New Bed
My new Select Comfort Sleep Number bed was delivered and set up yesterday. I’m supposedly a 45, but that was measured without my memory foam and fiberbed on the matress, and the lady at the store said it’d most likely be different with the extra padding. She also told me that for the first five nights, to sleep on the mattress with a +15 number and slowly reduce the number by 5 until I got to 45. This is supposedly to keep you from getting sore as your body adjusts to a new way of sleeping.
I only got to spend about 2 hours in my bed last night thanks to my final paper, but I did enjoy it. I’m a little on the stiff side this morning, but that could be things other than the bed. I re-figured my number, and it seems to be a 50 with the fiberbed. I tried setting the bed to a 60 (15+45) like the lady suggested, but the bed was just way too hard for me, so I went to a 55, which was still stiffer than I like, but comfortable. I think that recommendation is from people who were sleeping on a stiff bed. I was sleeping just fine on a soft one that was sagging (trust me, it wasn’t stiff), and while I can sleep on a firm bed if I need to, I prefer not to – there’s a reason I like my fiberbed.
I plan on sleeping at a 55 for the rest of the week and see how it goes. The cats seem to have picked their sides – Bootsie likes the soft side with me, and Smokey likes the firm side.