Monday, October 29, 2007
Space Heaters
I know they can be dangerous and a fire hazard. But so can pajamas! However, my daughter's room is the farthest room from the furnace which means she gets the coolest air. Plus, her room is on the corner so two of her walls face the outside of the house. Her room gets stuffy in the summer and cool in the winter. When she was little, we'd open her door overnight after we went to bed so air would circulate. This year, I don't think that will work with my light little sleeper! I would like to get a space heater. My hubby objects. He worries about the hazards. Not to involve you in my domestic dispute :) or anything, I'd love some advice or experience. It's not even that cold yet here, and her room is already chilly!
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We have the exact same problem with my daughter's room! We haven't tried the space heater yet, we just open her door before we go to bed. I also use a warm air humidifier this time of year, and that keeps it a little warmer in there too. Let me know what you decide!
I would use a space heater. Another alternative is to keep your heat set higher so that room is warmer (although then the rest of the house might be too warm).
Another option is to buy thicker jammies for her to wear. I wonder if babies get as cold as we think they do.
We buy thick fleece jammies for her but she still wakes up with a pink nose! :)
We would set the temp higher but then we'd go broke! the winter is too long in MN and you're right, it would be too hot in the rest of the house.
I told my Mom about this and she suggested getting a space heater and installing a smoke detector directly in her room as well as taking the normal precautions of unpluging it during the day, etc.
We found the Greatest little invention!!!! It's a thermostat that you plug into the wall. Then you plug the space heater into the thermostat. The thermostat works just like a furnance thermostat. You can set the temperature for different times of the day and the thermostat controls the space heater. When it's too cool in the room, it turns on the heater, warm enough, it turns it off. Margaret's room used to be our walk-in closet, which had NO heat. So we used this method for the first 7 months of her life, and it worked great. I can find the site for you to order the thermostat if this is something that interests you. Of course, nice pjs also helps :)
I don't have the freezing MN temps. that you do but when it gets colder we just add more quilts...I guess this could be dangerous also...does M still put blankets over her head?
Jen L, I would like the site for that thermostat if it's not too much trouble!
Yeah, that's cool Jen L! Teriney, no, she doesn't cover her head with blankets anymore! She's gotten over her asphyxiation (sp?) craze!!! :)
We put a warm air humidifier in their room, put T-shirts on under their jammies, and (what really made the most difference) put plastic over their windows (bought at WalMart: Indoor Window Kit). It cost about $8, and we were ASTOUNDED at how much warmer their room was! Talk about a money saver!
I don't know if she'd keep it on, but since humans lose something like 85% of our heat through the head, maybe you could try a stocking cap at night. I would definitely get a smoke detector in her room (even w/o the heater).
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