Rehydrate the room my daughter is poorly

Counting_Pennies_2

I wonder if anyone can tell me how I can go about rehydrating the house.

My daughter has the most dreadful dry cough and I think it is because the moisture in the house has been taken out by the central heating being on all the time in this cold spell.

I had in my mind last night (as she joined me in bed and coughed all night) a little contraption to hang over the radiator with water so it would evaporate with the heating on.

Does such a thing exist?

Thanks

Sambucus_Nigra

A damp towel?

pinkpig08

Such things do exist - my grandma used to have them. I think you might find them in brochures such as Betterware?

Edit: Like this?

amandada

Damp towel on the radiator's probably most effective, or a bowl of water nearby

Caroline_a

A few plants?

heretolearn_2

I used to have storage heaters that dried the air out horribly. I used to stick a saucer of water on them.

babyshoes

I have used an old jam jar of water sitting on the radiator before. If you like, you could also add something to the water with soothing eucalyptus oil in it, like vicks or olbas oil or similar. Less effective than breathing the steam from a bowl with a towel over the head, but easier to do, and longer lasting!

custardy

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4250894/Trail/searchtext%3EWARM+HUMIDIFIER.htm

we have one of these
a little eucalyptus oil in the container and close the door
used it when my boy was 1 and was really bunged up with a cold
used a few times since for him and for me overnight if i have a cold

minerva_windsong

Was going to suggest a bowl of water near the radiator, possibly with a couple of drops of eucalyptus oil or Olbas oil.

jenhug

i used towel;s that i wet and put some eucalyptus oil on them..

Janepig

Same advice here - wet towels or flannels on the radiator and a bowl of water in the room.

Jxx