Does your toddler use a pillow? Why or why not?

GreenEyedGal

I've been thinking about giving my son a pillow for nap/bedtime. No particular reason why. I just think he would be more comfortable with one, heck I know I would be. Should I give him a pillow or not fix what's not broken? I just feel kind of bad for him, ya know?

Magoy

Audrey has a mini pillow pet in her crib that she uses... but, I use that term loosely.  Every night/nap when I put her down, she lays her head on the pillow and I cover her w/ her blankie.  But, it takes her an hour most days to settle down for sleep and when I get her up, she's never laying on it. She's all over the place in her crib.  Maybe when she's in a big girl bed she'll calm down a little at night (probably just wishful thinking!)

So, I guess to answer your question... she has a pillow.  She talks about laying down on her pillow and will at first, but she never stays laying on it.   

 

sasa625

DD has several stuffed animals in her crib. She calls one of them "sheep pillow" and she uses it as a pillow (at least for a few minutes when we first put her down )

We thought about getting her a pillow, but decided we're going to wait until we move her to her big girl bed. We figure a) the pillow might be a lot to add to her alread full crib and b) it will be an added bonus to moving to a big girl bed, and an incentive to sleep in it (she thinks using a pillow is a special privilege )

keg

I got my DDs the small/relatively flat toddler pillows from Ikea.  The only one that uses them is the cat occasionally.  One DD likes "regular" pillows (standard size and she generally has one of the memory foam ones) and the other one doesn't want a pillow at all.  So, a lot has to do with your kid.  :-) 

emmyloustu

No, not yet. No particular reason why not.

Ali212

She does but she didn't until she got into her big girl bed.  There was no real reason why we waited so long except she was perfectly happy and comfy in her crib without one.  When we transitioned to the big girl bed it just felt weird not to have one so we got one then.  Honestly, there was no real logic to it now that I think about it.

charmcitygirl

Jacob doesn't have a pillow in his crib.  When we move him to his big boy bed, then we'll give him a pillow.  He's seriously all over the crib all night long, a pillow would just be one more thing in there right now. 

LVBlvd

She has one in her bed that she throws on the floor every night.  She is just not interested in it.  But I keep offering it - one day she'll get it.

laura1

We gave DS one after he turned 2.  He started sleeping terribly, waking up multiple times a night.  We wondered if he was uncomfortable, so we bough him a car pillowcase and his own pillow, and really talked it up!   After that, he used to say in his crib - probably just coincidence, but I wasn't going to mess with success  

Up until recently he never slept on it.  Lately, he lies on it, but not just his head, his whole body.  He puts the pillow on one end of the crib and lies perpendicular to the real direction of the crib, right on the pillow.  Totally doesn't look comfortable to me, but he likes it! 

lrrb

I used an Ikea Mini Pillow for their cribs when they were toddlers but once they moved into big girl beds we used normal pillows and really just in the last 6 months have they actually used the pillow the way they should haha.  

armywife76

DS uses a travel pillow at DC, but nothing in the crib. At DC, they told us to bring one b/c they sleep on cots and are supervised for naps. At home, I still get nervous about suffocation, and he doesn't seem to want anything in there with him.

RoxBride

DD's had a pillow since before a year. She slept  much better with it. She uses a regular grown up pillow.

kme930

Will has a pretty flat toddler pillow. I think we started him with it around 11 months. He went through a rough bout with teething, wouldn't sleep anywhere or at all unless we were nearby, so we caved and brought him into bed with us. He loved sleeping on our pillows, so when the teething was over and we were enforcing him staying in the crib all night, we got him a pillow. He likes to lay on it initially, but he doesn't always sleep on it. 

artygirl

Lucas has had a pillow since he was about 19 months.  Whenever he lays/sleeps in our bed, I noticed that he used my pillow so I figured he would like one in his crib.