Will you use your woodburning fireplace this winter?

emmyloustu · December 2009

We are trying to decide if we want to order our delivery of wood or seal the fireplace this winter. I have read the heat from the fire is very drying to infants and can cause/aggravate respiratory problems. We are leaning towards sealing it off, but curious what others are doing...

EmmieB · December 2009

We're using ours.

Babies survived for thousands of years with only fire as their source of heat. We've got a humidifier in the bedroom to counter-act the natural dryness of our area.

MrsPreK · December 2009

We use ours....

aes62679 · December 2009

We plan on using ours... I've never heard of any reason not to.

We're probably not going to use it every night and we won't be putting LO directly in front of it but it's a great source for heat without having to turn the actual heat up!

emmyloustu · December 2009

I forgot to add that the family room is FREEZING and the fireplace is a huge culprit of drafts and heat loss for us.

Jamie.L.Craig · December 2009

We use ours now and did last winter...just make sure you have a humidifier and smoke/carbon monoxide detectors.

susanlovestexas · December 2009

We're using ours!

MrsHK · December 2009

Not likely. Not related to the baby, it just really heats the house a lot. So unless we have some really cold nights I doubt we'll want to heat it up. We don't do wood delivery though. Even when we do use it, it's not that often we just buy a few bundles.

TXTwisterBabe · December 2009

EmmieB:
We're using ours.
Babies survived for thousands of years with only fire as their source of heat. We've got a humidifier in the bedroom to counter-act the natural dryness of our area.

This. Nolan will survive.

swimrbride · December 2009

We will use ours. We don't use it often though.

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