They say that the secret to a good night’s sleep is a good mattress and pillow. “A worn mattress is like an old running shoe,” says Bert Jacobson, a professor of health and human performance at Oklahoma State University. “It loses its support and its comfort.”
Is this true for babies? Just as your own sleep is affected by the type of mattress you have, so does your baby’s crib mattress affect his sleep. Finding the right baby mattress is very important to help ensure a good night’s sleep for your little one.
The Serta Perfect Balance crib mattress provides just the right amount of support and comfort, AND it’s eco-friendly!
Made with organic cotton fill, the Serta Perfect Balance crib mattress cradles baby in a healthy, natural environment. Designed with comfort and durability in mind, the mattress features continuous heavy coils, flex mesh support and six-gauge border wire. A heavily laminated cover made without Phthalates protects from dust mites and bacteria, and there are eight air vents keep the mattress fresh while providing a safe sleeping surface. The crib mattress, which also fits a toddler bed and retails for $199.99
My littlest guy has been enjoying a Serta Perfect Balance crib mattress, now maybe your little one can, too! That’s right, you can enter to win a brand new crib mattress!
Here’s what you need to do:
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- Leave me a comment on this post, by 9pm on March 18th, telling me about your bedtime rituals.
- You may enter a second time by leaving another comment, telling me about your favorite childhood bedtime memory.
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- You may also subscribe to my blog feed for yet another entry, and leave me a comment saying you did so. You must remain a subscriber during the entire duration of this giveaway.
One lucky commenter will be chosen at random, and will be notified via email, so make sure you leave a valid email address in your comments.
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We have bathtime-then I read my littleone a story!
I would put my girls down with a short book.
Now they do the same for their boys.
Everynight, my baby gets a nice warm bath followed by lavendar lotion and baby powder. We lay in the rocker and I sing her favorite song “Hallelujah.” (She is 3 months old)
WEll, you did ask for MY bedtime ritual… I’m a Gramma- no kids anymore- so my bedtime ritual is to have a nice hot whirlpool bath (in winter), and go to bed, and read books until I so choose to fall asleep! *smile* I am hoping to win this mattress for one of my two forthcoming grandbabies- so THEY get good sleep so their parents do too.
we give our son a bath at 7:30pm, then he has milk and usually goes to sleep on his own and we lay him down in the crib
For my 4 month old, nothing yet. My 2 year old gets pajamas, 3 books, vitamins, and brushing teeth before he’s in his crib for the night. My 7 year old and i have a ‘book club’ where we read aloud to each other most nights (then she gets really into the book and finishes it by herself, so i read a lot of first chapters, lol.)
Sandwich night – mom would make all sorts of sandwiches and we’d watch Fraggle Rock together !!
we feed her, kiss and hug her, turn off the lights, wind the mobiile and tip toe out of the room.
I’m a big believer in strict bedtimes and a calming down ritual. When I found it too hard to keep up after my twins were born I even hired someone to help with bedtime. We eat supper at 5, followed by a bath, lotion and pajamas. We read books with dessert and then bedtime with prayers and lights out. When one of my sons was hospitalized and we weren’t home at night for my other son we started a ritual of saying who loves him starting with us and the grandparents and sometimes he adds in some of his friends. Everyone gets kisses and hugs and then lights out.
I loved when my mother read my sister and I books even after we learned how to read.
I subscribe and really hope I win this mattress. My twins need to switch to full size cribs and they need mattresses!
bedtime ritual is to do some reading and then off to bed
We have pretty traditional rituals: nightly wash ups then story time with mom or dad and lastly a goodnight prayer. Same time every night.
My favorite bedtime memory is my dad coming in to say goodnight and tuck me in. He´d tuck the covers around me soooo tight it was like being in a cocoon.
My grandchildren are bigger now and I would like to win this for a friend who is due date is in June. Right now our ritual is usually a cuddle on my chair with me about a half hour before bedtime. Then I usually read or sing to my grandchildren til they go to sleep.
One of my favorite memories started with me having a REALLY bad dream and i just couldn’t go back to sleep or stop shaking. my dad came in and sat on the floor next to my bed and talked to me then gave me the St. Jude medal he always wore telling me that St Jude would always protect me. I’m 54 now and my dad has been gone 14 yrs now, I still have the medal and I still feel my father’s love when I wear it.
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We are lucky, our 18 month goes to bed so easily! We give her a bath, read books, and then lay her down with her FP aquarium playing her favorite lullaby.
at 8 pm we do a nice warm bath, then a baby massage with calming lotion, last bottle of the day, then he’s out like a light!
Our bedtime ritual includes Reading for about 30 minutes, PJ’s, Brush teeth and than we “Snuggle” our daughter into bed! Thanks for the chance.
