How to choose children's mattress? Soft or hard?

One third of life is spent in sleep. The four major indicators to measure whether people have "healthy sleep" are: sufficient sleep, sufficient time, good quality and high efficiency; easy to fall asleep; continuous sleep without interruption; deep sleep, total loss of tiredness, etc. The quality of sleep is closely related to mattresses. When choosing mattresses, consumers can choose mattresses with appropriate types and good quality from the aspects of permeability, decompression, support, serviceability, bed tension, sleep temperature and sleep humidity. Because each person's specific conditions are different, such as weight, height, weight, personal living habits, preferences, etc., people should choose mattresses according to their own specific conditions, local climate and personal economic income conditions. Among them, the most basic requirement is to keep the physiological lordosis of the lumbar spine when lying on the back, and the body curve is normal; when lying on the side, the lumbar spine is not bent or bent.

Choose what kind of mattress is best, should start from the function of mattress. The function of mattress is to ensure consumers get healthy and comfortable sleep. There are two standards for a good mattress: one is that no matter what sleeping position a person is in, the spine can keep straight and stretch; the other is that the pressure is equal, and the whole body can be fully relaxed when lying on it. This involves the softness and hardness of the mattress.

The softness and hardness of the mattress depends on the softness and hardness of the inner spring. Spring should not only have the necessary hardness to play a supporting role, but also have good resilience, that is, the so-called combination of hardness and softness. Too hard or too soft, rebound is not ideal. Too hard mattress people lie on the top of the head, back, hip, heel these four points bear pressure, the rest of the body is not fully implemented, the spine is actually in a stiff state of tension, not only can not achieve the best rest effect, but also sleep such mattress for a long time will be harmful to health. The mattress is too soft. Once you lie down, your whole body will sag. Your spine will be bent for a long time, which will cause pressure on your internal organs. As time goes on, it is not healthy and comfortable. So should choose soft and hard moderate mattress.

A good mattress can not only make people have a comfortable sleep, but also is good for the body. Generally speaking, the long-term wrong sleeping posture, especially the use of bad mattresses, will cause the displacement of the spine joints, thus stimulating the internal nerves of the spine, leading to the gradual loss of normal function of the organs controlled by the nerves. Too hard mattress will not only oppress the back nerve of human body, but also affect the normal circulation of blood. For a long time, it will cause backache and sciatica.

In fact, children's mattresses are different from adult mattresses. Children's spine is constantly developing, especially during the sleep at night, which is the peak period of children's growth and development. Therefore, the core standard of choosing children's mattresses is whether they can well support the S-shaped spine, so that the soft place is soft and the hard place is hard. In fact, the truth is very simple, the child's spine is S-shaped, so how does a flat hard mattress support the child's spine? How does the same soft mattress support the gas S-shaped spine?

Xu Jide, a professor from Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Second Medical University, pointed out that the mattress for sleeping infants should not be too hard, especially from birth to the age of 3. Most of the time children spend in bed during this period. If the mattress is too hard, it may cause the parts of the child contacting the mattress, such as the head, back and hip bone to deform, which may eventually lead to scoliosis. Professor Xu thinks that the most direct harm of scoliosis to children is to make their body shape appear abnormal and damage their elegant image. With the aggravation of scoliosis, the thorax of children will also be deformed, which will lead to the reduction of chest volume and a series of cardiopulmonary diseases. If they can not get timely and effective treatment, it will have an impact on their cardiopulmonary function.

Dr. lubel, a pediatrician in Hamburg, Germany, recommends using a medium soft mattress instead of a hard one. Experts believe that the ideal mattress for infants and teenagers should be composed of soft upper and lower layers and knots, firm and elastic middle layer. On the one hand, the middle layer can provide necessary support for the child's body. At the same time, the pressure it receives from the weight can be transmitted to the soft lower layer, so as to support the child's body without spinal deformity. He pointed out that it is not difficult to identify whether the mattress is suitable, as long as a 3000 g baby is placed on the mattress, if the depression of the mattress is about 1 cm.