Maintaining nursery temp as it gets colder out

sidey1

We live in Brooklyn in a brownstone and have radiator heat, unfortunatley there is only a thermostat in our neighbors in the first floor apt. Oh the joys of living in a really old building.  It's pretty chilly tonight and DS nursery is already 69 and dropping. We asked our neighbors who we are fortunately very friendly with, to turn the temp up so the heat will come on but it's still really hard to maintain an even temperature in our apartment since there's a big difference between the temp on our floor and their floor. They also said our landlord comes and periodically checks it to make sure it's set at 70. (he's beyond cheap) I knew this would be an issue, just didn't anticipate it happening so early. DH and I are kind of at a loss about how we're going to address this issue all winter long, beyond the idea of moving which timing wise is just not a good idea right now and 90% of the places in brooklyn are old buildings anyway. DS is in a sleep suit and I'm going to stick some socks on him but I'm still worried about him being too cold. Anyone else in a similar situation or in an old drafty house and if so how are you dealing with it?

Bizzy80

What about a small electric heater for his room? We just bought one for dd's room to keep it warmer in the winter. Her room tends to be cooler than the rest of our house.

Pitterpatter44

Maybe look into getting one of these? https://www.solarcomfortheat.com/. I hate to heat parts of our house that we don't use so before LO was born we'd keep the thermostat at 60 at night during the winter and then just run this in our bedroom. It's way cheaper to run than a regular electric space heater. Totally worth the investment!

sidey1

Well last night went ok, we asked our neighbors to leave the temp at 72 and it kicked in and we were pretty toasty but then it didn't come back on for the rest of the night. I checked on DS at 2am and it was 70 in his room and he seemed fine. We still have the a/c unit in the window so once that comes out the challenge will be how to cool the room off if it gets too hot, we'll probably get a regular fan to keep the air circulating and provide white noise. I swear there's always something new to worry about isn't there.  Since we both work in NYC living in Brooklyn is super convenient and I love our neighborhood but I swear I'm just totally over Apt living, I think our days are numbered unless I win the lottery!