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Moms know all too well that children have accidents (all kinds!) and adults sweat and breast milk leaks and dust mites thrive and children get asthma and the list goes on… As moms, these are problems that affect us.

Protect A BedSo naturally we jumped at the chance to review the Protect-A-Bed mattress covers.

Personally, I have whipped off too many sheets and mattress covers to frantically wipe a sopping wet mattress. But thankfully I’m done with that middle-of-the-night linen-changing chaos. The Protect-A-Bed mattress protectors have got my family covered. Now I don’t have to worry about accidents, dust mites, and all the rest that threatens a mattress.

These are more than mattress covers — they are protectors! And mattresses definitely need to be protected.

(Tonight my son said that his stomach was hurting. With the stomach flu going around, I am fearing the worst. So I put a sheet on the carpet, and a bucket by his bed. But I am not worried about his mattress. At least that will be safe!)

If you haven’t heard about Protect-A-Bed mattress protectors, here is a quick rundown:

In 1980, makers of Protect-A-Bed set out to make a mattress protector that was waterproof, healthy and allowed for a comfortable night’s sleep. A greater awareness of other health aspects made it even more important to protect mattresses and pillows against dust mites, a major cause of asthma, allergies and eczema. After much expense, trial and error and research and development, the Protect-A-Bed premium bedding protectors were successfully created and are now available throughout the world.

Protect-A-Bed Product Details:

  • Made of 100% natural terry cotton surface, it stays cool in the summer and warm in the winter, providing a soft, quiet and comfortable sleep.
  • Proprietary Miracle Membrane®, a new age breathable barrier fabric, is waterproof and protects your mattress from all liquids, even sweat and urine.
  • Hypoallergenic, to permit a healthy and anti-allergy sleep zone.
  • Prevents dust mites and bacteria from breeding in a mattress, which can cause asthma, eczema and rhinitis.
  • Can be machine-washed and tumble-dried over 200 times without losing its effectiveness.
    Trusted product that is recognized as a Class 1 Medical Device by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

If you haven’t tried out a Protect-A-Bed before, you can head over to their site for more information.

UPDATE: It’s been 12 years since we wrote this blog post. Since then we’ve bought many Protect-A-Bed sheets for all our families’ beds. We love them! And recently we wrote a Nectar Mattress review that you’ll definitely want to check out. It’s an affordable way to get a super comfortable mattress.

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  2. Can someone please tell me where the review is about this product…Someone was going to win it so it could be reviewed and I can’t find anything about the review!!

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  24. Protect a bed, where were you 30 years ago? Better late than never. Now the grandchildren are here!!!!! PPLLEEAASSEE!!!!!

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  38. Every one of us in our family needs one of these badly. It’s fun to win things, especially if it is something you really need!

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  40. I’m so glad they have a product like this! I’d love one and my children have little ones. They can really use them!

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  61. My son CONSTANTLY uses his markers on his bed and, being 5, gets them all over the sheet and through to the mattress…I need a protector!

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  63. I could absolutely use these…the baby days are over at our house, but now the kids are school-age and bringing home the flu and every other virus 🙁

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  70. Oh we REALLY REALLY REALLY need to win this prize!!!!! I mean we REALLY do LOL

    Thanks for the opportunity for us to win.

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  80. My husband almost went nuts with his nasel congestion this summer until he power vacuumed and steamed the dust mites from our mattress!

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  86. We currently don’t have any mattress protectors on any of our beds. These sure would be put to good use if we happen to win. thank you for the contest.

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  93. My middle son is a bed wetter and we have used many mattress covers but they all seem to tear so quickly. This sounds like a great mattress cover and my family would love to try it!

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  107. this would be wonderful..with 3 children and a recent housefire in which we lost most everything..im still rebuilding our household

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  109. this would be wonderful….with me and my son having asthma and with grandkids spending the night..they have an occasional accident

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  113. between asthma, allergies, leaky diapers and the never ending stomach flu plague, these would be great to have around!

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  137. I would so love to win this ! I have six children and I am constantly mopping up mattress spills from sickness, urine or just accidents with drinks/food. This would be a Godsend for us !!

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  147. I want to win! Our first child, who is 5, has severe enough allergies that he takes allergy shots weekly. I definitely could use these on ALL our beds to protect from allergens and prevent allergic reactions! And our little princess still wears diapers . . . ’nuff said. Thanks for having this very practical contest!

