One of the reasons we bought this wool mattress pad is that my wife co-sleeps with the baby in her bed [safely]. By dint of the fact that the baby sleeps there throughout the night, there was always the inevitable spit-up or leaky diaper that occurred. Which entailed stripping the bed in the middle of the night, dabbing at the spots while trying to make sure the mattress didn't absorb the liquid, then replacing with a clean sheet. Not fun at 4am. Again. So we decided to get a waterproof mattress pad. But 99.9% of the waterproof ones are laminated with vinyl..which is a bad chemical for kids (or anyone) to be around, especially if you're a baby and you sleep right on it! We were at our wits' end because we didn't want any liquid being absorbed into the mattress and causing bacteria to grow, yet also did not want the baby to inhale chemicals as he slept. Thankfully, we happened upon this Snugfleece wool pad! It's naturally waterproof and helps wick moisture away; which was great being... Read more

This pad is exactly what I was looking for: natural, soft, dustmite-resistant, and WASHABLE! However, Amazon is pricing it at $145 plus shipping. I found the EXACT same product for $116 with FREE shipping on Dreamsoftbedware.com!

I am really happy with this wool mattress pad, and this is just the 1" version. They also make a 1 1/4" and a 1 1/2" pile version, and they all carry a manufacturer's 1 year warranty.

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I live in Florida.....and my husband likes to sleep with a down comforter. We had to get rid of our memory foam pad because it was simply too hot. I read the information about the wool mattress pad and though I was doubtful, I was also desperate because our mattress is just too firm/hard without having something on top. I love love love this. It is just so nice -- it doesn't totally mold around you like memory foam but it still relieves pressure points and it does not get hot at all. If anything I sleep much cooler because I never feel sweaty.

I would guess that if it ever got cold here the insulating features of wool would come into play too.

Also, the fact that memory foam comes with a warning that it is HIGHLY FLAMMABLE always freaked me out...the wool has natural flame resistance. I am buying two more pads for each of the twin beds so that I won't worry so much about the kids, either.

Love this product!!!!