Recently, the parenting circle has set off a hot topic, that is, how old can children sleep on pillows? Is a styling pillow a child's necessity?
Some netizens on this topic said: His child is three months old, and his head sleeps a little off, is it time to give the child a stereotyped pillow?
However, I would like to say that children within one year of age do not need a styling pillow and are not recommended. So how old can a child sleep on a set pillow? Here I would like to tell you a little bit about the child's "sleeping pillow".
Should my child sleep on a pillow?
In fact, children under one year old do not need to sleep on the pillow, usually to determine whether the child needs to sleep on the pillow is based on the child's spinal development status, but the child within one year old spine development is very good and straight, so there is no need to sleep pillow. At this moment, parents who do not understand this knowledge will often give their children a pillow, in fact, the harm is very large, it is very likely to cause children to have difficulty breathing and affect their children's development. Only when the child's spine is well developed and bent can you add a pillow to the child appropriately.
The pillow is actually not a pillow, but a pillow neck, and everyone may have been misunderstood by the name "pillow". People's neck is a forward arch of the physiological arc, let people lie usually neck and bed on a large gap, if not add a pillow, just sleep overnight, the next day the neck will appear stiff, painful situation, but the child within one year old spine is straight to add pillow is redundant, and will also make the child feel uncomfortable, the American Pediatric Association does not recommend that children within one year of age use pillows, children within one year of limited activity, once the child's face is buried on the pillow will have difficulty breathing or even suffocation difficulties.
How old is the child to use the pillow?
In fact, when the child is two years old to start sleeping pillow is the best choice, I have read a lot of related books and asked some pediatricians, they suggest that after one and a half years old children can use the pillow appropriately, this time the child's spine at the arch has developed almost, and the child is older, the ability to move is also larger, if there is a pillow buried in the face can also be handled by themselves, the risk of suffocation is greatly reduced, so it is also recommended that children at this time use pillows.
When the child needs to sleep on the pillow, in fact, there is no need for the blessing of the parents, and the child himself will send a lot of signals to tell the parents that it is time to sleep on the pillow.
When sleeping, children always like to pillow something small in the head
For example, my daughter has not prepared a pillow for her at the age of one and a half to two years old, and she will pull her arm every night, and sometimes she will take some soft plush toys to pillow under her head, and it is time to prepare her own small pillow
Your child's shoulders are > head wide
Newborn children are head-width > shoulder-width, and when the child develops to shoulder width> head width, it is time to prepare a pillow for him
The child sleeps better after using the pillow
When the child is one year old, the mother can try to use a pillow for the child If the child sleeps more soundly at this time, it means that the child should sleep on the pillow!
What kind of pillow should my child use?
The pillow used by the child can not be too hard nor too soft, too hard pillow child sleep uncomfortable it is difficult to fall asleep, too soft pillow can not play the role of supporting the neck, so it can not meet the requirements of improving the quality of children's sleep. I have the following tips on how to pick a child's pillow:
The height should be selected according to the child's development and growth status
The degree of physiological curvature of the neck of children at different ages is also different, so the pillow selected for children should also choose the appropriate height.
Pay attention to the quality of the pillows
For children, the material of pure cotton is the best, pure cotton is both breathable and not easy to allergies. For the pillow core, we should also pay attention to the choice of material, whether it will breed bacteria, allergies, airtight and other issues. For small children, it is recommended to use pure cotton, memory foam, latex pillow, etc.
Be sure to pay attention to the softness and hardness of the pillow
When choosing your child's pillow, press it to see how elastic it is to judge how soft and hard it is. If the pillow is not obviously sunken, then it means that the pillow is too hard, it is not recommended to use it, but it is too obvious to be too soft and not recommended, and moderate rebound is not recommended.
All in all, you must remember that the pillow is not under the head but under the neck! And be sure to pay attention to the hygiene of the child's pillow in time, and clean it in time to prevent the growth of bacteria.