A Baby Pillow Can Be A Disaster Waiting To Happen

03/20/09

If you are pregnant and anxiously awaiting the birth of your new baby, you more than likely have also been waiting for months and months to lavish your precious infant with all kinds of cute and cuddly welcome home gifts. You literally have an endless selection available to you, in a wide variety of stores. There are cute and cuddly stuffed animals, and of course you just have to get them their very own baby pillow to put in the baby bed with them. It must be ok to buy pillows for babies, since so many of your favorite stores carry them, right? This is most definitely NOT the case. Putting a baby pillow in with your newborn, is not ok, and it could even cause harm or death if you chose to do so. The use of baby pillows or stuffed animals can end up being deadly, even if your adorable baby sleeps in a bassinet or baby bed or his own.

Each of the cute little pillows that are covered with an endless amount of designs, are made with many different items, and some of which can be harmful to your baby. It is no secret that all newborn babies have very sensitive skin. Your newborns skin could become irritated very easily from the various dyes and fabrics that are used to make a baby pillow.

Many parents who buy a baby pillow for their little bundle of joy, are only trying to be helpful, and think of the comfort of their baby. The best thing that you can do to be helpful to your new baby, is to educate yourself on the variety of safety issues that can mean the difference of life and death when it comes to the well being of your baby. The bottom line is, there are too many risks that are involved when you put a pillow close to a baby that is under the age of two. Even at two years of age, some toddlers are not ready for a baby pillow. It is advised by many researchers, that until a child reaches the age of two years old, and they have outgrown the need for a baby bed, you should not use pillows.