anyone using a pillow for LO?

2u2wow · September 2012

DS is 17 months and we just started using a blanket instead of the sleepsack and he's doing great with it...

but i went in to wake him up today (had 10 min to be at library class...i know judge away!) and he was using his blanket as a pillow! it was actually really cute.

i wasn't really planning to use a pillow until he went into a toddler bed but just thought i'd get your thoughts!

thanks ladies

RayRay007 · September 2012

DD has always had a blanket, and we added a pillow pet a month or two ago. She loves having a pillow and I'm trying to find her a small, regular pillow.

snozberries · September 2012

My DD uses her pillow pets and her blankets.

Temp994124375009771 · September 2012

We gave DD a pillow at 21 months when we took the paci away. She loves it. She too was using blankets as pillows before that so it just seemed like she was ready.

I bought a really small toddler one so she lays on it perfectly. A twin or even a regular child one would be way too big.

ThatWasAHoot · September 2012

When DS turned 12 months we let him start having a blanket and pillow. Same thing happened to us. We came in and he was using his blanket as a pillow. We went and bought him just a regular comfy pillow like we use with a tight pillowcase so it can't come off. He loves his pillow and blanket.

misskris927 · September 2012

DD loved laying on pillow, so just recently we put one in her crib. It's a small, soft pillow and she occasionally sleeps on it. She's 18months old.

HenHen25 · September 2012

We've had a pillow in DS's crib since he was around 8 months old because of his reflux. He loves it and its never caused any issues.

etude de la vie · September 2012

DS has had his blanket since 6 months old and he uses it to cuddle and suck his thumb. We added a pillow around 10 months old because he wanted to lay down like his sister (would practice in her bed)

He still won't sleep with a blanket on him for warmth.....kicks and screams. He only wants his blanket to cuddle and suck his thumb.

We moved him to a toddler bed around 16 months old, and since then has STTN (used to wake up cry and I would settle him back down), and now naps 2.5 hours where before it was maybe, if I was lucky, 1 hour in the crib. poor kid is so claustrophobic!

anneimal98 · September 2012

We have a little toddler pillow in his crib. He always starts the night on it but rarely stays there for the duration. On the whole, it doesn't cause a problem and he seems to like it.

Mom2Mack1 · September 2012

DD had a small pillow in her crib. We moved her to a bed a few weeks ago and she now has a regular pillow. She's almost 20 months.

momofmanyinthemitten · September 2012

I put a regular sized pillow in her bed when she was about 14 mos.

Telly21182 · September 2012

anneimal98:
We have a little toddler pillow in his crib. He always starts the night on it but rarely stays there for the duration. On the whole, it doesn't cause a problem and he seems to like it.

This. We gave him the pillow around 12 1/2 months I'd say. Maybe 13. He rarely stays on it, but when I put him down at night he grabs his blanket, cuddles it and then hugs the pillow. It's honestly one of my favorite parts of the day because it's so cute!

flhokie · September 2012

At our 15/16 month pedi appointment she said it was ok to add a small pillow (she was using her blanket or doll). I got a small travel pillow and case at Walmart. The case zips so it stays on the pillow completely. DD uses it to sleep on some of the time.

mldain · September 2012

She has a pillow and has had one for a while. She also sleeps with a blanket and blankey. She stays on her pillow, but then we coslept for a while so maybe she got that from me.