Warming the cot - quicker than wheatbag?

[AnyDream]

Hi all

It's very cold here in Canberra and I'm thinking maybe DD is waking because she's going from a snuggly mummy hug back into a cool cot. She is wrapped and warm but she's still pretty bald so maybe the feeling of the sheet on her face/head is waking her?

Anyway, we have a wheatbag (and I'm prepared to use it!) but what with the standing waiting for the microwave, and then mooshing it around, it sort of interrupts the smooth flow of picking DD up when she first awakes. So I'm wondering if anyone has any other suggestions for instant warmth?

I know you can get those little gel packs (skiers have them in their pockets?) that you twist and then they heat up - not sure where I'd get one or what sort of heat it would be? Does any one know? Any other suggestions? Someone should invent a quick-warmth mat that you click on when you get the baby up that turns itself off so it's warm when baby gets to bed. Other option is to use a heater in her room but not too keen to do that until I have a smoke detector fitted in her room (and I'm not about to try balancing on a chair to do that in my current sleep deprived state).

All and any thoughts are welcome.

[visitor1]

Might sound silly..but can you use a hair drier to heat up the sheets?

Maybe place a blanket in the dryer then place it on the sheets then put DD on top?

[Kitt3n]

have a small sheet on hand warming up near the heater. thn when you take her to her cot you cold just lay that underneath her head?

[Lisa]

We use a hot water bottle to warm Harrison's cot up... we just take it out before we put him in there.

[Olive]

thios might be a silly question but are you using flannalette sheets?

[alioops]

You can get heat packs that you click a little button in and it causes a chemical reaction and they heat up quickly and crystalise, then when they cool down you boil them in a pot of water till they are liquid again and cool them quickly before they crystalise again. much easier than the microwave and easy to do while you settle her before putting her down. I agree with AJP, use flannalette sheets coz they warm up faster.