Organic mattress

[Guest guest]

Not a mattress, but a futon...Soaring Heart Futon in Seattle makes them but

require a prescription for the chemical-free ones. My acupuncturist/NAET

practitioner wrote the prescription for me.

S S

Organic matress

Posted by: " Natalia Ibbott " nvibbott@... nibbott

Tue Oct 7, 2008 8:50 am (PDT)

Can somebody recommend organic matress or just a healthy type of the

matresses for twin size bed?

Thanks to all

Natalia

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[Guest guest]

We have one Lifekind mattress and one from A Natural Home in Fredericktown, OH,

which was about half the price of Lifekind.

The Lifekind is an organic cotton/natural latex mattress with a wool layer,

which is naturally fire retardant and meets fire safety requirements, so there

was no need for a prescription.

A Natural Home makes a similar mattress without the wool layer, so you do need a

prescription. This wasn't a big deal--my daughter's ped wrote one, but if you

don't have luck with your primary care you could try your dentist. I like both

mattresses very much, but if I needed another I'd go with A Natural Home because

it's cheaper and I like that the cover is removable and cleanable (Lifekind

covers are sewn on).

It's funny, when we ordered our mattress a few months ago from A Nat Home they

said the cover was washable, now the website only says eco dry cleanable, but I

washed ours and it's fine.

Also you can make your own wool mattress pad by washing and drying (in the

dryer) a wool blanket. This felts the wool and makes it more of a water

resistant surface, and it's essentially how the expensive wool mattress pads are

made.

The website for A Natural Home is a bit confusing--do call Suzie, the owner, if

you're interested. I found it really helpful to talk to her because they can

customize your order and she can talk you through the options. We ordered the

6-inch mattress and really love it. I thought we might want to upgrade to the

9-inch at some point, and Suzie said we could send back the mattress cover and

for $50 they'd remove the 6-inch side and sew in a 9-inch side so that we could

add the additional 3-inch layer of latex (which would be an additional charge

too). But I'm so happy with the 6-inch I don't think we need another layer.

With a latex mattress you do need a futon frame or platform with slats so the

mattress can breathe. You can try it on the floor for a month or so, but it

really should have airflow after that. A futon frame would work if the slats

are the right distance apart. We bought the platform bed from A Natural

Home--it's Amish-built, finished in tung oil (or it can be shipped unfinished)

and beautiful with simple lines. The tung oil did have a mild smell for a few

weeks but I don't smell it anymore.

And just for the record, I have no interest in A Natural Home other than being a

happy customer, glad to support a local Ohio business, and appreciative that

they offer organic mattresses much cheaper than anyplace else I've seen.

Amy