Pillows

Has anyone introduced their 18m old to having a pillow at night, my lo has an awful cough and couldn't settle last night I ended up giving her a pillow and she then slept the rest of the night

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Yes mine has had a pillow for a while. He spends half the night in bed with us anyway on our pillows and seemed to find them comfy. We give him a flatter sort of pillow though. I know the fear of the suffocating risk though and we do check on him regularly. Xx

Thank you last night she had just a normal pillow as it wasn't really planned but I did wonder if there's a certain type of pillow she should have xx

My little boy has had a pillow for a few months, about 1.5 months ago we transitioned to a toddler bed with a duvet and he’s loved it. We brought breathable toddler pillows and duvets, they’re lighter and thinner than the ones we use

My friend Put the pillow under the actual bed sheet they cant access it then and it wont move then.

Yes for about a month now when we were given another bed and put our old one in her room.
I bought a regular pillow

Yes but I put the pillow under the bed sheet to prevent the pillow going over her face at all

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