https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 11:48:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter/page/2#post-2866955 Wed, 16 Jan 2019 13:20:38 +0000 alphagam84 2866955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd be freezing in your house! We do 67-68 day and night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter/page/2#post-2866874 Wed, 16 Jan 2019 02:16:03 +0000 birdofafeather 2866874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The front half of our house isn’t insulated well so if we cranked the heat, we’d just be cooking in our bedrooms and pumping money out the window. Our bedrooms are much better insulated. We have it at 66-68 during the day when we’re home and I just put it at 60 for nighttime but I doubt our house will get that low to even kick on. I like wearing a sweater and socks inside during the winter because it feels cozy. My kids would be naked constantly no matter what, except I just realized that the baby likes to be warm so I put a space heater in her room on warm because I’m freaking tired and she apparently wakes up because she’s cold! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter/page/2#post-2866873 Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:57:58 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2866873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We set it to 68/69 when home and 63 at night. We are in SoCal so complete wimps but I love blankets and slippers so I don’t want it too warm! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter/page/2#post-2866858 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 22:11:59 +0000 Jennibenni 2866858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>70 when the heater is on. I hate being cold. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter/page/2#post-2866829 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 19:57:54 +0000 hitchhiker 2866829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>66 when we are home and awake, 64 when we are asleep, 60 when we are away. Our house is 100+ years old and a little drafty, so it is often quite chilly, but we are both super frugal. We are all much happier since we invested in warm slippers! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter/page/2#post-2866821 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 19:42:14 +0000 maddyz 2866821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We bounce around the 65-68 degree range. I would keep it colder but DH would never let me. He is always cold. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter/page/2#post-2866752 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:51:29 +0000 Mrsbells 2866752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>75 all year round. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter/page/2#post-2866665 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 13:16:13 +0000 Dahlia 2866665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>67 when we're home and awake, 62 when we leave the house. And we used to turn it down to 64 at night, but we're worried about DD being cold because she doesn't keep the covers on and her room is always one of the coldest. </p> <p>When DH is out of town, though, I keep it at 70 when I'm home and awake :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter/page/2#post-2866655 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 12:51:03 +0000 cat620 2866655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I keep mine set to 72 day and night. I don't like cold and neither does my husband. We use the same bedding during both the summer and winter, so we don't have thick blankets at our house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter/page/2#post-2866654 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 12:50:35 +0000 Tanjowen 2866654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was not meant to be cold. Our winters aren't even that bad here in Georgia, but I keep it 72 during the day downstairs (upstairs is zoned and we keep doors shut) and 66 at night when we head upstairs to bed. Upstairs stays at 69 degrees.</p> <p>To be fair, heat isn't a big money or fight issue around here - but bring up A/C settings in the Summer and it gets ugly. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter/page/2#post-2866634 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 11:07:58 +0000 Sams Mom 2866634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hypatia: look into an insert for your fireplace, it might make it worth it with the added efficiency. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter/page/2#post-2866633 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 11:02:28 +0000 Anagram 2866633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>68-69 when we are home during the day, 67 at night. Any colder than that, and we all feel cold. It's 62 when we leave the house.</p> <p>We also have Ecobee.</p> <p>I should add that I have a babysitter/PT nanny from a warm country and sometimes she will crank it up to like 73 in winter because she's always cold. But she's only at our house for 2-3 hours a day, so I let her do what she wants. Although sometimes I change it remotely back to something like 70, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter/page/2#post-2866631 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:57:43 +0000 Mrs. Turtle 2866631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hypatia: Oh yes, a wood stove. My parents are trying to do the same with a fire place and are very frustrated as well. We live in a TINY cabin, so with the woodstove it is extremely easy to heat the place with minimal wood. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter/page/2#post-2866630 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:52:10 +0000 Hypatia 2866630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Turtle: Do you have a wood stove? We have a traditional fireplace, and when we went without heat for three weeks this winter, it was awful trying to keep the fire going. I had to haul in more wood every 30 minutes, and only that room stayed relatively warm. We’d have a big blazing fire and the next room would be 45 degrees. I think the record was our bedrooms getting down to 40 at night (the girls slept with us under an electric blanket). </p> <p>We live in a log cabin, so I expected it to work better than it did. But i guess it’s true what they say about traditional fireplaces being super inefficient. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter/page/2#post-2866610 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:33:37 +0000 looch 2866610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't like to be cold and I don't like to be wearing coats indoors (kidding, but not really), so we keep it at 69 when we are home. I find myself turning the heat down on the weekends, because once I start moving around, I get warm. </p> <p>At night we do turn it lower, to about 65 and then we have it set so that it warms up again in the morning and then turns down when we leave for the day.</p> <p>We have humid summers, so we also run the central air in the summer more than I would prefer, but it's not worth getting into an argument over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter#post-2866600 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:15:06 +0000 Mamaof2 2866600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>68 when we are home<br /> 62 when no one is home<br /> 65 at night - My kids sweat at 65, I should turn it lower </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter#post-2866588 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 08:16:53 +0000 tinyperson 2866588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Turtle: I love wood heat (but maybe not the actual work involved). We had a wood furnace and fireplaces for heat in our log house when I was growing up in British Columbia. It was lovely, but I was there from 4-8 years old, so I didn't have to do any of the work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter#post-2866580 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 06:31:47 +0000 Adira 2866580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lahela017: Ditto. 73 (except during the day when we aren't there). Xander's room is above the garage, so it's usually only 70 in there, but 73 is where it's at! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter#post-2866570 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:24:05 +0000 DesertDreams88 2866570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On the flipside, in the summer I'm willing to keep it at 82-84. I wear a tank top and light athletic shorts, and we have a pool. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter#post-2866569 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:19:46 +0000 DesertDreams88 2866569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I lived for 18 years in CT where my family kept the winter temp at 65-68 and I HATED it, lived with a constant space heater, and swore I'd up the temp once I had my own house.</p> <p>Fast forward to now and I live in Phoenix. We keep our house at 71 in the winter. Life is too short to be shivering in my own home and I don't like wearing 3x layers.</p> <p>Sorry, this is a really privileged post. But it's my current truth. I save money by scrimping in a lot of ways others wouldn't like (cloth diapers and hand towels, hanging laundry to dry, etc). But saving money by having a cold house is not a strategy of mine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter#post-2866560 Mon, 14 Jan 2019 22:49:37 +0000 peaches1038 2866560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hypatia: thanks! I’ll check that out! </p> <p>@wrkbrk: he never complains but it feels so freakin cold when I go in to check on him before bed! Even when I’m reading his bedtime stories, I need a blanket too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter#post-2866556 Mon, 14 Jan 2019 22:37:07 +0000 Foodnerd81 2866556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don’t think I have ever turned the heat higher than 79! </p> <p>Day time it’s usually 68, at night down to 62 downstairs in the living areas. Upstairs (bedrooms) are usually in the 65 range- but our house heats unevenly so that means one LOs room is close to 60 and the others is 68. Neither complain. The master is almost always 62- we are rarely in there during the day and like it cool at night. </p> <p>@cake2017: so you set your house cooler in the summer than the winter?</p> <p>ETA: we are in MA so it gets pretty cold in the winter, but not super hot in the summer, aside from a few heat waves here and there- but nothing like a phoenix summer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter#post-2866520 Mon, 14 Jan 2019 20:28:15 +0000 pinkb 2866520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't use the heat much and only use it because of the kids. On our coldest nights I will turn it between 65-67. If it seems too cold I will bump it to 68 when we wake up to just get the chill off. DH and I will usually open our window overnight cause we love the cooler temps. Keeps our room cooler and doesn't effect the rest of the house. But we live in the south so we very very rarely go below freezing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter#post-2866519 Mon, 14 Jan 2019 20:23:12 +0000 pachamama 2866519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hypatia: 68 is comfortable during the day for us usually (northern NY). 60 when out (we use a Nest). At night I prefer 62 but we have a toddler so my husband makes me keep it at 67 and it's WAY too hot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter#post-2866516 Mon, 14 Jan 2019 20:13:21 +0000 Kaohinani 2866516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>71°F in the fall/winter due to my circulatory conditions and many fires in the fire place when it is super cold out. During the spring around 62°F and, in the summer, the AC goes on. When we leave for family trips, the house is set at 62°F. (I was meant for a tropical climate. 😉) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter#post-2866512 Mon, 14 Jan 2019 20:07:32 +0000 erinbaderin 2866512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We keep ours at 68 when we’re home, 64 when we aren’t. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter#post-2866506 Mon, 14 Jan 2019 19:38:48 +0000 wrkbrk 2866506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Turtle: 😍😍😍 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter#post-2866504 Mon, 14 Jan 2019 19:28:57 +0000 Mrs. Turtle 2866504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wrkbrk: Other than having to build a fire every morning, it's wonderful. And I LOVE wood heat. So much cozier than the propane heater. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter#post-2866503 Mon, 14 Jan 2019 19:26:16 +0000 wrkbrk 2866503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@peaches1038: Is he really that cold at 60? I think it sounds amazing with a heavy blanket! If you didn’t do the fleece jams and socks would he ask for them? Obvi different now that they are older but when they were infants I was so scared to make it too warm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-thermostat-set-to-in-winter#post-2866502 Mon, 14 Jan 2019 19:24:42 +0000 wrkbrk 2866502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Turtle: This set up sounds like my dream. </p>