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  148. I have a bed wetter so this would be an awesome prize to win not to mention 3 kids still in diapers who leak through all the time. I would love these!!!

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  153. My 4th child has very full wet diapers, so I bought a cover. Now I want them for all the beds for other reasons. Thanks for posting this.

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  160. Great-looking products! We’d love to win and help keep the mattresses fresh with what seems to be a very durable product.

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  161. Wow, this is such a great idea. I have a plain old mattress pad, but it’s not nearly as effective as this!

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  162. Although we are (thankfully) past all the bed-wetting days – until grandkids come!!! – we do have family allergies. We’ve done many things already to help with the allergies – like removing our carpeting. These mattress covers sound like they would be a wonderful help!

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  166. Between my three year olds nightly accidents and the new baby’s diaper leaks, these sure would be helpful. Now if they only made some for couches!

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  183. Yes yes! I desperately need one of these! ~writes down company/product right away~

    Pleeeease enter me! Thank you!!!

    Leia

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  195. That sounds really awesome. With a toddler and a new baby accidents are abundant in my household. These are a must!

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  198. My children still have accidents (even though they would not ever admit to this). I would love some relief to realizing I will not have to have mattresses stained due to these.

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  216. Yep, sign me up, new infant in town, breast milk and a toddler back in bed with us due to the new infant in town 🙂

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  251. I’d love to win this prize. We just bought new mattresses for my son and daughter and I’d like to protect them now.

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  253. With one almost potty trained, but having night issues and one getting ready to start potty training……I need these!

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  255. Wow,

    We have severe allergys in our house, some of us have ashema.
    PLEASE PLEASE pick my name I need your mattress protectors.

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  259. These would be great! My daughter still has accidents and we keep a trash bag under her sheet just in case. This would be a much better solution.

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  269. These would be awesome for us – I have allergies and I think a couple of my girls do too. I’m linking back to you today as well! 🙂

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  280. we’re about to buy new mattresses + throw out our old ones because they’re gross, these fabulous mattress covers would protect our investment.

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  283. What a great prize. The only time I think about the mattress cover is when I buy a new mattress. I bet they should be changed on a regular basis.

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  285. Great idea. I am allergic to dust mites so this would be a help. And my 83-year-old mom occasionally has accidents so she could benefit, too.

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  301. This couldn’t have come at a better time, my pregnant daughter and her husband just moved back home with us. They definately will need one when the baby arrives and she is breastfeeding!

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  313. I’d love to see if this reduces some allergies…when your kids only cough when they are in bed, you wonder….thanks!!

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  326. I would love to have this, I am moving and just purchased a new bed for my daughter and I and this would be great for it

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  331. My husband gets up with the baby at night. HE will love finding that the mattress can now be protected from the nightly mishaps.

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  353. I’m against the plastic covers from a comfort standpoint, the cotton sounds like a much better way to protect the mattress.

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  354. Terry cotton sounds terrific. I would love to protect my mattresses with these!!!! Also have an adult elderly parent living with us and I hate the plastic mattress covers that rip, get holes and make a crunchy noise when you lay on them.

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  358. What a great prize. I’ve heard that our mattresses gain 1/4 of their weight in mites in 10 years- EWWW- so this sounds great;)

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  362. Oh wow, I could really use one of these for my bed. Maybe then we won’t have to throw out so many of our blankets since our son pee’d on them all.

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  367. my grandson and i have asthma. i’m sure these mattress covers would be useful. thanks for offering something so useful to so many people.

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  369. I have read several reviews on this product – all have been very, very positive. In our family we have allergy and asthma sufferes so these would be most welcome!

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  372. so great, especially for toddlers still learning about toilet training. And of course my cats who like to throw up on my bed.

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  377. I definitely need this. Our little one spits up often all over our sheets, we change his diaper on our bed, I nurse him so there is milk on the bed…I could go on and on…We really need this! : )

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  378. When my niece and nephew came to live with me I had to buy used mattresses. I would love these over the cheapie covers we now use.

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  382. These would be beautiful in my home! There are always something being spilled on the beds in my home! This would protect the beds and eliminate my having to drag around my lil’ green machine!!!

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  394. My 6 member family goes through mattress pads like the dickens. This is a really cool contest for a quality product. We should all be honored to be able to enter. Best of fortune to everyone.

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  395. I’m allergic to dust mites and my son still has accidents at night. I have yet to find a cover to really take care of both our issues.
    This one sounds great!

