Adults are comfortable to sleep with a pillow. So it seems to us that babies also need something to enclose under a head. Do I need to really cushion the baby to a year?
Does your child need cushion to a year? / istockphoto.com
Pillow child up to a year
Pediatricians agree that babies do not need a pillow. The fact that an adult it is necessary to reduce the distance between the mattress and the ear, when we sleep on his side. A baby body proportions and other heads. The head is large, so the distance from the ear to the mattress on its side - a little.Baby comfortable to sleep without a pillow. Moreover, it can hurt him, because formed in this period the correct curvature of the spine. What is really needed a baby - it's easy, hard mattress, which will be useful for the back.
Pillow for a baby can be dangerous. After all, it increases the risk of suffocation. But sometimes the baby pillow is necessary. For example, when
infant rhinitis. In such cases it is advisable to lay down to sleep a child at an angle. Help in this inclined theft, its angle is 30 degrees. It put not only the child's head, but also back. The same effect can be achieved if you put a small pillow under the mattress.When a child needs a pillow?
With about two years of a child's changing body proportions. Now it can be uncomfortable to sleep on their sides because of the increased distance between the ear and the mattress. For an older child selected pillow thickness of about 2 cm of hypoallergenic materials. The pillow should not be soft and elastic enough. That after changing the position of the head, it restores its density. cushion fabric should be vozduhopronetsaemoy. This will allow the scalp of the baby sleep time to breathe.
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