"Can the baby use a pillow?" When will it be available? "This issue has bothered me for a long time, and I believe it has also bothered many mums. I don't know how you guys do it, but let's talk about myself!
During pregnancy, the mother-in-law made 3 pillows for the baby, two slightly tall, hard (the mother-in-law said that these two were slightly larger to use), and one slightly flat, soft (the mother-in-law said it was used to sleep on the head type). After giving birth to the baby, my son's head shape was: the back of the head was convex, looking sideways, and a large pimple in the back.
The bulge in the back of the head is large
After returning home, the mother-in-law gave a pillow (the pillow is 2-3 cm), saying that it was for the baby to sleep on the head shape.
However, I checked the information within 3 months of the baby does not need a pillow, because the baby and adults are not the same, adults have neck bends, there is a gap between the bed after lying down, the pillow supports the cervical spine, can let the neck relax. And the baby in the mother's womb for 10 months, has been in a state of curled up, the entire spine is C-shaped, the baby is straight when lying flat, the neck and bed surface are no gaps, lying flat is more comfortable, if you force the pillow, it will cause the cervical vertebrae to bend, compress the airway and affect breathing.
I must not agree, I said I checked the information: "3 months of baby does not need a pillow, cervical vertebrae bent? "But the bulge behind my son is so big that he doesn't sleep on his head." So I went online and bought a shaped pillow.
This is the shaped pillow my son used at the time
The thickness of this pillow is about 1cm, anyway, I think it is flattened when pressed, and I am relieved. I don't know if the shaped pillow works or I always let my son lie flat from time to time, and slowly the bulge behind it is much better, (the process is a little sad, the newborn baby is not recommended to lie flat, the doctor and nurse recommend lying on the left and right sides of each other, because the baby is easy to choke. My son is particularly easy to spit up milk, generally after eating and lying on the side for half an hour, lying flat after no situation, adults should always pay attention to the baby, anti-choking milk) So my son's head shape has become better.
Then the baby is 3 months old, the mother-in-law has always wanted the baby to sleep on the pillow she made, I don't want to object, sleep on it.
But the problem came again, I generally like to lie down and feed, and I am too tired to hold. Babies eat milk once every 2 hours, sometimes for 1 hour, (my son doesn't breastfeed well, so I switched to a small number of meals.) I have to take the pillow when I lie down and feed, and then give it to the baby pillow after feeding, going back and forth is too troublesome, (not the same as the fixed pillow, one side can be directly removed. Finally, I don't want the pillow directly. My mother-in-law is also used to not giving pillows to my baby. Hey.
As a result, my baby's situation is not pillow pillow until now, my baby is now 9 months old, day and night to sleep on the bed is OK, simple and convenient, night feeding is also very convenient. Isn't my mom bad at all?
I looked up the specific time I can use a pillow? How thick is the pillow for a baby?
According to the development of the baby's spine:
1. Generally after 3 months, the baby can stably raise his head, and the cervical spine slowly convex, forming a neck curvature
2. The baby will sit, and the thoracic spine will slowly recoil, forming a chest curvature
3. The baby will walk, and the lumbar spine will begin to bulge forward, forming a lumbar curve
In this process, the baby's neck curl gradually forms the same as adults.
For example:
Generally, babies about 3 months old can pillow about 1cm pillow, you can fold the towel into about 1cm to put the baby on the pad.
About 6 months, I can pillow about 2cm
Around the age of 1, I can pillow about 3cm
note:
When using pillows for your baby, make sure you are safe and have someone around to take care of them.
Overall:
The prerequisite for your baby to use a pillow is safety, and safety is the most important thing.
Babies within 3 months, it is not recommended to use a pillow when the neck curve has not yet formed, 3 months to 1 year old baby, according to the development of the neck bend to choose the right pillow, so that the baby sleeps comfortably, safely, does not affect the development of good.