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Babies: 9 - 12 Months
Mereou12
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Would you put a space heater in LO's room?
Mereou12
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DS's room is FREEZING. It's a good 5+ degrees colder than the rest of the house, thanks to 2.5 outside walls and a vaulted ceiling. He slept in our room until 4.5 months, so it wasn't ever an issue last year...but my poor little guy is freezing by morning! It's been getting pretty cold here overnight, and even though he's wearing fleece jammies, he's been waking up earlier than usual because he's cold. This morning he was up before 6, and then slept on me in the glider for over an hour with his poor hands tucked under my armpits.
I bought a space heater, but I'm SO nervous to use it in his room. It has a digital thermometer, so I can set it to run at a specific temp (to avoid overheating the room)...but it still scares the crap out of me. I set it last night, but ended up turning it off before I went to bed.
Are any of you using a space heater in LO's room?
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Re: Would you put a space heater in LO's room?
my husband is a firefighter and he says flat out NO. the only kind he would ever use (and only in a room where someone is awake is the oil filled kind, and even then, he said they can be a fire hazard.)
is it possible to turn up your a heat a few degrees? or put in a ceiling fan and turn it to the option that pushes the warm air down?
That's what I figured...and that's why I turned it off last night!
I've tried to turn the heat up...but even at 75 degrees, his room is still pretty cold. And it'd cost a fortune to run the heat at that temp, even if just at night. I hadn't thought of reversing the ceiling fan, though. Thanks for the idea -- I might have to give that a try!
there is usually a switch on the base that changes the direction of the blades. in stead of a cool breeze it will push the warm air down but still circulate the air. we always switch all of ours in the winter!
We have an electric heater fan we use for DS's room. His is the only room in the house without a radiator and it's in the corner of the house (and we live on a hill...so lots of wind).
I turn the heater on about 10 min before I take him up to warm up the room and since he still wakes once around 5am, I check how much the temp has dropped and if it's below a certain bit, I will rock him in the room or go nurse him while the fan runs for a bit to re-heat the room.
I still wouldn't feel safe with it running overnight even with an auto-shut off.
The best I have been told otherwise is keep LO in fleecy PJs and add layers of blanket...but not to use blankets that didn't allow breathing, like synthetic ones. We have "waffle" blankets where they're almost a knit or crochet type so lots of little breathable holes and he has one of those on top of his regular knit blanket. Seems to keep him warm enough.
We don't have a space heater in his room, but one on the landing outside of his room. Our upstairs only has 2 bedrooms (his and ours). I don't feel comfortable leaving a space heater in his room, but like your LO, his room is always FREEZING due to two outside walls and poor window insulation (we're getting ready to cover them with plastic for the winter).
Our space heater has a thermostat and has the safety feature that it turns off if it's tipped over. I make sure it's not close to anything that could catch fire.
Thank you SO much! I had no idea that ceiling fans could do that...and I had never even noticed the switch there before! I've got it on now, so we'll see if it makes a difference tonight.
Again, thank you for the suggestion!