https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 00:54:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-of-an-awesome-air-bed#post-1954936 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:04:43 +0000 Orchid 1954936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: heading to costco for one this weekend. Thank you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-of-an-awesome-air-bed#post-1954933 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:04:08 +0000 Orchid 1954933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@redeyedtreefr0g: thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-of-an-awesome-air-bed#post-1954931 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:03:15 +0000 Orchid 1954931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babynumber1: yes. I think you're right. We are getting a travel crib and hoping LO will sleep in it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-of-an-awesome-air-bed#post-1954929 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:02:22 +0000 Orchid 1954929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: lol! It will be torture, bit my husband looks forward to it soo much! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-of-an-awesome-air-bed#post-1950573 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:54:54 +0000 redeyedtreefr0g 1950573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We slept in father-in-law's bed once which turned out to be a cheap air mattress instead of a regular mattress on the floor (he's a semi driver and was between moves with stuff already in storage). What we found out he'd done was put two of those fluffy quilt-like mattress pads on before the sheet.<br /> It was also a brand new air mattress, and he said if he had to roll it up, he did it with one of the pads. Air mattresses in my grandmas tidy single-person house last forever, but ours NEVER did, because of rough treatment while not inflated. It seemed his method, with the pad kept with it, helped protect the mattress skin too. He just had to get a bigger bag to keep it in.</p> <p>You could try that along with a firmer high quality air mattress? </p> <p>I slept very well on a queen with hubby, a Jack Russell Terrier, and a Beagle. Mr. Frog is more than double my weight, so his movements are significant on cheapo matttresses. Underinflated ones mean I'm ON him with no choice in the matter. </p> <p>It was the best sleep I've ever gotten in a strange bed, period. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-of-an-awesome-air-bed#post-1950516 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:32:58 +0000 babynumber1 1950516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Leah: Our only chance at sleeping well on an air mattress is having 2 twins. I hate getting woken up with DH moves. </p> <p>And I wouldn't be so sure about cosleeping on an air mattress. Sounds dangerous. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-of-an-awesome-air-bed#post-1950299 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:48:09 +0000 looch 1950299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha, I had to sleep on an air mattress for 2 weeks last year, while visiting my inlaws. It was torture.</p> <p>I really like aerobeds, i find that the twin sized one that's only one "level" is the most like being in a normal bed for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-of-an-awesome-air-bed#post-1950249 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:27:26 +0000 blackbird 1950249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>omg sounds miserable. you sure a hotel isn't in the cards? heh. Good luck! every air mattress I've slept on ends up flat in the AM. It's great for self esteem ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-of-an-awesome-air-bed#post-1950225 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:17:09 +0000 regberadaisy 1950225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Leah: that sounds like a great plan! And Lol air mattress are find for a few nights but 5 will be rough! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-of-an-awesome-air-bed#post-1950223 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:15:46 +0000 Orchid 1950223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: @hotchildinthecity: @Rainbow Sprinkles: @youboots: thanks for the recommendations! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-of-an-awesome-air-bed#post-1950217 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:14:47 +0000 Orchid 1950217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: thank you! We are going to get a travel crib and we may sleep on an air bed right beside it or just on the floor. It's gonna be a rough 5 nights! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-of-an-awesome-air-bed#post-1950214 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:13:50 +0000 mrs. wagon 1950214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We love our queen raised aerobed from Costco. My mom slept on it nightly for almost 6 months. It doesn't squeak when you move... just kinda makes noise but not a squeak. I would feel totally comfortable sleeping on it with an 8 month old. It's a lot firmer than a regular pillowtop mattress. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-of-an-awesome-air-bed#post-1950210 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:12:14 +0000 regberadaisy 1950210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you have a pack n play? I personally wouldn't Co sleep with an infant on a air mattress even if it doesn't deflate. The bed moves around a bit when you toss and turn and could potentially turn your baby. </p> <p>We have slept on quite a few different brands and I think they're all about the same. Some are thicker than others in quality and mattress height but I don't think it makes a huge difference. I've slept on Aerobed, Coleman and other off brands.</p> <p>If you foresee yourself spending a lot of nights there in the future I might ask if they mind you keeping a mattress there? If you buy a mattress bag it can be stored in the basement or under one of their beds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-of-an-awesome-air-bed#post-1950086 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:20:55 +0000 hotchildinthecity 1950086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have this one and everyone tells us how comfortable it is. It inflates during the night so it doesn't go flat:<br /> Insta-Bed Raised Queen Bed with Never Flat Pump <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006OU4ERA/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_eZhBub0SKCBF2" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006OU4ERA/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_eZhBub0SKCBF2</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-of-an-awesome-air-bed#post-1950024 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 01:02:13 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1950024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the aerobed from costco! Love it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-of-an-awesome-air-bed#post-1948870 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 10:42:10 +0000 youboots 1948870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Looks like mixed reviews on Costco, but it works for us <a href="http://www.costco.com/air-beds.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.costco.com/air-beds.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-of-an-awesome-air-bed#post-1948866 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 10:40:29 +0000 youboots 1948866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love our Aerobed. Ours is from Costco. It sleeps like a real matress. We have had it for years. I know this sounds ridiculous but I got it for tent camping in the summers, girlfriend will tent camp, but only on a good matress- my point is it is as good as new and has held up perfect. We have used it when we need an extra guest bed. When baby gets here it will likely be our only guest bed. They are more expensive than traditional air matresses (about $150 for a queen) but hey, it's less expensive than staying in a hotel.</p> <p>I know nothing about co sleeping so I can't speak to that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-of-an-awesome-air-bed#post-1948852 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 10:35:25 +0000 Orchid 1948852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Little Misters Mom: thank you!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-of-an-awesome-air-bed#post-1948845 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 10:32:39 +0000 Little Misters Mom 1948845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't co-sleep, but I typically think it's fine, safe, etc. That said, I really wouldn't with an air mattress. Even in the best models they deflate a bit over the course of the night (just as it gets cooler) and a soft, squishy surface would be really hard if not impossible to make safe to co-sleep. Could you ask your parents to just put a mattress on the ground in the basement?</p> <p>Another option is for you to lay on an air mattress and get a Guava Lotus travel crib which has a side zip. So when LO woke up you could just unzip and be right next to him. <a href="http://www.guavafamily.com/products/lotus-everywhere-travel-crib" rel="nofollow">http://www.guavafamily.com/products/lotus-everywhere-travel-crib</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-of-an-awesome-air-bed#post-1948823 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 10:24:32 +0000 Orchid 1948823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We will be spending 5 days over thanksgiving with my MIL. It will be a packed house, all of her three kids, their wives and kids and two friends. I think we'll volunteer to take the basement just for the privacy and quiet (hopefully). </p> <p>LO is 8 months and we co-sleep half the night. I dread the thought of co-sleeping on an air mattress. Is that even something you can/should do??? I'm willing to spend quite a bit to buy the most awesome, quiet (not too squeaky when you turn at night) air bed out there. </p> <p>Please recommend one if you have any experience. </p>