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DS (3!) demanding his covers back on every bloody 20 mins - how do we stop this?!

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bintofbohemia · 21/12/2011 10:29

He's 3 and 4 months and last night was terrible. He went to bed at 7pm (knackered) but proceeded to arse about for 3 bloody hours. The main thing is he kicks his duvet off and then demands that one of us puts it back on. (What makes it worse is that sometimes if I go in he'll demand his dad, and vice versa.) He does thrash about quite a lot in his sleep and the last few nights we've had to go and tuck him in about 5 times through the night, it's like having a newborn again!

I've though about getting a sheet and tucking him in properly with that and putting the duvet on top but not convinced that would fix things. I'm tempted to just leave him to it but then he'd just shout for hours and wake up DS1.

Any thoughts please?!

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colditz · 21/12/2011 10:30

Put him in a sleeping bag.

HollyTwat · 21/12/2011 10:31

Grobag
They dO them quite big I think

buggyRunner · 21/12/2011 10:33

Get him nice warm pj's, tell him you're not going to put the duvet back on as he is a big boy and has big boy pj's that will help him do it

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bintofbohemia · 21/12/2011 10:37

bugger, I can't seem to find grobags that go bigger than 36m. I wonder if I could doctor an old one and leave the bottom open so he can still go to the loo if he wants to?

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bintofbohemia · 21/12/2011 10:40

I have just found this for a million quid though. WTF?!

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Tonksforthememories · 21/12/2011 10:46

Try here . We are in a similar position with DS (2.3) and I am going to buy him a larger bag after Christmas. The only way he will sleep through is in a grobag!

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bintofbohemia · 21/12/2011 10:49

Thanks Tonks, will look into those...

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doughnutty · 21/12/2011 10:57

Tkmaxx usually have enormous grobags. Or how about a sleepsuit/onesie? Primark do them for girls/women. Not sure about boys ones.

Grumpla · 21/12/2011 10:58

Gaffer tape.

The solution to so many child-related problems.

ObviouslyLovesTinsel · 21/12/2011 10:59

at the expensive Grobag!

TheMonster · 21/12/2011 10:59

Are you using toddler sized duvets? If so try a single.

Or just tell him firmiy that no-one will come up again. He'll get the message.

Iggly · 21/12/2011 11:13

Could he be too hot? Sometimes DS gets hot and thrashed about loads.

WhenDoISleep · 21/12/2011 11:17

Try this. It's the next stage from the Grobag company - the duvet has zips onto the bottom sheet either side so that it can't be kicked off.

I have one for DS and it is good - saves having to go back to sleeping bags.

lljkk · 21/12/2011 11:20

My 3yo is fine but my 7yo still struggles with covers. .
A lot of it is attention seeking.
I have a huge gro-bag I should flog, it would fit. German made organic cotton. Blue with gold stars pattern.
PM me if you want to buy it off me because I really should declutter just flog it.

Mip · 21/12/2011 11:21

SO infuriating. My 3 and a half yr old son does the same though doesn't mean to kick them off so bit less annoying :). His favourite is to wake at 6am when the baby has just nodded off, she then wakes up, while he happily goes back to sleep. Am just waiting for the day when he can do it himself... along with blowing his own nose.

Cinderfella · 21/12/2011 11:25

At 3 they can and will put on their own covers and blankets if needs be and you need to stop letting him control you.

Dc3.9 had a huge temper tantrum one night because I wouldn't put him to bed and therefore he wouldn't/couldn't put his own blanket on - after about an hour of screaming and tantrums he had fallen asleep with the blanket on top of him so...

CailinDana · 21/12/2011 11:27

It sounds like he's just playing up for the sake of it. If you go in and he asks for your DH do you actually then send in your DH??? Because if you do you're being a total mug and he's pushing you around. I think the zippy duvet and grobags are a good idea. In your position I'd get him one of those, tell him once he's in bed there's no calling for mummy or daddy unless he's ill and ignore any silly games.

HeidiHole · 21/12/2011 11:29

You need the stay on bedding from gro bag

www.gro.co.uk/Grobag-Nursery-Stay-on-Bedding.html

enjoyingscience · 21/12/2011 11:32

seconding the zip up bedding. It's great!

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bintofbohemia · 21/12/2011 11:43

Thanks - that zip up bedding looks brilliant, just found some on Amazon for £30. (although I guess I have to buy the duvet as well to go with it?) I'm half wondering if I could make something similar, have a couple of old double duvet covers I could doctor...

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Matronalia · 21/12/2011 11:50

With DS I turn the single duvet horizontally across the bed and tuck it either one or both ends under the mattress. At the moment I'm experimenting with one end tucked under and the other end lightly weighted down with a few teddies put inside the duvet cover.

As he is little he doesn't need the full length of a single duvet and its been quite successful.

WhenDoISleep · 21/12/2011 11:53

You shouldn't need to buy a new duvet, if the bedding is the same size as your current duvet.

I have the GroBag version as I posted, and just use a normal duvet from John Lewis in it - the Grobag stuff is standard sizing.

I know they (Grobag) sell a special duvet that has poppers at the top to attach it to the cover to stop the duvet bunching down to the bottom, but I don't find this happens given the duvets are quite small and light.

savoycabbage · 21/12/2011 12:06

We have a grobag that my mother can fit in. She is four foot ten.

CailinDana · 21/12/2011 12:19

Oh my god, savoy, I hope you have a picture of that

notasausage · 21/12/2011 20:35

Duvet and a sheet tucked in. We had the same problem with DD1 who is also 3. She was told in no uncertain terms that if she kicked the duvet off I would come and sort it when I was ready and she'd get cold. It then progressed to shouting that she need a wee. I don't think this is a bedding issue op, it sounds like attention seeking and if you fork out for different bedding he'll find something else to do!

We eventually had success with a sticker chart and bed time is a breeze now.

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