MIL not sleeping over our house being too cold

For a five month old baby I'd probably have it a bit warmer. We've always lived in old houses that don't retain heat though and I do remember when we had to keep the heating on 24/7 for 2 or 3 weeks during a cold snap with a young baby to achieve this!
Now I like a cold bedroom, I can't sleep if I'm even a little bit too hot. I sleep with the windows open all year round and don't like any stuffiness. Other peoples houses are usually far too hot for me!

16 is freezing. Im cold when mine is 19.

Way too cold for your baby too. I'd not have it lower than 18.

19-21 C is what heating engineers use as a “comfortable” temperature to design heating systems to. If your thermostat is running at 16 C, that’s not what your system has been designed for.

Comfortable healthy indoor environments for children and babies are warm with a constant supply of fresh air. So your windows should have trickle vents that should be open year round to refresh the air and stop it getting stale too (in addition to upping your thermostat).

Going against the grain here. We use Groeggs to monitor the temperature, anything below 16 the egg would be blue indicating too cold, 16-20 the egg would be orange which is ideal, above 20 the egg would be red indicating it’s too hot! My bedroom is currently 17 degrees and I can confirm my newborn is fine she hasn’t turned into a block of ice.

The Lullaby Trust recommends room temperature for babies is 16-20°C so that they don’t get too hot. Not sure where previous posters are getting 22 degrees from! I accidentally let our toddlers room reach 22 degrees the other day when the weather was milder and she woke up drenched in sweat!

As long as you’re dressing your child in the appropriate layers and sleeping bag tog for the temperature they will be fine, and in the daytime they can just wear a jumper. People who heat their houses to 30 degrees must be walking round in their underwear!

That’s really too cold especially during the day OP. You don’t want to keep him bundled up doing tummy time and crawling on the floor. It will be even colder on the floor…

I would've thought 18 minimum with a couple of hours of 20 here and there.
What does 16 actually do?
That's so cold, the very air is too cold at 16, 18 is the very minimum.

I wouldn’t want to visit your house either. 16C is cold. And not good for a baby.

you do realise that gas central heating is a lot cheaper than using an electric heater??

and yes, 16 degrees is too cold. Just turning it it up to 18 will make a big difference.

Ours is on at 22.

I wouldn’t be visiting yours.

The recommended sleeping temperature of a room for a baby is 20-22 degrees. You are being massively unreasonable as babies cannot regulate their body temperature and you are causing your baby to be unreasonable cold which is very unhealthy. Your child cannot speak for themselves to tell you they are cold. Stop being tight and turn on the heat.

16 degrees is uncomfortably cool.
The minimum to feel comfortable (for me) is 18/19 degrees.

I'm sorry - but yes the house is too cold.

I'm team 16 degrees. Another poster saying they wear a coat out when it's 16 degrees outside? 16 degrees is t shirt weather.

I'm a childminder and we're recommended to keep temperatures at a minimum of 18c with babies and small children. I think 16-17 is ok overnight if you are wrapped up warm though.

Putting baby and appropriate temps to one side for a moment. Friends of ours had a similar issue and, like you, they run a colder house. They brought the specialists in and the key advice they were given was to heat the house to a more consistent higher temperature. One side of the house was becoming prone to damp because of the lower temps.

I don’t understand the thought behind putting the testing on at 16 then using space heaters - they will cost you more. I have my heat set at 18 but I like a cold bedroom so just have the radiator off in there, as well as the spare room. It’s on all day but it fires up if the temp drops below 18. At night I put my living room gas fire on as I love the look of it.
I’d far rather be comfortable than save a couple quid.
Have you checked the radiator in your room? Maybe it needs bleeding.

Just checked the temperature in my bedroom - it's 15°. It's fine for me, I grew up in a freezing house so I'm used to it. I'm comfortable!
Stuffy hot houses are a nightmare for me, same as hot cars, but I think 16 degrees is too cool for a baby for sure.

If you’re putting the heating on just in the morning and evening to get the house to 16, how cold is it when the heating isn’t on?
16 is too cold. Have it on constant 18 with a baby in the house. You can’t be tight with keeping a baby warm.

The property is your HOME. You and your baby's home.
You live in a damp and cold country. Put on the bloody heating and stop making excuses.

Another to add to the chorus...that's freezing. I'd have to be wearing my coat to be able to sit in your home. Our thermostat is set at 21⁰.

I think it's a false economy to pay a heating expert to come in and explain that your bedroom is cold because you're heating isn't on high enough. Just put the heating up! It'll cost more, but you'll save what you would have spent on the heating expert.

(Do make sure that your radiator in the bedroom is on and has been bled).

I was going to tell the OP she is being reasonable but I'm afraid you just nlew her out the water. 24 is hideous. 30 is indescribably ridiculous.

I had temp control up to 20c today. 16 is too cold . Grandson aged 7 months would be miserable. Get that heating on !

This .... as my mum would say "penny wise pound foolish "
Won't put the heating on but forking out for heaters and work men

Your tight arse husband is the issue not MIL.

I'd love it. I hate stuffy houses, especially bedrooms