I would like to know what parents set their thermostats to at night. I prefer to have it cooler, however my husband feels it is too cold for our 9 month old. Last night he had it so hot in the house I couldnt sleep! I was told to keep the house a bit cooler at night by a doctor, but for what reason, I am not sure... any ideas?
We have a programmable thermostat. I set it to 73 while the kids are getting baths and such. Then it switches to 71 at 11pm. I worried about the kids being too cold, but everytime I would check on them before I go to bed, they seem to be fine (I touch their noses to see if they are cold). I also went to Boscovs.com and bought them some really nice fleece sheets for their beds (only $20 any size!). You can also try those zip up jammies with the feet that way you know your child is warm. Kids tend to sleep better with it being colder. I've noticed it myself.
Like you, I can not sleep when hot.
In the winter, I keep my house at night set to 68 degrees.
In the summer, I can sometimes go as low as 65 degrees at night.
I think that the reason your doctor gave to not keeping it too warm is that young kids and toddlers still have trouble regulating their temperatures. It is easier to keep them covered to stay warm then it is to cool them off.
It depends on how cold it is outside as to where I set the thermostat. I am in VA and at the moment the overnight temp is around 32F , so I have my thermostat at 72F , if it was alot colder , like below freezing I would have it about 74-75F. A guide for baby is , if you are comfortable then baby is ok. A sleeping baby will almost always have coldish hands , however this does not mean they are cold , as long as their feet are covered their body temp should remain stable , a sleep bag is good for babies as they cannot push them off in the night.
I think your husband is worrying a little too much.
My husband and I are always cold, so ours is usually set around 72!
What kind of clothes does your son sleep in at night? If he's sleeping in something warm, like a footed sleeper with sleeves, then he should be plenty warm. If he's just sleeping in a diaper, then yeah he's gonna be cold! So as long as you dress him in PJs to keep him warm, you shouldn't have to melt! I try to make sure my daughter is wearing something with sleeves and pants because I know she is going to move around and lose her covers.
I would think that having it too hot would be as bad if not worse than having it too cold for your son.
My son in 9 months old and at 9 o'clock our thermostat goes to 65. The Boy sleeps in a blanket sleeper (thick footie jammies) or a sack and seems to sleep just fine.
In the summer, our nights cool off quite a bit - I've gotten up and the house is 62 or 63. But winter, I never let it get cooler than 65. But, I only warm the house up to 70 in the winter. So 65 is no big deal.
Doctors say that you sleep better and deeper and are more well rested if you sleep in a cooler temperature. I believe (and I could be wrong) that they recommend 65 - 68 degrees.
And that, my dear, is my 2 cents!
my house is 62 around the clock and we have no ac in the summer. my son is almost 2 years old and he is perfectly fine. We dressed him in a sleep sack until 9 months and double fleece jammies after that. My parents got us an eden pure heater just a little while back and i keep it in my sons room and keep his room temp around 65-68. in the summer his room can get to about 85 on a bad day so we keep the fan going
Ours is at 68. You have to put yours where comfortable. Too warm is worse than too cold for babies. You don't want them to overheat. If the baby wakes up with cold hands or feet or nose, it might be a good idea to add a sleep sack or PJ layers. Otherwise, I think she is fine.
We keep our house at 64 or 65 during the night, depending on what the girls are sleeping in. We did keep it a little warmer when they were babies, 65 or 66. They would sleep in fleece sleepers and sleepsacks which kept them warm at night. From what I understand, making sure your baby is not too warm is a SIDS prevention. Kind of like putting them to sleep on their backs.
Hope this helps. I think we all sleep alot better with the house cooler.
I leave my thermostat on 69 degrees all the time. Until Jan. I would turn it down to 63 at night but now it is so cold all the time. I use a humidifier in my youngest son's room the keep the air moist and we have a humidifier attached to the furnace.
We keep the house cooler at night. If your husband thinks it's too cold for the baby, buy a small electric heater and put it in her room.