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  397. Oh my goodness, I could so use this! I’ve got an inexpensive waterproof mattress pad for my son’s bed, but I’ve just about worn it out. He hasn’t quite mastered the art of waking up at night to go to the bathroom, so I wash it a lot. A new one would be fantastic!

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  403. I had used the plastic protectors and that are really not at all that comfortable to sleep on so once we got past the bed wetting stage i just used mattress pads , not rally a protection. this product sound so much more comfortable & helps with dust mites , this product just gets better. hopefully I can win it if not hope the person who gets it know it is a winning product.

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  415. This would be a blessing! My youngest girl has kidney problems and sometimes has accidents. And my oldest son has just been potty trained. This would help us out a lot.

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  426. i used a plastic cover on my mattress–did not like it took it off your mattress cover looks like something better–

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  427. This would be perfect for our family. I have dust mite allergies and with 3 boys we sometimes go through a couple of wet nights a week. Please enter me the contest.

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  434. I sure could use one of these considering all the ointments I use on my aches and pains from a back injury.

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  435. Ahhhh What a nice gift for Mommy…just what we need to stop the “leaks” Please enter our family…we sure could use these!

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  443. I absolutely REQUIRE these! My middle child has pretty severe dust mite allergies. She’s has to take Zyrtek every day or she breaks out into an all-over body rash. We have good-enough mattress covers on all of our beds, but we’re trying to wean her off the medicine and we could really use this. My fingers are crossed hard for this one!

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  453. My husband is severely allergic to dustmites and we have been needing new covers. I would love to win this contest.

    Thanks so much for hosting it!

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  454. Sounds great….i’ve heard how dirty mattresses could really be, so that sounds like a great way to protect us from all of those germs!
    Thanks!

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  468. Would love to win this. My sons have allergies and this would be great. Thanks for the very useful contest.

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  478. Those sheets sound wonderful. I would love to win, and I know the whole family would benift from some alergy protection.

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  481. We all have allergies… and seems like lately I have had to wash beds all the way to the pad for a variety of reasons– brerastmilk, baby diaper accidents… night sweats… etc… Great idea for a contest!

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  485. This is an awesome product. Right now, we only have one for our mattress – and what I really like about it is that it is waterproof, but you don’t sweat b/c of sleeping on it! I would love to get them for the rest of my beds in my house!

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  522. These would be awesome! We’re just starting to search for something like these due to my husband’s allergies.

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  523. These mattress covers sound like a terrific idea! I always think, one of these days I’ll go out and find something to protect our mattresses, and then I never do. It would be wonderful to win these, and then spread the word on how they work. Please enter me!

    htpp://melissaneece.blogspot.com
    (lots of pregnancy and natural living links)

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  524. That would be great then I could take the garbage bags out from under the kids sheets. I leave them there just in case…

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  542. Being an allergy sufferer, I already have one on my bed, but when our little one moves into the big-boy bed soon, it would be so nice to have one of these! 🙂

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  549. this would be wonderful to win. I hate when spills get on the mattress. this will save me time and stress.

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  553. I freeze while my husband sweats. My son insists the dog sleep with him. Man, I need these. Count me in for the drawing!

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  561. WOW! I need these! I have four kids…they all get sick one after the other and I am changing sheets and scrubbing mattresses all the time! I pray that I win. The good Lord knows I need these!

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  568. Oh pick me! Friday, the 2nd, is my birthday and these would be a great present! My husband has eczema and my other children have a few allergic issues….these would be perfect for them!

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  572. This is a great prize! My oldest daughter has asthma and is allergic to dust mites. This would be perfect for us.
    Enter me please!

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  575. Wow! That sounds great! As the mom of two occasional bedwetters, 1 large drooly dog and two aging cats, I sure could use an assortment of these for our family’s beds!!!! Count me in!

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  582. this a good idea. we don’t think of our bed being soiled. but the kids crawl into bed, babies, breast milk, etc… ew.
    i wish i thought of this!

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  585. Please enter us, as we will be moving up to a big girl bed. Those big girl mattresses aren’t waterproof! And, frankly, we moms can always use the mattress cover for ourselves because, let’s face it, life can happen when you least expect it!

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  591. And I just bought new mattresses for the twins and lousy plastic coverings. Hopefully the covers will be coming my way.

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  598. Fantastic!! Enter me in too, please. We are one of the “Yikes!” families with 6 kids. These would be great.

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  608. so need these. we have been in our new home 6 years this month and each mattress cover I purchased at time of move is nearly worn out already.

