Infant Bedding Cover Ticking

With infant bedding, the mattress cover, called the mattresses "Ticking" predetermines the life expectancy of the mattress.

While the consumer can save fifty dollars by buying your infant's bedding covered by a single layer of vinyl, the top rated mattresses covers come with two or three nylon layers. For the most part these have a stronger gauge nylon bonded to a waterproof material. They also have a heavy gauge binding which stitches the top and bottom ticking panels to the panels on the side of the mattress.

By contrast, the a single layer of vinyl does not have the tensile strength of nylon and will tear more easily. Unfortunately this attribute seems to worsen with time. The failure mode of mattresses is the tearing of the cover, generally along a side seam and usually from bouncing on the bed. ). A child who jumps on the mattress puts a lot of pressure on the seam and an inferior cover will split. Look for a mattress with a nylon reinforced cover.