Cold at night, any recommendations?

My dad used to suffer terribly with the cold at night. We put a woollen blanket under his bottom sheet and kept an eco De Longhi heater on 18 degrees in his bedroom with the door shut all night to keep the heat in. I also bought him a surfer's beenie hat with a logo on the front. Bless him! He was as warm as toast and also looked cool! At 96!

Fleecy sheet and duvet cover,
Electric blanket (cheap)
Weighted blanket.

Is that on overblanket or under?

Spending their inheritance is what I think about at night!

I never thought about cold air waking me up, but it's a good point. Thank you.

Is that an over blanket or under?

Thank you - will check this out

When it’s very cold I wear a fleece cardigan type dressing gown, modern take on a bed jacket with fingerless gloves to read in bed. Otherwise it’s fleece pyjamas, warm duvet cover, two hot water bottles and a blanket on the top of the duvet. Our bedroom has 3 outside walls and gets very cold, fortunately I rarely need a night time bathroom trip.

It does seem as if you will need some sort of heating in your bedroom daisymac unless an electric blanket or heated throw would trick your body into sleep. Sounds as if breathing cold air disturbs you.

Good idea - is that an over- or an under-blanket?

That is definitely worth checking out - thank you!

Tried that - can't kick it out in the morning like you can with hot water bottles after they get cold.

You sound so well organised - lots of great ideas, especially PJs with a hood, that's a brilliant idea for having a warm head without helmet hair in the morning!

A warm man? 🤣🤣🤣

Electric blanket, mine only costs a penny an hour

My duvet is 15 tog- so cosy and add a hot water bottle it does not take me long to get warm but when I am reading my book I am shivering with cold.

I have cosy fleece pyjamas, bought in Lidl a few years ago, and in recent months, bed socks, too.

I would definitely recommend a fleece fitted sheet, an absolute game changer!

I would have thought that an electric blanket on a low setting all night might work?

An aluminium hot water bottle in a sock. They stay toasty warm ALL night long and then, usually around 6a.m. I strip its sock off and I have another few hours of a hot toasty warm bed. I also wrap my dressing gown around it so that I have a warm dressing gown to put on in the morning before I creep out into the chilly air.

I have never slept through the night for years always bunny hop with at least two wake periods
I have an old three story Victorian house with no central heating no way I could afford that I have a thermal on under thick hooded pyjamas two duvets and two hot water bottles and truly am as snug as a bug in a rug (I sleep in a single bed much warmer than a double) I take my kettle up to bed with me and if I wake cold in the night I pop it on while I go to the loo and refill my bottles and I go back to sleep
This year is the first time since childhood that I ve had ice on the inside of my bedroom window
Anyway I find these things keep me really cosy and if I wasn’t warm enough I d go in a sleeping bag under the duvets with the hotty bottles in with me 😃 (smaller spaces keep you warmer)

I am up - just couldn’t sleep, so, went down, turned up the heating, had a warm drink and back under the duvet. I just have to have a warm house, not just a warm bed. I will spend the children’s inheritance on my comfort ie a warm house.

i cant afford a blanket but bought a large heating pad it works

Fleecy pjs teddy duvet cover teddy fitted sheet and pillow cases ( best things I ever bought) electric blanket. Cosy soft bed socks are the best and glass or two of red wine to send me asleep. I am warmer now at night than I ever was and my arthritic joints are grateful.

Electric blanket? My dd has one and loves it!