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Mothers of young children are often interested in the question of whether to put the child to sleep on a pillow or without a pillow.
💁I hope you will get answers to these questions from today's topic
In general, if we find an answer to the question of what is the function of the pillow.
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The human spine is not perfectly straight. Certain points of the spine are naturally bent, and we need a pillow to support these bent points, specifically the neck of the spine, when we lie down.
👶 In young children, the spine is flat, and the flexible points are not yet developed. When a child is placed on a pillow, the flexible spine changes its shape. If this situation continues, the wrong formation of the spine occurs.
A soft seat 🛏️ also has such a negative effect on a child's figure. The spine of a child lying in a soft position takes an arc-shaped shape. 👆
We mothers often put a pillow on my child's head because it hurts his neck, and if the bed is hard, we try to put him on a soft bed because his body will sink. 🙅 Actually, this "kindness" of ours has a negative effect on the child's health.
Another reason why a child does not need a pillow is the child's anatomical body structure. It is well known that children's heads are larger than their bodies. Therefore, they do not need a pillow, on the contrary, a baby lying on a pillow feels uncomfortable like an adult without a pillow. So the child's bed should be firm and without pillows.
If you say it's uncomfortable without a pillow, you can choose 4-5 sheets of the child's film instead of a pillow and put it on your baby's head.
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👩⚕️Pediatricians recommend putting a pillow on a child from the age of 2. At the age of 2, the child's spine is sufficiently formed, and the body structure is similar to that of an adult. 🙇 It is advisable for a 2-year-old child's pillow to be hard, flat, 5-7 cm high and occupy the entire width of the seat. As the child grows, the height of the pillow increases.
‼️In general, the height of the pillow should be equal to the child's shoulder width. It can be said that this is the key to choosing a pillow