Dd always putting the heating on..

[HowLuckyAmI]

For about 3 months now DD aged 11 turns the heating on randomly when it really is not needed. Mostly she gets up in the middle of the night/early hours to switch it on then goes back to bed which then leaves the flat stuffy.
Ive asked her nicely to stop doing this, if she is cold than she has access to an extra blanket/dressing gown etc which is at the end of her bed. Instead she is turning it on making the whole place ridiculously hot.
I have covered the thermostat so she cant turn the dial but she has learnt how to turn it on direct from the touch pad.
DH has said to her if there isnt a good enough reason for her to do this and it wont stop then there will have to be punishments as she is delibrately ignoring our requests and the gas bill is huge!!
Any suggestions on how to get her to stop doing this?

[minddeter]

@aSofaNearYou

To the contrary, a lot of people with ill health overheat at night, so I find it ironic that some people on this thread think there's something wrong with you if you feel the cold.

I don't think anyone's saying that, are they? People are just saying there's a difference between being freezing cold, and being a bit colder than you'd like. If nobody else in the house is cold at all then it obviously isn't actually freezing.

As PPs have said, I would absolutely expect her to try wrapping up warmer before just disregarding what her parents have said, and making everybody else uncomfortable. Remember that it is easier to warm up if you are too cold than to cool down if you are too hot.

Not you I am sure, but someone said such like 'then you should seek medical attention' in response to someone saying they were cold even with a blanket on or such (I am paraphrasing). I find this odd, given that a symptom of many diseases is being hot/sweaty/overheating at night and otherwise.

[aSofaNearYou]

Fair enough @minddeter!

[IbrahimaRedTwo]

Not you I am sure, but someone said such like 'then you should seek medical attention' in response to someone saying they were cold even with a blanket on or such (I am paraphrasing). I find this odd, given that a symptom of many diseases is being hot/sweaty/overheating at night and otherwise

Is it really beyond your wit to get that some illnesses or conditions may make you feel extremely cold, and others may make you feel overly hot, and that post was talking about one of them in particular?

If you are so cold in the UK in April that you need fleeces and pyjamas and heated blankets and heating at night, you should see if something is causing that. Because its not normal.

Amazed that has to be spelled out but there you go.

[Maggiesfarm]

It's quite cold now and it is April. I feel the cold terribly and there's nothing wrong with me.

The child may already have warm night wear and bedclothes.

I'd let her put the heating on, no doubt there are other things the op can economise on but she may find that her bill is not that much higher anyway.

[minddeter]

No, it is not 'beyond my wit' at all, I just found it odd people saying something must be 'wrong' with someone if they're cold when others aren't. People are different in how cold affects them.

I have always been someone who feels the cold. I'm not unhealthy at all. I also like being warm, some people prefer a 'cool and comfortable' thing at home I suppose.

[3Britnee]

@Maggiesfarm op said it's adding £40pm to the bill.

[Gwenhwyfar]

@Aquamarine1029

Is she frequently this disobedient? Her sense of entitlement needs to be nipped in the bud and quickly.

Or maybe she's suffering because she's too cold?
You sound nasty.

[Cherrysoup]

Electric blanket. Dumb question, have you sat her down and told her she simply isn’t allowed to turn it on? Has she understood that you just can’t afford this? In the middle of the night, she should be cosily warm from her own body heat if in bed.

[Maggiesfarm]

[quote 3Britnee]@Maggiesfarm op said it's adding £40pm to the bill.[/quote]
Flipping heck, that is a lot.

[Azuretwist]

I would get medical checks.
Then if she is still cold buy her thermal type vest under nightmare, thick sheets, make the bed up with blanket. Plus work out the heating so she cannot put it on. Electric blanket she can control as next step.