Mattress Forum

I was super tempted to just go out and spend $2,100 on a tempur-pedic classic. My dad has a tempur-pedic that I have always enjoyed, and laying on a tempur pedic model at the store feels awesome. It is of course also name brand, 20 year warranty, and assured quality memory foam. Needless to say, finding this website has completely changed my perspective and I view mattress shopping with entirely new eyes. I'll give my wife and my specs, our preferences, and what I was thinking.

Specs: I am 5'7" around 150-155. My wife is about 5'6" around 140. We're expecting a baby and the infant may co-sleep with us or at least be attached to the bed for easy nursing. My wife has concerns with a mattress that could possibly cover the baby's face when sleeping if the mattress is form fitting. I don't think the inch or so indent that a baby would have on a latex or memory foam mattress would be an issue in that regards, but any thoughts on that would be helpful. Also, with a baby and diapers that leak, having a cover to protect the mattress material is something that I am concerned about.

Preferences: My wife prefers a softer feel for a mattress and I a more firm feel, but we're not so different that we couldn't compromise. Also, being so young and only having had terrible mattresses in the past, we're not set on our preferences either. We both preferred the firm feel of a tempur pedic classic on display at a local furniture store to the feel of a tempur pedic cloud. Because our preferences are relatively un-developed and they do differ slightly, I am torn between a king size DIY where I can split the top layer based on our preferences, or a smaller queen that would more easily accomodate the size of our master bedroom but we would be stuck with one feel.

What I thought of trying: a 6' talalay latex firm 33-38ILD core from foambymail with a 2 inch and 1 inch 5lb sensus memory foam topper from O.stock. I would get the 2' and 1' instead of a 3' so we have much more flexibility for adjustment. Depending on what we liked we could go 3', 2', or 1' memory foam and possibly put another 2-3' of 32ild latex inbetween the mf and 6' core for a little more mattress. I don't know what I would or should use as a cover. I did read on a different thread something about a st. dormier mattress protector? Thoughts on this would be helpful

I really wanted to get something like a 3' sensus with a 1' venus 8lb mf topper, and then find something for a core, but I found out that the 8lb 1' venus is no longer available.

Price is not a huge issue, but $2,000 is definitly the maximum I want to spend for mattress and foundation since I could go straight for a tempurpedic for $2,100. I believe the 6' latex core, 3' latex middle, with 1-3'mf on top would run about $1350 including a foundation before shipping. I'm just not sure I'd enjoy the tempurpedic, and I hate the idea of having to scrap the entire mattress after it wears out, rather then just replace the portions that are too worn for continued use like a DIY offers.

Thoughts? Unfortunately I don't have much of an option to go feel out latex or memory foam toppers or anything like that as we have no stores to go to... Edit: To add... shipping costs for a 2' sensus king topper and a 1' sensus king topper through o.stock would be $245... I'm asking for quotes on shipping from  foambymail and sleepwarehouse as these shipping costs could completely kill the idea of doing anything other then buying a pre-designed mattress from the store...