Welcome to the Slumber Party Blog, a place where sleep lovers, Select Comfort bed owners and sleep experts unite for one common goal — achieving a great night's sleep. Here you'll find practical advice and sleep tips from folks who've mastered the sport of catching ZZZs, and hear firsthand how improving the quality of your sleep can improve the quality of your life.
Welcome back! In my previous Sleep Tips for New Parents: Part 1 post I shared my first three tips and strategies for new parents. I hope you found them helpful. Now, I’m going to share my seven remaining tips for new parents. See below and leave a comment if you have any questions.
4. Take advantage of the baby’s nap times. While there’s no guarantee that you’ll be able to “nap when the baby naps” as is a popular tip,…
When I was two and my older brother was four, my parents decided to try one more time for a girl. The result: twin boys! Imagine the chaos with twin infants and two toddlers (and all boys)—it was quite a challenge!
When my wife and I had our second daughter, our first had just turned three. Whenever we felt stressed from dealing with a fussy baby, a demanding 3-year old, night time feedings, lost sleep, and all the usual demands…
Want good grades? Get good sleep! The fact is, dorm life isn’t conducive to the high-quality sleep that keeps kids healthy, happy and able to perform well in college. There’s noise, late-night activities, lack of space and a poor-quality mattress that could be infested with dead skin cells, dust mites, lice, bacteria and viruses! The result? Your college kid could be missing sleep that helps promote a stable mood, good cognitive function, increased learning, a healthy weight, appropriate decision-making and…
With proper care, a good quality pillow should last and feel comfortable for many years. In general, down and feather fills will last longer than a down-alternative or synthetic. If you’ve found your perfect pillow, which I know I have (Sleep Number® Create Your Perfect Pillow with a silver outer shell, silver inner core and a silver pillow protector), you want that pillow to last as long as possible.
My Sleep Number Pillow
But, pillow care probably isn’t at the…
Americans all over the country will soon celebrate the Fourth of July. And, no matter how one celebrates the patriotic holiday – fireworks, hot dog-eating contests, honoring the history of our country’s independence, neighborhood gatherings, shopping, or resting in the hammock – most people can agree they feel proud to be American.
We at Select Comfort are proud that all Sleep Number beds are sewn in the United States. Recently, we added this tag to the end of our mattresses…
For salespeople, the answer to this question should be a resounding “yes.” If it’s not, you have problems. However, for Jason Drew and the team at the Select Comfort Smith Haven Mall location, the answer goes a bit deeper. They believe in the product and, more important, believe it absolutely improves lives.
With more than 10 years of experience with Sleep Number beds and bedding accessories, Jason and his team (Peter Nantista and Cindy Caracciola) have all the knowledge, training…
As life’s demands pile up, more than ever we are making time for those demands by skimping on sleep. Ironically, the loss of sleep decreases our productivity, and increases the probability of accidents, both high-profile ones and those that occur in our daily lives.
Large-Scale Disasters
Sleep deprivation has been cited as a significant factor in virtually every major human disaster in the past few decades, including the 1979 nuclear accident at Three Mile Island, and the 1986 meltdown at…
