Baby's room cold at night. Need some advice

[jadey24]

My dd is 5 months and in her own room.
She has no heating what so ever in her bedroom so for all of november we used a convector heater in her room all night ( which wasnt that great tbh) and we got a really bad heafty bill a few days ago.
If we carry on we will be in huge huge debt. We are not in credit with our elec company as just moved in and first home. Our home is private rented so its not like we can do a lot.

dds room gets sometimes is beween 14-15 deg at night sometimes lower but we really have tocut back on the use of the heating at night. ( it sounds selfish i know but we have to come up with something)
Our room just as bad so not a case of putting her in with us.

We have her in a short sleeve vest, sleepsuit and 2.5 grobag plus i put some socks on her hands. Would this be ok in a room at this temp or should i dress her more up and with what without her getting too over heated?

dd sleeps through night no prob but i dont coz of constant worry and is up 3-4 night checking on her so if i think her room too cold i will have to put the heater on for a couple hours here & there.

If dd was properly wrapped up at night would sleeping in a room at that temp be a problem for her. She feels warm to me skin wise.

thx

Firstly I'd keep the doors open in order for heat from other rooms to transfer into her bedroom. A blind and heavy curtains at the window might help too. Have you got bare floorboards? If so, rugs would stop drafts underfoot.

Failing that, shove your bed against the wall or get a bed guard and pop her in with you. That way, if she's on the outside and you're in the middle, it stops the worry of her being next to DH.

The thing I don't understand is that your DD is sleeping fine. If she was uncomfortable she would wake up and then I could understand your worries. But she's sleeping well and is fine so she obviously isn't miserable with it.

Personally if the room feels cold to me I will give DS an extra layer (clothing/blanket). If he gets cold (and his room is probably comparable temp to your DD's ... drops off the bottom of the wall thermometer anyway ) then he wakes up and yells. It only happens if he takes his covers off - sadly he can't bear grobags.

i am just looking at cot bumper which is not something i would normally use but might make cot cosier

dd was sleeping fine with heating on all night. She started to wake early at 5am some mornings when we cut back on the usage and i had to switch it back on & room even colder now then it was then so she been in the lounge since last night( which isnt a major problem just yet) But cant keep doing that every winter.

I do have a couple of ideas tho thx to some people so once put into practice will have her back in her room.

Sorry jadey, I hadn't realised she was being disturbed by it. Hope you get on better now

Its ok, i just re-read what i wrote & realised i didnt make myself clear enough

I havent read all of the replies but my dds room is the same. We warm it up and then it gets cold.

She sleeps in - Long sleeved bodysuit, sleepsuit, pjs and 2.5 tog sleeping bag. When its really cold I will have her in with me and the duvet is over her.

I know you shouldnt but it gets so cold and we just cant afford to heat rooms all night.