Sleeps with head under duvet

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Anyone else's child sleep with their entire body including their head under the duvet? She's primary school age so not baby/toddler but I still worry. I take it off her head when she's asleep but she pulls it back over in the night.
She says it's less scary sleeping like that?! She has no problems falling asleep and sleeps through.

I sleep with the duvet over my head, but with my face at the side to breathe.

Me too!

I do but with my head to the side

She's on her back with her duvet entirely over her head. When I take it off when I go to bed she's dripping with sweat.

Yes my ds aged 9 does it. He then sweats through his pyjamas and I have to flip the duvet over to the cooler non damp side when I go up to bed.

I'd love a bed tent thing for him, as I think he likes being enclosed, but can't see any for double beds.

If she ends up dripping with sweat, try using a lighter duvet!

My child does this. Used to wrap his synthetic blanket round his head so I had to remove it. It freaked me out!

Yeah hers is a double too. I think I do need a lighter duvet. I changed it a couple of months back as she said she wanted a warmer one.

We've been camping all weekend and she's not been able to do it in her sleeping bag so it's been bliss not checking her every time I wake up!!!

DS does, cocooned but face free. It's pretty cute.

I cant sleep unless I am completely covered up.

My daughter has always done this, she's now 10. Turns out she wants to block the creaks of the floorboards and whoosing of the water pipes. She's very sensitive to sounds we don't even register. Earplugs and a sleep mask have reduced her use of the blanket.

Yep - DS aged 7. Not sure why but suspect it’s a monster repellent trick. We had the usual thing tonight where he comes down, dripping in sweat complaining of being hot. Suggestion (as always) of maybe not sleeping with a duvet over his head rejected. He did try a big T-shirt of mine that I offered to put over his head but apparently it’s not the same 🙄🤷‍♀️

You could get her something like the drowsy sleep mask which is like a wonderful sound and light blocking sleeping cocoon for the face. Amazon has some knock offs that are much cheaper than the drowsy brand.

My son used to do this - still does I think in his 20's! What I did was make his bed up with a thin cotton top sheet- so he could pull that right up and over his head. His duvet could then be raised to whatever height he was comfortable with to keep him warm enough in Winter and cool enough in Summer. For years I packed a top sheet to remake his bed in holiday cottages otherwise he would lie drenched in sweat having bad dreams as he was overheated.

I’ve slept under covers as far back as can remember.. mid 50’s now. I sleep on side with opening for air. While it’s fine & I know that’s the only way I’ll ever be able to sleep, it did start with me being frightened at bedtime…. Old house & Wizard of oz didn’t help.. not sure if anything could have helped lessen that fear.. my older db still enjoy telling how I’d gasp for air in my sleep when they lifted bedding off my head. Guess some children are just sensitive in different ways & this is a response to that.