like the spell had been broken. She didn’t fall out of bed and come crawl into ours, and we were all able to sleep through the night. Besides the fact that it looks like we’re all going to be sleeping better, I was surprised by how much I really love the mattress itself. The Nectar mattress is a comfortable memory foam with the perfect amount of firmness and support. Not that my daughter would notice, but I did fall asleep a few times when I was lying with her at night. The part I love is that it’s non-toxic, which is huge plus for us. If you read up on mattresses and the chemicals they use, it gets kind of scary. Recently, we have been more aware of buying non-toxic products whenever we can – with this mattress, there’s no weird chemical smell or heavy metal ingredients to be worried about. On top of all that, my daughter seems to love it.

It’s been a few months now, and our daughter isn’t waking up in the middle the night and crawling into our bed. She’s able to sleep through the night on her own and I know she’s in a comfortable bed. Before switching to Nectar, I hadn’t realized what a simple upgrade could do for us and for her. My husband and I are discussing upgrading our own bed to Nectar soon, and I can’t wait.

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