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does anyone use an electric blanket for children

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  • My mum uses an electric blanket to warm the bed for my kids but I don't own any, I do however put a single quilt under the sheet and then add another sheet then the top duvet (like what my nan used to) and that kept my kids nice and warm last winter.

    We do have hot water bottles though.
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  • MrsAtobe
    MrsAtobe Posts: 1,404 Forumite
    I second the wheatbags, if they burst you don't end up scalded or with a very wet bed; they aren't as cold when they cool down as hot water bottles, and you don't have to send them off to be serviced once a year, as you do with electric blankets.
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  • completely forgot that they got wheat bags last xmas ~ gonna root them out and pop those in bed instead ££££'s saved
  • Sally_A
    Sally_A Posts: 2,266 Forumite
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    ...and don't forget the good old flannelette sheets, so much cosier than poly cotton.

    Wearing socks to bed keeps the whole body warm too.
  • fran2491
    fran2491 Posts: 398 Forumite
    i use electric blankets for my 2 aged 3 and 7 cost around £12 on ebay new each have 3 heat settings i normally put them on full about a hour or so before bed time then when they go to bed turn them down to 1, my sons i left on all night as his room is freezing my daughter tuns hers off on her own,i wouldnt be without them ;)
  • mrs_marty
    mrs_marty Posts: 215 Forumite
    Personally, no. But I'm really not comfortable with electric blankets full stop. The thought of electric blankets and children who would tinker with them (by that I mean my eldest two 8 & 5) fills me with dread.

    I'm another one who favours wheat bags and hot water bottles, half an hour or so before bed.
  • Jinx
    Jinx Posts: 1,766 Forumite
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    I wouldnt give an electric blanket to a child. Although it is nearly 20 years ago, as a teenager I left mine on during the night and I woke up in tears I was soooo hot. I scalded my hand by putting it on a faulty part (element?) and when I threw the duvet back the whole thing went up in flames. Fortunately the burnt stuff scrubbed off my hand and my mum threw the whole lot out the window - it could have been so much worse. My daughter gets a hot water bottle even though I am quite sure they are a lot more reliable now.
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  • raven83
    raven83 Posts: 3,021 Forumite
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    we use hot water bottles and my daughter loves them plus cost nothing to run like electric blankets and you can get some funky covers for them, i dont think i would use electric blankets though, saying that i have never used one as i dont like the idea of it tbh.
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  • Wilma33
    Wilma33 Posts: 681 Forumite
    They are a bad idea if there is chance the child might wet the bed. Otherwise I don't see a problem.
  • pollys
    pollys Posts: 1,759 Forumite
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    My DS is in the smallest bedroom with two outside walls and the room gets cold. Last night I put a cheap duvet (£5.61 from Asda) under the mattress protector, which keeps it in place, then put on a flannalette fitted sheet and pillowcase cover and finished off with a duvet. He takes a hot water bottle shaped wheat bag to bed and this morning he reported he was lovely and warm. When it gets really cold I also put a fleecy throw on the bed.

    HTH

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