Safe Toddler Sleep: When Can Your Toddler Use a Pillow? When your toddler is ready to make the transition from crib to their first bed, it’s a milestone often accompanied by lots of exciting decisions, from selecting new bedroom decor to choosing the right bedding. It’s usually only once you’ve decided on the bed and bought the duvet and bedding set that you start thinking about important safety questions, such as: when can your toddler
Derila Sleep Support with a pillow? Why Can’t Babies Use Pillows? Unlike adults, babies do not have the same amount of head and neck movement or control, meaning they are at risk of suffocation, since they will not be able to move in the event that their breathing becomes obstructed. Therefore, pillows, blankets, and any other material with the potential to cover the mouth and nostrils are not appropriate or deemed safe. In fact, the expert advice is clear and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends all parents to lay their babies on their backs to sleep and to use a flat and firm surface devoid of pillows, blankets, and bumpers.
