Preparing for winter III

pinkmami

Frugal wrote: »

Question pls ladies - can the yank ee wax tarts be used in ordinary essential oil burners?

I should think so x

springdreams

MarilynMonroe wrote: »

Poundland do earmuffs, and if you hold on for a bit you can get some nice snowman ones ;D

it's a nice day here in the north east - blue skys, bit of sun and everything!

Tesco also have earmuffs in. They are £4.

Katkin_2

ExTrolly101 wrote: »

Need help with this one if anyone could advice please? DS is still in a cot bed with a cotbed quilt of maybe one tog. Room very cold, what size single quilt would you use, he's moving into bottom bunk very soon. Looked on all mums sited got ltd info. Worried 4.5 won't be warm enough. Have 10.5 but DD has has 13.5 don't want to cook him or suffocate him. He wears pj's or fleecy sleepsuit to bed and is very wriggly in bed.

You dont say how old he is and whether still in nighttime nappies? Would he fit into one of the sleepbags for kids? You can get thicker ones (all have tog sizes) up to 3 years of age. Sleepbags have arms cut out, and you can provide an extra blanket. Not ideal if nighttime toilet trained though. TBH though my ds & dd came out of theirs into beds at the age of 2 1/2 straight into a duvet. Always used 10 tog or higher in winter as they will kick them off if they are too hot.

HTH, K

Opps sorry: missed your reply #851. Put him straight into a duvet. He'll soon learn to cover himself up if he kicks it off. You may have some disturbed sleep for anight or two as he may come in to tell you his bedding has fallen off his bed, but in the end he'll just get used to it. I used to worry about the kids getting cold, but they soon sort themselves out. Use a 10.5 and give him a blanket if he's cold when you go to bed.

Bella2012_2

Hi All,

This is my first post so bare with me...
I only moved into my own home this year and have never done any prep for winter. Can anyone offer any advice or tips on where to start? What to buy etc

Thanks

princessfufu

Hello - long time lurker on this thread and many thanks for all your tips x So here is a contribution from me and hope it helps someone! Just bought some 'car sun shields' from Tesco reduced from £2.00 to 37p - not for the sun of course (think thats long gone!) but they will make great reflectors for the back of my radiators for the winter months. HTH X

cattysmum

My first post on this thread so Hi everyone, do electric blankets cost much to run, Iv never had one before but if it is a winter like the last one I may invest and relegate the water bottle to the cats basket!!!

cattysmum

princessfufu wrote: »

Hello - long time lurker on this thread and many thanks for all your tips x So here is a contribution from me and hope it helps someone! Just bought some 'car sun shields' from Tesco reduced from £2.00 to 37p - not for the sun of course (think thats long gone!) but they will make great reflectors for the back of my radiators for the winter months. HTH X

Oooh what a good idea I will look out for some Thanks

tugrin

Hi you 3 newbies and welcome - like youve all come to the party together!!
Bella dont worry I have been unprepared for winter for the last 25 years!!!! Youl will get there now you're here IYSWIM
Princess great tip - thanks
Cattysmum - get one your life will change and they do not cost that much to run some claim 2p a night - there is bound to be someone on here who can tell you exactly how much they do cost to run.

kittycatface

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3554159
5,000 packs of free pipe lagging for yorkshire water customers, just ordered mine thanks to captain haddock on the freebies board but thought it might do well to give it a heads up on here.
I will try to go through and thank everyone individually for their advice as am new to this thread and its amazing the things I have picked up already. Off to aldi now to buy some salt in the hope that it absorbs some of the condensation in my living room! with radiators do i need to get that special homebase radiator foil or will ordinary household one work just as well??

mcjordi

its absolutley lashing down here.. and chilly..
not nescessarialy winter prep but im decorating the big bedroom this week.. although no one sleeps in there yet i wont be getting a carpet till after xmas/new year due to my car tax and mot being due then

Oh ive ran an arieal extenstion from the loft to the tv in the living room ready for when it snow as my sky goes off

and the weather forecast on bbc has just said snow showers arrggghhhh