Is it good or harmful for a child to sleep without pillows?
The baby pillow height should be moderate, the length should be slightly larger than the baby's shoulder width, head length and width equal to height of 3 ~ 4 cm, and according to the baby development situation, gradually adjust. The best pillow with a soft white or light colored cotton cloth, pillow texture should be soft, lightweight, breathable, good hygroscopicity, moderate hardness, can choose the rushes, buckwheat and cattail filling materials. Useful folk tea, mung bean and late silkworm, chrysanthemum, bamboo mushroom, papaya pillow filling, but should not be used, when cotton or acrylic foam filler.
The baby starts learning to look up for 3 months, and the spine begins to bend forward. 6 months of the baby began to learn to sit, spine chest began to appear backward physiological curve, shoulder development also widened. If you do not use the pillow at this time, the head is low, will make the brain blood more than when using a pillow, may affect the baby to sleep. Therefore, 3 months baby should start using the pillow.
Baby, spine straight, when lying on the back and the back of the head in the same plane, neck and back muscles natural relaxation, side head and body in the same plane, if the pillow, but easy to make the neck bending, some will cause breathing difficulties, so as to affect the normal growth and development. Therefore, the newborn does not need a pillow. But in order to prevent spits, when necessary, the neonatal upper body proper pad a little higher.
