I don't know if you have ever thought of such a question when you sleep: why do we sleep on pillows? In fact, it has to do with the structure of our spine.
When a person lies flat on the bed, the connection between the cervical spine and the head will cause a gap between the neck and the bed due to physiological bending, if this gap is not supported, the neck that has been tightened for a night will produce a sore feeling, commonly known as "falling pillow".
In order to prevent this phenomenon, someone invented a pillow, and we can also sleep comfortably, so someone asked, why doesn't the baby "fall on the pillow"? When do you start preparing pillows for your baby? Today we will talk in detail.
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Before listening to my cousin complaining, saying that the little nephew who slept at night snatched away her pillow, and as a result, she fell on the pillow in the morning, and her neck hurt when she moved, which was originally thought to be an accidental event, and as a result, the pillow was snatched away by the baby for two or three days.
Like many parents, the cousin feels that the baby is too small, in order to facilitate the care of the baby with a bed to sleep, so that when the baby sleeps at night, no matter what the baby can solve in time, the result is ignored when the baby needs a pillow.
The cousin said that she originally wanted to wait for the baby to be older and then prepare a pillow for the baby, because I had heard that the physiological curvature of the spine of the child who was too small had not yet formed, and did not need a pillow when sleeping, but I did not expect that one day the baby would find a pillow by himself.
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Indeed, newborn babies do not need pillows, because the physiological curvature of their spine has not yet formed, it is "C-shaped", and the width of the head is basically the same as that of the shoulders, so whether they are lying flat or lying on their sides, the head, neck and body are in a plane, and using a pillow is not conducive to the development of the baby's body.
But when the baby is about 3 months old, the spine has begun to bend the neck, parents can prepare a pillow with a height of less than two centimeters for the baby, but in fact, you can not buy a special pillow for babies, and the softer sweat-absorbing cotton cloth is simply facing twice, which is safe and comfortable.
When the baby is 6 months old, the neck bend has fully developed, at this time the second physiological bending curve begins to form, and the parents will begin to prepare a small pillow of the right height according to the baby's needs, but pay attention to the pillow should not be too high.
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Many parents will not control the time node of the baby's pillow, worried that giving the baby a pillow too early or too late will affect the baby's development. In fact, when the baby wants to use the pillow, most of them will send out a prompt signal, and parents must understand the "subtext".
▼ Unconsciously want to grab a pillow with your parents
When the baby sleeps with the parents, there is a phenomenon of sleeping and sleeping with a small head lying on the pillow, indicating that lying flat is not comfortable for them, and the head and neck need to have a certain height when sleeping, and the pillow is just right for the baby.
▼I like to pillow on a doll
When the baby is small, parents will prepare some dolls for the baby, sometimes the baby will fall asleep while playing, if the parent finds that the baby always sleeps on the pillow, it means that he needs a small pillow, and the parents have to start preparing.
▼I like to raise my head in my sleep
If the baby is not comfortable enough after falling asleep, it will continue to adjust until it feels comfortable, and when the baby begins to need a pillow, it will unconsciously look for a place that can raise the head in the dream, parents do not ignore it, feel tight to prepare a pillow for the baby.
▼ I love to pillow my mother's arm when I have nothing to do
During the day, when the mother takes the baby to rest, the baby likes to lie on the mother's arm as soon as she lies down, the mother wants to take them away and is not happy, holding the arm and not letting go, at this time the mother can start to prepare a small pillow for the baby.
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Choose a pillow for the baby to be soft and hard, but be careful not to choose a pillow with a fluffy core, not only easy to sink, but also easy to affect the baby. At the same time, do not choose a pillow with buckwheat core, although the softness is moderate, but the particles inside will make the baby uncomfortable to sleep.
In addition to the contents, the number of centimeters of the baby's pillow is also very exquisite, too high pillow is not only easy for the child to sleep badly, in the long run, the baby's head and neck will also appear forward, affecting the walking posture, and too low pillow is not suitable for the curvature of the baby's spine.
In fact, in general, the height of the pillow items of the 3-5 months old baby can be 1 cm, the age of 6-7 months can be increased to 2-3 cm, wait until 8-24 months old, a little bit gradually increased to 4CM, after the age of 2 years old can gradually increase to the appropriate standard.
Daily Q: Has your baby started pillowing?