Toddler - good thick winter pjamas

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We have a cold house and my almost 2 year old needs some pjamas - ideally nice thick fleecy ones as hes started to reject his sleeping bag in favour of his duvet but then wakes up cold at 3 or 4am everything I've looked at online looks like thin cotton.

Currently the house is getting down to about 16 on cold mornings bit will go to 10ish when it gets really cold as we dont tend to put the heating on overnight.

Any ideas?

@Yesterdayforgotten yes and sadly SIDs still happens in toddlers. I’d stick to breathable materials and layer as required.

George at Asda is usually good.

@HoneyBee03 no heating at all? Why so? I'd recommend camping approach here in that case. Later before it gets cold and hats but really I don't think it's ok you've no heating I'm worried about that

I bought two pairs of super soft fleece ones from M&S for my daughter last week. They have lots of different designs. I like the Dino ones (boys range) best. It's not easy to tell which ones are fleece when browsing online so you may need to look at product details.

Mini vanilla do some lovely pyjamas but they're pricey. Tbh, I wouldn't want DC sleeping in anything but cotton or natural fibres as they have a tendency to sweat and overheat in fleece. I think you might need to heat your house overnight. Or get some cotton waffle blankets and layer, as was suggested above.

We have a cold house i dont like synthetic fleece either. My toddler wears normal pjs with a long sleeved vest under and socks. Two duvets in one duvet cover and an oil filled radiator for when it gets really cold!

@CornishTiger very rare in 2 yr olds thankfully

We do have heating - though i grew up in house with single glazing and no heating and cant bare to sleep in a house hotter than about 18.

While he was very small we cranked the heating to keep it at 18 consistently but now hes bigger i dont think its so necessary.

He cant be trusted to keep a full duvet on in the cot as he is super wriggly - currently hes in a summer weight sleep sack + toddler duvet.

I admit I'm a bit hesitant about synthetic fleece maybe a tshirt and cotton onesie is the way to go

Obv adhering to advice on duvet tog etc aswell. Dc1 would overheat easily and even now gets hot easily so I like the thinner fleece pjs for him and a thin duvet he can take off/pull up himself as required. Dc2 gets cold easily and prefers more layers... it can depend on the child as well.

@polkadotpjs we have a wood burner in the living room but that's it. It's a very old building and rented but it's only really cold for a few months a year. We get used to it!

I've checked and the asda ones are breathable and 95 %cotton

I have had really good thick quality winter child pyjamas from primark oddly enough.

I also at toddler age had one of these straps to keep the duvet on:
www.jojomamanbebe.co.uk/duvet-clips-a3071.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMItP6EiOCb7AIVmLp3Ch3u6QcGEAQYASABEgIhWfD_BwE

Elastic strap passes under the mattress and clips on both sides - stops it falling off when they’ve just come out of sleeping bags.

It sounds from your posts that it is a choice not to put the heating on (rather than it being impossible financially). If he’s already waking up cold (and it is still relatively mild) and your house goes down to 10 degrees, I don’t think it’s ideal to be turning the heating off. 2 is still very small to be dealing with the cold and the under 5s are generally classed as being more vulnerable to cold.

Can you not keep it on low at a constant 17-18 so you don’t get the more extreme lows.

He’s not even 2, poor little thing. Just put the heating on!

M&s have lovely thick Ronald Dahl PJ's at the moment. I've also just bought my daughter's the 13 tog feather duvet from Argos, about £30 I think for a single. It's amazing. Good weight so it stays put and keeps them warm. They sleep so deep and long now lol x

Just put the heating on so that it doesn't fall below 15 degrees and layer up with cotton layers.

DD wears long sleeved cotton vests under Hatley pyjamas when we're staying at cold houses. Although she's now in a bed with a duvet I've kept her 2.5 tog Jojo sleeping bag with sleeves for when we stay over at cold houses (although obviously at the moment that's looking unlikely for this winter as we're unlikely to be going for sleepovers...)

Put the heating on in his room and leave yours off?

Primark does great cosy pjs.

Those of you using oil filled radiators - do they not go for night time wanders or ever pull them over on themselves? I'm still co sleeping (complex dietary needs meaning he still has high calorie prescription formula overnight) with a 20 month old who doesnt seem to ever get cold, but his room is cold. Could never get him in a cot. Don't know how to keep him warm when I'm not sleeping in here anymore. He also wont use a sleeping bag.

Our heating is set to come on over night if it hits 16 degrees and just warm up a bit. We have a Nest system so you can set all different temperatures throughout the day as needed.

If that is too hot for you then a plug in oil filled radiator in his room would keep the chill off.

We have always has an oil filled radiator with a fan for if the heating ever died. It has died a few years ago on Christmas Eve! Oil filled radiator was a life saver.

I would worry about over heating putting a very young child in fleece pyjamas.

I used to swear by Primark for winter pjs for my boys. They did fleece ones and old fashioned flannel ones. They're teenagers now though so they may not do them anymore!

@Liland

Those of you using oil filled radiators - do they not go for night time wanders or ever pull them over on themselves? I'm still co sleeping (complex dietary needs meaning he still has high calorie prescription formula overnight) with a 20 month old who doesnt seem to ever get cold, but his room is cold. Could never get him in a cot. Don't know how to keep him warm when I'm not sleeping in here anymore. He also wont use a sleeping bag.

DC also never liked sleeping bags but was ok with these type of sleeping bag: www.jojomamanbebe.co.uk/striped-sleep-snuggler-d9292.html. you wear pyjamas underneath but because they have legs they seemed more acceptable then a normal sleeping bag where your get get tangled up.

Peacocks do nice warm pjs. They're fleecy but not too thick either. My son is usually warm so these work well at keeping him warm when it's colder but not overheating him like some of the thicker ones would.

10 degree is unacceptably cold for a little toddler to have to sleep in.

Those Jojo products look really good!

We have similar issues. Older DC could be trusted with an oil filled radiator in the room. DC2 would definitely try and injure themselves on it.

Our thermostat is set to come on of it gets as low as 16 degrees. It takes the edge off enough. I might invest in one of those Jojo snuggle things

10 degrees is way too cold for a toddler to sleep in. If it's waking him up now then it's clearly causing him discomfort. Why would you not just leave your heating on 17/18 until he's old enough to keep a duvet on and tell you he's warm enough.
Unless you are struggling financially and have no other choice I find it quite cruel. The thought of my little DS being cold makes me really sad.