Take Care of that Mattress

Wow, it’s February already! Oops…I forgot to flip my mattress. Did you?

It is important to flip your mattress every three months. You have to remember to flip it over side to side but also end to end. This insures even wear and extends the life of the mattress. Even wear preserves your sleep because you won’t get sink holes or lumping. Extending the life of the mattress saves money because you won’t have to buy a new mattress frequently just to get a good night’s sleep.

To help me with this task, I have assigned a to do list item every three months to remind me to flip. In addition, every mattress in the house has 4 tags on them: 2 January/April and 2 July/October. The are attached with safety pins. The January/April ones are attached to the ends of the mattress and look like this:

MattressMarker2 Take Care of that Mattress

In January, you flip the mattress so January is on top.

The July/October ones are attached to the sides of the mattress and look like this:

MattressMarker Take Care of that Mattress

In July, you flip the mattress so that July is on top.

This method of tagging mattresses has really helped me to keep track of which ones need to be flipped and which direction. It is certainly something that you can do yourself!

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AUTHOR | Susan Ewing

Suzie is a happily-married, thriving, stay-at-home mom of two wonderful girls (5 and 18) and a caretaker of her 67 year old live-in mother. You may know her from her blog, Susie's Homemade, where she explores the creative side of homemaking with her adventures in baking, cooking, entertaining and gardening. She is also the owner and operator of Susie's Homemade Chocolate Shop on Etsy.com.

Posted by Susan Ewing on Feb 10th, 2009 | Filed Under Homemaking
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  1. Kim @ Forever Wherever | February 11th, 2009, at 12:54 am >>

    Neat idea!

  2. Dave Roller (Home School Dad) | February 11th, 2009, at 2:06 am >>

    We flip about once a month. I am glad to hear you need to do it only once every 3 months, cause even when we forget it’s never that long between flips.

  3. Sherry | February 11th, 2009, at 9:58 am >>

    Great idea! I forget to flip mine and need to post on calendar.

  4. Jill Scott | February 11th, 2009, at 11:34 am >>

    That is a dang good idea, Susie. Thanks!

  5. Jerri | February 11th, 2009, at 1:06 pm >>

    Great idea. I would have never thought of tagging the mattress like that.

  6. Tiaras & tantrums | February 11th, 2009, at 1:10 pm >>

    I always forget - I can’t do alone and hubs never wants to help - we are in desperate need of a new mattress - I am small (120) - hubs is huge (240) and the bed is must full of dips from him!!

  7. Heather | February 11th, 2009, at 2:51 pm >>

    That is so simple that even I can do that! Thanks!

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