I know I keep saying it, but I can’t believe Spring is finally here! I feel like we’ve been waiting forever for the weather to warm up and I just can’t get over the fact that it actually is. I’ve been in my yard doing after winter clean up to my gardens. I’ve had the windows open, letting the fresh air inside. I’ve also started everyone’s dreaded spring task – Spring Cleaning!
Did you know that many people neglect the bedroom during their spring cleaning? I didn’t either, but seriously, they do! Of course the first step to cleaning the bedroom would be to wash the bedding. Clean sheets also happen to help you get a better night’s sleep, and boy do I need good sleep. So lucky for me, I got to try the Sweet Dreams Collection from P&G to help aide me in my spring cleaning this year.
Here are some simple steps from P&G to help you start your spring cleaning and get a better night sleep.
- Wash sheets: We all know there is a problem when it comes to sleep hygiene in America, but the question is what can we do about it? First, the frequency at which you wash your sheets is critical. You should wash your sheets every week to maintain a healthy and comfortable sleep environment. In fact, 100 percent of doctors polled in a recent Healthcare Research & Analytics (HRA) study agreed that an appropriate sleeping environment is critical to aid in a person’s ability to relax so they can fall asleep and half of physicians would recommend their patients use clean, lavender scented sheets as a way to help them relax so they can fall asleep.
Washing bedtime fabrics, including sheets and pajamas, in P&G’s Sweet Dreams Collection ? including Tide? plus A touch of Downy? Sweet Dreams?, Downy? UNSTOPABLES? Dreams?, Downy Infusions? Sweet Dreams? and Bounce? Sweet Dreams? ? which is formulated with ingredients to clean, soften and freshen bedtime fabrics helps to create a relaxing environment so that you can fall asleep. Additionally, lavender, a key ingredient in the Sweet Dreams Collection, is a well-known soothing scent. When used in the bedroom the products will add a calming, long lasting fragrance that can help you relax so you can fall asleep.
- Controlled room temperature: A cool room, somewhere around 65 degrees, makes for the best sleep. The feel of your mattress, pillows, sheets, and pajamas also affects the quality of your sleep.
- Turn off Electronics: Many people will lie in bed and check their phones and iPads before falling asleep, but the use of these electronics can have negative effects on your ability to fall asleep. The above HRA study also found that 54 percent of doctors reported one of their patients? biggest hindrances to falling asleep is engaging in electronics such as phones, computers and televisions too close to bedtime. Commit to a better night’s sleep every night by turning off technology at least 30 minutes before bedtime and taking the ?Tuck In. Turn Off.? Pledge at www.TuckInTurnOff.com.
Of course, my bedding was the first to get washed with the new Sweet Dreams Collection – well, because I’m the mom and I’m the one who needed to test it. It’s automatic seniority right there baby!
I gathered my sheets and my new laundry essentials and headed straight to the basement to wash my bedding. The first load was sheets and pillow cases and the next was my comforter, then the kids’ bedding followed throughout the next two days. Of course the first thing I noticed was the absolutely wonderful smell coming from the Tide? plus A touch of Downy? Sweet Dreams? bottle as soon as I opened it. It smelled like I had just stepped into a field of fresh lavender and I just knew my sheets would come out smelling just as fresh. And boy did they. It was amazing and I will be washing all of our bedding using the entire Sweet Dreams Collection from now on. I’m absolutely hooked and my family loves how fresh their bedding is now too!
I’m really enjoying the Downy Infusions? Sweet Dreams? in-wash scent booster and have been using it on everything – not just bedding. I’m so glad to know that a product like this exists because trust me, life with nothing but 6 guys in the house can get rather smelly – and the laundry is the first thing to absorb those nasty smells. The Downy Infusions? Sweet Dreams? in-wash scent booster has helped my laundry to come out smelling fresh and clean every time, no matter what dirty messed were on the clothing!
