When did LO start sleeping with a pillow?

MrsR0908

DH asked me the other day if it was ok for her to start sleeping with a pillow and IDK . So when is it considered safe? Thanks

DEBBIE33CASEY

I noticed DD squishing her blanket up under her head a few months ago and bought a small pillow form from Walmart/JoAnn's.  DH sewed a pillowcase for it and we gave it to her.  She must hate it b/c she throws it out of her crib.  We haven't given it back to her in months after bunches of failed attempts.  As long as the pillow isn't big enough that they're using it as a step to crawl out of the crib then I think it's safe.

shellybell15

I don't know when it is considered safe, but we started at about 15 months. Only because DS would bundle up his blanket or use a stuffed animal as a pillow. I figured that an actual pillow couldn't be an less safe!

kabarbanel

DS has been sleeping on a pillow pet since 14 months.

MrsR0908

Ok Great thanks! She loves her pillow pet but I want to get her a smaller one for her crib.

juliane2004

DD's been sleeping on a regular sized (slightly thinner) pillow since 13 months. She sleeps ON it about 75% of the time (the other 25% of the time she sleeps straight on the mattress).

meg1974

It's no longer a SIDS risk once they turn one, but I read that pillows are still a suffocation risk until they are two.

wall0307

We gave DS a pillow for Christmas.  He was around 22 months.  He likes it.  We usually find him sleeping on it in the morning.

Zoie2010

DD had a pillow as soon as she went into the crib. At a month old. But when she napped in the crib sooner she was on pillows. They were under her sheet. Plus, for our health we both have to be tilted just a little bit.

kimberlyk921

Since about 9 months, he was sleeping in bed with us and used a pillow. We moved him to his crib about a month ago and gave him a small flat pillow and he uses it in there too.