Infant pillow

That baby pillows may cause harm to their child is something parents have heard before. But that the baby pillows are harmful is something they simply refuse to believe. Thus many children are still being victimized by something that is so innocent looking as baby pillows. What parents should know is that, the main cause of fatalities under that age is SIDS or sudden infant death syndrome. Suffocation, strangulation and rebreathing in children go hand in hand with SIDS. In most of these cases, the baby pillow plays a very important role.

Soft bedding, baby sleeping on his stomach and baby pillow causes strangulation and suffocation in children under the age of one. Aside from soft bedding and sleeping on their stomach, the baby pillow is as harmful. Major causes of suffocation in younger children includes the baby pillows. This is because the baby pillow may be grasped by the baby and it may end up on his face. If the baby fails to remove the pillow from his face, he may get suffocated. In some cases, the baby may get too close to the baby, causing him to get suffocated.

Another leading cause of SIDS is rebreathing. Rebreathing is when the baby breathes carbon dioxide or what is more commonly known as bad air. Rebreathing happens when the baby, instead of breathing oxygen, inhales the carbon dioxide he has exhaled. When you leave the baby in his crib, the loose sheets or beddings may get over his head, causing rebreathing. Many do not realize that rebreathing may also be caused by baby pillow. This can happen if the baby inhales his exhaled carbon dioxide because the pillow is too close to his face. If parents do not remove the baby pillow from the crib, the baby is still not safe from rebreathing even if the sheets and beddings are well secured.

To reduce the risk of SIDS doctors recommend to parents not to use baby pillows until the baby is out of his crib and is already on toddler bed. This means that the baby is not ready to use pillows until he is on his toddler age. The baby do not need pillows to sleep comfortably so this is not really a problem. Babies and even adults do not need pillows to get a good and comfortable sleep according to medical sleep experts. However, if you really want to introduce your baby to pillows, do so only when he is old enough and sleeping on his toddler bed. Otherwise, instead of introducing him to what you think is an additional comfort, you may just be introducing him to harm.