How do I keep the bed clothes on my 41/2 DD at night?

[pimplybumskins]

Hi mums, I hope this is the right place to post this. My DD has always kicked off her duvet or blanket or whatever cover at nights. Now its cold I want her to be warm enough. At the moment I leave the heating on low, dress her in double layers. I would rather she wear her usual pajamas as I am sure its more comfortable for her but with it being so cold its impossible to do that. Is there any advice, tips or tricks mums, that I can use to get her used to sleeping under covers. I am always checking on her so as you can image I am not getting much sleep. Than you in advance. :-)

I would not worry too much about it. Is she complaining that she is cold?

Comfortable pjs so that she is unlikely to take those off. Extra layer as you are already doing if it is really cold and she does not mind having more clothing on.

Sheets perhaps - you can tuck them in right under the bed if you get larger sized ones (or rotate the sheet, so width becomes length).

Blanket at end of bed - so if she is cold she can get it herself.

Some people like a cold sleeping environment, others prefer warm. She may just like it on the cold side. She is old enough now to grab a blanket from the end of her bed if she is cold, so I would do that... gives her the choice.

depending on her over night toilet arrangments, you could try:

1. fleece pyjamas and socks over her normal pyjamas for warmth.
2. an adult sleeping bag instead of a duvet or under it (you can buy cotton liners so you don't need to wash it so often.
3. A sheet tucked in over the duvet to keep it on.
4. this thing where th duvet cover zips to the sheet.

Yes, as nannynick says, I would suggest a sheet turned sideways, so there is plenty to tuck in each side, but not TOO tightly so that is uncomfortable, as being the easiest solution.

I would go with Ferguson's advice on duvets and for sheets you can use Deep Fitted Sheets so that they stay on their place.

Thank you mums for all your great suggestions. I have been told that if she is cold she will wake and find her duvet/blanket. I will be trying them out.

Thanks. :-)

Pimply you've had some good advice on your thread but I just want to add that we have men, singles, grandparents and a plethora of other people posting on here as well and not just mums just so you are aware.

My dd (also 4) was the same, except she wouldn't wear clothes either! She'd lie there like a little block of ice. I tried everything. I thought that she wasn't aware that she was doing it and spent all night covering her back up again.

Then we bought this massive pink pig teddy/pillow thingy from the car boot sale last summer. It's the naffest thing in the world, old and bobbly, but she walked up and down the aisles talking about it and I caved. And she took a fancy to the big green carrot in Ikea, so we got that. She doesn't play with either during the day, but she decided she couldn't go to bed without them!

So now she cuddles big carrot and I cover her up with the duvet (because "big piggy is scratchy, not comfy") and lay the pig on top (which is really like having two duvets). She barely moves because she doesn't want big piggy to fall off (he protects her - she watched a bit of Coraline once ), and she certainly doesn't want carrot to get cold .

Could something like that work? Encouraging her to go to bed with a comfy teddy then pointing out that ted will get cold if she kicks the covers off? Or getting something she loves to lay over the top of her duvet - a special blanket or one of those pillow friend thingies? You'll have the best chance of her staying covered if she makes the choice to do it herself.