When did you introduce a pillow to LO?

[mellymel]

Just curious. DS is 12 months but he is always so snuggly with pillows in the living room, etc. We have definitely not put one in his crib. But it made me think - when is the appropriate time to introduce one? When did you introduce one?

[littlemermaid]

It was around 12 months and I bought one of those travel mini pillows for them to start with.

[Deleted]

~18 months

[thedash]

Just after 12 months I gave him a small pillow. He rarely sleeps on it though. But he also cuddles pillows on the couch and our bed.

[pamela]

For Christmas right before he turned one he got a pillow pet. He started laying on it everywhere. I put it in his bed about 12 months, switched around 15 months to a travel pillow because I felt the pillow pet was too warm for summer. He loves pillows, cushions, piled up blankets, dog beds, anything soft and cushy.

[kimibrighteyes]

We didn't give DD a pillow until she moved out of her crib at age 3.5. The boys are almost 2 and don't use pillows

[drloretta]

Somewhere between 12-18 months

[ECB]

I think it was after we put him in his big boy bed. So 2 and a 1/2 ish?

[dcrunnergirl]

They still don't use pillows at 21 months.

[mollybrown]

We gave him a small one around a year.

[Deleted]

I think DD was around a year as well. she looooves her pillows.

[statlerwaldorf]

DD was a little over 1 year old. She started wanting to sleep in my bed and carrying my pillows around, so I bought her one of her own.

[DarcyLongfellow]

She got her first real pillow for her second birthday -- a small travel pillow (with a pillowcase handmade by her grandma).

But starting around a year she had several stuffed animals in her bed -- and she'd often use one as a pillow.

[minzy]

I asked my pediatrician about this and he suggested waiting until she was two.

[oregonpachey]

He had a small pillow in his bed at right around a year but didn't actually use it until he was closer to 15 months or so.

[beaver12]

DD was about 15 months. She moved all over her crib when she slept, but as soon as we gave her the pillow and a small, light blanket she started sleeping in one place.

[mie]

When they moved from the crib to a bed, so around 2 years old.

[slug*bug]

When I found him one morning and he'd wadded up his lovey blanket as a makeshift pillow in his crib. It was so pathetic looking...

Anyway, we gave him a pillow at that point, so probably 16 mos. old?

[mellymel]

Jun 7, 2012 15:32:33 GMT -5 slug*bug said:

When I found him one morning and he'd wadded up his lovey blanket as a makeshift pillow in his crib. It was so pathetic looking...

Anyway, we gave him a pillow at that point, so probably 16 mos. old?

Yeah, DS is starting to do this too! I might try a small toddler pillow that we have for a closely supervised nap and see how it goes.

[birdmom]

About 12 months. Babies R Us has a small memory foam type pillow for toddlers.

[Noralie]

DD1 - Age 2
DD2 - she is 26 months and does not want one. I did put a small one in her bed, but she threw it out.

[vanillacourage]

When he moved to the toddler bed at 2.5.

[McGavin]

Jun 7, 2012 12:21:27 GMT -5 mie said:

When they moved from the crib to a bed, so around 2 years old.

Same here.

[slug*bug]

Jun 7, 2012 19:54:14 GMT -5 mellymel said:

Jun 7, 2012 15:32:33 GMT -5 slug*bug said:

When I found him one morning and he'd wadded up his lovey blanket as a makeshift pillow in his crib. It was so pathetic looking...

Anyway, we gave him a pillow at that point, so probably 16 mos. old?

Yeah, DS is starting to do this too! I might try a small toddler pillow that we have for a closely supervised nap and see how it goes.

That's essentially what we did: a toddler size pillow. He would really nestle into it when he got into bed and adapted easily. At 2, he hefted a regular size pillow up to his bed and graduated himself from the toddler version(!) I can't believe that's really more comfortable (he was still so little!) but apparently it was, lol? Anyway, we've just followed his lead, apparently.