BBDad - your son's sensitivities remind me how we do have to go through quite a process before DS4 will in fact go to bed. He absolutely must have long sleeves/long pants jammies. His other usual requirement is socks, too, but i've somehow convinced him that none of them are clean so he won't sweat so horribly on these 90 degree days. Also, he complained about blankets being uncomfortable, and he would only sleep inside of a duvet cover (with quilt in it too), which left him incredibly sweaty. (When he was younger, he would sleep with a blanket footed sleeper, and threw off any and all loose blankets. So I think he has a need to be enclosed.) I finally found a silk sleeping bag liner (his "silky", which works great - he's enclosed in a little twin sized silk cacoon, and he's cool enough and happy. When I saw the itch thing, i thought "hmmm, maybe a silky would work." You could tell him he's completely (magically?) protected since he's all enclosed. Just a thought.
kimck - i've been "mean mommy" lately too - i can't stand this sticky weather!
