She hates having a blanket/sheet on her..what am I going to do in winter??

[ss_storm]

Has been getting quite cold here overnight, had to put fllanny pj's on DD tonight because inside the house is so cool, and she just refuses to have a blanket or even a sheet over her legs. I wasn't so worried in summer, but now it's getting colder and I don't know what to do! She's fine if I put a blanket over the top of her when she is in a deep sleep, but in a light sleep she'll start grizzling and wriggling around until it falls off/I take it back off, and if she is awake as soon as it touches her she kicks and wriggles it off.
Last winter she was still using grobags, but she's outgrown the ones she had and I don't think she'd like being back in them, just before I stopped using them she'd wriggle her legs around in them like mad until she fell asleep. Even when she is in bed with me I can't put anything on her so just have to hope my body heat is enough to keep her warm! I'm also wondering if that's why she's started waking up earlier (about 2am, when just a few weeks ago she was sleeping until at least 4, and had about a 4 night streak of sleeping until 6/7).

Any suggestions??

[Calluna]

No idea's but Isaac is the same. Hopefully someone can help!

[Lily Dust]

We have the same problem, except DD kicks and kicks and kicks until those blankets are gone thankfully ours is only for a few weeks until we light the fire but in that time we do 'layers' singlet or summer jumpsuit under pjs and tucked into socks if needed. We generally dont need the socks, but DD is a hot bod

[Cherished]

I've been thinking the same thing as DS is in the same boat. Can't put anything on him unless he's in a deep sleep and even then when he wakes up it's off within minutes, we tried a grobag once and he was like a frog in a sock! We couldn't even wrap him as a new born baby. I've decided to dress him really warm in the winter and to put the oil heater on in his room during the winter.

[RhiChiChi]

I've seen those all in one pj things - the feet are covered too..... they are like a sleeping bag but they can walk around in them

[Arcadia]

We have this issue too! If it's a mild night dd can sleep through till 6am but most nights she climbs in with us at 2am and her limbs are freezing! She kicks off any covering, even in our bed, but you're right...the body heat must help.

Last winter we used sleep suits, which are polar fleece with arms and legs (and feet) all in one and we used to put pjs on under them...the brand was snug time I think...dd just thought they were pjs and they kept her toasty...I had to take them off her when she came into our bed though because she would overheat.

It's funny, the few people I know whose babies religiously sleep through have climate control and gro bags...I often wonder if dd would have slept better if I could manage her temp better...but then again, babies are designed to be with their mum, so in my bed seems to be the best place for her anyway.

[ss_storm]

It's funny, the few people I know whose babies religiously sleep through have climate control and gro bags...I often wonder if dd would have slept better if I could manage her temp better...but then again, babies are designed to be with their mum, so in my bed seems to be the best place for her anyway.

DD didn't even sleep through with grobags Friend of mine has a 4 week old and apparently she has been sleeping through already...I don't want to feel like a biatch but I am jealous!!

Am going to have to get her some new pj's, but do they make the pj's with feet in say size 2? Bearing in mind we only have Target to shop at..might have to search online. Our house gets freezing, particularly early in the morning so I don't think one layer of pj's is going to do it if she refuses to have a blanket, but it's the kind of cold you need a blanket or two to stay warm.
DF is on me about stopping co-sleeping because apparently that is why she isn't sleeping through, a whole other issue I guess, but maybe if she wasn't getting cold she might start sleeping a bit longer by herself.

Funnily enough she had been having a sheet/blanket over her when I stopped using grobags at the end of winter last year, it was too warm to use a grobag but still a bit too cool to have nothing and she seemed fine with it then, but now she just can't stand it. I don't understand cause I love nothing more than snuggling up under my doona!

[Lily Dust]

DD didn't even sleep through with grobags Friend of mine has a 4 week old and apparently she has been sleeping through already...I don't want to feel like a biatch but I am jealous!!

Am going to have to get her some new pj's, but do they make the pj's with feet in say size 2?

ss_storm, DD slept through from when we bought her home until about 4 months. After having that awesome little sleeper, I was up 9 times a night between 6 and 10 months so their time will come to be up ALL night, believe me!
Target here has those onesie things in VERY large sizes, like 4 or up ( not sure if they have the feet though?

[willow5]

Same problem here too. DS hates anything on him and will wake straight away if not with in minutes of me trying to put something on him even just a muslin wrap draped over his legs. He pulls at it until it's gone. We used grobags last winter but I don't think he's going to have a bar of them this year. Did I dream it or can you get the grobags but with legs and covered feet? Or is there only sleepsuits/jumpsuits?

It's funny, the few people I know whose babies religiously sleep through have climate control and gro bags...I often wonder if dd would have slept better if I could manage her temp better...but then again, babies are designed to be with their mum, so in my bed seems to be the best place for her anyway.

DS had grobags last winter and has always, and still is, waking between 5 and 10 times a night so no joy there for us. Oh and he sleeps with me if they're gonna sleep they're gonna sleep, or not

[Gigi]

we went thru this too (even though bilby was wrapped so much as a tiny bub).

first it was cotton sleeping bags ($12 at big w), cotton ribbed, like a ribbed teeshirt. no sleeves. pjs underneath. those cotton sleeping bags went up to a size 2, and i have a very short child, so that worked longer than it would for other children.

then i found out about "blanket sleepers" - like an all in one pj outfit with feet - i found ones of those available to buy in AUstralia (Snugtime or something like that) - but they were only in polar fleece, and my child overheats in polar fleece stuff. Then i found COTTON blanket sleepers, but only in countries where it snows, like USA, Canada. Lucky enough to score some from a US expat living in Australia, selling them 2nd hand. i think if your child goes to the toilet multiple times per night, the fastenings would drive you batty, but bilby held on all night, so it worked for her.

Now, she's four, still got same problem. Dress her in warm pjs with singlet tucked in. Use knitted bedsocks that look more like gigantic booties, with the tie around the ankles. Unlike her socks, they stay on ALL night. and she loves them. We used the oil heater in her room too. Been told recently, not wanting bedding on her, might be a sign of Sensory Processing Disorder or something like that. (long story, but all her "issues" relate to teh senses).

i think it's a matter of trying everything you can think of/have access to - and keep going with whatever YOUR child will
- tolerate
- stop your child feeling like an icicle in the morning

took me a few years, to find someone to knit bilby her big sleep booties, (i can barely knit a scarf ha ha). That was the one idea i was positive WOULDN"T work, but she loved them - still does.

[trishalishous]

I've seen those all in one pj things - the feet are covered too..... they are like a sleeping bag but they can walk around in them

this is what we use for wriggle monster. You can get them from best and less or target for about $20 and they go up to a size 6 I think.

[Chocaholic]

You can get them from best and less or target for about $20 and they go up to a size 6 I think.

I could kiss you!! I have been searching every place I could think of but the shopping centre I am going to today has a Best & Less (I hope).

[Nai]

Yep - the sleep suits with legs! They are brilliant - both my girls have worn them and they go up to bigger sizes at Target.

[Olive]

we use sleepersuits too from snugtime, though DD2 has decided now right before winter that she no longer likes them and is often without a doona too

[Cherished]

are the sleeping bag suits at best and less & target the same type of thing as the snugtime ones with a tog rating etc? I think they would be perfect for DS

[Miss.September]

We have the same problem too, but last week we slept in our camper and it was so so cold, that DD actually snuggled under the doona, arms and all. She normally falls asleep under a sheet or a light blanket but wriggles her way out and when she's in bed with us, she ends up lying sideways on our pillows to avoid the blanket touching her. So I was quite relieved to see her all snug and warm under a doona.

[willow5]

are the sleeping bag suits at best and less & target the same type of thing as the snugtime ones with a tog rating etc? I think they would be perfect for DS

Yeah that?^^

[catetay]

they don't have a rating, so we found we had to try a couple brands to get the right weight for diff weather. Great on my daughter (2.5) who starts off under covers but when she rouses in the night, kicks them off then wakes fully cos she gets cold! we also use an oil heater to take chill off the room in winter.