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.