Let it breathe

After your mattress has been delivered and placed in your room, let it breathe for a few hours before putting bedding on it or using it. Giving the mattress time to breathe will introduce oxygen into the materials, softening them more quickly before your first night of use.

Add some weight

Wear clean socks and walk gently on your new bed for a few minutes each day:

• For a foam mattress, you can walk on it standing upright.
• For a hybrid mattress, crawl gently on your new bed for a few minutes each day. Move across it with your hands and knees to avoid shifting or damaging the pocketed coils. 

You can also place heavy items on your bed such as books or boxes, and shift them around periodically to distribute their weight across the top of the mattress. This will increase the flexibility of the materials in your new bed more quickly.

Put in the time

Sleep in your new bed every night, even if you aren’t used to it yet. This will ensure that the mattress material is given enough use to soften and flex. 

You can also read, watch television, or bring some work to bed to maximize the time you spend on your new mattress.

Warm it up

Adjust the temperature in your room — particularly if you've purchased a memory foam bed. The layers in a memory foam mattress can get firmer, even with only a few degrees difference in room temperature. By slightly increasing the temperature in your room during your break in period, your memory foam mattress will feel softer.