Help!! My 4 year old daughter always wear a winter pajama in this summer heat

My daughter tried to wear long pants and a long sleeve shirt to bed a few weeks ago. Right now she is wearing her older brother's t-shirts to bed at night though since it has been so hot out. She will bundle herself up under a bunch of blankets still though, so it does not make it any better.

There are two things that come to mind. Since she's four, she doesn't understand about getting over heated. And, that being so she'd ware the hotter clothes. But, if she did start to get uncomfortable she might take the sweater off herself. However, I doubt that's really that big of an issue. I know people who ware jeans and long sleves in summer. Your four-year-old probably may grow up to be that type who perfers long over short. In which case, get her thinner fabrics to ware or clothes with mesh for breathieability. Second of all, and this is a bit more serious... she may not be feeling the heat and waring the clothes because to her it's cold. She may have the physical inability to diferenate between the two extreames. You should take your child to the doctor and see what he/she recommends you do. Watch for tall tail signs, like... does she sweat because she's waring thicker clothing? Is she less active, are there any other indicators that suggest theroy number two? If she's not sweating more frequently due to the longer sleaved clothes... or is less active due to overheating and tiredness... then she may not feel the heat like you or I do. Conditions like this can develop, and be hard to diagnose, because you were able to control things a bit more tightly. But, now that's she's older... more active in general it'll become obvious soon enough.

My fisrt reaction would be to not make too big of a deal of it. As you observe her, does she look like she is sweating or over heating? Four year old kids can do strange things. If she is not displaying any medical or health issues, she might be fine. If you are concerned about her overheating, have her drink a bunch of water before she goes to bed. On second thought, scratch that idea.

She may have 'cold blood'. I would bring her to a doctor to have it checked out. You can never be too sure. If she puts them on right before bed I wouldnt worry too much about it. It's 90 here as well and my 6 year old still wears her footed PJ's to bed. They have an AC in their window but even a fan in the window will keep it comfortable for night sleeping. If she continues this I would personally have her checked to find out if she has any underlying problems. Nobody knows your child better than you.

Maybe you can take her to the store and have her help you pick out some new summer PJ's that she really likes. She be so excited with them that she stops wearing the winter ones for the time being. Otherwise I would just make sure she drinks a lot of water throughout the day and has a fan or A/C in her room to cool her off at night since it sounds like you can't make her wear something else.

I switch out the winter and summer clothes when it starts getting warmer outside, the winter clothes go in the garage. If its not air conditioned in your house your daughter is going to get overheated!

take two....my daughter is two and a half and going through this phase too, she went so far as to try and squeeze in to 18 month sleeper that she found in a bag of give away stuff. I packed up all winter type stuff in boxes up on high shelves that she cannot get to. I left out a few pairs of leggings and a few long sleeved light weight shirts. For bedtime or nap time she may wear either the leggings with a tanktop or tshirt, or she can wear long sleeves with shorts. Not long sleeves and pants together. Play time is shorts and a tshirt no questions and no giving in on mommy/daddy's part. I think that their little bodies have a harder time regulating especially if going from outside where it is hot and humid into the cooler inside air. to them the temp change feels a lot more severe than it does to us.