We're the opposite at this house! My husband would like the thermostat to be almost OFF at night to save money! I can't handle that at all; my brain doesn't function when my skin has turned blue. (In fact, I'm turning blue just reading about the 62-degree thermostats that some other readers have told you about!)
It has finally landed at 68 degrees at night. When the winter nights are frigid the house feels even colder, but we have warm sleepwear and layers of lightweight blankets. When my children were little - they're grown now - they wore warm pjs in winter, even ones with feet (which I see are coming back into fashion for kids), and when flannel sheets came into the stores I used them on their beds. That kept them from really chilling, but they weren't too warm, either.
In the daytime in winter, our thermo is at 72, which I turn down to 70 if it's one of those warmer winter days. I should add that we live in an older house which isn't the most energy-efficient. A little coolness at night is not bad for children (or grownups) if they're dressed for it, but it's sweet for your husband to be worried about your baby! Let him shop for the flannel crib sheets and footed sleepers and he might feel more comfortable.
We keep our thermostat at 58-59 degrees at night.
Cooler temps help you avoid germs. They thrive in warmer spaces & while you're all breathing at night in your nice warm beds in your nice warm rooms (probably w/mouthes open) you're sucking in & pushing out all sorts of funky stuff.
Throw baby in warmer jammies, put an extra blanket on if need be & turn the thermostat down. Bonus, your heating bill will be lower!
Our house is set at 68 constantly. At night, because our house isn't insulated well, our boys' rooms down the hall are probably 5 deg colder than that so when it dips really cold outside I put our insanely safe space heater on a stand so it's blowing toward both of their rooms (doors are on the same side so this works). In the summer hubby likes it freezing (this is our first year w/AC)-no more than 67 or 68 & I go outside to defrost.
we keep ours at 68 in the summer and 70 in teh winter. I always read btw 68 -70 is ideal. It alway feel much colder to me but if you ever feel yu child they are always warmer. The concern is overheating them while they sleep.
It's best to keep the temp in baby's room around 68 degrees for SIDS prevention. We have our thermostat set at 66 degrees and use an area heater in our son's room to warm his room the extra 2 degrees. We bought one that allows you to set the temp and has a timer. It also has a cool touch feature and shuts off completely if it is bumped even just a little. Now that our son is a toddler these safety features are priceless. Our heater also has a fan that alternates with the heat to circulate the air - another proven reducer of SIDS. I think it's a Bionare tower heater.
I think you're going to see a lot of variations here, just because everyone's different. I will tell you that the doctor told us that anything between 60-70 degrees is perfect for your baby. Anything over is too hot and anything lower is too cold.
We have radiant heating and in the bedrooms, we have our thermostat set to 64 at night. We are all very comfortable and our daughter, now 2 years old, sleeps 12 straight hours each night. In fact, I think we all sleep a little better when it's colder in the house. Otherwise, we get too hot with all of the bedding and we all seem to wake up stuffy.
I would suggest playing around with it in 2-degree increments for a few nights and see what works the best for everyone.
We keep ours cool - 65 ish normally. The reason the doctor may have said that it's better to keep a house cool is that bacteria breeds when it has a "warm" place. Reason why it's so healthy and good for children to get outside during their school day even if it's cold outside. If they sit in a warm school building or in an extra warm house they can get sick from germs. Old wives tale was to bundle them up when they go out and then crank the heat when they came in. Of course we want to keep our kiddos warm while outside and use common sense if it's under 32 degrees. Good luck! :)
I've read recently some pediatrician said that 65 is the best temperature for babies for preventing sids. however, they really don't know what causes sids and could come out next year say 80 is the best temperature. but i keep mine at 65 with my almost 2 year old and my 6 month old.
We have a 2 1/2 year old and a 6 month old and we set the thermostat at 68 each night and 66 during the day. With the way the weather is changing we have had to adjust it to anywhere of at night up to 70 and day up to 68. It may seem warm but our house doesn't circulate very well. Hope this helps.