are low odour paints worth it for children's rooms?

[wheelsonthebus]

we want to paint my dd's bedroom and i can't stand the smell of paint and worry about its effect on youngsters (she will have to sleep in the room pretty quickly after it's painted). is it worth getting one of those 'breathe easy' paints from Crown or Dulux?

It would be worth it to me!

maybe, but i don't find paints that smelly these days

I wouldn't bother either. It only smells when you are actually painting!

Nah, we used old paints the previous owners left in the shed! If you find it still smells too long afterwards, let her camp on your floor for a night or two.
Go for a cheap emulsion rather than a lifeproof one as you'll be redecorating in 5yrs or so as she gets older.

No, don't bother. Way more expensive too. Just open windows all day long. All paints these days are safe regarding fumes etc. If you are really worried (maybe dd has bad asthma or something) then paint it when you don't have much going on, say at a weekend and have a camping/sleep over fun thing where she sleeps somewhere else for the night!

I would go for a breatheasy paint because I cannot stand the smell of paint - gets me right in the back of the throat. I love painting though, before anyone says it's an excuse so I can get out of doing it And I wouldn't want the DSs sleeping in a painty room that had been done with a stinky paint either.

I read that as low odour pants

If you look at the technical info on the backs of the cans you will see an indication of the volatility of the paint. Compare a few and find one that suits you. If the child isn't an infant and doesn't have any allergies or asthma, then I doubt any emulsion is going to give you problems, but I would take a low-odour gloss in any case. Paints can give off fumes for longer than you can smell the odour.

Low odour pants are definitely worthwhile in any room

low odour paints a maybe then; and low odour pants a must