https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:39:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1391469 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 20:46:46 +0000 betsyboop 1391469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: Not to mention the risk of fan death :wink: </p> <p>Sorry, no advice here, we have the opposite problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1391463 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 20:42:37 +0000 rattles 1391463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our old building was radiator heat, and it got so unbearably hot that we slept with the window open all night. It sounds crazy since we're talking December in Chicago with a newborn, but it ended up being the perfect temperature. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1391119 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:02:08 +0000 scotchbonnet 1391119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same problem here. Keeping the door wide open at night. Helps a little. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1391011 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:16:34 +0000 Foodnerd81 1391011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I lived in NYC I had to have a window cracked all winter-- our heat was pretty much On or Off, not high or low. And it took forever to start back on if you turned it off, so we would just open the window as needed. So wasteful :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1390999 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:11:13 +0000 spaniellove 1390999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: I read a long time ago that the fan issue is because it creates an effect like a convection oven and opening the window plus running the fan helps to circulate cooler air. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1390991 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:07:14 +0000 Trailmix 1390991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just open the window. That's what we do- our LOs room is usually around 80 unless we keep a window open a bit...just a 2- inch crack gets the temp down to 75 or so... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1390941 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:45:17 +0000 looch 1390941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to live in a brownstone in NYC on the top floor...I was able to turn the radiator off using a big wrench and I always had the window open, from the top, not the bottom.</p> <p>That apartment was sweltering! I am wondering if there is a way you can check out the furnace, to see what the turn on situation looks like. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1390931 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:41:38 +0000 hilsy85 1390931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: I definitely think it would be ok! I've done it myself in the past, especially when I had windows directly over our radiators--I felt like they helped cancel each other out :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1390928 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:40:28 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1390928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@purrpletulips: we have bars on the windows so safety is not an issue. just worried about it being too cold! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1390926 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:40:00 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1390926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: i know! crazy to open the window when it's so cold outside. but maybe just the tiniest crack will be ok! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1390925 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:39:55 +0000 MrsBrewer 1390925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you have a fan in the doorway like pointing out of the room, kind of pulling the warm air out of her room and instead moving it into the hallway/rest of the apartment? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1390921 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:39:02 +0000 purrpletulips 1390921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Crack her window an itty bitty amount, although I'm guessing that may not be safe in NY. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1390919 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:38:55 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1390919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsF: same here. our bedroom is freezing because it has so many windows while olive's room is a furnace! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1390917 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:38:21 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1390917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: @Freckles: that's what we've been doing but her room was still 80 degrees last night. some nights it's so warm i leave a window open in the living room and it keeps her room at 75 degrees.</p> <p>but the problem with that is that she wakes up early because our apt gets a ton of light (her room is almost pitch black with black out shades). </p> <p>leaving a fan on to circulate the cooler air isn't a bad idea though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1390915 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:38:01 +0000 hilsy85 1390915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: ah ok, I've always had knobs either on the outside or inside where I could turn it off (usualy because the heat was SO LOUD). I guess I"m more thinking about circulating the warm air so it feels less stuffy in there. Otherwise, I guess maybe crack the window a teeny bit? And then what if you pointed a fan at the window? That might help move cool air around the fan into the rest of the room. I know it probably seems crazy to consider opening the window when it's 10 degrees outside! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1390914 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:37:39 +0000 MrsF 1390914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: That's interesting about fans! It seems to keep things cooler for us but maybe it's blowing on the thermometer on the monitor? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1390912 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:37:04 +0000 twinmama 1390912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used oscillating tower fans in the kids rooms last year. Just positioned them so it circulated air vs. blowing right on the crib. We are having ceiling fans installed soon though.</p> <p>Can you leave the door open at least partially to let air escape too? Maybe with some extra white noise to compensate? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1390909 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:35:59 +0000 MrsF 1390909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I set up an oscillating fan in M's room this winter because it gets so hot in there! It seems like the colder it gets outside, the more our heat runs and the hotter it gets in M's room. DH and I are bundled under blankets watching TV and it's 80 degrees upstairs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1390907 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:35:17 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1390907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilyann: @hilsy85: i've read that fans actually increase the temp in a room. i guess they can cool you off if they're blowing directly on you, but i don't like that esp when they are sick.</p> <p>i don't think we can shut off the heat -- there are no knobs for anything! just comes out through a grate in the wall. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1390905 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:35:09 +0000 Freckles 1390905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What about leaving her door open to help with circulation? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1390901 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:33:48 +0000 mrs. bird 1390901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>can you open her door at night after she falls asleep and maybe put a fan facing the door to move some of the warm air out to the rest of the apt? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1390899 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:32:56 +0000 lilyann 1390899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ceiling fan or just a fan in her room could help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1390894 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:31:47 +0000 hilsy85 1390894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm a fan for air circulation? A cool mist humidifier might help cool it a teeny bit. Do you have the option to just turn the radiator off?</p> <p>We have this issue too to some extent--I can't turn on the heat in LO's bedroom at all because otherwise it quickly overheats, so we just keep the heat off in there completely and bundle him up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-can-you-do-if-los-room-is-too-hot-in-the-winter#post-1390891 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:30:18 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1390891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our apartment is heated by radiator heat like many apartments in New York, and we can't control the heat level. </p> <p>Olive's room is teeny tiny and the temp fluctuates from 68 degrees when it's like 5 degrees or less outside, to 81 degrees when it's 30+ degrees outside. Her room is by far the warmest room in the house, but not sure what to do about it!</p> <p>We don't have ac in the room and it seems crazy to run an ac anyway when it's 30 degrees or less outside.</p> <p>Any ideas on how to keep her room cooler? Last night she slept in a short sleeve onesie and some crop leggings, and she was still too warm, but sometimes the temp drops in the early mornings so I don't just want to keep her in just a short sleeve onesie and nothing else. </p>