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Waking up freezing cold ...

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SilverLining · 22/09/2004 21:52

My DD is 2.5 and a joy during the day but the devil at night! With lots of bribery, star charts and general OTT praising we have mastered getting her to sleep but she wakes up between 3 and 5 as she is cold. She will not keep her duvet on even though we have bought her every cover under the sun but she pushes it off and even if we drape it on her asleep she wakes up in a real tiz!

i was going to get her a fleecy all in one suit to sleep in but she we are also lifting her up to go to the toilet when we go to bed so the thought of unzipping and pulling arms out, PJ's down and all up again fills me with dread that she will wake up then! She goes to bed with a t-shirt under her PJs and thick bed socks but its not that cold - dreading the winter! Thought about taking her to a shop and letting her choose a special (big!) fleecy throw or something and making it sound like a real treat?
Can't understand it, she sleeps with a muslin square wrapped around her head but doesn't want the duvet! any suggestions PLEASE ....!!!

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carla · 22/09/2004 21:54

SL - are you SURE it's the cold? Not just a waky baby????

Skate · 22/09/2004 21:56

We have this too!!

DS1 is 3.5 and recently has been waking up saying he's cold. Now he has a blanket on top of his sheet that he lies on, then a duvet over the top and a blanket. Like your dd he always kicks the duvet off though so we make sure he's got long PJs on with a vest underneath - so far so good. No awakenings for a week or so now.

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SilverLining · 22/09/2004 22:00

Hmmm - thanks Carla for that - perhaps I am in denial???! She is desperately tired as the devil mother that I am have cut out her daytime sleep too! When she wakes up cold I've started bringing her in with me (DH works away and its too much effort for me to fight on my own - too tired!!) and she goes straight to sleep and I have to wake her up for nursery! She won't have my duvet on her either ....obsessive compulsive perhaps?!

Skate thanks for the tip of lying on a blanket - will try that and was thinking of looking for thermal vests and long johns when it gets really cold!!

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jamiesam · 22/09/2004 22:00

Not too big for a grobag?
I do remember being on holiday last new year. Was very cold in cottage on the first couple of nights and neither ds (age 6mth and 2yr6mth then) woke up, although I was mortified when I discovered how cold they were when I went to bed and when I woke up. Often doesn't seem to bother children if their extremities are cold as long as body is warm. If grobag not a (temporary) solution for you (wouldn't have to completely remove for late night toilet, but haven't come across one for older than 3yr old), what about one (or two) long and warm nighties?

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SilverLining · 22/09/2004 22:03

Thanks JamieSam - sadly grobags were no more when she started getting out of them and climbing out of the cot! Hence the bed and duvet idea - fat lot of good thats done us!! Could get long nightie and PJ bottoms for extra warmth! Poor child will look like the michelin man!! Will have to get digital pic of the child with the most layers on!!

Seriously thanks for suggestions - better get some sleep before my wake up call! Tempted to put the heating on and I can sleep with the windows open as it really isn't that cold!!!

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EvesMama · 22/09/2004 22:07

not using gro-bag at mo, but did when dd was little and used to be very settled. DD wakes up every night and gets settles again in bed with me(youre not the only one!!!)and no matter what the weather, she even kicks of my duvet!
i have recently been putting her on a duvet bought with a bumper when she was small. not as big as her cot bed, but it seems to 'envelope' her more than her sheets and she generally settles a bit better.

zaphod · 22/09/2004 22:10

Try getting a dressing gown for her to sleep in, that is what we used for ds3, and now for ds4. They changed position so much during the night that they never kept their blankets on, and this definitely helped to keep them warm.

lulupop · 23/09/2004 07:12

Hmmm, my DS is like this as he gets v hot at first but then wakes up cold later on. I have found the solution is to keep his room quite cool (in summer we use a portable air cooler that we got on sale in Robert Dyas - brilliant) and to pin his duvet on his bed with a little clippy thing I got from Lakeland. It is like a length of elastic with 2 grippers each side, that you run under the mattress and then grip the duvet in at each side. You're supposed to use 2 of these, on at the bottom and one at the top of the bed, but I just use one, in the middle, so if DS wants to kick his cover down a bit. he can, but it won't fall all the way off the bed, so later on he can find it and snuggle back. This is what he usually does.

The grippy thing (can't think of a name for ir!) cost about £1.50, but they only do them in wintertime (I got the last one they had left over in June). Do you have a Lakeland near you? If not, they have a catalogue, or I'd be very happy to pick one up for you and send it.

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SilverLining · 23/09/2004 10:21

Thanks everybody! Evesmama you sum up my problem exactly - I want her enveloped in her bed all toasty warm!! And Zaphod that is a great idea about a dressing gown - she loved her fleecy one from last year - will def get on case for that purchase (more shopping - tough isn't it!!!)

And lulupop bless you indeed! Really like the idea of grippy thing - think a visit to Bluewater could be in order this weekend or I might look on their website - sounds just the ticket! Otherwise might get back to you if you don't mind.

Back to my extra strong latte - it was an early one this morning with her icey cold hands round my neck!! Funny how they never want daddy at 5am....!!! Thanks everyone - have a good day! SL x

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acnebride · 23/09/2004 10:34

Has she said what she would like? Maybe get retro and have sheet, blankets and an eiderdown? I used to wear my dressing gown in bed for years - would that help?

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SilverLining · 23/09/2004 11:00

Thanks acnebride - Not very good at telling me what she wants but VERY keen on telling me what she DOESN'T want! Going to get a dressing gown tomorrow and will also show her blankets etc and make it into the biggest treat ever and let her choose! She is quite a girly girl and loves to shop and choose her own things. Other thing I'm going to do is let her look at her big cousins bed (aged 4) and see if she wants to have a big girl blanket like hers!

Basically bribery and corruption have got to be the way forward - oh and a bit of shopping thrown in!!!

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lulupop · 23/09/2004 13:15

Silverlining, I got the grippy thing from the Lakeland at Bluewater so hopefully they'll have them there.

Also the John Lewis there have nice girly sheets

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