Winter blankets
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Topic: Winter blankets
Posted By: busymum
Subject: Winter blankets
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 7:48pm
Just wondering what you have on your bed and/or heating in your bedroom during winter (ie type and amount of blankets). This is because we're trying to set up a homestay and we want to make sure it will be warm enough for the "status quo" of NZ - ie you! haha 
I have been eyeing up some cotton blankets (to go under duvets) but we're not sure whether they are warm enough just like that? So, we have a duvet and a mink blanket, and no heating in our room. And we live in Palmy. -------------  |
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 7:52pm
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I have a duvet (80%down/20%feather) and a mink blanket. Usually have an electric blanket too but haven't needed it so far this year. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 7:52pm
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OK at the moment, the boys have a sheet, duvet, homemade quilt made out of cotton and flannelette and Josh has a polar fleece blanket and Andrew has a mink blanket. No heating in the rooms but they have underfloor insulation and the walls have bats in them. I have an electric blanket (that is on every night), sheet and duvet. Occationally I but an extra quilt on me. However when we move we are so having extra blankets on our bed. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 7:56pm
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At the moment we have some nice new Flanneltte sheets and a duvet. Havent got any extra blankets, we havent needed them yet.
But what I usually do is put a thick wool like blanket on aswell and when its reallllyyy cold we have an extra duvet we put on under the normal one. I dont like electric blankets they scare me a bit lol. ------------- |
Posted By: kabe
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 7:59pm
I'm a big sook, so on cold nights we have fleecy sheets, a cotton blanket, two duvets, a fleecy blanket and an electric blanket  . ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 8:00pm
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In Auckland we would have flannelette sheets, an electric blanket and a winter weight duvet. Here in Cambridge we have the same but also use our summer duvet underneath the winter one as a blanket. No heating in the room. ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 8:15pm
| We have flannelette sheets, a thin cotton blanket and then the duvet the same as Emma. We have no heating in the room (nor any insulation in the house!) and it's fine. I usually put my side of the elctric blanket on to warm up the bed before I get in, but sometimes that makes it too warm. Oh....I also have a sheepskin mattress protector, to stop the cold coming up from under the bed and through the slats. |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 8:18pm
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The kids have flannette sheets and a winter duvet. Nyah has her "special" polar fleece blanket.
Conor has a f/sheets, wool blanket and winter duvet. We have F/sheets and winter duvet. On my side I've got a polar fleece blanket. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 8:29pm
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Maya is in her Sesame st sleeping bag with no other blankets and wearing flannel PJ pants and a bikini top. Strange, strange child!
ETA: she has a duvet and mink blanket tho, and plenty of winter PJ's just in case you thought we were forcing her to freeze! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 8:32pm
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we just have a winter weight duvet..no sheet..lol:) but i have an electric blanket..and varying from no-lots of clothes depending on how many times i get up in the night:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 8:33pm
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oh and no heating in the room..but Ethan's heater sortof warms our room too and a night store way further down the hall.. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 8:49pm
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ROFL Emma, like Briona today in a summery dress and a singlet - bare legs, bare arms - insisted that she was hot and kept taking off jerseys and socks despite my best efforts!! Sunny, yes - warm, no! ------------- |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 8:51pm
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We have electric blanket which I am use about half hour before bed, DH isnt using his yet. We dont have a sheet and are still using our summer duvet with a blanket.
In the next few weeks I imagine we will add the winter duvet and loose the summer one. We also have mink blankets on the sofas that come onto the bed if it gets really cold. No heating in our room. -------------   
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Posted By: queenbean
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 8:58pm
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Just a duvet and an electric blanket. I my electric blanket!!!
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Posted By: AngieBabe
Date Posted: 09 June 2008 at 10:20am
We have cotton sheets, a winter weight (400gsm) wool duvet and electric blanket which is on high an hour or two before bed to warm it up (I HATE getting into a cold bed!)... I also sleep with socks on as my feet freeze! No other heating up that end of the house  ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: surfergirl
Date Posted: 09 June 2008 at 10:35am
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I'm with AngieBabe...
We have heavy flannel sheets, a summer duvet, a winter feather duvet, electric blankets and extra minks over the end of the bed when needed...and we sleep with a oil column heater on 3 all night! I HATE being cold and run my heat pump all night in the living areas too (I justify this by drying my washing in front of it!) |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 09 June 2008 at 10:57am
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We have an electric blanket (usually just for heating up the bed before we get in) and flanette sheets, duvet and then a woolen blanket. The blanket is actually a king single size but its fits out queen bed perfectly.
We don't bother with heating the room now. |
Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 09 June 2008 at 11:12am
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We have a summer weight duvet and cotton sheets all year round.
We live in an incredibly well insulated town house that is full north facing and has windows running the whole width of the house, so we get all day sun which heats the house without us needing to use the heatpump more than maybe a couple of weeks total through winter. |
Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 09 June 2008 at 11:18am
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I love lots of blankets! I have an electric blanket, flannelette sheets, 2 woollen blankets, 2 microfleece blankets a cotton quilt and a summer weight duvet on my bed atm. -------------  
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Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 09 June 2008 at 11:26am
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We have at present, a woolen underlay, a cotton bottom sheet, a summer duvet and a winter duvet.. but am going to change the linen today and put our flannelette's (PINK playboy much to DF's disgust LOL) on because last night I was FREEZING -------------  
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 09 June 2008 at 12:01pm
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We have flannelette sheets, a thick duvet and a mink blanket with our electric blankets going most of the night. It's pretty damn cold here. We also live in a 50-year old house with no insulation and wooden windows (and only a logfire to warm it so unless I get up every 2 hours we have no heating).
Jack has a sheet, 4-layered woolen blanket, 2 layered cotton blanket and a quilt and he's warm. |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 09 June 2008 at 3:01pm
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Ethan only has a sheet and double wool blanket with his singlet and sleep all in one on and he s hot..mind you i have been having the heater on all night in there.. mind you i think he takes after his Dad who is always warm(except his hands) not like his always cold Mum! ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |