heater for newborn

Smiley_Mum

Bear in mind that a little ones hands are always cold, no matter what. We had a little nursery thermometer from Boots. LCD one, about £8 I think. Still have it now several years later, out in the hallway. The wee ones room was continually at 70 degrees and he seemed ok in that, not too hot, not too cold.

Both my wee ones were swaddled in a cotton blanket and then in a cotton cellular blanket. They slept no problem and they didn't kick the blankets off or anything.

To heat the room we had a Dimplex heater with a timer on it so you could set it to go on and off throughout the night at set intervals to keep the room at a reasonable temperature.

A blackout blind to make sure the nursery is dark as dark can be is good too as the pitch black helps condition the brain for sleep. Dimmer switch would be a good idea too when you need to nip in during the night to do changes/feeds etc.

Came across this one which is 375w which would be good to keep the chill off the room etc and wouldn't cost too much to run. At the bottom of the page, around £15 I think.

http://www.rbstaronline.co.uk/acatalog/Dimplex_Panel_Heaters.html

sammysmum

Congratulations! I am a huge fan of the Grobags (Bumpto3.com) and have just ordered a new spring one for my expected one as he is due in June. My elder son has only just come out of his when he moved into a bed froma cot. I found he slept through the night with them because he never could kick the covers off and even for new borns, are brilliant because they feel cossetted.

I do not like using any heating in the room, especially any thatcan give fumes off, just in case, and with grobags I found I never needed to, even in the depths of winter. Just adjust the layering of the baby's clothing depending on the seasons.

Zziggi

Is it safe to run a heater (such as the one below) from a 4 gang extension lead(nothing else plugged in it)? The heater has a thermostat on it so would be great for taking the chill of DD's bedroom during the night.

http://ws1.kelkoo.goshopdirect.co.uk/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=DE-TRD1025T

Alleycat

When you move the baby into her own room if the heater goes in there too, make sure it is wall mounted so when she is on the move she can't accidentally pull it on top of her. This happened to a friends nephew, fortunately he was okay, just a bit shaken. Though a lot of the portable heaters these days come with wall mountings.

Karnam

we dont have central heating and we manage with blankets and sleeping bags. then again baby sleeps in our bed!

Becles

Be careful doing that. My friend had her baby in their bed. The child is 9 years old now, and refuses to sleep in her own bed. As she's bigger now, she sleeps with her mother in the double bed, and her husband has moved into the spare room as it was too crowded in the bed!

I put mine in the cot in their own room from birth.

jockettuk

Becles wrote:

Be careful doing that. My friend had her baby in their bed. The child is 9 years old now, and refuses to sleep in her own bed. As she's bigger now, she sleeps with her mother in the double bed, and her husband has moved into the spare room as it was too crowded in the bed!

I put mine in the cot in their own room from birth.

similar thing to my friends only now they divorced as she wouldnt let child be on his own and when the second one came along lots of trouble with older one and eventually husband had enough as all the love was out of there marriage and now they divorced.

sammysmum

FSIDS, the cot death society recommend your children sleep in the same room as you, in their own cot, until at least 6 months old. Quite why this is I do not know, but I follow that recommendation along with grobags.

I have to buy a new mattress today as well for baby to be! Horrified how much the good ones cost but it will be worth every penny if it means baby to be is safe and well supported.

Karnam

yea i really tried withthe cot thing.... what a waste of money

its just an evil cycle, as if you breast fed you know how much easier it is to do lying down at night, and then both you and baby fall asleep... i think its easier to put them down if you bottle feed, but it all depends on what you chose to do.

id rather breast feed and have her sleep in our bed for a few months (from around 4 weeks til she's weaned) than give formula and have problems with colic, constipation, and all the regular formula problems like lower iq asthama, ezchema, obesity etc. etc.

Becles

I still breast fed - just made a point of putting them in their own cot from day 1, as I wouldn't have settled properly myself if they were in the same bed as me.

I did have the eldest in our room for a couple of nights at first, but I found I wasn't sleeping properly as he made funny noises in his sleep and I lay awake thinking he was going to wake up in a minute! I put him in his own room, and I slept better not listening to his funny noises.