Ladies
Can anyone recommend a child safe heater for the nursery? DS is nearing 1 years old. The temp in his bedroom is inconsistent. Too hot when the radiators are on, and too cold when they go off. We live in an apartment building, have forced steam heat, and can't control the thermostat.
I'd like a child safe heater that would kick on when his bedroom gets chilly at night, and would turn down/ off when our building's heat comes on.
Any suggestions?
TIA
Thanks for all your tips. My dad had one of the oil filled radiators in the garage which he offered to me. I ended up borrowing it, only after scouring the stores for the smaller no-tip kind. The stores were all out of stock.
As luck would have it, after dad brought over the radiator, I saw local CVSs and shops stocking their shelves with the portable ones.
The radiator seems to be doing the trick for the time being. In a few short weeks, we won't need one as the building will once again be consistently too hot.
Maybe an electric oil-filled heater? I hear they are safer than ceramic heaters.
http://www.garageplansetc.com/oil-filled-heaters.html
I got a heater at Target. I think it is a Holmes but might be Lake-something. It kicks on when the room temp dips. It also is cool to the touch and will turn off if knocked over. With a little one, this is very important. It is a tall heater that oscillates or not depending if I press the button. We use it in our front room since that is where we spend the most time. I think I paid about $30 for it but maybe less since I think it was on sale.
Don't know if they still do but 23 years ago Fisher Price made one.
We have one by Honeywell...it is a small one that sits on my daughters dresser and kicks on when it is too cold. We used it with both my daughters and have loved it. It ran about $20
I had an apartment just like that. Instead of getting a space heater. We just let the rads burn and if needed opened a window. If you are concerned about him touching the heater while it is hot he will learn a valuable lesson and not touch them while they are hot. It won't wound him for life.
Heck my son stuck his stomach to the heater in the bathroom even after I told him several times that is was hot. After he touched it for himself he then had a clearer understanding.
It made three small burn marks on his tummy but left no permanent scar. He never touched it again when it was hot. I didn't leave him alone in the bathroom I was right there and had told him for months that the heater was hot and to not touch it but he just couldn't resist until after he had the experience for himself.
Hopefully your child isn't that way but we all learn differently. I say crack open the window or just wear lighter clothes instead of getting the space heater.
Vornado makes a small heater/fan. I love it in the nursery because it just warms the room, rarely too warm. Also, it is cool to the touch on the outside and has a sensor on the bottom that if it is not 100% on a flat surface it turns off.
I feel your pain - we have the same problem in our bedroom and in our son's room.
Honestly, I wouldn't leave a space heater unattended in a child's room. I feel like every time I hear of a fire in the winter time, the cause is reported as a space heater.
I have had good luck with wool sleep sacks over layered pajamas (onesie/tshirt under cotton footies under fleece pajamas). As my son gets older I will be getting him a down comforter to replace the sleep sack, but we're not there yet since he won't keep a blanket on him.
Shop around online it seems likely there would be something like that available. I had a fan with a thermostat in it.
We have a similar issue in our bedroom getting cooler than that rest of the house. We found a space heater that was supposedly energy efficient and the way our bill shot up (with only overnight use) I disagreed. I have seen Dyson has a new heater fan out....a bit pricey but it looks like it would do the job for you (saefty features and programmable). I know this pain (or chill should I say!) all too well....Good luck!
Best choice is probably the electric oil-filled radiator type heater. It doesn't make any noise like a fan heater. And they usually have a thermostat control that you can adjust to suit the size of the room. May take a few days to find the best comfort setting, but once you find it, you can just leave it on, and the heater will only come on as needed, then shut off after it warms up enough.
Most of these portable heaters, no matter what the type, now have "tip" sensors built in, so if they get knocked over, they shut off until you pick it up & turn it off & back on again. Some you may need to unplug & plug it back in to reset the switch.
