The Big Sleep

Let's face it, we all enjoy that one night in the year when time magically distorts itself and we can lay in bed for one more hour! We only get this once in 365 days; Bedeezee has decided to make this day extra special!

We are introducing the concept of DAYLIGHT SAVING SALE!

Why not? Bedeezee is about making you sleep and this is truly an important sleep event!

The items on sale for this exceptional event are superior sleep product:

Matelsom Visco Response 1500 divan set

Rest Assured Fiji divan set

Silentnight Memory Sensation divan set

Sleepeezee Coleridge divan set

Rest Assured Borneo divan set

and the Norther Feather White Goose Down Quilt, tog 13.5

See you soon on Bedeezee.co.uk!

 

-Ben 

Next week, Bedeezee is moving into a bigger place! We would love you to help us empty our current warehouse... So we've put all our current in-stock items on SALE (added to the usual 30% of R.R.P. you get with us).

What is on sale?

• BEDS
• MATTRESSES   

After you clicked on these link, select a size and see what products are on sale for next day delivery.

We hold stock on a lot of leading brands (Silentnight, Rest Assured). Now is the time to benefit from a quality mattress at an affordable price. Here are a couple examples of deals you can get with us:

Silentnight Sunflower mattress, double size -10% £206.10

Rest Assured Fiji mattress, double size -10% £629.10

• QUILTS
• PILLOWS 

The winter is coming, why not snuggle under a warm natural quilt?

Comfort Zone White Goose Down 10.5 Tog Quilt, double, -10% £76.50

Have fun browsing through our site! Should you have any question, contact us at 08000 12 20 20 (free number) or visit http://www.bedeezee.com

 

Today, we are going to look at the sleep pattern of two animals in the Savanna: the giraffe and the lion. I will spare you my singing of "the lion sleeps toniiiiiiiight..." Let's go straight to the heart of our subject.

Lions do sleep a lot: they can sleep up to 20 hours a day! I guess it's the priviledge of the king. One might wonder: how do they get anything done? Well, lions do not have busy lives and do not do much besides hunting, eating and sometimes mating. Male lions enjoy even more sleep than the female lions: only the latter hunt while the former doze in the savanna.

Giraffes, on the contrary sleep very little: only 1,5 to 2 hours a day, and it's not even straight forward sleep. They fall asleep deeply for only 5 minutes- these naps, added together, make the giraffe's daily sleep count. There is a very good reason for that: giraffes lie down to sleep and their long leggs and necks make it really hard to stand back up. So if they are attacked during their sleep, they have very little chance to make an escape. And when a giraffe falls asleep, other members of the herd stand guard.

That is maybe why the lions sleep so much: he knows no animal in its right mind would dare to attack the king while he sleeps.

This post belongs to a series of posts exploring the sleep habits of animals.

Dolphins, like humans, spend one third of their lives sleeping, as it has been observed that they spend 8 hours a day recharging their batteries.

Dolphins have different sleep behaviour from sharks and other fish, due to the fact that they are mammals. Indeed, dolphins cannot breathe under water and they usually hit the surface every 1-2 minutes to get their air -they can hold breathe for 7 minutes only in emergency! Therefore, dolphins cannot completely fall asleep under water, otherwise they would suffocate. They need to come back to the surface.

How do they do it? Like us, dolphins have a two-sided brain. They are able to “shut” one half of it at a time, allowing it to sleep. They close one eye and that side of the brain rests. This is how they get their mental rest.

In the meantime, the physical activity is greatly reduced as the dolphin moves very little. According to their preferences, dolphins have 3 usual resting behaviours that allow them to get their air (source: dolphinear.com):

• They swim slowly and hit the surface for air
• They rest at the surface with their blowhole exposed
• In shallow waters, they rest on the bottom and rise to the surface to breathe

This is how they remain strong swimmers (they can swim between 40 and 60 kilometers per hour) and maintain the use of their brain (20% larger that humans).

Sources:
http://www.dolphinear.com/data/dolphins.htm
http://web.mit.edu/seagrant/edu/res/dolphinsleep/question...
http://www.ri.net/RIGeo/rigea/earthwatch/earthwatch02/que...

A study published on line in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology gives has identified the main causes for the presence of allergens (the substance that gives you allergy reactions) in your bedroom. These are:

• an older mattress
• a limited ventilation of the bedroom
• a lower floor level bedroom 

As far as the first point is concerned, I am sure we can help :) Providing new mattresses is our job and we would be happy to assist you in this acquisition. You can visit our whole catalog online by going to bedeezee.co.uk

 If you suffer from allergy, we recommend you to stay away from mattresses with natural fillings and  focus on mattresses with synthetic fillings. The combination of pocketed springs and visco fillings works really in avoiding allergies, so why not look.

• Click on the link to view allergy-friendly beds with pocketed springs and visco fillings. (click here for the mattresses only)

For the ventilation of your bedroom, make sure that you open your windows between the moment you wake up and the moment you leave your home. In the evening, if the weather allows, open the windows for an hour before you go to sleep.

Do not hesitate to contact us should you have any question (on 08000 20 12 12 or contact@bedeezee.com).

Click here if you want to read the full story.

-Ben