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the heater...
Jan. 4th, 2016 07:55 pmThis is our first winter that we are having to use the heater in our apartment. The windows are terrible as they let in a draft. Our previous apartment faced West directly, head-on and so all we needed was the sun to show up and we were good for the night! Here, we face the East and are at an angle. And the old building they changed the window glass to something more efficient. So, even with the polar vortex upon us, we needed the heat maybe once or twice in the WHOLE winter season.
Anyway, I don't know how efficient the heating system is but we hate it when it's on. It's a dehydrator and found D can't sleep as her lips her chapped she gulps down glassful of water (sometimes twice) a night without needing a potty run.
Now, we sleep with blankets and so having the heater off is not an issue. But our darling daughter who loves the line from Let it Go! keeps telling us that "cold doesn't bother me, anyway!" with the attitude from Elsa. And never uses a blanket or even a sheet. I do layer her double (long sleeve shirt over/under short sleeve shirt. On some nights I notice that yeah, she is fine. But on other nights she is cold to touch. sigh. Her room is warmer than the rest of the apartment - so am not completely worried. It and the study have a separate heat control and so we try that, but by golly is it dry! Humidifier is on but seems to make no difference.
sigh... have to figure something out. Sometimes with D I don't know if this is the way she can control her life or if she really is not feeling all that cold. It's just me that even in the hottest days of summer need a light sheet to cover and have to accept that it's not for everyone!
Anyway, I don't know how efficient the heating system is but we hate it when it's on. It's a dehydrator and found D can't sleep as her lips her chapped she gulps down glassful of water (sometimes twice) a night without needing a potty run.
Now, we sleep with blankets and so having the heater off is not an issue. But our darling daughter who loves the line from Let it Go! keeps telling us that "cold doesn't bother me, anyway!" with the attitude from Elsa. And never uses a blanket or even a sheet. I do layer her double (long sleeve shirt over/under short sleeve shirt. On some nights I notice that yeah, she is fine. But on other nights she is cold to touch. sigh. Her room is warmer than the rest of the apartment - so am not completely worried. It and the study have a separate heat control and so we try that, but by golly is it dry! Humidifier is on but seems to make no difference.
sigh... have to figure something out. Sometimes with D I don't know if this is the way she can control her life or if she really is not feeling all that cold. It's just me that even in the hottest days of summer need a light sheet to cover and have to accept that it's not for everyone!
