Hot Baby!

My oldest nephew (who was also the 1st kid in the family) was a little sweat ball! He would leave the biggest sweat circle on the pillow, it freaked us out at first!

When he would stay the night and sleep with me, I would keep the ceiling fan on the lowest setting and dress him in the lightest one piece PJ's I could find.

Does he sleep with you or in his own bed?

If he sleeps with you, I would say that being in the middle between you and his Dad probably insulates him pretty well and you can leave the fan on but dress him in something light...

...but if he sleeps in his own room, I would think the fan isn't necessary and let him sleep in just his diaper and a onesie or a t-shirt.

For the most part my nephew was not effected by all his sweating at all...he would just sleep right through it! Do the chills he is having wake him up? Or do you just think he 'looks' uncomfortable? I know I messed with my nephew trying to make him comfortable when in reality he was just fine...he just looked uncomfortable to me...ya know what I mean?

I don't know that I would point the fan at him more so than have the fan work above him. Does that make sense?

Ex. we have a hip high bookcase next to the bed (converted from a crib). If I place a fan there, it will blow right on my child and make whichever side is facing it cold.

we have a taller bureau on the other side of the bed / crib. If I place the fan there, directed towards the bed, the air will cool above and fall down making a more even area of coolness. Sort of like having a fake ceiling fan.

Also, if you have a fan that is turns or moves from side to side, pointed towards the middle of the bed it will help keep the overall area cooler.

have you taken his temp. if its normal then light weight clothes, a celing fan, cotton sheets, (careful of the mattress liner it could be holding the heat), and a box fan that blows air around not set directly at your baby. Dont use flannel sheets and I would take the big pillow out and let him have a small pillow like a travel sized pillow pet. seems to me that feather pillows hold heat more than the cotton pillow would. i dont really care for feather pillows though!

My DD is the same way. I actually put her in bed with NO pajamas on. Just a diaper, and a lightweight blanket. I also have a fan that turns back and forth, so it's not constantly blowing on her. The sweat dries faster off her skin than it does out of her pajamas, and without the fan blowing on her constantly she doesn't get chills.

Unfortunately, we don't have an AC to cool off her room, (we live in Tn, and only have a window-AC in the living room...) so that is the best we can do.

My husband and son are exactly like that. Does your fan have multiple settings on it? This helps some with distributing the air in the room. Sounds like the clothing piece is covered. Good luck!

My son is like this (he is almost three) to make matters worse he insists on sleeping with a flannel blaket wrapped around him. When I go in at night to check on his he is usually soaked in sweat, but it doesn't seem to bother him. Unless it is keeping your son awake I wouldn't worry about it. I worry more about my 5mnths who will not sleep unless she is swaddled (its 100 degrees and we don't have AC in the bedrooms!) because i know if she gets overheated she could get apenea that can lead to SIDS.

My youngest is a little fireball, too! Always has been since birth. He never wears PJs, just sleeps in his tighty whities. He would sleep naked, but I won't let him. He shares a room with his brother, who is NOT a little fireball. He usually just sleeps with a sheet and we add a blanket in the winter. On especially cold nights (rare), I make him wear a t -shirt.

I wouldn't worry too much about ambient temperature. Since he is a little hottie, I would just keep it comfortable for you. He is sweating because he is hot, there is no harm in that. In fact, its more harmful if you keep the room too warm and he can't cool down.

Just leave him be. He will wake up if he is uncomfortable. As he gets older, he will be able to kick the blanket off or add it as he likes.

I think you are obsessing way too much. Just let him be.

I freeze during the day and boil at night. I sleep with the fan on and just a cotton sheet-forget the blankets I'm hot enough and sleep better being comfortable to slightly cool.

If he is hot, he is sweating TO COOL HIMSELF. When his body is cooled enough, he'll stop sweating. That's how our bodies work.

Don't turn up the heat or put more blankets on. Let his body do its job and regulate itself. He'll be fine.

$50 window air conditioner.