luvmy2kids
01-26-2007, 09:46 AM
I've heard repeatedly not to use electric blankets. Something about them altering the body's natural... something. I can't remember! Does someone know??
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dustoffkid
01-26-2007, 09:49 AM
I don't know, but I will tell you what I do. I use the electric blanket to warm up the bed, and then turn it off whan I get in. Simple. I don't have the heat on in the bedroom for the most part, so as soon as the blanky warms it up I hop in and turn it off, fall asleep like a baby.
rheanna
01-27-2007, 03:18 AM
luvmy2kids,
Using the electric blanket to PRE-heat the bed is wonderful. The problem with sleeping under one is that your body has no way of regulating the heat. You normally get warmer after you've been under the covers for a while (even without an electric blanket), and then you can move to a cooler section of the bed to cool down. But with an electric blanket, you just keep getting warmer and warmer, until you finally wake up gasping for breath, sweating, and panting for a glass of water.
It is recommennded NOT to use electric blankets with children or old people, because their ability to regulate their heat is not so developed as with adults, and they may not wake up or be able to move to turn off the blanket electricity. The constant heat basically is creating a fever in them. Not good.
--Rheanna
Using the electric blanket to PRE-heat the bed is wonderful. The problem with sleeping under one is that your body has no way of regulating the heat. You normally get warmer after you've been under the covers for a while (even without an electric blanket), and then you can move to a cooler section of the bed to cool down. But with an electric blanket, you just keep getting warmer and warmer, until you finally wake up gasping for breath, sweating, and panting for a glass of water.
It is recommennded NOT to use electric blankets with children or old people, because their ability to regulate their heat is not so developed as with adults, and they may not wake up or be able to move to turn off the blanket electricity. The constant heat basically is creating a fever in them. Not good.
--Rheanna
luvmy2kids
01-27-2007, 03:25 PM
Thanks for the replies! My husband really wants one and I keep saying no... but I think the preheating idea sounds REALLY good! We have an old house and when heat was added in the 1900's for some reason they didn't put it in the master bedroom! Thanks!