DS4 doesn’t want to wear summer clothes. Is is a complete nonissue?

DS2 is 14 and has always been like that. I get him to take his jumper off but have long since given up the battle of trousers versus shorts!

My eldest was like this once he got to primary school age but he’s autistic. With him I think its a combination of sensory issue, he’s also very thin and ‘doesn’t like people to see his skinny legs’ and he also really feels the cold and later (teens) received a diagnosis of Raynaud's syndrome which was probably a contributing factor.

Is it possible he has something like raynaud’s, its not limited to ND people, he may genuinely struggle with feeling warm enough even on a sunny day especially if theres a breeze.

Not a hill worth dying on! My ND daughter wears shorts and T-shirts all year round, even when it’s snowing. What has she chosen to wear the last few weeks? Hoody and joggers. I give up 🤣

I'm the opposite, always too hot.

As well as him feeling cold some people need to have some thing covering them.

In summer I sleep on top of the duvet but I know a lot of people can't sleep without something covering them.

Do yiou supplement with vitamin D? Skin exposure to sunlight is the primary way our bodies produce vitamin D.

DS 8 runs hot. Unless clothes are required he would happily wear nothing but his pants year round

kids are weird. Let them be weird and happy

But why does it drive you crazy? How do other people's clothing choices affect you? Some people run hotter and some colder. I'm a cold person and have been pestered all my life by busybodies asking me why I'm the only person in a jacket or whatever. Why do they care? I mean, I can see how some people might blame you for it if it was subzero and he was refusing to wear a coat, but when it's this way round, nobody's even going to really notice, or if they do they're not going to think it's you not letting him wear less. Let it go.

My ND 11 year old has always been like this, won’t wear shorts at all and has only just started to wear short sleeved t-shirts.
Whilst everyone has been in shorts, he’s been wearing jogging bottoms and long sleeved t-shirts. He insists on full pjs as well at night.
i tried when he was smaller to encourage shorts but got nowhere so soon gave up.
His brother on the hand will not wear trousers and wears shorts all year around. I just let them crack on with it and pick my battles for something important.

My ds is like this but he has significant sensory processing difficulties so doesn't like feeling the air on his arms and legs. Try cooler versions of long sleeved and long legged items and just make sure he keeps on top of staying hydrated. On the plus side it saves on sun cream!

Pick your battles. It's really not so hot that you'd have to worry about him overheating.

My son aged 11 is the same. He's conscious of his slim build which I reassure him of and don't make an issue of as it can make him more upset. I compromise with lighter material joggers and long sleeve t-shirts.

My DH was always like this long sleeve shirts and jeans even when the weather was really hot, recently I finally got him to wear short sleeved shirts in the summer (sometimes), shorts never!

My DS who has autism is like this. He’s 17 and wears hoodies with a top underneath and joggers all the time. It’s a sensory issue. I let him be

Look into sensory processing disorder. He sounds like my son.

If he’s cold all the time maybe he’s got an underactive thyroid?

I'm really not sure why it matters unless he's overheating and getting unwell.

Plus as PP have said, it means less sunscreen!

OP everyone is different and that includes how you feel temperature - stop making decisions about how he should feel in different temperatures based on how you feel. If he wants to wear long pyjamas then let him

I prefer my kids to wear long sleeves - less sunblock needed. We are pale and burn but sunblock is a battle.

I am like this, I just hate summer clothes. I stay in jeans, jumpers and boots all year as long as possible and I almost get anxiety on hot weather days. I will only put on a short sleeved tshirt when it hits about 25c or higher. Shorts it would need to be more like 30c
However my DS is the total opposite and never ever wears a coat or even a jumper, even in the depths of winter it is a huge battle to get him to wear a hoodie or anything other than a tshirt. Hat, scarf and gloves? Literally never. He just doesn’t feel the cold at all

Dd1 bought her nephew, my gs, a summer shorts set last year when he was 2. He put them on, looked at his bare knees and said 'rude'! Ds never liked wearing shorts but he's nd or joggers.

is his iron and vit B levels OK? I was wearing thermals in summer until they realised my iron and vit B was low.
Is he a veggie by any chance?

My DS is like this to and it started at that age.

looking back now we realise it was his ADHD manifesting.

Please don't worry @RainIsCool my DS, now 10 was similar, only the opposite! He is just a person who runs hot, and still wears less clothes than the rest of us most if the time. However, a lot of it was sensory and the advice I was given at the time was to let him feel the cold then offered him a coat/jumper/gloves etc - this was hard at times as it took him ages to feel it (it felt genuinely cruel) but it worked, he now knows when he will need more layers, but he also knows what is comfortable for him and we go with it - barring letting him wander around naked 😂

My DS (4) is like this 2nd year running. He has autism though. Zara and HM do great linen trousers and I buy long sleeve t shirts from zara and H&M - i find they're more of the oversize fit which is great, H&M tend to be quite thin too which helps. Arket and Boden have some long sleeve t shirts too.

My DS is exactly like this and always has been and he’s almost 15 now. As long as he’s comfortable I don’t think it’s too much of an issue.