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To sleep in a 12 degree C bedroom?

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TirisfalPumpkin · 25/12/2020 09:10

My ex used to have the bedroom radiator on full whack; I'd overheat and have nightmares.

Dumped him, everything is better, but I'm now wondering if my cold-loving sleeping habits are eccentric. I do have a big pile of blankets and flannel PJs. I checked my security system (which has a temperature sensor) and realised it's 12 degrees in there. AI BU?

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OldOrMaybeNotThatOld · 26/12/2020 07:36

Cold room. Warm bed. That’s my standard!

cormorantes · 26/12/2020 07:51

Lovely, colder the better, with windows open and a nice warm duvet.

JemIsMyNameNooneElseIsTheSame · 26/12/2020 08:01

I love how competitive these kind of threads get

seventhrow · 26/12/2020 08:02

Currently sleeping in a 13’C room. It’s nice to be so snuggly under the duvet and throw, and feels fresh and healthy on the face.

Binkybix · 26/12/2020 09:42

I live in a very hot and humid country. Even with AC we only get it down to about 24 at night. Husband complains any less is too cold (and tbf, consumes too much energy.)

Goodness knows how I’m going adjust when I come home!

Changi · 26/12/2020 09:52

Goodness knows how I’m going adjust when I come home!

You do though. Or at least, we do. 30 degree bedroom one week, 15 the next. Unless you insist on sleeping just under a sheet wherever, you will cope.

hels71 · 26/12/2020 10:54

We have no central heating in our house. Our bedroom can get as low as 5 or 6.

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TirisfalPumpkin · 26/12/2020 11:35

This extreme below-zero sleeping that's been mentioned a couple of times, how does that work? Do you have to put your head under the duvet? Wouldn't your face get frostbitten?

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Ginfordinner · 26/12/2020 11:41

Here we go with The Four Yorkshiremen again.

Competitive MN who is "well 'ard" at its best

Binkybix · 26/12/2020 14:58

You do though. Or at least, we do. 30 degree bedroom one week, 15 the next. Unless you insist on sleeping just under a sheet wherever, you will cope

Yeah, just sleep with a sheet now and looking forward to cosy duvets again :) I think we live in the same hot and humid country by your name!

CaraDuneRedux · 26/12/2020 15:00

Those who think this is about competitive three-Yorkshiremen-ing - just wait till you get to the menopause .

Defcon4 · 26/12/2020 15:10

Too cold for me. We have the window slightly open but sometimes a combination of vey low outside temperatures (minus 10 or so) and the wind will make it too cold. I have a weighted 8kg duvet (lovely) but unless I accept suffocation as a good option my head will be too cold to do anything but shiver.

WiddlinDiddlin · 26/12/2020 15:48

We don't have any heating upstairs in our house, whoever fitted central heating to it (I assume they replaced storage heaters), clearly thought heating upstairs was entirely unnecessary.

I sleep with the window wide open all year round unless its actually raining into my room.

No idea what the temp is, but I have two duvets most of the year and a hot water bottle when necessary, I can't sleep in a hot or even warm room at all!

rc22 · 26/12/2020 16:16

I have it at 17/18c. Cold before you get into bed but perfect for getting to sleep once snuggled down under the duvet with jammies and bed socks on. Easier to sleep in a cool room than in one that's too hot. 12 does sound a bit too cold to me though.

jgjgjgjgjg · 26/12/2020 16:29

For anyone with a baby, the recommended room temperature to minimise the risk of sudden infant death syndrome is 16-20 degrees

MyNameHasBeenTaken · 26/12/2020 20:11

I have found (mostly) my people

Cold room. Warm bed. Heavy blankets.
Still gutted my ancient heavy red one got nicked.

BlackForestCake · 26/12/2020 20:17

^^ I'm intrigued, what's class got to do with sleeping preferences

In Britain class has something to do with EVERYTHING.

Wannabegreenfingers · 26/12/2020 20:51

It sounds miserable, sorry, but I can't stand being cold. I house shared for a year with a friend that never put the heating on. I'd wake up in the morning and could see my breath, it was horrible.

MispyM · 26/12/2020 21:44

I have a weighted 8kg duvet (lovely) but unless I accept suffocation as a good option my head will be too cold to do anything but shiver.

I recommend a beanie. It will however leave your hair tussled. A silk scarf underneath helps with that. But the hair will be flat / loose volume, unfortunately....

I honestly wouldn't mind a warmer bedroom. But as I said, even with the heating and the wood oven from the first floor. It's cold as fuck. It's why DS slept downstairs his first winter. It was too cold upstairs and we were advised that the temperatures would increase the risk for SID.... (one of these electronic plug on ovens was initially recommended. But the fuse kept getting blown)

I'm currently wearing a sweater, pyjamas, wool socks and am under a sofa blanket. It will be even worse upstairs. Which is why we have mountains of blankets on our bed.

SnackSizeRaisin · 26/12/2020 22:40

It's probably perfectly normal, most people don't keep their heating on overnight. Our house drops from 18 degrees in the evening with the heating on until 10 pm, to about 12 degrees in the early hours, in winter, and that's with the windows shut. It's a fairly modern house in the Midlands with double glazing, we have never had ice on the windows here.
We received information from the health visitor saying babies' rooms should be kept above 16 degrees but there was no need to keep the heating on at night...hmmm... anyway our baby is fine at 12 degrees but doesn't like sleeping warmer than 18 or so!

PreRaphaeliteMotherhood · 26/12/2020 22:42

We don’t have central heating and only bother lighting a fire when it’s really bloody cold so it’s pretty standard for our room to drop to 11/12/13 on cold nights. I still completely overheat and get really angry under the duvet most nights.

SnackSizeRaisin · 26/12/2020 22:47

For anyone with a baby, the recommended room temperature to minimise the risk of sudden infant death syndrome is 16-20 degrees

I do wonder where they get this from. Until the last century, babies in the UK or northern Europe or large parts of the rest of the world would hardly ever have slept that warm in winter, and in all the hot places they would have slept much hotter. Is there really a significant risk attached to this?

Makemeaname · 26/12/2020 22:50

I like the air to be cold in my bedroom, so never have the heating on and often open the window. What I love is to then wrap up in a duvet with a hot water bottle, so I'm warm but the room isn't.

Vieve1325 · 26/12/2020 22:52

I overheat and get migraines and sickness if the bedroom is too hot, so it’s window open and heating off in the bedroom all year round.

If I’m cold, I bury under the covers, but I don’t seem to regulate my temperature well when I’m hot. I love sleeping outside - used to sleep / doze on the garden swing when my migraines were awful, the fresh cool air helped massively.

BatshitCrazyWoman · 27/12/2020 08:24

To add to my earlier comment, I like a cool bedroom, but only have a 13 tog duvet. I don't wear PJs or anything and definitely don't have a hot water bottle. I don't think it's a competitive thing, some people run warmer or cooler than others. I don't like hot weather at all, I'd much prefer it if the temperature never went above 21 degrees.

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