My 5 month old is ready to move to the crib (bassinet is too small now), but I am having trouble deciding on a mattress. I would like to buy organic, but not sure what the best brand/style is. Have heard good things about OMI crib mattresses, Moonlight Slumber, Naturepedic, etc. A friend got one from Lifekind but the mattress is too deep for regular crib sheets. Help - any advice?
We love my son's Naturepedic. We got the No-Compromise Organic Cotton Classic 150 coil. I found a store near my house that carried them, but they only had one of the higher models, which was way more expensive. I called the company to compare them and ask about the coil gauge and they told me that the 150 coil wire gauge was 13 or 13.5 depending on what they get shipped to them, and that the border wire is 9 gauge (the lower the number, the thicker the wire). The average mattress has about 15 gauge coils, so I felt that this was very high quality. The others have 250 coils but the wire is a thinner gauge, so it basically works out to the same strength. It is very firm and we have really been happy with it so far. My son sleeps really well on it. We ordered it from Amazon and it arrived very quickly. When we removed the plastic packaging to air it out, there was no chemical smell, which was very comforting. We also bought the mattress pad that went with the mattress. It washes well and did not shrink. It is a very heavy, tight weave and is definitely waterproof even though there is no vinyl. My son had a really leaky diaper one night which soaked through the sheet and nothing touched the mattress. Here is their website
http://naturepedic.com
I bought my organic mattress from costco - http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11255673&whse=BC&Ne=4000000&eCat=BC|48022&N=4013899&Mo=45&No=13&ViewAll=46&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&cat=48023&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&topnav=
I'm very happy with it. It arrived about 5 days after I placed the order. I've tried Wendy Bellisimo and Target sheets and they all fit.
We bought our son the OMI organic crib mattress from giggle.com - http://www.giggle.com/p/12018/c/560/cl/586/OMI-Organic-Cotton-and-Wool-Crib-Mattress.aspx
We have been VERY happy with it and our son is a great sleeper.
I would also recommend buying a mattress pad in case there are any accidents, and that way you don't have to clean the mattress. We bought ours from Dandelion Summers - http://www.dandelionsummers.com/html/organic_mattress_pad.html