Room temperature

[OneCheekyMonkey]

So it has started getting colder at night and I have some new mum questions.

What temperature should I heat the room?
Does everyone heat their bubs room every night?

Thanks :o

[Lateralus]

OCM the SIDS guidelines for room temperature (http://www.sidsandkids.org/pdf/InformationStatement-RoomTemperatureSept2007.pdf).... hope this helps... :)

[Seacretsquirrel]

OCM - with Zahlia we lived in Melb and used one of those fin oil heaters (what a mistake that was - very very expensive) but it kept her room nice and warm but if you are using those rated sleeping bags and the suits that go under them you may find that you don't need to go overboard on heating the room - after our first bill using the heater we started just having the heating on bafore she went to bed to take the chill off and you can use a hot water bottle or wheat pack in the bed - before you put bubs in it - to warm it before bubs goes in - just remember to take it out.
We have AC in each room here (in Darwin) and we set them to 26 degrees which is perfect for us and nice and ecomomical on the hip pocket but we are cooling not heating so a bit of a difference!

[gizmoduckus]

We bought an econo-heat panel for DS1 and we love it.

www.econo-heat.com

It only heats the room to a pleasant warmth and it costs hardly anything to run. It is also very safe with children because it won't burn them if they touch it. We just hooked ours up to a timer and it used to switch on at around 3am which is usually just before the coldest part of the night.

We loved it so much that in our next house we are going to put them in every bedroom even ours.

[floodprincess]

Call me a bad mum but we never had the heating on in DD1s room when she was in it...unless the temp was 10 eg or colder, and then we would be heating the whole house to about 18 deg.

She would however have flannelette pjs, flannel sheets, one fleece blanket and a cot quilt. We never had any probs with her being cold.

Am going to look into those econo heating panels Giz mentioned because this house might be a little colder than the one we were in with DD1.

[bootiful]

i haven't been heating her room yet, have only just started rugging her up at nights.

she sleeps clothed in either a wondersuit or a bodysuit with socks, then in her kiddapotamus wrap, i tuck her in with a light blanket, then her crochet blanket over the top for weight not so much warmth.

i have a small room heater that i will use when it gets colder but we have 2 reverse cycles that will heat the house.

oh and i also have a winter sleep bag for her too

[jaq]

"new mum questions" :laughing:

Love that, because I'm getting to be an OLD Mum, and I'm STILL trying to figure this one out!

I keep wanting to invest in one of those egg glowy things that show you whether the room is too hot, too cold or just right (can't remember the name, sorry :o). Its all good and well to put a heater in bub's room, but how do you know when they are TOO warm?

Keep in mind that overheating is a bigger risk than hypothermia ... and they will generally wake you up if they get too cold.

I think I'm at the stage where we will be taking the heater out of Sofia's room and just using the general heating on cold nights. But she has just turned two, and she had a heater in her room last winter because we prefer to have the central heating off most nights here. (Melbourne)

ETA: Sorry to barge in on your birth group - I just realised!

[gizmoduckus]

Econoheat panels can't overheat the room, they just take the chill out of the room. That is why I love them.

I also love them because they heat the air that is already in the room and not pump warm air into the room that reverse-cycles do. We also have reverse-cycled airconditioning but I hate having it on at night because it is so dry and stuffy.

Sorry, now I am starting to sound like I sell them.... :laughing:

[Amara]

I read somewhere that the ideal temp for a nursery is 18 degrees.... to avoid bubs overheating.

[OneCheekyMonkey]

I feel kinda neglectful for not heating the room where bub is :o but what danger is there in bub being 'too cold' anyway?

I figure, grobag, long sleeved suit, bub will be fine.... for now. When it gets cooler I may have to rethink my approach.

[gizmoduckus]

There is no dangers if a baby gets too cold in their room apart from the fact they will probably wake up all the time because of it

[floodprincess]

Hey Giz

I was checking out the ecno-heat panels that you were talking about and they look awesome.

Was just wondering which office you got yours from? there doesn't appear to be any dealers in AUS...

[gizmoduckus]

We bought ours at the Parenting and Babies Expo a few years back but I can't remember who it was that sold it. I have seen them in a couple of baby stores here in SA so you might be able to find them in one of the stores where you are.

[floodprincess]

We bought ours at the Parenting and Babies Expo a few years back but I can't remember who it was that sold it. I have seen them in a couple of baby stores here in SA so you might be able to find them in one of the stores where you are.

Sweet thanks! Will keep looking....

[lavenderpegasus]

http://www.econoliving.com.au/Home/Home.asp

I bought mine online with a $12 delivery cost I thought it was very reasonable as I woud rather pay $12 than drive around sydney looking for a car park..


good luck

LP

[floodprincess]

Thanks for that LP...will check it out tonight (especially now that the temps are dropping and our central heating died)

[gizmoduckus]

Thanks for that LP! :thumbsup:

We were trying to look for some more for a new house and I was starting to get worried that we wouldn't find it. They confused us by changing the name on it.