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  618. This sounds promising! I have family members with assorted allergies, a recently potty trained but not necessarily making it through the night toddler, AND a neighbor’s dog with a continence problem who likes to come over and sleep (and pee) on our beds. I could really use these.

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  619. Oh that sounds wonderful! Right now we have one of those mattress pads on my son’s bed that has plastic backing to protect the mattress from his “accidents” and he sweats so badly sleeping on top of that thing! We could all use a great set of mattress pads like these!
    Thanks for another awesome chance at a great prize!

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  621. Please enter me, these sound wonderful. Between my husband’s allergies and our 12 year old mattress pad, this would be fantastic! Thanks!

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  624. Great idea. And BTW, I recently researched pillows (don’t ask why because I don’t remember why. Maybe I was researching bedding in preparation for buying a new mattress) and came across a recommendation that pillows be replaced after about two years for the same reason.

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  626. This would be great to have with new baby on the way and potty training in the not too far future (aaakk!). I try not to think what’s going on in our mattresses in order not to get yucked out, these would help!

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  631. Oh my gosh I want those!! With a baby, leaky boobs and three dogs we are in desperate need of some protection around here!

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  640. my husband has horrible allergies and we are always trying to figure out ways to reduce them. This would be great to have for all of us.

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  644. We could definitely use these. The toddler bed currently has a plastic cover over it, which may be chilly in the winter. Our bed has a regular mattress pad. Please enter me!

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  648. Oh wow, what a great sounding product! I use waterproof mattress pads on all the kids’ beds already, but the added dust mite protection is quite a bonus. Count me in as one of the hopefuls!

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  650. OH MY! HOW GREAT. MY HUSBAND AND 2 CHILDREN HAVE TERRIBLE ALLERGIES. THIS WOULD CUT DOWN ON DOCTOR VISITS, EVEN HOSPITOL VISITS.

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  652. My youngest son and I were just taking about bed bugs last night. He also has allergies. I am looking in to these today. Thanks for the offering the giveaway.

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  653. Oh~ we could SO use these in our family! I’ve tried so many different kinds of mattress pads, and I cannot find one that really protects my mattress. This sounds like just what I’m looking for!

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  654. Wow! Between allergies and sleep time accidents these would come in handy in our house! Please enter me! We would need three if we won!

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  657. I was just talking with a friend about mattress covers YESTERDAY! My son desperately needs one because of allergy issues and the allergist informed me that all beds in his room need to be covered, not just his. I would LOVE to win these!!! What a wonderful drawing! I’m off to look at the website.

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  669. Those sound awesome…I have asthma so great for me and my daughter just started wearing panties at night (fingers crossed) LOL

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  671. This would be a very awesome thing to win — I’ve tried several mattress covers in the past and never been completely satisfied with them.

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  684. This is a GREAT product!! Please don’t enter me as we already have one for everyone in the family, but I just wanted to say that it’s a wonderful investment even if you don’t win!}

    Steph

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  686. We have one of these on our King Size bed and it has been a life saver. No more towels under the baby while night nursing! I would love to have them for every bed in the house.

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  687. Those sound so great. I don’t mind washing sheets, even if it is every day, but the mattress washing/cleaning up is completely annoying. Thanks!!

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  694. Please, oh please, oh please! I’ve got a 3 y/o & 1 y/o. We’re about to transition the 1 y/o to a bed, because we live in a very small apartment. This would be very helpful!

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  699. Wow. These sound great! My girls both have their dogs sleeping at the end of their beds…I think this is the answer!!

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  700. Would love to win this! We’re sleeping on a government mattress, and I don’t want to THINK about the countless numbers of people who slept on it before us! UGH!

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  704. I have always wanted mattress covers for our beds, but have never gone out and picked any up. There always seems to be something on our list that we need more. I would love to be entered for this terrific prize.

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  709. We are right in the middle of bed wetting season so this would be a real gem to have : ) Please enter me in the draw.

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  710. This sounds wonderful. I am all too familiar with breast milk leakage, child accidents and I have severe allergies. I would love to win these.

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  711. Would love to have these – with my husband’s allergies and our European washer, it is truly a challenge to wash our bedding!

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  712. OK, I would really, really love to win these!

    Mary, mom to (umm, maybe I shouldn’t say in case the vast numbers might disqualify us from winning….)

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  714. That would be amazing on my bed! We have to wash our sheets every couple of days because of breast milk and diaper leakage. Yuck!

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