My now 16 month old son hates having covers on and kicks them off. Which wouldn't be a problem, except it wakes him up. Plus he usually end up in bed with me and I like to snuggle up!
I should clarify a little bit. It doesn't seem to be that he is cold that is causing him to wake up; he seems to get mad about the covers being on. He usually does have footed pajamas on, and his feet don't seem to be cold (he is a little hotbox, generally!). I can try having him on top of the covers, though.
Put him in double pyjamas & skip the covers. I learned this trick from another mom & it worked for us.
hi there
our son was and IS the same way, he is now 6yrs old.. and STLL gets off the covers. he too is a little hotbox and has always been that way. As a baby, I look back now and we def over did it with the covers... :) b/c we also had warm pajamas on him.. so no wonder he kicked the covers off. hahah however, even today, when wearing a tshirt and shorts to bed, he still kicks off the covers.. so basically, we just let him stay outside of the covers and when he is cold, he actually does get back inside. However, your child is still too small to do that, so if were you, I'd put on warm pajamas and as long as your house isn't an ice box, maybe skip all the covers for now.. good luck
Have you tried putting him in the really warm, footed pajamas? You might even put a t-shirt and socks under the jammies...that should keep him warm enough to not wake up.
My son is 9 years old and he does the same thing. He now dresses himself for bed and it is so funny. Some nights he puts on a beanie, long sleeved shirt, long pants, socks and gloves! It is too cute! He knows he kicks his covers off so he found a way to combat the problem.
Hi M.-
Halo now makes a sleep sack that has feet holes, for up to 2 year olds. They zip up the front, are baggy on the body and worn over jammies. They stay warm without the restriction of blankets. He can stay on top of the covers, and you can stay under. They have worked great for daughter and the little one I nanny for, both 19 months.
Good luck!
M.,
MY kids would not sleep with those things on unless they were uncovered. Try putting him in some jammies that don't have the feet, then cover him up, I bettcha he will sleep all night long. And from personal experience, I wake up in the middle of the night taking my own socks off, because it is making me to hot.
W.
My 2 year old is kind of like that. She won't sleep in her bed, therefore she is never under her blankets. More often than not, I will check on her before I go to bed and find that she is sleeping in the middle of her floor, snuggled right into the carpet! Because of that I always put her to sleep in footed fleece pajamas to keep her warm without blankets. I say, if he hates blankets, there's no need for them. As long as he is sleeping well, who cares, right?
Hi M.. If he is kicking off the covers but likes sleeping with you, it could be he likes the pressure. There are things called weighted blankets that will do the trick very well. Regular blankets can be irritating to some kids. You can get them from e-bay or do a google search for them. They aren't cheap is the thing. To figure out the appropraite weight of the blanket, you multiply your child's weight times 10% and add one.
I have a weighted blanket for all my kids and they sleep so much better. I've never heard of the blankets causing a problem for kids or toddlers. I wouldn't recommend them for infants of course.
L.
Hi M.,
My 23 month old son never liked covers either. Plus, he rolls around so much in his sleep that any covers fall off anyways. What we end up doing during cold nights is dressing him in a fleece one-piece pajama which also covers the feet. When we don't think that this will be warm enough, we also use a little heater in his room and thus regulate the "environmental" temperature. Of course, this is less of a problem when it gets hot.
Hope this helps!
J. :)
My two year old does not like to be covered either - she prefers to lay on top of a blanket in her crib, and cuddle another blanket (or one of the many beloved animals in her bed) against her. Small children often sleep very hot - lots of us mothers have children that wake up sweaty in the middle of the night or when waking up from naps. I think its just a kid thing - so don't worry about it too much. Put blanket sleepers on him when its cold (I put a little undershirt beneath my daughters blanket sleepers when its really cold) and let him sleep on top of a comfy blanket (ones that are really "cozy" like flannel or fleece). If he doesn't want them on him and having them on him wakes him up, just get rid of the on top blankets altogether.
My little one also sleeps with a pillow - at about 16 or 17 months old, she was sick and spent a lot of time sleeping in my bed with my goosedown pillow. After she was better and was sent back to her crib for all of her sleeping, she would not part with the pillow and has been sleeping with it ever since. She doesnt usually use it as a pillow, but something to hug and cuddle and lean against. I figure, between the blanket sleepers, a blanket underneath her, and a pillow she is PLENTY warm. See what works for your son!
what i would do is have a blanket made out of the same material as his pajamas that he likes, or make a blanket that wrap's aroound him like a burrito but that isnt tight but snuggly, or take him to a fabric store and have him feel material and go from there,have a blanket made in such a way that he would be sidetrack and enjoy the blanket designed his way
I'm not sure what your question is. Neither of my kids like to have covers on. My 4 year old kicks them off, and we don't bother putting them on our 22 month old. He wears fleece pajamas with feet, and when it's cold we put a pair of regular jammies underneath. As long as they're warm, they're fine.
