Those Without Heating... How do you Keep your Toodler Warm at Night??

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Just that really. I have a two year old, who no longer sleeps through because he gets cold in the early hours. His room temperature fluctuates between about 13 and 17 degrees Celsius. I put him to sleep in a long sleeved vest, sleepsuit, extra thin sleep sack and a toddler duvet. Apprehensive to pile on too many blankets in case of suffercation / overheating. Have also read electric blankets and hot water bottles aren't safe until age 5? Anyone got any tips??

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We use a small plug in oil filled heater in her room overnight, it has a thermostat attatched and we use it to keep the room at 17-18 (not had to use it yet this year though). Much cheaper than heating the whole house

We never have heating on overnight. My DDs slept in regular PJs and were using duvets in winter (around 10 tog) when they were 2 as they had moved into a toddler bed so it could be tucked in. Perhaps your Ds needs a winter weight duvet?

A fleecy or thick onesie/sleep suit might help and if you get a larger size it could go over pyjamas.

Put the heating on. Your child shouldn't suffer

DS who is just turning 3 has fleecy duvet covers. We do too! I think they’re great for keeping snug. We also use an electric clothes airer with we put in his room to dry clothes on and this keeps it warm at night. We air the room out all day too and so far it’s worked wonders. Always warm at night in his room so we can avoid putting the heating on for longer. When we don’t have any clothes to dry we just make sure he’s tucked in well in the fleecy duvet cover

We're all sharing a room with all our beds side-by-side for warmth atm. Also extra thick heavy curtains which we bought on sale from B&M a couple of years back.

It’s expensive and not great emissions wise to have your heating on 24/7. Heat the person not the home- extra layers, socks on. Fleece/brushed cotton bedding- thicker duvet!

You could stick a hat on him? Prob not going to overheat if he's waking up chilly. Make sure the windows and well covered

I've never had the heating on overnight. Get him a fleecy onesie.

We put our 2-year-old in this and he was lovely and snug! No heating on all winter and it was about 16 degrees in his room.

its not that cold here yet. But my 2yr old is still in a toddler sleeping bag (2.5 tog I think) and a sleep suit (with feet). On very cold nights last winter I put a small fleece blanket over him too.

I wouldn't put a hat on overnight at those temperatures in OP.

OP our house was often cold as we didn't have heating on much. It was often 13 and colder.
When she was still in a cot I'd put her in one of the really warm sleeping bags (I think 3.5 tog?) I'm assuming they still do them. She'd have a vest on under winter pyjamas. She was always fine.

When in a bad we used a 10 tog duvet. Again just vest and winter pyjamas. If it was really cold just put a blanket or something over the duvet. She was fine.

I have heating but I’ve never put it on overnight even when mine were tiny. Your toddler should be plenty warm enough. Are you sure he’s waking up because he’s cold?

I should say, he wore this without any covers. He didn’t have a duvet/blanket because he always kicked covers off.

I have three DC and we have never put the heating on overnight. Decent pjs with socks, and a good duvet should be enough, possibly with a blanket on the duvet if it gets particularly cold.

Our windows are still on the latch letting air in at the moment, it's not even that cold!

13-17 degrees is not too cold to sleep comfortably! I wouldn't dream of having the heating on overnight at those temperatures.

@Treeeeeeee not everyone has central heating 🤷🏼‍♀️ we live in a rural area and our heating is a wood burner with a back boiler to feed radiators... I'm not staying up all night to feed it logs!

OP- fleecy bedding is the solution for us, as above we have wood fired heating rather than 'press a button' but we've all survived 😂 onesies for the morning over normal winter pj's. Dressing gowns. Decent wool duvets although at toddler age that's not a great idea as they aren't easily washable- so washable duvet and the fleecy covers- works well for us!

That’s a normal overnight temperature for a bedroom so you should be able to find a solution…. Fleecy onesie? Thicker duvet? Hot water bottle in the bed for an hour before he gets in?

Put them in PJs and add a vest or blanket if cold. We live in a very old house so it gets cold overnight and both of mine are fine. I don’t think 13-17 c is actually that cold for night though.

Thanks all, some really good suggestions! Interesting to see too that so many have used extra blankets too with no issues. I worry so much about "safe sleeping". And reassuring that it seems many toddlers have managed to sleep in similarly cool rooms and have it not affect them too much.

@Treeeeeeee I take your point, but he doesn't suffer, he just comes in the big bed where he's cosy, which he loves. I'd be fine with this for the rest of the winter, but have a new baby due in 6 weeks so obviously can't have them both in the room, waking each other up 😕

@PinkSyCo I have wondered this too. He does feel a bit chilly, and says "cold!", but it's possible he's just saying this because he wants to get up. Think I will focus on the sleep training too, alongside the heat issue.

I'm sure he won't be waking cause he is cold at those temps, yeah 13" is a little chilly but it's hardly frosty!!

Bedsocks maybe?

I have never had heating on overnight any where I have lived. Totally unnecessary.

Wonder why the OP didn't think just to flick it on.

One of those fleecey onesies with a long sleeve baby grow underneath. Sleeps in the bed with me, under the covers, though he’s always kicked blankets off since birth. We aren’t not putting the heating on, but haven’t really felt the need to yet.

Thicker tog duvet. At least 10. And fleecy PJ's. I hate the heating on at night, wake up stuffy, headachy and with a dry mouth, it's horrible.