How in the name of all things holy do I get DS1 to wear a warmer sleepsuit

[hunkermunster]

You know, one with the zip up the front?

I have got him a Thomas one. He likes Thomas.

He wakes up cold and cross and crying at night. He will not have covers on him. He will not wear anything more than a bodysuit and a sleepsuit. He had a grobag till the beginning of the summer when we put him in a bed and it got too hot for anything but a nappy. And now he will not go in a bag (don't blame him, really).

Ideas? Please? Before winter sets in properly...

Ask bj and darlink. They seem to lurk enough to make a well rounded, informed opinion on, well, whatever.

I really am gone now...

Maybe he finds it too restricting?

What about flannel PJ's and socks with a long sleeved body suit?

How old is he?

Couldn't you put on a bodysuit, babygro and cardigan?

He's 2.6. I very much doubt he'd wear a cardigan either...

Matnanplus, flannel pjs a good plan. Not sure he'll wear socks though...

Who's the boss in your house???!!!!!!!

Put thick pyjamas on him.

Find some with his favourite characters on.

Me.

But I don't think being the boss means I should make him cry endless buckets at bedtime, get hot and sweaty and genuinely very, very distressed.

do you have any friends with 'big boys' who could come round and have a conversation about bedtime clothes ,yes i know its a bit contrived but kids of 2 and a half really do look up to their peers of say 3 or 4 . might be worth a go

I have found that small children tend to be quite warm at night

mine definitely only sleep in cotton pyjamas

maybe you should just keep his room a bit warmer

when he's asleep you sneak in and put the covers on him too

Hmm i have a strong willed 2.7 year old and if i put him in something for bed that he didn't want to wear he would SCREAM the house down until either (a) his nose bled or (b) he was sick.

I'm the boss, but I'm not having that so I understand completely HM.

I put mine in flannel PJs and socks - top tucked into bottoms, bottoms into socks and he's happy.

He is also a cover-kicker-offer

You can buy some plastic clips to help keeping the duvert in place during the night.

Another idea is to find a book (or invent a story) about child who is getting ready for bed and is putting that sort pj on. Then why not putting his favorite teddy in bed with one of these on? I found that 'playing the scene' before hand with ds1 and his cuddly helps feling the bridge.

Do you have any idea why he doesn't want to wear it? He is unconfortable in it? To small, too big, scratching him?

We had a 'special' blanket made for our DD. She chose the fleece material from John Lewis and some matching ribbon for the edge, then a kind relative put it together on her sewing machine (I would have but I dont hand sew that well for that much material and dont have a machine). So now at night I put that over her and then her quilt. The quilt always gets kicked of, but the blanket is light enough for her to pull up herself and snuggle up in. She also on has cotton PJ's and a vest. She is 3, but has slept like this since 2

hunkermunster I just re-read what i wrote and i didn't mean for it to sound so awful, sorry!

I have 3 kids, so i do know how strong willed they can be, especially at bedtime!!!

None of mine liked blankets either, which is why they'd go to bed with cardigans on as well.

I also used to put socks on first and babygro on top.

They hated socks as well.

Does your son have a favourite teddy that HE could dress for bed, and you could tell him how lovely and warm teddy will be.

Then he could help get himself ready for bed.

Maybe if he had pyjamas, he'd be more independent in getting ready.

At his age he's more than ready to help.

I know mine used to love dressing teddies/dolls and getting their own clothes on.

Is there anyway you could approach him with two options - do you want to wear this lovely Thomas sleepsuit or your grobag? And then he will choose the Thomas one?

DD is in a grobag - but it is a summer one and she seems warm enought with just that and her pjs for now. Tried covers it didn't work.

Or you could do what I did last night when she said she didn't like her pillowcase "not like that pillow". I said "ok no pillow, goodnight" and put the pillow on the floor and left her. She started crying, DH (who had just finished reading to DS) went to her, gave it her back and she went to sleep. I do think expecting me to change the pillowcase at bedtime is taking the piss even for a 2yo. I let her wear odd pjs because she "not like" various tops/bottoms or they were "too big".

Feel for you hunker! Im having the opposite trouble, Jess wants to wear becky's fleece sleepsuits and not her pj's! Managed to get some fleece pj's in primark of all places, but for £3 who am i to complain, and she LOVES them!

I am having this problem too. Ds just won't have covers on and after the summer when he slept in very little he won't go back into a sleep bag. He also hates really warm heavy sleepsuits and actually when he goes to bed it often is too warm for them, it's only later that it gets cooler.

I go in after he has fallen asleep and put a cover on him but tbh half the time he sort of stirs and moans and kicks the covers off before I've left the room anyway.

We have just had double glazing fitted so at the moment his room is still quite warm at night and he hasn't woken cold yet but as winter approaches I'm sure he will.

I have bought a quilt cover rather than a duvet which is very light so he can pull it up if he wants to but I'm not sure he has quite grasped that yet.

Can you make his room a bit warmer? say with one of those plug in electic radiators set on low and maybe on a timer so it comes on later in the evening when it gets cooler?

Other than that I'm not sure what to suggest.

DS2 14 mths goes to sleep in a sleepsuit and then when I go to bed, I put his sleeping bag or sleepsuit on. The boys room is cold though so have an oil filled radiator on a timer too (haven't needed it this winter yet)