Olivia is 18 months and I bought her a pillow ages ago and it is just another toy. We have tried sleeping with the pillowcases to get our scent on them but nope doesn't work. She just throws the pillow out of her cot. Mind you if she sleeps with us she kicks us off our pillows so who knows what she wants. I bought her one of the junior pillows from Big W.
Good luck trying to work it out. I'll be watching to see what others have done.
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our child has just turned two. we've been putting a sofa cushion (small, square, not very plump) in her cot with a pillowcase on it. sometimes we find her using it, sometimes not. we started using one to help her breathe better at night, when she had a snuffy nose.
We purchased a proper one from Babyco, not really hard IYKWIM so is best for her, our DD is 11 months old and has just started using one now in her toddler bed. Seems to like it but it's only been a couple of nights!!
DS had a cot pillow and used it from about 9 or 10mths old, at first I had it under the bottom sheet when he had a cold and he has had one ever since. I also used one under the sheet sometimes when he was under 3mths old because he was a very spewy baby and had to be elevated a little.
DD hasn't had a pillow at all though.
If your DS isn't worried about having a pillow I wouldn't get one, unless its just for show when his bed is made. Oh and DS's pillows aren't anything special just basic pillows
Thanks everyone. I think I will wait a little longer he doesnt seem to want one at the moment and quite content on the matress with the underlay which is soft. I have a blanket rolled up against the headboard because he tends to move around in his sleeping bag and hit his head so that was my main reason for thinking of a pillow which might stop the moving around.
Also, when should i take the side panel off the cot and make it into a bed.. that is another thing i am worried about because i dont want him getting out and roaming around the house while we are sleeping.
Since my DD has had a pillow at night, she is sleeping through. Not sure whether it is a coincidence because I am giving her pasta for dinner (to fill her up more) and dropped the dreamfeed.
We gave Claire a pillow when she was about 12 months. Its fairly flat and not particularly fluffy. She LOVES it. I dont know why, but she just loves it. Its like a toy sometimes. Sometimes, it HAS to come out of the cot in the morning and "sit" next to her when she has breakfast. When she got the pillow, she started sleeping alot better. Some nights she doesnt want it so she sleeps at the other end of her cot. Most mornings when I go in there, I find that she has moved the pillow. Sometimes she lies her entire body on the pillow. I actually made the pillow myself because I had a nice fabric I wanted to use for it.
Karina, yes my DD's is also a bit flat but a special baby one I bought from Babyco. Hmmmm...my DD has had the pillow for 3 nights now and is sleeping through. Maybe it's that!
I gave Aiden a pillow when he was about 16months. I started to notice that he wasnt sleeping well in his cot at night, but, put him in bed with us, even after we got up in the mornings and left him there, he would sleep alot sounder with a pillow. He used to be a bum in the air sleeper, but, give him a pillow, and he's flat out on his back, or, on his side.
So, i prefer flat pillows, so, i gave him one out of my bed, my scent etc, and since then, his cot sleeping his improved heaps. He sleeps 12hours straight now. I introduced it for his day nap, so i could just keep abit of an eye on it, as even at this age, i was still concerned abit giving a pillow, but, he is great with it.
I gave DS one at about 14 months I think? We partly co sleep and I was noticing that he wriggling up onto our pillows. And in his cot he would use a toy as a pillow! So I just went out and bought him one. He actually does sleep better with a pillow, but he was definitely ready, and letting us know!
As for the cot.......I'm a big advocate of leaving them in there for as long as possible But my DS is out to prove me wrong We're about to get him a bed, as he's such a cot hater, and sleeps so much better on a bed. But seriously, you will know when she's ready.
Janie, our DD co-slept with us from birth. Around 6 weeks ago now, we went and bought a toddler bed from Babyco. She loves it and I can't believe she sleeps in it through day and night now. It's quite funny how she just went straight in the toddler bed. She never went in a cot, hated it!
So....I hope the transition is as easy for you as it was for our DD!
Sounds like bringing in the pillow now is a good idea. No harm in trying I guess.
Will go out and get one this weekend, might give it to him for xmas present.. haha.. add it to his presents under the tree.
With the bed thing, I will hold out as long as possible because I think DS will get up and walk around the house and come into our room in the middle of the night. Might wait till he is nearly three before buying him a bed.
My DS is only 7 months, so doesnt have a pillow yet...but I just wanted to post an idea that I had from reading this thread.
I am going to buy a flat baby pillow before he needs it and put it in my bed so that when DS is ready for a pillow it will have my scent, maybe will help him sleep better in his cot as he gets a big bigger, he is not sleeping through yet and we co-sleep most the night.
Sonia, I made the pillow slip myself just with some pretty fabric I had lying around. I then bought some pillow fluffing and stuffed it. The fluffing is washable so I just wash the whole pillow including the fluffing when it gets dirty.
My DD co-slept from birth and then went straight into the toddler bed no problems at all. She never went in the cot, hated it with a passion. And we don't CC here. Co-sleeping was not working well anymore - we were getting kicked constantly and all suffered bad sleep because of that so we tried the bed and WOW, she loves it. The pillow didn't have my scent on it at all and the transition was great. However, every baby is different. Just letting you all know that there were no issues here, just tried the pillow brand new and she took to it brilliantly.
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At what age do I buy DS first pillow
But my DS is out to prove me wrong
We're about to get him a bed, as he's such a cot hater, and sleeps so much better on a bed. But seriously, you will know when she's ready.
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