at what age is it ok to give your child a pillow?

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Tangas · 07/07/2008 23:28

Just a quick question. would like to know at what age did you give your child a pillow to sleep on?
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ZoeC · 07/07/2008 23:31

I did it when both of mine went into a proper bed, so around 2 years 3 months give or take. Dd1 had a full-size single so I used a flattened pillow for her, dd2 is in a toddler bed and I got a pillow and duvet set from ikea (the cot-bed ones) and the pillow is really flat and not very big.

Dd1 is nearly 6 now and has a puffier pillow, but that was only quite recent (nosebleeds had made a bit of a mess of her old pillow).

janeashersbookofspacecakes · 07/07/2008 23:33

Got dd age 2.5 a pillow from Mothercare but I think it's too fat so she's not used it yet. Where can I get a thin one with a hypo-allergenic cover from?

gigglewitch · 07/07/2008 23:37

my dc have asthma so were given the anti-allergy-and-heaven-knows-what cot pillow at a mere 10mo, because they were fully mobile (walking) and could sit themselves up and so on - though we weighed the whole thing up verrrry carefully and decided that the comfort and sleeping angle seemed to help the asthma.
They only got a 'proper' pillow at, errr, ds1 was 2.4 and ds2 still has his cot pillow at almost 5yo

gigglewitch · 07/07/2008 23:38

janeasher, how about a cot pillow [also mothercare and babies r us] very soft and quite flat anti-allergy ones?

missfib · 07/07/2008 23:59

12 months for both children health visitor said 12 months is fine.

Bowddee · 08/07/2008 00:06

DS was about 18months. He sleeps with his head at the foot of his bed and his feet on the pillow, so I'm not 100% sure why I bothered.

zazen · 08/07/2008 00:10

I used to prop DD's mattress up with a phone book (underneath it) from when she was a few months old - she had really bad wind and would scream unless the top end of her bed was elevated a bit.

She's had a pillow proper from 18 months - when she came out of the huge grobags.. never had any probs with them... touch wood etc..

colditz · 08/07/2008 00:16

When they start using Winnie the Pooh to rest their head on

About 10 months old for my children, but I do think this varies. I know a baby of 15 months who is less physicacally capable than my children were at 8 months - and he's small. I wouldn't give him a pillow, but mine were much more 'toddley' and muscular at this age

Seona1973 · 08/07/2008 09:12

dd had one from 1 year. ds had a goi goi pillow from a few weeks old (helps correct/prevent flattening of the head). He has had a pillow ever since although he now has a cot pillow I got from tkmaxx for about £7.

janeashersbookofspacecakes · 09/07/2008 10:32

dd never tries to rest her head on anything. she's nrly 2.5. Shall i just not bother with a pillow?

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