Disclaimer: Brentwood Home provided me with the nontoxic pillow and lounger found in the Kids Bundle free in exchange for a fair and honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
For us, buying a new mattress or pillows has two HUGE drawbacks.
Number one being the cost, and number two being the fact that most mattresses contain toxic glues and adhesives, along with fire retardants and more. Offgassing of these chemicals is a huge concern to me.
Our first(and current) mattress was a floor model, meaning it hadn’t been in plastic for sometime and thankfully had a chance to offgas some in the store. However, I wonder how much of the fatigue and poor health I had after we were first married was directly related to an offgassing mattress…
What Dirty Secret is Your Mattress Hiding?
Fire retardants, preservatives, glues/adhesives and more all go into the making of your mattress and they all have adverse affects on your health. Formaldehyde is a known human carcinogen found in most mattresses. Other known carcinogens commonly found are PBDEs (pre ’04 mattresses), boric acid, TDCPP (also endocrine disruptors) Decabromodiphenyl Oxide and more.
How can companies get by with stuff like this? Other than California’s prop65 warning label that is required on products containing known carcinogens, there is no system in place to protect consumers from stuff like this (read how feminine hygiene items don’t even need to list ing. used here, and here). Basically it’s up to the consumer to find companies committed to creating safe products and that is often a challenge.
At least 40 million Americans each year suffer from chronic, long-term sleep disorders each year, and an additional 20 million experience occasional sleeping problems. source
I must admit to being very curious if the toxic mattresses we sleep on are to blame in many of the above cases…
Do the chemicals in our mattresses contribute to sleep issues? Check out this alternative!Click To TweetWithin the next year or so we really hope to get a new mattress. Probably at that point I will share a lot more info on the toxins found in mattresses and why we are choosing a natural latex bed. In the meantime, I have a giveaway for you!
Nontoxic Pillow and Lounger – Kid’s Bundle Giveaway!
As a blogger I get tons of emails with review requests. Most of them are irrelevant to me/this site/our lifestyle/whatever, but now and again, a really good one comes through.
Once such request came through in November and I’ll admit that I probably spent way too long on the Brentwood Home site researching their products (CAN you spend too much time researching???). The natural beds, and pillows I’ve been looking for, but without the insane price tag!
While they weren’t going to send me a mattress to review (bummer right?!!), they offered their kid’s bundle which contains a child’s nontoxic pillow and lounger. Seeing this as a great way to view their workmanship and see/feel for myself the quality of their materials, I agreed to review the kid’s bundle.
First off, this is a “bed in a box” type thing so the lounger comes and it’s completely flattened and rolled. Pretty heavy roll too I might add. So obviously, the first thing to do is unwrap, unroll and see what happens.
Wow is this thing flat!
Ky had all sorts of fun crawling all over it as it puffed up over the next 10-20 minutes. Eventually it was fluffy enough he couldn’t crawl over it anymore. Then it was time to put it into it’s machine washable slipcover and zip the bottom shut!
Quite frankly I’m thrilled with the quality of this lounger. It had a slight plastic smell right out of the box but it went away almost immediately.
As well, the workmanship is both strong and aesthetically pleasing. It hangs out in our livingroom and truly adds a nice, “classy” look to our otherwise very “kid friendly” space. Best of all, this IS for the kids. 🙂
Kolton is a wild and crazy little chap and sometimes needs a quiet time. We’ve always done books on the couch, but now he reads his books on the lounger. And… well sometimes only half on the lounger!!!
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The lilypad pillow that is included in the kid’s bundle is very soft and the perfect size for a small head. The cute plaid print is fun but I definitely add a pillowcase for extra protection.
Filled with a mixture of silky smooth kapok, with the texture of bouncy, all-natural latex the lounger is perfect for those wishing to avoid animal products or with allergies.
As much as I want to get ourselves a new mattress right now, Jason and I have decided that we really need to get mattresses for the boys first. Young children and babies are much more susceptible to issues from toxin exposure and we wish to limit that as much as possible.
So on our “we need to save for” list is 2 crib mattresses from Brentwood homes!
Now who wants to win their own Kid Space bundle?
Use the rafflecopter form below and enter to win your own nontoxic pillow and lounger!
How about a promo code for Brentwood Homes? Use code OURHOME for 10% off your entire purchase! Code expires January 31st 2017. As well, shipping is free and you have 120 days to decide whether or not you love your mattress. If you don’t love, return shipping is also free.
My boys would absolutely love this!!!!
Great post! Have you ever heard of mattress wrapping? This is a great alternative to buying an expensive natural mattress. There were extensive studies done in Australia about the harm of mattress chemicals so they developed a plastic to wrap around your mattress. After retesting the offgassing of a mattress once the plastic had been put on supposedly it blocked all offgassing from the mattress. It is a food grade plastic. I ran across it when i was looking for a safe waterproof cover for mattress when we were potty training. Waterproof pads offgas heavily too! I use the harlows earth mattress cover on Amazon for my toddler bed. There are other brands around too. Good way to be protected while saving for a new mattress!
Yes! I’ve heard of both, but given the fact that our mattress (and the boy’s) are old I didn’t know that I wanted to spend the money on it. We do have organic waterproof pads for the boy’s mattresses and I like them a lot!
I am not on facebook, but I would SO love to win this for my niece’s baby! If I am not qualified to enter, please just disregard my entry above. I am commenting here, in hopes that this will substitute for a facebook entry. God bless you!
As long as you were able to do the other shares, I’ll leave it. I will say this is amazing for babies! Ky knows how to get out of it now, but used to love me cuddling him down in it.
Hey! I actually threw my name in a giveaway for a memory foam mattress and won it! Queen size at that! We like it. ANYWAY….I hope this company offers you a mattress to review and giveaway!!
Haha! That would be nice! I’m hoping for a good relationship with this company on the blogging end of things. Since I’ve already pestered them with all types of questions on the customer end!
Besides, knowing you, you want to enter!!!!
This would be really nice for my three year old grandson to use when he is watching his movies.
Wow I guess I’m way out of the loop on info. I’ve never heard about the nasty stuff in our mattresses! The Brentwood company is new to me as well. Thanks for the info!