Heated mattress pad for 9 year old

[Anonymous]

I got flannel sheets from LL Bean in twin size for my son. If I remember correctly, it was this set I believe - http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/86878?feat=1156-CL2&page=ultrasoft-comfort-flannel-sheet-set

You can probably find cheaper elsewhere, but these ones have been really good.

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I would try a number of other options before trying electrical heating. Heating pads can cause a rash-like burn--it's called erythema ab igne and is the devil to get rid of.

[Anonymous]

We used an oil filled heater in our toddler's room, Delonghi brand. Very safe and turns on/off automatically at a certain temperature. We also sometimes use a humidifier if it's particularly dry.

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Hot water bottle next to child in bed.

[Anonymous]

Please don't use an electric blanket I used one as a child and it has screwed up my health. I am extremely over sensitive to electromagnetism can't have wifi etc. I use a hot water bottle and love it.

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Anonymous wrote:I would try a number of other options before trying electrical heating. Heating pads can cause a rash-like burn--it's called erythema ab igne and is the devil to get rid of.

Heated mattress pads are not comparable to heating pads. At all. It would be impossible to get a burn from a mattress pad.
I don't think many replying even know what they are.

[Anonymous]

I agree PP. Both my kids have them and we have one as well. They are fantastic.

[Anonymous]

Get a warm mist humidifier along with more blankets. Can you move the bed away from the wall 4 inches?

[Anonymous]

Flannel Sheets
Heavy Duvet with Jersey or Fleece Duvet Cover
Wool socks
Thermal Underwear

Most important is warm mist humidifier. My child's rooms get about 5 degrees warmer using it overnight.

[Anonymous]

Down duvet and flannel sheets! Also love the idea of a hot water bottle with a fleecy cover.

I would avoid anything electric.

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Anonymous wrote:
Our heating didn't work for months and I bought German hot water bottles for everyone (Fashy brand - very good). We're European, and use hot water bottles regularly, but are more suspicious of electric blankets. I think it's the reverse for Americans?

Anyway, my son, also 9, gets cold easily, and I bought the warmest down comforter on the Pottery Barn website, with a flannel sheet set, and we have cashmere or lambswool blankets to top it all off.

If you get a hot water bottle, put nearly boiling water inside, make sure to let the air out, close it well, and get one with a fleecy cover, since the quality of the cover determines the rate at which the bottle will lose heat.

I wrote the above. Below is what I bought for the kids. I place them where their feet should be inside their bed, wrapped up their PJs. That way when it's bedtime, they get into deliciously warm PJs and can then decide where to place their bottles - DD likes sleeping with the bottle next to her, DS likes it to warm his feet. I bought regular sized (full probably) cashmere and lambswool blankets and just drape them over their beds. I double them if they're really cold, and that way they fit better in their twin beds.

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Anonymous wrote:Please don't use an electric blanket I used one as a child and it has screwed up my health. I am extremely over sensitive to electromagnetism can't have wifi etc. I use a hot water bottle and love it.

Not to be a jerk, but people who claim symptoms due to electromagnetic hypersensitivity have repeatedly been shown to be unable to distinguish when electromagnetic signals were present and when they were not.

Unless you live in a lead lined room, it is almost impossible to be out of range of wifi in DC -- I'm in range of 20 routers in my residential area right now. Not to mention cell phones, AM and FM radio waves, first responder radios, WAN signals and the electric induction coils buried in the blacktop that tell the traffic lights when there is a car waiting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_hypersensitivity

[Anonymous]

OP, do you have dawn blanket? That and flannel sheets makes me sweating at night and I am the person who is always cold.
For the external wall. Can you hang some thin wool rug with fun kids pattern? It's not going to make a room warmer, but it will make it more pleasant if kid touch it accidentally at night.

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I wouldn't risk it with my child.

Try heavy weight fleece pjs, heavy weight flannel sheets and fleece blanket and a down comforter.

I get very cold and this combo works for me. There have been times when I've been extremely cold that I've also worn a wool beanie to bed. Night cap style! You lose most of your body heat through your head.

Also if he can sleep with socks- wool socks.

[Anonymous]

Get a fleece blanket and tuck it into the mattress as if it was a bottom fitted sheet (or get fleece sheets). But you probably only need/want one on the bottom. Very warm and snugly and my DD loves it.