heating on at night with a baby?

[petemurphy]

Hi,

live in a flat where the bedroom with us and the baby is in a converted cellar ( with door and window its not quite as grim as it sounds! ). It does, however, get v cold at night. the missus ( yes its surprising its this way round ) wants the heating off all night as she gets too hot when it comes on - i am thinking its far too cold for baby.

baby is in warm sleeping bag thinghy and has blankets but head and hands are exposed. will she be warm enough if the heating is off?

thanks

[spike ST500]

you could get thermostats fitted to the radiators, these will prevent rooms getting too hot.

[Pints]

With respect, your missus needs to suck it up and think of what's best for your baby.

The recommended temperature for a room is around 18C IIRC.
If it's much below this then you should have the heating on.

Your child is more important than a few hormonal swings.

[With these feet]

There are some excellent bits of kit available if you think its an issue.
We had an egg shaped temp monitor that changed colour, blue was too cold up to red for too hot - a quick glance showed if it was in the safe range for the kid as they dont have the ability to regulate their temperature like adults.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Grobag-Egg-HC111/dp/B000DZ...

[petemurphy]

Pints said:

With respect, your missus needs to suck it up and think of what's best for your baby.

The recommended temperature for a room is around 18C IIRC.
If it's much below this then you should have the heating on.

Your child is more important than a few hormonal swings.

Can you come and tell her that?!

[williamp]

With these feet said:

There are some excellent bits of kit available if you think its an issue.
We had an egg shaped temp monitor that changed colour, blue was too cold up to red for too hot - a quick glance showed if it was in the safe range for the kid as they dont have the ability to regulate their temperature like adults.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Grobag-Egg-HC111/dp/B000DZ...

we have this. Works well. You can always turn the radiator off/close the valve slightly in the bedroom if its an issue- ie let less water into the radiator.

[deckster]

So exactly what do you mean by 'v. cold'? As somebody's already said, babies can't regulate their temperature like we can and it's actually better to run the room slightly colder then you might think - somewhere between 16-18 degrees is normally recommended, rather than the usual 21-22 that most people do, and will definitely feel pretty chilly compared to what you're used to.

Clearly you don't want the nipper to freeze, but it's better to have the room a little cool and wrap them nicely in a vest, babygro and fleecy suit.

[Shaw Tarse]

A few days after I was born, mum thought it would be a good idea to let me get some fresh air & put my pram outside


Great!

December,



In Canada!

[Pints]

petemurphy said:

Can you come and tell her that?!

Grow a pair and tell her yourself.

And then come back and tell us how that worked out for you.

[croyde]

Pints said:

petemurphy said:

Can you come and tell her that?!

Grow a pair and tell her yourself.

And then come back and tell us how that worked out for you.

[bexVN]

Much safer a bit cool than too warm.

Sleeping bags have different togs for different room temps with a guidance as to what sleepwear should go with them. Our baby monitor has the room temp on it which helps us know if we need to add/ remove a blanket (we still sometimes put a light sheet on him even with sleeping bag rather than have the heating on. He's done fine so fasr

[thetapeworm]

With these feet said:

There are some excellent bits of kit available if you think its an issue.
We had an egg shaped temp monitor that changed colour, blue was too cold up to red for too hot - a quick glance showed if it was in the safe range for the kid as they dont have the ability to regulate their temperature like adults.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Grobag-Egg-HC111/dp/B000DZ...

On sale at Mothercare at the moment - £13.30.