Mattress Forum

Jonathan, I did not like the pure latex myself and had to switch to springs. But with springs, I find latex much better than memory foam, and I think a super soft layer of latex is probably better than a similar layer of memory foam. Memory foam breaks in/down too fast and I don't think a 14ILD latex layer would give you that "pushing back" feeling. Admittedly I have not tried it yet but I have been told by experts that I should try one (a 14ILD latex layer on top).

yeah that is how I feel. almost like spasm in my back. I am praying my baby is not alergic to this thing. who knows what they really put into this mattress. my back got so sore, I almost felt like I was gonna have diarhea.

This is how it was for me when I tried a Flobed a few years back.  We had every firmness core available, so we tried every combination possible before giving up.  I developed lower back pain of an intensity I had never experienced before always by about the 5th hour in the bed.  I too so wanted a latex bed to work for me but finally had to give up.  Does Sleepez have the same return policy Flobeds does?  For the same amount of $, you could get an S brand spring mattress and when the foam in it finally gives out, do mattress surgery in the future as others here have done.  And depending on your weight, the foam in the S brand may never compress - my several-years old Serta looks like new in that regard, no dip whatsoever.

I wouldn't worry about your baby's mattress unless your baby seems unusually restless and doesn't sleep well.  Even though I couldn't sleep on latex, I got my granddaugher the Natura crib mattress.  Maybe my daughter lucked out with an incredibly happy baby, but she said the little thing slept so well she was always checking on her to make sure she was still breathing.  She is now 3 years old and still sleeps very well on the mattress but with a new baby on the way she will have to relinquish it to the new addition.

I thought about getting the baby a latex mattress too, but I wasn't sure if my bed was making her nose stuffy. she is not having any different symptoms than she did before the bed arrived, I just worry about everything with this baby since I lost the last one at 5 months along in my pregnancy. She is my 5th baby, I did not worry like this with my first, I think I was just too dumb. Now with an overkill over info online, there is just more to worry about.

I still want to get the toppers for my other kids beds. They love my bed. They call it the Marshmellow bed. My 10 year old son is deaf, and he has a lot of skin issues and alergies too, I was hoping a latex topper might help him.

Leo, I have a 2" wool topper already. Sometimes I use it and sometimes I feel it causes lower back pain due to no support.

I'm thinking that surely a Talatech 14ILD will provide more support than a fluffy wool topper. Of course, I have been wrong before and I could be wrong again. But I'd like to try the soft latex.

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Jim, maybe your wool pad is more densely packed then my wool on top mattress pad, it looks like sheepskin rugs.  Of course mine will be going flat in time I am sure.  But yours is inside the cotton right?

Maybe you are right and the soft latex (if only 1") will fill in the small of your back for more comfort.  You got to keep trying right?  me too.