Too hot, then too cold - arrrgh..!

[Smee]

Anyone else have a baby susceptible to temperature change? My 16 month old sleeps in a Grobag and starts off okay, but then twists onto his tummy and gets stuck with twisted material, gets too hot and flys into a rage. Untwisted and cooled, I then unzip a bit to try and stop the same thing happening, but then invariably he wakes up too cold and need lots of cuddles to warm up.

Last night versions of the above happened four times. Anyone else been there and given up sleeping bags for duvets, or is that a whole new heap of problems...?

We haven't had this particular problem but we only used grobags for a few months. We use blankets now and ds kicks them off in the night but he doesn't seem to mind

That's why we went to a Grobag in the first place - he just wouldn't keep the covers on, no matter how much he was tucked in and as we were in a very cold attic room at the time it was a huge relief. Now though am not so sure..

Hi Smee, my ds continues to have this problem even though he's now in a duvet (grobag from 4mo-18mo, then duvet to now 2.3yr). His room does get very warm early evening and then cold over night (south facing). We've gotten in the habit of going into him every hour or so after he's fallen asleep and wiping him down with a flannel to get rid of the sweat. He also insists on having the covers up to his neck when he's goes to sleep so we then pull them down to his waist on first visit in. We've even changed his pj top whilst he was sleeping (amazing what you can do if they're in a deep enough sleep, usually 2-3hrs after they go off is a good time) so that he's got a dry top on when we go to bed. Ofcourse all of this is much easier now he's got a duvet. But I get the cries in the middle of the night to help pull his 'cudders' (covers) back up if the duvet has slipped too far down or to give the 'cuddles' if his temp has dropped too low and needs warming up. So I'm afraid all I can do is sympathise. I know it gets better once the weather is cooler, and last winter we kept the radiator off in his room long before bedtime so it was already quite cool in there before being zipped up in his sleeping bag. Helped most nights, but alas not all..

Oh my, poor you. Sounds like I've got a while of nightime temp wakings to go yet. Think I need a glass of wine..

we had a similar thing and we stopped using the grobag and got a duvet instead.
DD is 16 months.

now I put her to bed with just a sheet over her and then when I go to bed i put the duvet over her as its chilly in the night.
The cold doesnt seem to bother her though as she sleeps width wise in the cot and sometimes I cant put anything on her which was why i got the grobag. It seems too cold to me but shes ok.

Sorry smee, it sounds worse than it is! But the glass of wine does help! This usually just happens over the few weeks the weather is really hot and sticky and maybe the odd night otherwise. Just moving to a big bed & duvet seemed to create more problems and things in general have been bad since then. All I can say to someone is don't move them until you really have to! Just saw another thread on this.. off to check it out! Wish I'd listened to the advice at the time

Starting off with a sheet and then putting the duvet on is a really good idea... can't believe we haven't tried that!

I've just moved from Grobags to PJs and fleece sleepsuit as DS was getting entangled when rolling over.

why dont you get one of those thermostatically controlled panel heaters that keep the room at a constant temperature? That would mean you wouldnt have to have the heating on all night and your lo shouldnt need warming up in the night from being too cold. I have seen them in Argos so are probably widely available

Good idea, but we've got a thermostat heater and it doesn't seem to make much odds. Last two nights he's woken up too cold, then later too hot. I think he's just plain strange...!

Highlander - good idea! Where did you get the fleece sleepsuit? Though having said that, I don't suppose it would totally stop his temp building. To be fair to the poor boy, I know how he feels. I go to bed fine, then wake up too hot. Difference is, I can pull the covers back. Suppose he's not weird after all, just human..

got a Thomas one from Asda. Woolies have them as well.

Other MNs pointed me in the direction of Primark and apparently Mothercare (but I've failed to spot them there).

Things to watch out for - a flap that folds over the zip so it doesn't scratch their chins. Make sure the sewn on badges don't have sharp edges (I had to take the Thomas badge off).