Nursery cold at night, suggestions?

kelbel2440

somehow LO's room seems to be the coldest room in the house at night. We heat the house to 72 at night but if I would have to guess its probably 69 or so in his room, which when it's 10 degrees outside feels frigid! Does anyone use a space heater in the nursery? I'd be paranoid about fire, or the room over heating. He sleeps in pjs and a fleece sleep sack and the back of his neck is luke warm to slightly cool. And he has been waking up screaming multiple times a night which is very out of character for him. DH's solution was to bring him into bed with him which he then slept fine, but goes against all independent sleep work I have done with him. Suggestions?

kmos816

Ours is the same way, we don't use a space heater though. We use pjs and fleece pjs so her arms are covered too and she seems warm enough.
Could he be teething?

kmos816

Another thing I do if it seems extra cold is keep her door open some of the heat from the house can go into her room- we don't have pets or anything though.

kelbel2440

Teething was my other guess but I have no clue how to tell :-) His cheeks are pink, that would be the only sign.

kelbel2440

No thermal curtains. Never heard of them! We are going to get that plastic wrap over the windows to seal them, see if that helps. I've had the humidifier going in there too cuz he has been stuffy so that is making it cooler too.

kmos816

kelbel2440 said:

Teething was my other guess but I have no clue how to tell :-) His cheeks are pink, that would be the only sign.

The only way I could tell was when her teeth came through! Then it was like.... Oh.....So that's why you couldn't sleep the past few nights!

Cecilbear

I see no problem setting the thermostat on a space heater. Keep it low and a good distance from any furniture. It's not like you'll be blasting it on high every night.

Dixon813

Liam is also in the coldest room in our house (during day, set to 68, overnight 64... But his room is always colder than that)

We do use a space heater in his room (one we used to use in our room) and he only sleeps in footed pjs.

Teresa1896

69 would be a sauna compared to my kids' room. Our thermostat is set to 65 overnight, but their room is probably 5-10 degrees colder courtesy of shoddy insulation. His little hands are always freezing but that doesn't mean his body is cold.
I had a space heater in their room last year and will do it again if needed this winter.

janice9821

Cora won't sleep if she is too cold. We use a space heater in the nursery on really cold nights. It's one of the ones that doesn't get super hot to the touch, and it has a thermostat so I can set it to the temperature I want and it will turn off and not turn the room into a sauna. Just to be extra safe, we keep it in the middle of the room far away from everything.

We were using a sleep sack but she stands now and has fallen when her feet get caught up and I don't want her to face plant the crib rails. She sleeps in footed jammies and has a small blanket.

snowbound

We use one. I either turn it on beforehand to warm it up or turn it on when he goes down for his first stretch and off when he wakes up. I do a variation of times and temps. I always feel cold in his room so I assume he does too.

ashcole28

I would freeze at your houses! When it's cold out it's 80 in my house.

edoliesmom

You northerners are crazy! I'm freezing if it's 70, so we keep it at 72. Good grief!

Laroo0220

ashcole28 said:

I would freeze at your houses! When it's cold out it's 80 in my house.

Holy crap! My husband would kill me. He gets mad when I turn the heat to 67 at night and complains how hot it is. Our nursery is chilly too and we do fleece jammies, fleece sleep sack and sometimes a onesie underneath. I also open her door when we go to bed and recently closed some of the vents which has helped a ton

penguinjenny

It's completely dependent on where you live. Last year we lived where it snows for the first time ever and it's just too expensive to keep the house at 70+ so I had to layer and put a bunch of blankets on the bed/couch so I didn't freeze my butt off. The heater was at 62 at night.Now that we're back where there's no snow the heater is at 68 again

Edited because I can't spell or use grammar

momofmanyinthemitten

We used a space heater in DS's room last winter. It has a thermostat on it and his room is right across the hall from us. I would love to use it in DD2's room, since it's the coldest room in our house, but she's not close to our room, our electrical hasn't been updated in years, and our house is 120 year old kindling. Instead, I'm using rope caulk and plastic. I just ordered new curtains as well. Leaving the door open would help, but she'd wake up DS or he would wake her up.

Talltrees82

In the fall before we needed the furnace on, I would run the space heater in LO's room beforehand and turn it off when we put him to bed. I was too paranoid to leave it running at night, and his room is so small that it heated up really fast.

ladygali

We are at 68 during the day and 64 at night. Although, DS wasn't going back down the other night, so I turned the heat up to 66 and when it started to warm up, he fell asleep. No idea if the events are connected but I told DH we need to keep it a bit warmer at night.

hlm184

68 in the winter in South Carolina.  Can't afford more than that, lol!  The insulation on this house is awful.

cnbean

DS's room is also the coldest in our house and he has always been fine in fleece jammies and a sleepsack. He's 2 now and usually ends up stripping off his jammies and blankets and sleeping naked, so its clearly not too cold! 

LaBelle0412

We do the house at 65-66, fleece jammies, and a gro bag. They sell the gro bags in different weights. We use the 2.5 tog for our house which is rated at 61-67 degrees. The 3.5 tog is for 54-61 degree rooms.

chichi589

We keep the house at 65 and its 19 degrees out lol we have a blackout/energy saving curtains on the windows. He sleeps in a fleece sleeper in a fleece sleep sack with his a&a blanket he snuggles with. He's plenty warm we've never had any issues.

Abcollins57

edoliesmom said:

You northerners are crazy! I'm freezing if it's 70, so we keep it at 72. Good grief!

I'm in Louisiana and I was thinking the same thing! It's 50 degrees outside and my heat is set to 73!

We only use the vents in baby's room and the main living areas, all of the other bedrooms and bathrooms are closed. This lets him stay warm and us not toast!

edoliesmom

Northerners, how is your light bill in the winter months from keeping the heat so low? I know a lot of other factors play into how much a light bill is, but I'm just curious.

ladygali

Lower temp = lower electric bill.

edoliesmom

@MrsStanton87‌ lol Yes, light bill = electric bill. Maybe that's a southern thing too.

@elyse4281‌ I know. I've just read a couple comments about how someone couldn't afford to keep their house at 68+, but for me, winter is my lowest bill. Summer highest even though I keep it around 74-76.

Dixon813

I'm in ohio and our electric bill is higher in the summer because we have our A/C on and our gas bill is higher in the winter because the heat is on. I don't think out bills are bad because we don't set our A/C low or heat that high...

hlm184

edoliesmom said:

@MrsStanton87‌ lol Yes, light bill = electric bill. Maybe that's a southern thing too. @elyse4281‌ I know. I've just read a couple comments about how someone couldn't afford to keep their house at 68+, but for me, winter is my lowest bill. Summer highest even though I keep it around 74-76.

I'm in South Carolina, but the bills in the winter can get out of control because the houses are so poorly insulated.

Merlyna04

My a/c didn't work for the first cold front here in Florida it was 51 inside the house:( so of course she slept with me , we call are landlord and we got it fix now is 73 inside .

ashcole28

Our electric bill is much lower in the winter here. We heat with wood.