No heater in my boys room (they're sharing atm) but Tys swaddled and I've stitched Jakes sheets to each other to make a sleeping bag shape and he has a winter weight merino sleep sack, merino and flannel pjs, a100% woolen blanket and a featherdown duvet. When he was younger I got suspender clips, attached them to elastic and used them to hold the edges of his blankets together under his mattress IYKWIM? Meant his blankets stayed firmly up and over him.
That's a good idea about the suspender clips Babe.
Last winter Rowan's room got down to 5 degrees at night. Our house isn't insulated and we are on the south side of the ridge so it is very cold even for Auckland.
We have wool filled duvet inners and flannel pjs and sheets and Morgan has merino nighties.
I don't think they should need heaters in their rooms personally - well not in Auckland anyway. (It is a heck of alot colder down south!)
AFAIK the recommended room temperature for sleeping is between 16 and 20 degrees. Not just for comfort but for resistance to respiratory and other cold related illnesses as well.
I doubt many uninsulated houses in NZ would fit in that category in winter.
But that's my completely unqualified and personal opinion
We have an column oil heater with thermostat in the kids bedroom. They share a room. They only sleep in there though so we dont really have to worry about henry playing with it. Also we hardly ever put it on. Haven't put it on this year yet and we are in chch. I have wool blankets on both the kids beds and they wear a good amount of layers to bed. Both children sleep through the night 7-7 and are always toasty warm when i check on them.
I know that over 16 is the recommended temp but i dont think henry would sleep very well at that temperature. He sleeps a lot worse in the summer than in the winter. Just something ive noticed. Of course i have no idea what temp their room actually is. We were thinking of getting a thermometer actually.
Since we got DVS the over all temp in the house rarely gets below 16 degrees, don't think I'd cope with it any colder. We've got econoheat panel heaters too.
We have a convection heater timed to go on between 2.30-5.30am in the winter. It also has a tip cut-out thing in it so he couldn't burn the house down. It also doesn't get hot enough to burn them. They're the best to run if you just want a few hours heat in that cold bit of the night, rather than using an oil heater.
Does anyone have one of the wall mounted ceramic heaters the warehouse sells? Kind of look like a small heat pump. Wondering if they are any good or expensive to run. They look like a good idea as they can be high mounted and look like they work the same as a heat pump.
We just have a oil fin heater in Josh's room and although he keeps turning it on and off at times its been good. He probably learnt the hard way its hot cos he doesnt touch the hot areas.
I don't think they should need heaters in their rooms personally - well not in Auckland anyway. (It is a heck of alot colder down south!)
AFAIK the recommended room temperature for sleeping is between 16 and 20 degrees. Not just for comfort but for resistance to respiratory and other cold related illnesses as well.
I doubt many uninsulated houses in NZ would fit in that category in winter.
But that's my completely unqualified and personal opinion
I agree that is that recommended temperature - our insulated house wouldn't stay within that temperature during the night, but I also think that the kids are warm enough in their beds.
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I have just bought another hot water bottle, so will be warming the kids beds before they get in. And my plan is to run the heat pump in the main rooms and then open the bedroom doors an hour before bedtime to let some warmth thru
Mum to two beautiful kids Luke (09.11.2007)
Amy (01.04.2009)
Our heater is on to take the chill of Liam's room if it's a bit colder than usual but never stays on other than that. We have a room/bath thermometer and have been reading up on what the temp should be (between 16 - 20 as others have said) so we just use that to keep an eye on the temp and make sure he has enough clothes and blankets. He seems nice and toasty
I don't think they should need heaters in their rooms personally - well not in Auckland anyway. (It is a heck of alot colder down south!)
AFAIK the recommended room temperature for sleeping is between 16 and 20 degrees. Not just for comfort but for resistance to respiratory and other cold related illnesses as well.
I doubt many uninsulated houses in NZ would fit in that category in winter.
But that's my completely unqualified and personal opinion
I agree that is that recommended temperature - our insulated house wouldn't stay within that temperature during the night, but I also think that the kids are warm enough in their beds.
I think it also depends on the house.. our last house in Onehunga was a sh*thole - it was so cold we had 7 convection and oil heaters in that house; one in each of the kids rooms.. didn't matter how many blankets etc that we put on their beds, it was freezing...
I'm hoping that this house is warmer during the winter.. we've got wall heaters which will heat their rooms... so I'm really hoping there won't be a need the heaters anymore.
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