Can’t sleep in hot and humid Milan?

Our little one fell out of bed the other evening with a thump, which scared us a little, I have to say.

Luckily, apart from frightening himself, he was OK and soon went back to sleep after shedding a few tears. However, what got to me more than the fall, was the puddle of sweat I noticed on his pillow. In fact he had probably turned over in an attempt to get away from the damp. Hence, his fall.

What, I asked myself, could be done about this? Enter, as usual, the Internet and after a search for ‘sweat absorbing pillows’, I discovered that pillows made of cotton with both the filling and the cover made of the same material, are well adapted to use in hot and sweaty climates.

Apparently, the cotton wicks the sweat away from the sleeper and so ends the puddle of sweat problem which happens with nasty synthetic pillows. Sweat absorbing cotton pillows also dry out more quickly.

On Monday, after having collected the wee one from school, we went on a cotton pillow hunt and found the things in a bedding shop not too far from where we live in Milan. I bought two of the things, one thinnish one for Marty and one thicker, and harder, one for myself. 28 Euros a piece.

This was money very well spent and these wonderful pillows do just as I had read. No more sweaty heads, I am pleased to report, and our little one seems to be sleeping more soundly too, as am I. I did not get one for my other half, because being 100% Italian, she hardly seems to sweat. Lucky beast.

So, if you are suffering from the heat here, you could do a lot worse than investing in a few cotton pillows.

Milan, Italy, where I live becomes very hot and sweaty from around late May until mid-September or so. Getting a good night’s sleep with all the heat is not easy, having a cotton pillow really does make a difference. I know, I have one.

Just a useful nugget of information which I hope may prove interesting to someone out there. Sleep well!