There are several points of view on from what age the child has to sleep on a pillow: since three years, since a year or since the birth. The last, of course, overwhelming minority. But until pediatricians and orthopedists did not come to a consensus, the solution of this question remains for parents. And only they decide what pillow will be the best for the child.
General recommendations
The main argument of opponents of a dream on a pillow from early age is the probability of the wrong formation of a skeleton, in particular, of a backbone. Also they appeal to the fact that the child can accidentally adopt the provision on a stomach, will bury in it and will begin to choke. Modern producers consider these arguments and offer the qualitative pillows which are specially created for children. For ensuring the maximum safety it is worth not just buying a small product of 40 by 40 cm in size, and to choose a good orthopedic pillow for the child of certain age.
In certain cases, for example, at the cold complicating breath at night it is possible to put under a sheet put a pokryvalets or a plaid to create a small bias, but it is only couple worth resorting to this way.
Form and sizes
As the bearing is formed since the earliest childhood, and the backbone in infancy is still weak, it is impossible to assume that the child slept on a high pillow. Besides, the small size does not guarantee the correct development of a skeleton of the baby. But specially developed orthopedic pillows for children provide their requirements and are ideal for a good healthy sleep. There are several types of such sleeping accessories to the smallest. First, pillow butterfly. It received such name because of a form, it is an isosceles trapeze with the rounded corners, in the middle has deepening for the head. If the child well sleeps on a back, it is convenient to use it up to two years. The pillow fixer represents a simple design with a back and the roller, it is suitable for babies who are stacked on a flank in order to avoid flooding during vomiting. The kid pretty fast grows up from such adaptation. And, at last, there are pillows biases. The corner of such sleeping accessory is small, about 15 degrees. For children of three years there are special orthopedic pillows with a smooth bend for the head and a neck, such option is recognized as the best for healthy development of a backbone.
Orthopedic pillows need to be changed in process of growth of the child. It is worth remembering the rule: its height has to equal to a half of length of a humeral bone of the person.
Filler
About harm of usual down and feather pillows all know therefore when choosing sleeping accessories to the child they disappear at once. Many as a low allergy alternative choose synthetic filler. But, unfortunately, it is short-lived, and the pillow quickly gets out of a shape. As for latex, it will serve long and, most likely, will be descended to other kid. This material is safe for the child, but its price is quite high. There are also very unusual fillers, for example, a buckwheat peel, but not all children like to sleep on something rustling, besides, if the pillow accidentally got damp and was not dried up in time, the mold can breed inside, and such neighbourhood is not necessary for a children's organism at all.