Baby Pillows that are Safe
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It is normal for adults to sleep with pillows under our head. You might think that the same thing goes for babies. In reality, even without pillows, babies can sleep normally and soundly. Moreover, they can have a very comfortable sleep even without the pillows. Whats more, it would be safer for them to sleep without pillows on their cribs..So even if you got the pillow from the set of crib beddings, until your baby reaches toddler stage, experts all recommend that you do not use the pillow. The reason is that it may increase the change of your baby suffocating from the pillow if his face accidentally end up on it.
So when is it safe for the baby to use pillow? Well, according to the recommendations of doctors, unless your baby is out on the crib and is sleeping on his toddler bed, you should not have your baby use a pillow. In other words, the baby should at least be two years old. And that is if you want. There is really no need for them, even for toddlers, to use pillows yet. Even without the pillow, they can sleep quite comfortably. Like the teddy bear, baby pillows just provide security to the toddler.
According to some pediatric sleep experts, infants, toddlers and even small kids do not really need pillows. The fact is that the baby is fine even without the pillow, even though the parents think that they provide additional comfort to their children. Nevertheless, for parents who really want to introduce their baby to pillow, these experts recommend staying away from the soft feather pillows. This is because these feather pillows are too soft and it may only smother the child if his head shrinks into it. Aside from that, they may also set off allergies.
Experts also recommend soft and small size pillow, similar to airline pillow, to those parents who insist on introducing pillow to their children even if they are still in the crib. Once more, these baby pillows must be the soft and not the firm types. Another important thing that you must remember is to introduce the pillow on naptimes first. You can then monitor your childs movements and how he sleeps with the pillow, this way. If you finally think that he would be safe with it, then you may now use the baby pillow regularly.Then you may now use the pillow regularly if you finally think he will be safe with it.
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