Although I have the window open for the fresh air when I go to sleep, I personally have to be toasty warm. As the weather is colder now, I put on an extra blanket - but it is too hot. Without the extra blanket, I am OK except for my feet and I wake up all night every time I move them onto a cold spot. I put the blanket only on my feet which keeps them warm and I am able to warm up the area around my feet so there are no cold spots, but the blanket feels uncomfortably heavy. My husband has very warm feet and does not want the blanket on his side, so the blanket occasionally falls off the bed too. What to do?
Idea! I bought a car window screen at the dollar store for the summer. It is rather thin but the silvery side worked great to keep the car cool. I don't need it for the winter so I brought it in, folded it in half (silvery side out) and put it under my sheet at the end of the bed. It reflects my heat perfectly to keep my feet warm. Problem solved!
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An old friend heated some bricks on his wood stove, wrapped them in a towel and used them to keep my 'always cold' feet warm in bed during a bad cold snap. It worked wonderfully. Now I want to refine the process and am looking for information.
Could I use ceramic tiles and get the same results? If so, what kind of things do I need to look for in the tile? Anything that will help keep my feet warm is something that merits further investigation.
By elaine from Ontario, Canada
We use the heating pads that are heated in the microwave. They are wonderful for foot warmers, bed warmers, as well as for aches and pains.
I make rice bags. Just take some plain old cotton cloth (think muslin, or something similar) and sew a small, long pillow, filling with regular rice (I use the cheapest long grain rice I can find). It can be microwaved to use as a heating pad, or left in the freezer as a cool pack for boo-boos. I've also heard where people will do the same thing with a sock -- just fill the sock with rice & tie it off.
How long you heat depends on your microwave. I'd heat for 3 minutes with my old microwave, but with my new one only 1 to 1-1/2 minutes. I just toss one under the sheets at the foot of my bed while I clean up for the night, and it does the trick!
Plain old-fashioned hot water bottles do the trick. Some you can buy even come with their own snuggly covers. I fill mine with hot tap water and stick it under the sheets a little while before bed; by the time we crawl in we have a warm space for cold feet!
Thanks to all who responded so far. I have used both hot water bottles and the microwave bags and while they were definitively good in the short term, the bricks were still definitely warm 5 hours later which is why I was wanting to figure out a usable everyday solution. I hate cold and something like this is a god send. elaine
I have a heating pad that is inside a quilted thick pillow case. I turn it on about 10 minutes before I go to bed, and then shut it off when I go to bed. It warms my feet, then stays warm inside of the pillow-case as long as I keep my feet in there. As long as all night!
The bricks are the best as they last a long time and they have been around for years. I did that when I lived at home in England back in the late 40's and early 50's. We lived in a 4 story house and no heat up on the 4th were I slept so I would take the brick up first and put it in the middle of the bed, then move it down to the feet. I would stay warm all night long.