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We’re not parents just yet but I’d like to think ours will be bath time, lotion, snuggling, a feeding and then bed.
tv bath
I’m expecting, so no rituals yet, but the whole thought of no sleep and rituals makes me nervous!
What a wonderful contest- thanks for posting!
We always say a prayer and then the kids brush their teeth and get a kiss goodnight. My daughter likes to read and is allowed to read quietly in bed for 15 minutes before she has to actually go to sleep.
My favorite Childhood bedtime memory is when my sister and I shared a room and my mom would read our favorite book “But No Elephants!” to us.
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We always had a story and a prayer
Our bedtime routine goes like this: bath, snack & story, brush teeth, potty, bed.
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When I was little my mom always read me a story and we said our prayer together.
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My bedtime ritual with my daughter right now is pretty simple, she gets a clean diaper and pjs. I rock her while she drinks some milk, and then I sing a short song, tell her I love her and lay her down! She is an awesome sleeper.
My fav bedtime memory is the MANY readings of GoodNight Moon while staying with my Grandmother.
I haven’t had my child yet(she’s still a bun in the oven) but I plan to try and wind down my little girl with a bath and reading to her every night before bed.
i wash my face,moisturize and got to bed,not too much off a ritual.
My dad did it with us ~ we passed it on as well. Wash your face, brush your teeth, tuck in, night light on, a short tale told by both, then “goodnight, I love you, Amen.”
jammies, teeth, story, hugs and kisses!
My memories were of hiding under my covers and trying to read more after lights out!
Reading and a kiss goodnight!
Thank you for the generous giveaway – my crib is/will be a hand me down.
I will see how easy/hard it will be to get a sleep ritual in May, when I become a mom.
With another baby on the way we will definitely be needing a new crib and mattress! What a perfect giveaway.
Bedtime is simple: cleanup the playroom after dinner, bathtime, pj’s, a sippy cup of milk, and cuddles and hugs in the dark. Oh yeah, and Daddy always sings Jesus Loves Me!
With my children, or child almost children we take a bath, brush our teeth, read a story and get ticked in. Kaila usually gets up a million times but I keep tucking her back in. She eventually falls asleep.
Growing up I was in foster care so I don’t have many memories. I do remember when I got with my aunt she would read us all a story. I still to this day love to hear her read. She’s so expressive and it brings me back. Lots of good memories!
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Bedtime ritual usually includes a story read and a song. Sometimes we put a lullaby on. Thanks for a great giveaway!
My favorite childhood bedtime memory was my mother setting up a chair in the hallway and reading us a bedtime story while we were all in our own rooms and bed. Thanks!
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We don’t have a “set in stone” routine, but it usually consists of a bath, then reading a book. He goes to everyone in the house and blows a kiss to them, then off to bed. Thanks for the chance to win!
we get a drink of water, go potty, and then brush our teeth
We have a man to man defense approach to putting the boys to bed. My husband reads the bedtime story to the 4 year old, usually at this time I’m wrestling to dress the 18 month old or keep him from bugging the other child, but sometimes he sits to listen for 5 or 6 seconds as well.
Then we turn off the lights and I nurse the little one while my husband lays beside the older one and pats his back. Then I put the little one in his crib (still awake, but he is really good to go to sleep on his own) with his “silky” blanket and pacifier.
Then my older son wants mama to lay with him too so I lay beside my 4 year old and I have to rub his back, rub his stomach, and rub his ears (in that order, every night).
My favorite bedtime memory from childhood…I really remember all of the nights being the same. Bath, brush teeth, sit with my mom while she read a book to my younger brother, then we all went to bed. The whole fam went to bed at 8pm because my dad woke up very early (4am) for his job.
we get the kids some milk and maybe a night time snack and read bed time stories. we then brush their teeth and put them to bed. my husband lays down with our older son and asks about his day, etc.
This would be for my sister that just had a new baby, but with my little ones I would rock them to sleep with soft music in the background playing.
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Still working out exactly what routine will work with our 4th month old (nothing much has, consistently) but we’re starting with a little reading, some rocking, and some nursing. I’m sure a primo mattress would help a great deal at keeping her sleeping longer each night.
hmm – relly gets you thinking my little one has a hand me down crib and mattress – maybe it’s time for a new one. Our routine consists of a light baby “massage” before putting on pjs followed by some stories and nursing, then snuggling until he is almost asleep.
