Pillow at bedtime?

My 14 month has been sleeping with a blanket since she’s been 12 months. When do you think I should put a pillow in her crib?

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I put a plush toy in my daughter's crib for comfort and she started laying on it like a pillow. I want to get one but not sure what type yet.

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Kids need a pillow when the ratio of their head to body starts being closer to that of an adult. For most children it’s around age 3.

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We didnt till right around 3 for our sonz But since you can have stuffies etc, you could put a pillow

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Idk when recommended age is but with my oldest (now 15 but at around 1) and daughter who's 14 months both slept/are sleeping with pillows at this age. I started transitioning to their crib from my bed and having better success with a pillow than without. My middle child started with using a pillow in his own bed this past fall when upgrading him to a big boy bed from the crib when we had our daughter, mind you he still did a lot of co-sleeping before and after she was born. I'm just now getting him into his own bed again 🤦‍♀️ He'd barely sleep on our pillows when he'd co-sleep, but he was used to it with daycare as they never used pillows in cribs or cots for naps as they weren't allowed- which i understand. But my oldest and youngest will spin 360's in their bed while my middle child does not

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Mine still moves around too much in the crib for me to think it will be useful so I think I'd wait till she's more stable. She has a lovey and a squishmallow in the crib and I sometimes see her fall back asleep in the middle of the night laying/hugging on the squishmallow 😅

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