OT Sliding mattress

Sorry, but I had to laugh and it's certainly NOT funny. How about some industrial strength Velcro? Another thought- are you using a satin or polished cotton or some kind of slippery sheet? But I understand- I have a twin daybed and put a Memory Foam/eggshell topper on it when I had my hip surgery and it would go all catty-wompuss on me and I was not physically able to roll over after the surgery.... it sometimes just did strange things. Maybe twin beds are possessed? ;-) I don't have any troubles with my queen bed and now I'm able to toss and turn with the best of them!

Good luck finding a solution. That's got to be a terrible shock to fall out of bed like that.... for both of you.

Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies in MO.

I wonder if you could put a length of the bumpy rubber stuff that's used for shelf lining/padding between the mattresses. Maybe that would stop them from sliding apart. Or.....spray it all up with basting spray and stick them together! ...that makes it on topic, doesn't it?

get some of the "non-slip", rubbery, 'waffle weave' shelf liner stuff. Put a chunk of it between the mattress and box springs. Should keep the mattress from shifting. (It works for an air mattress on a tent floor, which is a lot more slippery. ) I hope you understand what stuff I am talking about. It comes in rolls and I use a lot of it in my sewing room too.... keeps foot pedal from sliding around, keeps stuff in place on the sewing table and so on. Rubbermaid makes it and I think there are a couple of other brands.

Pati, > My 43 year old baby keeps falling out of bed and I need your help in

One thing to try might be a roll of that gripper-drawer-liner-stuff that you can buy in the housewares section. Roll it down the box spring and then set the mattress on top of it. That "should" keep it from sliding........

Hoping for no more thumps in the night!

Lenore

I had the same idea as Kathyl about the shelving lining. Look for the heavy duty variety. Another option might be the allegedly non slip pad one uses between a carpet and an area rug. (I say allegedly because mine worked fine when I had plush carpet, but with the Berber carpet, the rug goes catty wampus. Aggravating!)

Pat in Virgina

Could you try turning the mattress round, Kate? You could first try turning it round, in the same orientation, through

180°; then you could try turning it *over*, and try it both ways round then. You could try that before trying the various non-slip things. . In message , Kate T. writes

Oh! Kate!!

I thought of the ole joke of how to keep old men from rolling out of bed in nursing homes........by giving them Viagra!!

Seriously.....Maybe putting the mattress on the floor when he comes over. I, too have a 43 YO baby!! We might be the same years young!!

Nana

We used to have a beautiful mattress set in our guest room. Indeed it was very beautiful. The covers on both the mattress and springs was a lovely floral in what 'looked like' satin. We had to put the mattress aside and cover the top of the springs with an old fitted sheet or mattress pad. Then, we covered the bottom of the mattress itself with a fitted sheet or mattress pad. That way, the meeting surface of the mattress and springs were no longer so entertaining. After that, none of our guests complained that they needed mud-grippers on their backsides to safely stay in bed. This solution is some trouble but was effective. And thank you to Kate and Nana. This group always brings a smile. Polly

That will help for about a week. I have a queen mattress that shifts in spite of that stuff. . Debra in VA See my quilts at

He is a very restless sleeper if he's moving the mattress that much. He needs a platform bed "frame" with a ridge around the edge to keep the mattress on it and no box spring at all, or just a much bigger bed. If you don't want to do either of those and he is only there temporarily, he could sleep on the mattress on the floor. Debra in VA See my quilts at

My first thought was to use some of the rubbery shelf liner stuff -- it's fairly cheap and you would likely only need one roll at the most. If you wanted to be extra sure it would work, permanently glue the stuff to one of the mattresses and then use basting spray (there, that makes my response sort of on topic too -- LOL)to stick it to the other mattress. If that doesn't work, you could try the stuff used to keep rugs in place on hard surface floors. I have wood floors and several smaller throw rugs and I use this stuff all the time. It's made like the shelf liner but it's sticky on both sides so it would absolutely keep the top mattress in place on the box springs. You can get the stuff in strips or in one big sheet and it's a *lot* more expensive than regular old shelf liner. A third option is to use a thin piece of foam between the mattresses. I think you can buy this stuff by the yard at some of the Joann stores or usually any shop that sells home dec fabrics should have it. If you can't buy it as yard goods, you can get a big hunk of it rolled up and sold in a bag -- I've seen it at the Joanns in my area. Keep us posted and let us know what you finally use. It will be interesting to hear what works best! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

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Oh...yes, the rug pads are a good idea. Bigger bumps and more substantial. I, too, will be interested to hear what works out the best. Good luck Kate!