How to choose a newborn pillow

You must be careful when choosing a pillow for a newborn baby. A good pillow is essential to the child's physical development. When choosing a pillow for a newborn, you should pay attention to the fact that the material must be conducive to sweat absorption. This is because the metabolism of newborns is very fast, their heads tend to sweat a lot, and dandruff is easily generated. If the pillow is not conducive to absorbing sweat, the newborn's head is very prone to prickly heat.

Moderate hardness and softness: In order to correct the head shape, parents will choose a harder grain pillow. If the child is too young, the grain pillow can easily cause neck muscle fatigue, and even strain the muscles or even cause stiff neck when turning the head.

Shaped pillows are not recommended: Many mothers now choose shaped pillows with protection at both ends for fear that their children will have a crooked head when sleeping. That is absolutely unacceptable, because many children have lost their lives due to the blind and indiscriminate use of shaping pillows. Moreover, newborns need to lie on their side after feeding in the early stage to prevent them from losing milk.

Pillow height within three months: From newborn to three months old, the baby's spine is straight, and the head and back are on the same horizontal line when lying flat, which is conducive to smooth breathing of the newborn. To prevent milk from spilling, you can raise the upper body appropriately without the need for an extra pillow.

Over four months old: Starting from four months old, the baby's cervical spine will have a physiological curvature. In order to make sleep more comfortable, you can raise the head. At this time, the height of the pillow should be about three centimeters. The material should be soft.

In addition, the pillows of newborns must be cleaned regularly. In fact, the method is very simple, which is to expose the newborn pillows to the sun, which is conducive to sterilization and disinfection. As the child grows older, the height of the pillow should be adjusted according to the change in height. This can avoid damage to the child's cervical spine development due to the pillow not being suitable.