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.
We gave Claire a pillow a few months ago. Its pretty flat and not very fluffy. She loves her pillow! She has had a toy in her bed for ages. It doesnt matter what toy she has, just as long as she has something to hold she is happy.
I could get the "bad mummy award" here but... from about birth.
If he was in bed with me, I need a pillow. Also he had toys hanging from his cot and they'd fall off, quite often pulled off by 4m old. Yes, they were small but still there. And his favourite bunny from 1m old. He has a pillow in his bed now, he doesn't use it but if I jump in there I do.
DD started using a pillow when she went into the big bed, she was 2. I thought I had read something somewhere that said babies dont need a pillow till they are 2 so i just never bothered before.
As for the toys, she was a bit older when she started wanting them, maybe about 10-12 months. It would have been a soft toy or her bubba- soft body hard head and we would take them out of the cot before we went to bed.
DS has slept with his teddy since from about 5 months old. He still sleeps with it as it is his comforter. Which i gladly accept him having because he doesnt have a dummy. The only problem was that teddy only just got it's first wash on Sunday lol. Poor DS had a hard time handling being away from his teddy for more than a few hours.
He sometimes has a pillow but i dont think he likes it cause its always on the floor in the mornings. DD hada pillow from about age 2.5.
Tiana slept with us pretty much allthe time since she was born, and when we could get her to sleep in her bed she wouldn't without a pillow. I checked on her so much as I was worried but it was the only way she would sleep! She has just turned 2 and loves her pillow still. You can buy Tontine Junior Pillows from kmart or Big W for about $10. They are designed for little people.
With the toys I would think now would be fine as long as it isnt too big.
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