Mother’s Day Gift Ideas for Women that Appreciate Natural Bedding

Most Americans never embraced an International Women’s Day that honors all women. It is celebrated around the globe on March 8th and commemorates various historical events where women played a prominent role. In the US this holiday is associated with the human rights movement that demanded shorter hours, better pay and voting rights for women. However, the women that became mothers received a very special recognition in the US due to the efforts of Anna Jarvis who led the movement for the creation of a Mother’s Day. The motherhood concept has been extended to include the women that play a mother figure in someone’s life (“honorary moms”).

Ms. Jarvis paid a tribute to her mother and all other mothers by holding a memorial at a local church in West Virginia and later sent letters to politicians urging to honor all mothers because she believed a mother is “the person who has done more for you than anyone in the world”. Ever since President Woodrow Wilson signed in 1914 the proclamation declaring the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day, Americans started taking their mothers and grandmothers out to dinners on a Mother’s Day and shower them with bouquets of flowers and more substantive gifts. Contrary to Ms. Jarvis’ wishes, a Mother’s Day became a very commercially lucrative holiday. It brings a lot of business to floral, greeting card, confection, restaurant industries and other retailers. The Mother’s Day founder argued that each family should appreciate and honor its mother through handwritten letters expressing their love and gratitude, instead of buying gifts and cards. 

Every year when this day approaches, many children and grandchildren are scratching their heads thinking what to give back to the person that gave them so much. Some of them bring flowers, sign a Mother´s Day card or take their mom out for a nice meal but some prefer to give a gift that lasts longer than flowers and is perhaps more valuable than a greeting card. You can take advantage of great deals offered during Mother’s Day sales and find cool Mother’s Day gifts for your mother, mother in law, grandmother, wife, sister or daughter. One way you can express the affection and gratitude to any mother is by creating for her a healthier and cozier bedroom, at the same time showing some love for the planet. The gift of better sleep is something many women dream about.

You can spoil your mom with a lightweight camel wool comforter or a more budget friendly lambswool comforter, sheets with corner straps, natural adjustable fill wool pillow or mulberry silk sleep mask. You can also add a sheepskin accent rug to a Mother’s Day gift basket. Our wool bedding products help maintain comfortable body temperature. They are hypoallergenic, odor free, chemical free (no need to air outside), antistatic, dust mite resistant, naturally flame resistant, include zippers for checking quality of wool filling, and tested by international textile quality assurance organizations.

Since Mother’s Day falls in the spring when the temperatures are rising, the bedding should get lighter. Organic Comfort Market offers natural sheep wool comforters as well as camel hair filled comforters suitable for warm seasons. This is a pretty unique Mother’s Day gift. These lightweight, silky soft pure wool filled comforters will help your mom decompress and will lull her to the best sleep of her life. The camel wool is harvested from the two-humped Bactrian camels of the Gobi desert (Mongolia) where the animals feed on the plants that grow organically, without the use of pesticides, herbicides or chemical fertilizers. The wool is encased in a soft fabric that remains when a sleeper moves during the night. 

Your mom perhaps uses a memory foam mattress that retains body heat causing her to overheat, sweat and experience discomfort, disrupting her sleep. In such a case a wool mattress topper is a great Mother’s Day present. It will make her sleep more restful. It will keep her body temperature more comfortable, will alleviate the pressure, and extend the life of your mom’s mattress. It can be used all year round. Wool mattress toppers are recommended for those who are allergic to memory and polyester fibers or are bothered by the off-gassing caused by a new mattress.

You can also upgrade your mom’s bed with a natural wool pillow with adjustable loft. This pillow features a zipper and a sleeper can remove the wool filling to make the pillow lower and softer or add more wool stuffing or other filling to make the pillow higher and firmer. Our adjustable wool pillow will help your mother find her comfort zone.

Create the ultimate natural sleep retreat for your mom with our 100% cotton bed sheets with corner straps, that will keep hot sleepers comfortable on warm, humid nights. These pure cotton bed sheets wash well and do not pill. The strong elastic straps attached to the corners of a fitted sheet, will firmly hug the mattress and the sheet will never come off. Elderly people, who do not have good manual dexterity, say that it is easier to put such a fitted sheet on the mattress because you can slip only the strap under a mattress and do not have to put the entire corner of the sheet on the corner of the mattress.

Spring is also the time when the days are getting longer and the sun peeks through the window and wakes people up before they have to get up. Let your mom shield those bothersome sun rays with a natural mulberry silk sleep mask. Silk will also have a cooling effect on your mother’s eyes and will help her relax. A dark sleep mask signals the body to increase melatonin levels, which is a natural hormone produced by the brain that helps you fall asleep. Moreover, real silk contains protein that reduces moisture loss and decreases the risk of wrinkles.

Our sheepskins were not treated with fire retardant or other harsh chemicals. They are undyed unbleached hides and since they are all natural they don’t off-gass chemical fumes. The color is uniform and matches any decor. Sheep fur is naturally antibacterial and doesn’t have to be cleaned as often but these sheepskin rugs can be washed if they get dirty over time. In winter the sheepskin will keep your mom’s feet warm when she gets up on a chilly morning.

If you are looking for Mother’s Day gift ideas for a new mom, we recommend our versatile wool filled nursing pillow. It’s bigger than a Boppy brand pillow and has no synthetic content. This pillow features a zipper that allows to remove the wool filling to make the pillow flatter/softer or add wool or other filling to make the pillow higher and firmer.

Your mother will appreciate the many benefits of wool bedding. Comfortable temperature is the most important factor for good night’s rest. Therefore, wool filled bedding will help people sleep better due to wool’s natural ability to regulate a sleeper’s body temperature. Wool helps maintain constant body temperature when the temperature in the bedroom changes. In winter, natural wool bedding keeps a sleeper warmer than synthetic bedding. Synthetic filling, such as polyester, is flat and does not have air pockets. Wool bedding is fluffier due to wool’s natural crimp. The crimp creates air pockets that trap body heat and keeps it close to a sleeper. In summer, wool bedding wicks away the perspiration keeping the skin dry. Wool conducts moisture away from the body absorbing up to one third of its weight without feeling damp. Wool comforters are especially recommended for older women that experience night sweats or hot flashes. Synthetic and feather filled (down) bedding creates an environment for dust mites, bacteria and fungus to grow because they hold moisture.

Down may cause overheating and sweating because down does not regulate body temperature. Down also has another inherent problem – the feathers inside the comforter do not hook up onto each other and loose feathers move to the edges creating cold spots in comforters. Wool comforters, on the other hand, consist of a single piece of wool batting where the fibers are intertwined and inseparable. Unlike down, wool filled bedding also helps keep dust mites at bay and reduces the risk of allergies. Moreover, down bedding recently gained a bad reputation because PETA inspectors discovered that farmers plucked geese and ducks live causing severe injuries and sewing their skin together without the use of anesthetics.

We are confident your mom will appreciate your thoughtful eco-friendly presents and enjoy the benefits of natural bedding. Scientific studies showed that sleeping on or under wool lowers a heart rate and has a calming effect. If you procrastinated and are looking for last minute Mother’s Day gifts, you can order them online from the comfort and safety of your home, and have them delivered directly to your mom along with a greeting card. No need to step outside. Shop from your comfort of your home and avoid risk of contracting Covid-19.