If you're worried about toys, why not go for a small piece of muslin or a little blanket or something? The best toys are the easily replaced ones.
The sids risk does drop at 6 months, but continues until they are 4. Yes, really! There was a case last year in NSW of a 6 year old.
Personally, I don't think they need a pillow until 3 or even later. But you can make it a special thing if you want to. I know 2 year olds that have them and love them, and I know a little one who didn't get one until she was nearly 4.
Thanks. I thought a toy would be ok now but wasn't planning on introducing a pillow until 12 months at least anyway. I don't mind her using a small pillow under supervision. I've been thining about putting a few small toys in her cot with her so she can play when she wakes up, that way hopefully she wont wake us up too early.
Mine have had pillows since 6mths old, but they were full size adult ones that were quite flat, and went the width of the cot, so there was no risk of them getting wedged down beside them. I don't have a problem with giving the pillows so young - especially with my youngest who has reflux and being elevated helped him immensely at night.
aiden has a toy bunny that he has slept with from about 7months i guess. no pillow yet, and, i dont see any reason why i should introduce one yet. he seems very comfy.
I dont put any other toys in his cot, for the simple reason that he runs them along the bars of the cot, and it make a 'ell of a racket at 2am!
I have a music box on the side of Ryans cot and a panda that dangles on the side, it's one of those ones you can attach to a pram so they don't lose them. He wakes up in the morning and turns on his music box and plays with his panda. I also had one of those sid safe pillows shoved down the front of his cot because he'd bash his head on the top of the cot and he never had any issues but it also wasn't really fat enough that he could not get more than his forehead on it and now he doesnt need it. He sleeps on a pillow next to me when he has his day naps in our bed but im always cuddling him and right next to him. He likes to suck on my pillows frills lol
Jesse sleeps on the pillows when in our bed too, but for some reason I feel its safer. Its either through the day when I'm always checking on him, or with me, so I feel ok about it.
I do have 2 or 3 little stuffed toys in the cot. He sometimes will play with them to sleep & often when he wakes up too.
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