When will you give LO a pillow?

MomtobeNJ · August 2013

Totally random question, I know. When should we be giving them a pillow to sleep on? DD sleeps with one of my shirts every night and I notice that she has been balling it up and resting her head on it quite often - that's what made me think of it.

jenndub · August 2013

I don't remember when I gave the older kids a pillow. All of my kids sleep on their stomachs so they just push them out of the way. Probably a little after one, I'll give DD2 a pillow in a few months. But it will be pretty flat.

CdnFarmGirl08 · August 2013

my LO has had a pillow since about 7 months. I just have it tucked under his crib sheet. I started when he had a cold to elevate and just does way better with it. I asked my pedi and she said it was fine.

Shazzie116 · August 2013

I'm not sure. She has a boppy in her PNP at daycare and a pillow pet in her PNP at home. We might try a small one soon at home during naptime.

BPer · August 2013

DD loves our pillows as well. She'll snuggle right in and pass out, without even needing a paci. I'll probably give her a flat one soon.

hmp1 · August 2013

We gave James a little toddler pillow from PBK around 13 or 14 months.

PenelopePond · August 2013

Sean is sleeping with a Pillow Pet right now. Sometimes he's on it, sometimes he's not. At about six months, he would bunch up his lovey and sleep on it. If he had an A&A blanket in his crib, he'd bunch that up and sleep on it. One day Ethan tossed the Pillow Pet in the crib and it's been there ever since (maybe two months now).

ellebee2 · August 2013

DD moves around so much and sleeps on her stomach she probably wouldn't end up with her head on it anyway. I'll probably wait a few more months.

juliane2004 · August 2013

In the past, we've given pillows around 18 months, in preparation for moving to a toddler bed at 24 months. We'll likely do the same with the baby and baby-to-be.

bosha711 · August 2013

DS got a pillow pet & an Ugly Doll at 1 yr old. He used them as pillows.

DD, knock on wood, is a really good sleeper without one, so I am not fucking with that anytime soon. She does have this big flat owl pillow thingy though, that she could use as a pillow if needed.

MomtobeNJ · August 2013

ellebee2 said:

DD moves around so much and sleeps on her stomach she probably wouldn't end up with her head on it anyway. I'll probably wait a few more months.

My DD does the same, so it's probably not worth worrying about for a few more months. I will start looking around for a flat pillow and see how she does with it in a little while.

kbbgg · August 2013

I'll get one for the boy when he moves into a bed. Around 24 months likely.
That's what we did with the girl too.

fireflygirl12 · August 2013

W sleeps on his stomach most of the time, but I've seen him put his head on his seahorse like a pillow a few times. Although, sometimes he also lays with his body completely on the horse, so I'm not sure.

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