Top 5 Sleep Habits: Live Healthy and Sleep Well with Brentwood Home

As a parent, how do you self care and create overall wellness for yourself? And how much quality sleep do you get each night? Did you know that 40% of American adults don’t get the 7-9 hours of recommend sleep each night? I believe that a better night’s sleep comes from the mattress you sleep on. As a parent, sleep is hard to come by, but it is so important. As you know, I am a big advocate for better sleep habits, mental and emotional health, and overall wellness. Plus with cold and flu season among us, sleep is the best way to prevent many common colds and flus! 

 

 

A bad mattress can cause back-aches, headaches, and moodiness if you are constantly waking up from being uncomfortable. Without a good night’s sleep our physical, mental, and emotional health suffers and we, as parents, become less patient with our children and more exhausted, overwhelmed, and irritable with everyday tasks. If we are well rested, we feel like we can take on the world! That’s why I am sharing my tips for better sleep habits with you as well as sharing all about my new Oceano mattress from Brentwood Home.

 

 

Since 1987, Brentwood Home has been handcrafting the finest luxury mattresses, pillows, and bedding, in Los Angeles, my home away from home! They are truly focused on articulated details — such as designer materials, hand tufting, double reinforced seams, classic hem stitching and certified non-toxic materials – which as a health fanatic who truly values a no chemical lifestyle, this is truly important to me. My head and body rest on my mattress for 8 or more hours a night and it is a priority to not expose myself to environmental toxins while I sleep. That’s why I love that Brentwood Home’s “California ethos” defines them, compelling them to create beautiful sleep products that promote healthy lifestyles and wellbeing.

 

 

Before we received our Brentwood Home Oceano mattress, my husband and I would wake up multiple times throughout the night tossing and turning and wake up each morning with a horrible lower back ache and neck aches. But honestly I can say with 100% honesty that this hasn’t happened since we have been sleeping on our new Oceano mattress. The quality of the mattress is truly incredible. Their luxury memory foam mattresses are Greenguard Gold Certified® and CertiPUR-US Certified® foams! And I love that it is delivered right to your door in a no hassle box!

 

 

And they are a company that gives back! They donate 3 trees for reforestation for each sale to the National Forest Fund and when you buy a mattress, they make one and donate one for emergency relief called ReliefBed. Plus you can get a 1 Year-Sleep Trial on your mattress and a 25 Year Limited Warranty!! That means you have an entire year to test it out and make sure you love it, but believe me, you will! They even have an available 0% APR as well as Free Shipping + Free Return Pickups!

 

 

So here are my Top 5 Sleep Habits for Overall Wellness

1. Avoid working in bed. Ever! Your bed is for sleep and your brain will get mixed messages if it’s used to stimulate your brain activity rather than soothe and slow it down for rest.
2. Avoided screen time for at least 30 minutes before you lay your head on your pillow. I am guilty of this, but it’s so important to give your brain and your eyes time to adjust so you can fall asleep.
3. Keep your bedroom dark and cool. Our bodies produce natural melatonin when it’s dark. This signals our bodies to sleep but if there is too much light it doesn’t work properly and we will not sleep deeply. And it’s better to have the bedroom at cooler temperatures for a better night sleep! This will help avoid nightmares, tossing and turning, and night sweats!
4. Have a routine! Try to go to bed at the same time each night to get your body into a regular habit of when it will naturally fall asleep! It’s funny, I recommend the same thing to parents who are sleep training their babies!!
5. If you are anxious or stressed, write down your worries on a piece of paper before bed and mentally leave it for the morning. Externalizing the problem will help you not internalize and agonize over it while you try to sleep. Then before you actually go to bed, have a glass of room temperature water and take a few deep breaths and prolonged stretches to relax your mind and body!

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