Pillow

[* Paula *]

I am not sure if this is the right thread to post this, but was wondering at what age you introduce a pillow and duvet.

Just been curious about this and wanted to hear when people thought.

Thanks

[Jaime]

hmmm.... i gave them to jaina when she moved to a big-girl bed at 18 months.  luke doesn't have them yet at 15 months.  i figured i'd wait till he was out of the crib too.

anyone else? 

[ethansmum]

Advice nowadays is not to introduce pillows and duvets until they are 12 months. If I remember I think I gave Ethan a pillow at around 15 months or so - I did it thinking I'd get him used to a pillow before he moved to a big bed but he's still in his cot anyway!

[*Nicola*]

Ciara had a pillow somewhere between 12 and 15 months due to having a really bad cough - we used the pillow to elavate her head a bit.  We found she slept really well with it and stopped wriggling about the bed etc.  She slept with that and her grobag until she was well over 2 then we got her a duvet which she also loves

HTH

[* Paula *]

Thanks for the input.

I have used a pillow for DS on two occasions during nap time when he had croup - this too was to keep him elevated, but I was way too scared to use it when he went to bed at night when he was sick.

I too was thinking at around 12 months or so.

Another question - would we introduce an adult pillow or can you actually get one for kids?
 
Thanks

[JennŠ]

You can actually find todddler sized pillows, but I can't remember where at the moment.         Mine is determined to use her stuffed toy as a pillow.  Either that, or it's under her chest.   

[~Kellie~]

These pillows look great!

http://comfycozy.com/catalog.php?category=4

I am currently looking for a pillow for dd but can't figure if they ship internationally 


Kellie x

[alyssa1]

We managed to find small pillow at Zellers - I think they are like a travel pillow?  It is cotton and washes really well.  My son uses it more as a comfy thing to lay beside but he likes it

[*Nicola*]

We used a regular pillow, but made sure it was one that wasn't too puffy.  Flat and non-allergenic. 

I would imagine you could get kids ones thou. Mothercare and toyrus probably do them

[* Paula *]

Thanks for the advice 

[Southernbelle]

Just from a different perspective....I asked my chiropractor about when to introduce a pillow and her advice was to delay it as long as possible (to as late as five years old).  I guess pillows make us lose the natural curve in our necks which cause a lot of neck problems in the future.  My neck is horrible, so I'm going to try and hold off with my DS.  He uses his ducky for a pillow when he wants one.  I don't worry too much about that.  Thought her advice was interesting. 

[notenoughshelfspace]

My little one is 13 months oldand I had not even thought about a pillow yet. I shall look into it.

[Katet]

We gave Aiden one (a really flat one) when he started asking for one, because he saw Mummy & Daddy had one. It  was just before he moved into a bed, so around 2yo... as yet he only has blankets on his bed & he will be 3 in July.
I agree with holding off as long as possible, I had awful neck problems a couple of months ago & got a new (pretty flat pillow) which took a few nights to get used to, but my neck has been better than it has for years

[*Nicola*]

I've always loved big pillows and used to sleep on 3 of them but have had a sore neck too.  I've started using flatter pillows and now only use 2 so I'm going for a slow wean!

As I said before, Ciara's pillow is really flat and I certainly wouldn't give her a big plump one.