Well, parents, here’s some leverage for the ever-challenging enforcement of bedtime for your kids: A new study shows that kids who sleep well do better in school, specifically when it comes to math and languages. Shocker. Doubtless this is not the first time you’ve heard this idea…or said it to your offspring. But now there is…
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How to Get Good Sleep on Christmas Eve
For some of us, no matter how old we are, sleep is elusive on Christmas Eve. It’s like there’s still some part of us that wants to stay up and wait for Santa to climb down the chimney. Nothing wrong with that—childlike wonder is never outdated. Unfortunately, all too often adulthood brings with it stresses…
Teens Want to Sleep In. Should We Let Them?
We don’t know about you, but many of us got the “Lazybones” or “Sleepyhead” moniker when we were teenagers and didn’t want to get out of bed on school mornings. “You’re sleeping your life away!” Mom or Dad complained on the weekends when we finally got to catch some extra Zzzs. We may have felt…
On Getting a Life & Falling Asleep
Dr. Neil Stanley says that, given 20 minutes, he can whip up a 1-hour presentation on anything as it relates to sleep. And we don’t doubt him. Dr. Stanley came to one of our stores recently—the one in Belcaro, Denver—to talk to staff and some curious members of the public about sleep. And while a…
Invest in Your Marriage. Get a Better Bed.
Marriage is hard; anyone who’s been married more than 5 minutes can probably tell you that. It’s an institution that mandates constant compromise, humility and vulnerability. So it’s no wonder so many of our partnerships get a little off track. Many couples struggle to balance their marriages with the relentless pace of the professional realm,…
A whole town built around sleep?
Back away, Sleepy Hollow. (We mean both the town of literary fame and those hollows under your eyes.) Whether you’re a night owl in a morning person’s world, stumbling bleary-eyed to the coffee maker, or a morning person who just can’t get your spouse to go to bed at a decent hour, we may have…
Man and Wife…. and Mattress: Urban Mattress Hosts a Wedding
The Sunday before Memorial Day was a very special day at our Urban Mattress in Boulder. We got to host a wedding! One of our own, Ken Miller, said “I do,” to the love of his life, Debbie, right in the aisles of our store. A wedding in a mattress store you say? Roll the clocks back…