REVIEW: The Bedding Company - Silentnight Memory Foam Shell Pillow

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We recently won £200 worth of The White Company bedding so selected two sets of super-soft egyptian cotton sets (more on these in an upcoming post). With such luxurious new bedding, our twisted and lumpy pillows really needed replacing.

We’ve been wondering about memory foam pillows for some time. We have a (albeit now 4 years old) Tempur mattress and swear by it, but I couldn’t get my head around memory foam pillows and how they might actually be comfortable. When we were recently contacted by The Bedding Company to try some out for size, I had to give it a go. I have no idea how we ever slept without them!

I’m so fussy about pillows and like them to be firm enough to survive a lot of tossing and turning. I don’t think you should sink into your pillows, rather they should support your neck and retain their shape well. The claims of Silentnight’s Memory Foam Shell Pillows therefore seemed right up our street:

  • Extra comfort Memory Foam Traditional Pillow gives extended support to the neck and shoulders.
  • Memory Foam shell moulds to your contours and reacts to your body temperature reducing pressure on your joints.
  • Supports your neck in its natural position.

I can honestly say that they are fabulous. They are full and shapely so look incredibly inviting on our bed. In the morning, as soon as our heads leave the pillow, they plump up again and look as though they haven’t endured 8 hours worth of pummeling by me (Craig is always accusing me of being a fidget-bum).

Prior to using these pillows I used to wake with a stiff neck. I sleep on my front with one arm crooked under the pillow and the old lumpy pillows used to offer zero support. These pillows are incredibly firm and I no longer feel my arm beneath my head when I sleep. They’ve made an incredible difference to how I feel when I wake. I’m thinking we’ll need one for Dexter as he’s started using a pillow in his cot now.

The Bedding Company’s website is really easy to navigate and excellent value for money. Delivery is free and many items have 3 years warranty. There are also some really useful guides to help you select which product is right for you. Thumbs up from me!

DISCLAIMER: I was sent the above product free of charge but all thoughts and opinions are my own.


INSOMNIA

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Running around after Dexie this morning, I feel like Kerry Katona after one of her binges. I have some triple vision going on that makes simply staring in the mirror more a horrific prospect than summoning the Candy Man to my living room.

Ironically I have two reviews due this week. One for memory foam pillows, and another for some bedding sets by The White Company. Strangely enough neither Craig and I feel much like writing these right now!

Over the last 69 hours, I’ve had a total of 11 hours sleep. Then, just last night, Craigy managed just two hours. Scarily Craig still got up at 5am and went to work (he drives for a living!). Looking at him this morning, I know he’s fine, but I still can’t wait to get him home at lunchtime and play doctors and nurses. I don’t dole out sympathy for man flu, but I’ll happily declare war on the Sandman for messing with my man.

My problem seems to be a result of a change in medication. As we’re trying for a baby, my doctor decided to switch some medication just in case we conceive. The new course of meds is supposed to be safer for baby. Since the switch I’ve had constant sickness, a metallic taste in my mouth, no appetite, and trouble winding down. If it wasn’t for a negative pregnancy test a week ago, I’d be prancing around my living room like a sugared-up 5 year-old meeting Mr Tumble for the first time.

Given I go downstairs when I can’t sleep and read my book, I try hard not to spread the misery to Craigy. Granted a decent book is like a double-edged sword. A law fan, I read true crime books and get completely OCD about them. As this insomnia has kicked in, I’ve found myself googling the case at 3am for newspaper transcripts, pictures, and even studying the profiles of the legal representatives involved. I’m not sure my doctor would advocate my writing my own legal arguments to rid the world of OJ Simpson in the wee hours…

In Craig’s case last night was therefore a mystery. We don’t drink hot drinks in the evenings, nor do we have any caffeine drinks. Dexter sleeps soundly from 9pm to 8am so doesn’t keep us up in the slightest. We both crawl into bed at 10pm and chat until 11pm before lights out - no tv. We’re not stressed about anything either! The only thing I can think of is that Craig has the family holiday to plan this year and is obsessive about it. He must have topped 100 hours research already this month in scouring websites and reading villa reviews. I’m constantly teasing him about it.

Parenting after a rough night’s sleep is the hardest job in the world so I’ve declared today to be Physical Education Day for Dexter. I’m hoping to tire him by setting obstacle courses throughout the house. The sofa cushions are scattered all over the floor and Dexter faces the prospect of the Baby Grand National. I’m hoping the result will be that he has some long naps today so I get over this jet-lag in relative quiet, with any luck he’ll be thirty odd steps closer to competing in the 2028 Olympics too. Here’s to an award-winning gymnastic floor-routine!

 

 

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