room temperature at night

[Beagle]

Morning,

Last night when I did a 3;30 feed and change the room temperature had dropped to 13.4 degrees. 9 week old's neck was warm and her feet, and she didn't seem bothered. I doubled over another cellular blanket so she had x 2 doubled cellular blankets and one doubled cot sheet and again this morning when she woke she felt warm and happy and fed well.

I am loath to leave the heating on all night as the house gets too warm and although there is a lot of information on overheating, there is less on lower temperatures other than the optimum is 18 degrees, which obviously last night was some way off (of late room has been approx 15.4).

I know last night was particularly cold, but I am not sure how to balance room temperature v number of blankets. Should I be aiming for a warmer room and fewer blankets or continue as I am?

Any advice appreciated.

C

[Keef]

Leaving heating on is more likely to make you all ill, aswell as costing a fortune. Sounds to me like you're doing exactly the right thing.

[womanofdulwich]

there is another thread on here all about buying a small oil filled radiator with thermostart and setting it low in babies room. i think you are doing the right thing but no fun breast feeding in a cold room.

[The Nappy Lady]

Yes, oil filled rad with thermostat and plugged into timer switch so only on at night when temp drops too low - you can get them from Argos for ?50 or less. Crazy to heat the entire house all night.

[ljs]

Well my sons room at the mo is 14 degrees... In the really cold weather it will go down to 12 !! I actually think it's much healthier for us all to sleep in a cooler room.

I agree that layers of clothing and blankets work well at keeping our lo's warm in the cool temperatures...

[Beagle]

Thank you for pointer to previous thread, Woman of Dulwich, I had missed that.

The rad seems the best solution if temperatures continue to drop, and will avoid breaking the bank and turning us into raisins by keeping the heating on. I do think that cool is preferable to too warm for all three of us.

New mother panic de jour alleviated!