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Space Heaters safe?
Are they safe, now, or still considered dangerous? DD's room is FREEZING, but DS's room gets hot (right next to it). We can't get the temp in the rooms upstairs to even out. I have tried to put DD in her crib, but even with a fleece sleeper and fleece sleepsack, she wakes up every 30 minutes and her little hands and nose are freezing. (but she will sleep in our bed pretty well, so I know she is ok with sleeping on a flat surface). I think if I get it heated up in there, it will help.
Is there a safe version of a space heater I can buy to use overnight, or does anyone have any advice on how to regulate our temp in the different rooms? (Even with the door open, the room is very cold). I guess we could also get an A/C guy in to look at the vents/duct work for the rooms, if you think they could do something about it?
Re: Space Heaters safe?
although I used to keep one under my desk at work, I honestly am not sure if I could feel 100% secure with one in the kids room. I guess as long as it was out of the way of curtains, and kids, toys, etc. and it was on a flat surface without danger of it tipping over.
In the meantime, how about layering her in a onesie underneath her fleece sleeper. And maybe the little no-scratch gloves to keep her fingers warm.
I have to wonder if the damper to that room is closed. Our upstairs was so hot during the summer and when our guy came out he told us that all the dampers to the upstairs vents were closed. They had apparently been closed during the winter to force more hot air downstairs. It felt like air was coming out before they were opened, but it was a huge difference once they were!
What about a warm mist humidifier near her crib? We use a $12 one from walgreens in tracey's room, and I like it so much better than the cool mist one we used when she was a baby. It won't put off a ton of heat, but it will be something.
Are dampers different than the vents? I know the vents are open b/c we checked them. But if it's something that we need to look at in the attic, we haven't done anything like that, yet. I'll google about it.
@KNJepp - I'll take a look at your rec. We can put it on top of the dresser a little across the room, so no one can mess with it. I think most heaters turn off if "tipped", now, and so does this one.
@Jamaican - She sucks on her hands a lot, so I am afraid mittens will hinder her self-soothing. :-/
the small space heaters/fans i use during infant sessions are very safe-- and i know for a fact that they will just stop working if they tip over and air flow is restricted (it's happened-- mine tipped over into a blanket-pile and stopped working).
we have similar issues in our house... the kids' rooms are sooo hot and our bedroom is freezing.
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I grew up using them - until my mom moved into her new house, she used them regularly. I had one in college and used it on a regular basis - it had the tip sensor, so that if it was unbalanced, it would shut off. I used it in this house also when I was on maternity leave - to warm up just one room instead of the whole house. If I knew where it was, I'd likely still use it in my office.
However...there is NO way DH would let us put one in C's room. He's not as comfortable with them and freaked out about me leaving it on overnight. Of course, he also has to make sure a fire in the fireplace is completely out before he'll go to bed and we used to leave it burning overnight so that it would be easier to start in the morning.
In our previous house we had several space heaters since the house didn't have heat or air in any of the bedrooms. Yeah, and it was perfectly acceptable apparently because we called several housing people and they said the house didn't have to have heat which is unheard of to us. We used tower space heaters in the bedrooms that you can set to whatever temp and then it turns off as well. It also had the tip sensor. I believe we got ours as Walmart.
This I think is what we have. We still use them in the bathroom since they seem to be colder than any other room of the house.
http://reviews.walmart.com/1336/7855541/lasko-remote-control-ceramic-tower-heater-with-digital-display-reviews/reviews.htm
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I have a small one in LJ's room and turn it on super low at night.
http://www.squidoo.com/top-kid-friendly-space-heaters