Mary, You shouldn't have a problem with the banana shrubs like you would with plumbago. Plumbago isn't really hardy here. But if your banana shrub is really small you may want to pot it and bring it in for the first winter. That's what I did with the ones I rooted. I love plumbago but they don't really come back for me. Maybe 1 in 8 will come back. There is a lady in town here that has them all over her yard. She says they come back with no problem. Maybe it's cause the other houses block the wind and the streets hold the heat at night, I don't know.

Three things to consider. First, as snidely says, the question is what the BTU output of the radiators is in each room. Try to find the specs for what you have by googling online. As an example, page 3 of the following is for Weil McLain cast iron baseboard: http://www.weil-mclain.com/en/assets/pdf/en-snug-072011.pdf . The BTU per hour ratings are given for various water temps, one or two flow rates and per linear foot. For the above example, a 1 foot section of baseboard with 180 degree average water temp will get you 570 BTUs per hour with a 500 pound per hour flow rate. (500 lbs per hour is about 1 gallon per minute (GPM)). You then multiply by the total linear feet or use the table. Page 4 of the following gives similar info for Weil McLain's fin baseboard. http://www.weil-mclain.com/en/assets/pdf/en-hightrim-072011.pdf You'll note that at the same average water temp, the output is 720 BTU/hour for 1 GPM flow rate. For cast iron radiators, it will take a little more tracking down or just use something close. Here's a page with similar info for this brand: http://www.ocsind.com/cast-iron-radiators.php These are given in BTUs per square foot per hour. First you have to calculate the number of square feet of radiator you have by determining the specific model (height) which gives sq. ft. per section, multiply by the number of sections and then multiply by the BTUs per square foot. A 'section' is one vertical rib. It can either be an end section (with feet) or the intermediate sections (in the middle without feet). The value doesn't matter for end or middle section. Given the above, you should be able to determine how many BTUs each room is getting. If the baby's room is similar (size, exposure, etc.) to another room that is warm, you can do a comparison. Second, if the baby's room is the last radiator in the series before the return to the boiler, I'd check what the water temperature coming into the room is. As you can see by the tables, the output is close tied to the water temp. The best way to do that would be an infrared thermometer aimed at the pipe going into and out of the radiator/baseboard. (See link below.) I'd measure the water temp in and out for each room and compare. Use that sample to do your calculations above a second time. As an example of a problem, a relative of mine had all fin-type baseboard. One series loop in their system was the living room and a bedroom. The living room only had baseboard under the picture window. They did a remodel and added baseboard along the other outside living room wall AND added baseboard to the basement, all on the same loop. As a result, the bedroom was much cooler the next winter because of the large temperature drop of the water by the time it got to that room (the bedroom was the last on the loop). Third, the old wives tale (or conventional wisdom) is to not mix cast iron with fin/steel baseboard. The ratings given in the specs are for water flowing given the average water temp. When the boiler/pump shuts off, all bets are off. Cast iron baseboard and radiators have more thermal mass with the iron and with water volume (although they take longer to heat up). The fin baseboard cools off faster and basically just has the pipe running the length full of water. So, there is some basis to your concern. If you find that there is a significant temp drop of the water coming into baby's room, you might see if the plumber can run a separate branch loop to the room from the boiler off the same source manifold (depending on how your zoning is controlled). He could also add a balancing valve to the branch so you could throttle down the flow if needed in case it's too hot in the room. But before changing anything, do the calculations. If there's not enough baseboard based on BTU calculations, you could add more or replace with more cast iron baseboard. It's been a while, but it used to run something like $40 to $50 a foot, plus installation for cast iron baseboard. Hope this gives you a few ideas. Here is a link that might be useful: Infrared thermometers This post was edited by DreamingoftheUP on Sat, Feb 22, 14 at 15:23

Adienne, Could you try a special toy or stuffed animal or blanket? I know you said he doesn't need one but sometimes it really helps with kids who don't want to go to sleep. DS wasn't quit taking his pacifier when he was about 3 months old and wasn't attached to anything but at about 18 months he latched on to a baby blanket. He won't sleep without it now. I remember being the same as a child, I needed my blankie and a bear to feel comforted and then I could go to sleep. Also, I ask DS what he wants to take to bed with him before he goes down for a nap and he picks a toy to lay on his pillow or beside him. If it's the dark, get a nightlight. DS at about 2 started to say it was dark in his room even with the night light. I added some clear minature Christmas lights in his room that I plug in when he goes to bed (we have one of those that's shaped like a ball with the lights on it that we bought at Christmas for him now). He asks for his ball light if I don't turn it on. Anyway, I later go back once he's asleep and unplug it and he's fine. I remember MIL using a strand of colored lights because they weren't as bright to get my niece to sleep at her house. Maybe you could pick a cute holiday light cover set or patio lights? It may seem crazy but it's worked for us. The fact that your son is 18 months old and just got over being sick also plays a big part in this. They seem to love to try you at this time in they're lives. You just have to be consistent and figure out what works for your son. Like I know somedays I can let a nap slide and others we absoultely can't. Some days DS is just not tired until later on in the evening and then he'll take a power nap and be fine. DS is almost 3 though but he's been like this for quite a while. Good luck. ~Leslie~

"A "sleep study" isn't all it's cracked up to be. It's often just used to sell CPAPs" How could this be? The doctors I've been to for the last dozen plus years (at a medical school, not that that matters) don't sell equipment or anything related to it. There's no conflict of interest involved at all. If you went to one that does sell equipment, you went to the wrong place. And how do you sleep when you can't sleep? They give you an Ambien or other mild sleep aid, that's standard for sleep studies. I'm sorry you had a bad experience, it left you misinformed and your possible condition untreated. Give it another try with a more prominent place. Sleep doctors really do life changing, miraculous work, it's not hardly limited to apnea and CPAP machines.