Moms with stomach sleepers, a question

kelly321 · March 2013

If your toddler is a stomach sleeper, do you have them use a pillow? DH sleeps on his stomach and doesn't use one. DD1 also sleeps on her stomach and I don't know whether to get her a pillow or not to bother with one. I'm a back/side sleeper, so I don't know what's the norm for stomach sleepers. It seems to me like using a pillow would be uncomfortable, but I'm hardly an expert, as I think stomach sleeping is uncomfortable in general.

And this is going to be a post and run, but I'll be back on tomorrow to see any responses! TIA!

katlizabeth · March 2013

Ds does. He didn't until he was 2 and doesn't always sleep in his stomach, but he uses one when he sleeps, no matter what position. I sometimes sleep on my stomach, and I push my pillow away when I do. It's just not comfortable for me.

mommy0411 · March 2013

My DS doesn't use a pillow when he sleeps on his stomach. I have one in his crib in case he wants to use it but he never does.

Nel11 · March 2013

I'm a stomach sleeper, and I do use a (very flat feather) pillow. It's probably not great for my back. My DD is also a stomach sleeper, and I've never given her a pillow. She only 13 months though.

I would give him one to

law&order · March 2013

My son has been sleeping on his stomach since about 6 months when he could roll on his own. He doesn't use a pillow and usually throws his animals and blankets out of the bed so I haven't even tried. He seems comfortable enough without it I guess

chardonnay24 · March 2013

We gave A a pillow when we switched him to a twin (20 months). He doesn't use it very often, though. We went with the really flat kid's pillow from IKEA.

melissa0726 · March 2013

Yes, but only because she started showing interest in using a pillow and wanting one of her own for sleeping.

I'm a stomach sleeper (when not pregnant) and I always use a pillow.

kristennd · March 2013

He uses the pillow about half the time. The other half, he lays in a different direction or simply below the pillow. But almost always on his stomach regardless.

mben1119 · March 2013

No, not yet. Maybe in a few more months.

meg_2006 · March 2013

Stomach sleepers aren't supposed to need pillows. If they do use one, it should be very flat.

mama&baby · April 2013

DS sleeps with nothing in his crib most of the time..... on occasion he will sleep with a book and his seahorse ( if he doesn't throw it out). I think we will wait on using a pillow until he turns two or he sleeps in a toddler bed, whichever comes first

kelly321 · April 2013

Ok, thanks! I guess I'll just hold off on the pillow unless she signals she wants one. She was using a blanket as a pillow the other day, but since that's the first and only time she's done it, I figured it was more just an accident that that's how she fe

Jelliebean1982 · April 2013

My DS curls up his blanket and then scrunches up so he is laying on top of his pillow across the short side of the crib.

Mustardseed2007 · April 2013

my DS is still in a crib so we don't use a pillow for safety reasons. At 15 months I'm not worried about suffocation, but I am worried about him using it to stand on and then climb out. That's also something I know he'll do without the pillow eventuall

mama&baby · April 2013

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beautiflaw · April 2013

She has pillows but she doesn't like to sleep with them. She likes to wallow on them in the floor. Our pedi says that regardless of sleeping position, pillows are not needed and can contribute to spinal misalignment. We are trying to keep from giving her

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