Dinner, homework, bath, brush teeth, book, bed
My sister and I had our beds right next to each other. We would talk , whisper and giggle for way too long. In the summer we shared a cottage with our cousins. All 6 of us slept in the same bedroom. The girls doubled up in bed and we would scratch each others back and talk and have a lot of fun. We did not havea lot of toys or books but we entertianed ourselves
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Bedtime is always the time for stories! A night without a few books is a night of sadness
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Our bedtime ritual is for the kids to take a bath. They take turns picking out a book each night, we read for 10 minutes then it’s off to dreamland.
As a child I would always get into bed with my sister who is 8 yrs olderd than me. I would see how long it would take for her to tell me it’s time to go into my own bed. I loved sleeping in her big bed.
ALways go for our nightly constitutional (a walk) before bed. Clears the head.
What a great giveaway! I take the baby into my son’s room, we all get into his bed and I sing a song, and my son tells a story. Then I tuck him in and give him a kiss, bring the baby into her room, sing ANOTHER song, and give her a kiss.
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My favorite childhood memory was faking a headache so I could go downstairs and cuddle with mom while watching late night TV.
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Simon is put to bed by his daddy. DH really enjoys this because he missed DS first year while being in Iraq. First its bath time.. every night!… then jammies, 4 or 5 stories, songs “Itsy-Bitsy Spider”, “Twinkle Twinkle” and “ABC” (alternative ending “Now you’ve heard your ABCs now its time to go to sleep”) and then it is hugs and kisses from mommy and lights out.
We really try not to deviate from this and it seems to work!!
My bedtime ritual will change very soon. My twin boys are due in a few weeks, and I hope to make bathtime and reading a part of our bedtime ritual..after a while when our schedule solidifies. Thanks!
I read a story and snuggle before bedtime.
Thanks for the giveaway!
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My daughter and I do our nightly beauty ritual, read a story, and snuggle!!
My current ritual is to brush my teeth, then cuddle up with my hubby and my Snoogle and try to sleep! I’m pregnant with my first child and hope to take the time to read to my baby every night before bedtime. I can’t wait.
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My favorite bedtime story was about Princess Allison and her handsome prince that would come and ride off into the sunset with her! (no, my parents weren’t all that creative, but I enjoyed it!)
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My little one is a bit small to be put into any specific routine. I just play with her for awhile, read her a book and when she is ready to fall asleep in hold her close and watch her sleep for awhile until i put her down for the night.
Usually it’s my husband who puts our daughter to bed because she doesn’t get much time with her during the day and loves every minute – the routine consists of a bath or a wash in the sink, sunggling and a reading of a bedtime story.
Our bedtime ritual is story time. My children have never been too young or old for story time!
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My current bedtime ritual is to crawl in and read for about an hour. Now that I am expecting my first, I’m sure things will certainly be changing!
My favorite childhood bedtime memory is watching my Mom or Dad start up this little train that ran along the rail of my crib and played music (they were surprised I remembered that).
we put on a baby einstein lullaby cd. hubby reads to her, i nurse her, hubby changes her outfit, i nurse her some more then sing to her, then, tell her we love her and put her to bed.
Our bedtime ritual is splish splash bath, warm cuddly jammies, good night moon story time, lots of loving, hugs/kisses/goodnight, and then finally lights out. Thanks for the chance to win!
My favorite bedtime memory is when I snuck out of my bed on Xmas eve and hid behind the coach to see Santa. I ended up falling asleep behind the coach and never got to see Santa. My parents couldn’t believe what they saw in the morning.
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A little milk, a bath, and away to bed.
Bathtime, and then we snuggle, while I read a story.
We read a book and then say our prayers before the kids go to bed
My kids are grown now, and I want to win for grandchildren. I worked full-time, but then part-time when the second one was born. We did baths at nite…….they are soothing………….They still recall so many stories, so I must have read to them then, too.
We read a book and he breastfeeds and passes out in bed with us and then I carry him to his bed. Thank you for the giveaway! He would love this mattress.
Bathtime and storytime are followed by bedtime!
I’m a bad mom. My 6 year old and 3 year old have a routine, story and all.. but my infant usually falls asleep with a bottle. I know i have to break that, but it’s not always easy.
Bathtime, jammies, bottle, and off to bedtime.
My bedtime ritual is put on some night time stress relieving lotion and drink some warm decaf tea…
One of my fav childhood bedtime memories is story time!
We don’t have a routine yet, (she’s only a few weeks old), but I think we should develop some. A bath maybe, followed by nursing and some stories. Maybe some music we always play at bedtime….
My favorite bedtime memory from childhood: my sister and me pretending to be asleep with the lights out, but really watching the Carol Burnett show on our old black and white.
My husband and I take turns reading a story to each kid. Then they think up reasons they have to get up. It doesn’t work, but they gotta try!
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All I can remember is that every night my Mom said, “Don’t let the bedbugs bite!”
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