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My 2 year old has started covering himself in his duvet...

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LP12345 · 25/01/2022 20:41

My little boy is 26 months and a little while ago moved onto a toddler duvet and pillow. He usually always kicks it off and hates being tucked in so I leave him to it them when he drifts off go and yuck him in. He usually kicks it off again by morning but he seems happy and sleeps well. The last week or so he's started pulling the duvet OVER his head and wrapping himself in it... I always always check on him to tuck him in and again before I go to bed and I have a monitor on by my be too but it scared me tonight. I went to tuck him in and I knew he'd been extra wriggly dropping off cause I was watching him on the camera but he was at the bottom of the bed where I can't see so I thought he was on top of the cover and when I went in half an hour later to tuck him like normal he'd got the duvet doubled over his whole head and body and only his legs were sticking out - he was SO sweaty and hot so I've left him to cool off and I'll tuck him in in a bit. It looked so dangerous! He wasn't just under one layer but completely wrapped up in it....am I overreacting? It scared me to think he could do that in the night and I'd not know 😩 do you think at this age he'd be ok and unwrap himself or should I do something different?

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blyn72 · 25/01/2022 21:07

He obviously doesn't like being restricted. I thought the idea of duvets was that you don't tuck them in.

It sounds like you are keeping an eye on him so I wouldn't worry. Some children are just wriggly.

LP12345 · 25/01/2022 21:10

@blyn72 sorry by tuck him in I just meant pull the cover over him - he usually kicks it right off so I don't want him getting cold. It's only recently he's randomly warping himself up in the duvet! We don't tuck the duvet in literally round the mattress or anything. Just worries me how sweaty he gets...

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blyn72 · 26/01/2022 18:34

Oh fair enough.

People do sweat a lot when they are asleep.

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