Baby that doesn't like to be covered by blankets?

Question

My daughter does not like to have anything covering her while she sleeps. It's too hot most of the time now to put her in a blanket sleeper, but as the night progresses it gets colder. I wake up sometimes and she will be like an icecycle. I try to cover her all throughout the night but she kicks the covers off as soon as I put them on. She is 15 months. I guess I'm wondering if this is typical and if she will quit anytime soon.

It's funny that no one has actually answered my question yet.

Thank you someone for finally addressing the question!

Okay, to give you an idea, yesterday it got up to 91 outside. I keep the a/c going, and we even turn it down a lot at night (otherwise we are all sweating really bad) I think the reason she feels cold is because I have a fan on to circulate air (otherwise it stays hot no matter how much I turn down the a/c) She is naturally a really warm person, she will sweat from her head, but her legs will be cool. I just try to cover her with a sheet so the fan doesn't cool her legs to much. I don't know, it just irritating that she won't keep a cover on and I was just wondering if other people had the same issue.

Answer 1

Yes, it's typical. I guess most babies dont like things being on them while they are sleeping. Most babies stay warm all the time anyways so they dont need that extra layer.

My son has my temperature. He is always always warm. I keep our house at around 68 and my fiance walks around with socks and pants on all the time. But now our son is like me. If I turn the air up to help my fiance out, we have to take off our sons clothes and keep him in a diaper or he will sweat.

I already know this is going to be a problem later seeing as how we live in florida and none of my family leaves their house as cold as we do so my son is never comfortable anywhere else unless he is in just a diaper.

But anyways, to your question. He would do the same thing. Since my fiance would complain about it being too cold, I would turn the air up a little at night and keep a fan on me. I thought since my fiance was cold, the baby would be to so I would cover him up. He would never keep it on. No matter what. I tried tucking it under him and everything but he would worm his way out.

So what I decided to do was let him sleep in just socks on his feet and hands (that is what was cold most of the time) and sometimes a onesie. that should do it for her.

Good luck, but I agree with whoever said to let her be. If she were really cold, she would cry and wouldnt remain asleep.

I know sometimes my fiance will cover me up cause he said i felt cold, but i would soon kick it off because i was in fact not cold.

Answer 2

My daughter always ends up with the covers off, I just dress her accordingly. If I know it will get cooler, and that she won't stay covered up, I dress her so she will be warm at night without any covers. Maybe you could try leaving the fan on in her room to cool it off before bedtime, then shut it off when she goes to bed. I used to do that sometimes when it was hot during the day, but too cool at night for a fan to be on. If you know her legs get cold, put maybe a light pair of pants, pajama or otherwise, and a t shirt if her arms stay fairly warm.

Answer 3

I understand where you are coming from. My daughter is 22 months old and she was the same way. She has only just started to become interested in keeping the blanket on -- and that's only like 33% of the time!

But my daughter was always warm, not cold like an icicle like you have stated above. The best advice that I can give you is to perhaps dress her in layers, like this:

Diaper, undershirt/or one-sie, lightweight pajamas. Those things with the feet are uncomfortable because I don't feel that they can stretch out the way they need to. I like to buy two-pieces from Carter's, that way I can decide what she needs to wear.

Another thing to think about is this...does she get cold at naptime? If not, why not put her to bed in her clothes, or even better -- go to a craft store such as Michaels -- and buy a small pair of children's sweats. This way, she can be comfy and you can put her to bed right in that with no worries.

Kids outgrow things when they are ready No one likes to be bossed around. It's taken me about 20 months to get my little one to break free of the bottle -- now we are finally ready for the sippy cup. Choose those battles wisely!

Good luck!

Answer 4

My son is almost 15 months and I just recently bought a blanket sleeper. I love them. I have 2-a thicker one and a thinner one. I Sure wish I had them a long time ago. He kept kicking off his blankets because he didn't want anything on him. I think it's natural for them to kick it off so it will be a while before she stops. I don't know where you are from so I dont' know how hot it gets there, but I'd still try to put atleast a thinner one on. My daughter is 4 and she probably started realizing it's nice to have a blanket on at age 3. My daughter and son kept me 'awake' cuz I was always worried that they'd be cold if they kicked off their blanket. Now, I don't have to worry anymore thankfully. He stays asleep just fine. It's fall here now, So he uses the thicker blanket sleeper. Maybe you could just put thinner Pj's on him and a thin blanket sleeper.

Answer 5

I also have a concern with this too...we additionally swaddled her whilst she become youthful and now that she's older, she needs a blanket reason she opt for to tug it as much as her face. we've a not common time getting her to sleep without one...I in simple terms continuously verify her and pull the blanket down yet sometimes this wakes her up and it quite is consistent worry for me. i could say are not getting into the habit because of the fact it must be risky and it reasons far greater worry than it quite is worth. i'm attempting to wean her from the assumption even though it quite is not common!!

Answer 6

Hi, your story is so funny. don't worry about it, when she needs to be covered with a blanket, she will let you know some how, she will cry or do something. let her be just the way she wants to. my cousin is 8 years old now, when he was 15 months old or something, he didn't like the blankets either, right now he sleeps most of the night with out them, when he feels cold, he just gets a blanket. so don't worry, what you can do is put her a good pajama, it doesn't matter if outside is hot, you have air conditioner, don't you? so good luck and don't worry, some kids are like that.

Answer 7

My daughter is 22 months old. She still kicks her covers off of her. I just continue to cover her when i check on her however she doesnt display any signs of it bothering her. I know when she is cold by how tight of a ball she is curled up in lol.

I know i'm still a very restless sleeper and sometimes still kick my blanket off so i guess only time will tell if this will end any time soon.

Good Luck!

Answer 8

My daughter is 17 months old and won't stay covered for anything. For her, I think it has something to do with the fact that I wouldn't put a blanket or anything for that matter, in her crib until she was about 14 months old.

I always dress her in lightweight pajamas that cover her feet. When it gets cold I dress her in the fleece pajamas that cover her feet.

Answer 9

Don't worry about it just put her in a one-ze full body PJ that cover feet all the way to neck and you don't have to worry about a cold oh and some people like being cool when they sleep.

Answer 10

You might want to try a Halo Sleepsack. They come in lightweight materials which are good for warmer weather and fleece for winter.

The other thing that is good about them is that they are sleeveless, so that baby can still regulate their body temperature a bit and not get overheated.

You put it over their normal pajamas. Basically it's a wearable sleeping bag.