I gave DS a pillow at 18 months to see if he would sleep more comfortably (ie - through the night, finally, at last???) We are also about to move him into a big boy's bed and I thought that if he had a pillow in the cot for a few weeks that would perhaps make the new bed seem not seem so strange.

He is sleeping better at night, not sure if I can put that down to the pillow but the pillow DID stop him moving around so much in his cot.

The pillow I got him was a latex cot pillow, about 3cms thick and it "fills" the top of the cot. However he does seem to adore sleeping on my pillow next to me if we bring him into bed with us so I have been kind of wondering if I should get him a "proper" pillow - I've found lestypuss' comment good food for thought! DS has a big head!