Pillows

[CajunMama]

I've been waking up each morning with a stiff neck that doesn't go away all day. I decided to get a new pillow thinking my old one was possibly too flat even though i would wash & dry it to fluff it up. I bought a new one last night and slept soooooo good and no stiff neck. How often do you get new bed pillows?

[Janice]

Memory Foam pillows..... they are expensive, but like dying and going to heaven....

I will get new ones when these wear out.

[wx247]

I have had the same feather pillow since I was four or five years old. It was made by my great grandmother and is the most comfortable pillow I have ever owned. As you can see, I am a little partial to it.

[Janice]

Wow, that is a really long time. They must be great....

[GalvestonDuck]

Did ya know -- the average 5-year old pillow contains 10% of its weight in dust mites?

[sunny]

Once a year. I buy the medium down pillows - have a ruptured disc in my neck so this gives me some support without being too hard.

[CajunMama]

Did ya know -- the average 5-year old pillow contains 10% of its weight in dust mites?

That just gave me the heebie jeebies!

[cajungal]

I don't sleep with any pillows at all. Most people think I am weird for not sleeping with pillows. But, I have been like that since I was a little kid. Every time I would try to sleep with a pillow, I would feel like I could not breathe and was suffocating.

[george_r_1961]

Ive got a neck injury due to a bad accident in 1995. A pillow is a must or I will wake up feeling miserable. Typically I need a new one every year or so and im about due for another one now.

[Lindaloo]

Did ya know -- the average 5-year old pillow contains 10% of its weight in dust mites?

You just caused me to throw out ALL my darn pillows! Thank you very much.

[Tstormwatcher]

Did ya know -- the average 5-year old pillow contains 10% of its weight in dust mites?

Maybe thats why I haven't been sleeping very good lately and my allergies have been bothering me. Time for some new pillows.

[Janice]

How can you tell if you have them. Does that go for throw pillows too, like on your bed or sofa. John lays on the throw pillows on the sofa....

[Stephanie]

I don't replace them too often. I like the one I have with medium support. I like to sleep on my stomach, burying my face into those dust mites - THANKS DUCKIE!

[Tstormwatcher]

[BreinLa]

Well I throw mine out about once a year so I guess the mites go out with them....I used to have a feather pillow got so old had to get rid of it

[GalvestonDuck]

Sorry, gang. Just saw that recently on the news -- some OSU study, if I recall correctly. Made me pitch mine too, Linda!

Not sure about the throw pillows, Janice. There might not be quite as many since he probably doesn't spend 6, 7, 8 hours a day on them (or does he? ).

They feed off the skin cells that we shed.

[Cookiely]

My mama throws the pillows in the dryer every week. I would think the heat would kill any bacteria or dust mites, but not sure. I also spray them with fabreze to freshen them. We keep ours about a year.

[bevgo]

I guess I am keeping my dust mites. I have a feather pillow and down pillow that are a number of years old. I have tried to change but love my pillows.

[GrimReaper]

Ewwwww!!! Duckie!!! I know I've heard that before, but never really thought about it. I have an eider down pillow that was hand made by my great grandmother....so there have to be a gazillion mites...ewwwwww. I sleep with it wadded up underneath my head cause it is soooo soft still. I know that dry cleaners can disinfect feather pillows... mine will be going in for a check-up today!!!!!!!

thanks for the daily gross out, Duckie!!

[coriolis]

Everybody send your old pillows to GalvestonDuck.

I change my pillow case every day, because if the dog isn't sitting on the pillow, one of the kids have their feet on it.

I have one that contains shredded foam rubber. I can't sleep on those fiberfill pillows.